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         DIRECTIVE NUMBER:
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           TITLE:   DESIGNATION OF STATE NATURAL RESOURCE
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2. Originator Information
Name of Contact Person . Mail Coae OH
Sandra Lee ! OS230
3. Title

Ice Teiepnore Coae
HSED,
DESIGNATION OF STATE NATURAL RESOURCE TRUSTEES
4. Summary of Directive (include one! statement of purpose)
Restates requirement for States
Trustees for CERCLA purposes.
to designate Natural Resources -
5. Keywords Superf urri , CEPCLA, SARA
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is rrtis directive Superseoe Previous Oirective(s)?
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8. Document to be distributed to States by

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9. Signature of Lead Office Directives Coordinator
Betti C. VanEpps dj
10. Name and Title of Approving Official
Henry L. Longest II,
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             UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
                        WASHINGTON, D.C. 20460
                                                         OFFICE OF
                                                 SOLID WASTE AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE
                                            OSWER DIRECTIVE #9345.3-01

MEMORANDUM                                           IAN 30

SUBJECT:  Request  for  Designation  of State  Natu/Jal  Resource
          Trustees

FROM:     Henry L. Longest  II,  Director
          Office of Emergency  and

TO:       Addressees


Purpose;

     To remind Regional  Division Directors  of the need for States
to designate Natural Resource  Trustees  for  CERCLA purposes.

Background;

     In my memorandum  dated April  8,  1988 on the same  subject,  I
asked you to contact Governors to  request designations of Natural
Resource Trustees.  I  am asking again.   The revised National
Contingency Plan (NCP) has  been proposed; the duties and
responsibilities of State Natural  Resource  Trustees have  been
explicitly set out, along with your responsibility  to  notify and
coordinate with them.  As of this  date we have received letters
from the Governors of  the following States  designating Natural
Resource Trustees:  Delaware,  Illinois,  Maryland, New Hampshire,
New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania,  Virginia,  and West Virginia.

     A recent letter from Mr.  Bruce Blanchard, Director of
Environmental Project  Review in the Department of the  Interior,
contains an attachment listing designations which have been made
to his office.  I  have attached a  copy  for  your information.
CERCLA section 107(f)(2)(B) specifically states that the  Governor
of each State shall designate  State officials who may  act on
behalf of the public as  trustee for natural resources  under
CERCLA and under section 311 of the Federal Water Pollution
Control Act, and shall notify  the  President of such designations.
That authority to  accept notifications has  been re-delegated to
the Assistant Administrator for Solid Waste and Emergency
Response and to the Regional Administrators.

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                                        OSWER DIRECTIVE #9345.3-01
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Ob-iective;

     I am very much  interested  in  having appropriate designations
in place and up to date;  having the  State trustees listed in
Regional Response Plans;  and  having  notification and coordination
take place as spelled  out in  the revised NCP.   I believe the
State trustees have  a  role to play in  the environmental review of
a site, and in State acceptance of a cleanup decision.

Implementation;

     Please contact  the Governors  of the States in your Region to
get an official designation of  State Natural Resource Trustee for
CERCLA.  If the Regional  Administrator has already received such
designations, please send a copy of  these designations to
Sandra Lee, Toxics Integration  Branch,  OS-230.   Copies of any
such designations received in Headquarters will be forwarded to
you immediately.

Attachment

Addressees;

Director, Office of  Emergency & Remedial Response, Region II
Director, Hazardous  Waste Management Division,  Regions III and VI
Director, Waste Management Division, Regions I, IV, V,  VII, and
  VIII
Director, Toxics and Waste Management  Division, Region IX
Director, Hazardous  Waste Division,  Region X

cc: Betti C.VanEpps, OERR Directives Coordinator

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