United Slates
            Environmental Protection
            Agency
            Office of
            Solid Waste and
            Emergency Response
   &EPA
DIRECTIVE NUMBER:    9355.0-15
TITLE: Third Quarter Superfund Strategy

APPROVAL DATE:      April 2, 1
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United States Office of
Environmental Protection Sotid Waste and
Agency Emergency Response
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TITLE: Third Quarter Superfund Strategy
APPROVAL DATE: April 2, 1986
EFFECTIVE DATE: Inunediately
ORIGINATING OFFICE: OERR
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STATUS:
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UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
WASHINGTON. D.C. 20460
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APR OFFICE OF
SOLID WASTE AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE
Directives Number
MEMORANDUM 9355.0—15
SUBJECT: Third,Quarter. rfund Strategy
FROM: J. W 1 1P6rter
Assistant Administrator
TO: Addressees
I want to follow up on the Superfund conference call the
Administrator had with the Regional Administrators on March 24,
1986. In that call we discussed what removal, remedial, and
enforcement activities we are ready to start once we have
additional funding. The purpose of this memo is to (1) confirm
the anticipated activities and projects to be funded over the
next two months with the expected $150 million interim Superfund
appropriation, and (2) reiterate some of the other program
priorities.
Two Month Program
The interim funding legislation passed by Congress provides
us with $150 million that cannot be obligated after May 31,
1986. This gives us the opportunity to bring the Superfund
program back to the pre—slowdown level. OSWER will be
responsible for approximately $116 million of this total. The
remaining $34 million is for the 4.3% Gramm—Rudman cut, salaries
and expenses for EPA and other Federal agencies, and key
activities of the Office of Research and Development, the
Inspector General, and the Office of Enforcement and Compliance
Monitoring.
Our plans for obligating the $116 million first call for
ensuring that existing contracts and all ongoing projects are
funded for the two months. The balance will be used to:
1) Start any currently ready remedial designs and remedial
actions that do not have a PR? settlement before the
middle of May. Attachment 1 lists the sites you should
be working on in this category.

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2) Bring the removal program back to the pre—slowdown
level. Attachment 2 shows those sites that we will
be able to fund immediately. Depending on the pace of
other activities, including settlements, we may be
able to fund additional removals during this two month
period.
3) Maintain an aggressive enforcement program. We intend
to begin enforcement—lead RI/FS’s (Attachment 3 shows
some candidate sites). Also, you should be actively
negotiating with relevant PRP’s to conduct the remedial
and removal work at the appropriate sites listed in
Attachments 1 and 2. Negotiations should be brisk and
PRP’s should be informed of Fund availability. If
settlements cannot be reached before the middle of
May, we will use the Fund to finance the response
action.
Based on the sites, listed in the attachments, we are
calculating your removal and remedial allocations for the period
through May 31. As soon as the funds are available for
obligation, you will receive this amount in an advice of
allowance from the Comptroller. Between now and May 31,
priority should be given to using the $150 million rather than
other Fund appropriations.
Additional Priorities
While the immediate focus will be on new work, we must
anticipate full reauthorization by continuing to bring ongoing
work to the next step in the process. This is especially
important for RI/FS’s. We have signed very few RODS and EDDs
so far in FY 86. Our performance in this area must dramatically
improve over the next few months. We have updated the list of
potential decision document sites that was discussed in the
conference call (Attachment 4). It now includes all sites
where we expect you can complete a ROD or EDD by the end of
the fiscal year.
Even with the new resources, we must continue to process
some deobligations from the REM contracts and cooperative
agreements. This needs to be done for completed projects or
projects that have more funds obligated than are necessary to
finish the work. You will be receiving a list of these projects
from HSCD and you are responsible for seeing that these good
management” deobligations occur.
I realize that I have described an ambitious agenda. Our
work over the next two months will require a signific nt amount
of cooperation and coordination. But the Administrator expects
us to effectively use the interim funding and get the program

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moving again. You will have to devote considerable personal
time to seeing that the activities and projects that have been
targeted remain on schedule. We at Headquarters are ready to
provide whatever assistance you need.
Thanks very much for your help.
Attachments
Addressees
Directors, Waste Management Division
Regions I, V, VIII
Directors, Air and Waste Management Division
Regions IV, VI, VII
Director, Emergency & Remedial Response Division
Region II
Directors, Hazardous Waste Management Division
Regions III, X
Director, Toxic and Waste Management Division
Region IX
cc: Lee Thomas
Regional Administrator, Region I—X
Carolyn Clinton
Morgan Kinghorn
Gene Lucero
Henry Longest
Richard Mays
Hank Habicht

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Attachment 1
RD/RA Sites
April 1, 1986
REGION SITE NAME, CITY, STATE ACrIVITY
*Beacon Heights, Beacon Falls, Cr RD
Cannon Engineering, Plymouth, MA RD/RA
*Hoc nco Pond, Westborough, MA RD
Nyanza themical, Ashland, MA RD
II Bog Creek Farm, Howell Itwnship, NJ RD
Bridgeport Rental, Bridgeport, NJ RA
D’ Imperio Property, Hamilton Ibwnship, NJ RA
GEMS Landfill, Gloucester wnship, NJ RD
*G se Farm, Plumstead Ibwnship, NJ RD
Helen Kramer Landfill, Mantua ‘Itwnship, NJ RD
Lipari Landfill, Pitinan, NJ RD
*C eope Oil, Pennsauken, NJ RD
III D3uglassville, DDuglassville, PA RD
*Ha ey_ PJ ott, Kirkwood, DE RD
Heleva Landfill, North * itehall I\.zp., PA RA
Lansdowne Radiation, Lansdowne, PA PA
*McM Associates, McMoo Borough, PA RD
* yers L/F, Eagleville, PA RD
*Sand, Gravel & Stone, Elkton, MD PD
*Taylor Borough, Taylor Borough, PA RD
IV t vie Landfill, Devie, FL RD
Miami Drum (Biscayne Aquifer), Miami, FL RD
V Acme Solvent, Morristown, IL RD
Byron Salvage, Byron, IL RA
Eau Claire llfield, Eau Claire, WI RA
LeHillier/Mankato, LeHillier/Mankato, MN RD
Main Street Weilfield, Elkhart, IN PA
New Lyme Landfill, New Lyme, OH RD
Old Mill, ck Creek, OH RD
Schmalz 1)unp, Harrison, WI RD
*%,Jauconda Sand, Wauconda, IL RD
VI Bayou Ronfouca, Si idell, LA RD
Bio—Ecology, Grand Prairie, DC RA
Old Inger Oil, Darrow, LA PA
VII Aidex, Council Bluffs, IA RA
IX Celtor themical, Hoopa, CA RD
Del Norte Pesticide, Crescent City, CA RD
X Lake od, Lakewood, WA RD/RA
*Westem Processing, Kent, WA RD
* Negotiations with responsible parties are actively underway

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Attachment 2
Removal Sites
April 1, 1986
REGION I
Auburn Rd., Londonderry, NH
Burns Hill Rd., Hudson, NH
Milford Site, Milford, NH
Tibbets Rd., Barrington, NH
Stamina Mills, N. Smithfield, RI
REGION II
Complain Road, Hilisboro, NJ
Glen Ridge Radon, Glen Ridge, NJ
Industrial Latex, Wallington, NJ
Montclair Radon, I’bntclair, NJ
Waldick Aerospace Devices, Wall Twp., NJ
Cayadotta Creek, Johnstown, NY
Clothier Disposal, Granby, NY
Fulton Terminal, Fulton, NY
Prinoshield, Utica, NY
Signo Trading, Staten Island, NY
Puerto Rico Organics, recibo, PR
REGION III
Dorney Road, Allentown, PA
t incansville Trailer, Altoona, PA
Crown Refrigeration, Erie, PA
M.W. Manufacturing, Harrisburg, PA
Mill Creek Dump, Erie, PA
Ti—State Insulation, Erie, PA
Walsh Landfill, Honeybrook, PA
Roanoke River Flood, Roanoke, VA
Abex Site, Portamouth, VA
Schaffer Equipitent, Minden, WV
Clark Property, Kanawha, WV
REGION IV
General I fining, Savannah, GA
Lee Road Acid Drums, Douglasville, GA
Burkett Cylinder, tharleston, SC
Roan Mountain, Roan Mountain, TN
REGION V
Byron Landfill, Byron, IL
Wedzeb, Lebanon, IN
Dzwden Landfill, Fortville, IN
t4Dnon, t4onon, IN
Shelton Well, Columbus, IN
Western Scrap, Hanmond, IN
Midwest Plating, Kokano, IN
Elkhart, Elkhart, IN
International Disk, Ells rth, MI
G & H Landfill, Utica, MI
WI, Utica, MI
Lee’s Farm, ‘bodville, WI
REGION VI
Allen Transformer, Fort Smith, AR
301 Main Site, S. Houston, TX
South Acres Site, S. Houston, I X
Winkler Rd., Site, S. Houston, TX
Turtle Bayou, Liberty County, IX
REGION VII
Quail Run Site, Franklin County, MO
Castle od Site, Castle ri,od, MO
Minker/Stout/Ranaine Creek Site,
Jefferson County, MO
REGION VIII
South Adams County, Canmerce City, a)
Mill Creek Site, Mill Creek, MT
REGION IX
Operating Industries, f’bnterey Park, CA
Alviso Site, Alviso, CA
F rt ibjave Site, F rt Wjave, CA
Copperopolis Site, Copperopolis, CA
REGION X
Bunker Hill Site, Kellogg, ID

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April 1, 1986
Attachment 3
ENFORCEMENT LEAD RI/FS SITES
Region I
Peterson/Puritan, RI
L&RR, RI
Region II
Syosset Landfill, NY
NL Industries, NJ
Region III
Avtex, VA
Culpepper, VA
Region IV
Newsome Brothers, MS
Region V
Hedblum, MI
Big D Campground, OH
Region VI
Arkwood, AR
Region VII
Todtze Farm, IA
Region IX
Beckman, CA
Baxter, CA
Region X
Pacific Hide, ID

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Attachment 4
ROD/EDD Sites
April 1, 1986
Region I (3) Auburn Road, NH
Industri—plex, MA
Kellogg—Deering, CT
Region II (17) Caidwell Trucking, NJ
Clothier, NY
Combe Fill South, NJ
Florence Landfill, NJ
Fulton Terminals, NY
G.E. Moreau, NY
Glen Ridge, NJ
Kentucky Avenue, NY
Lang Property, NJ
Marathon Battery, NY
Metaltec, NJ
Montclair, NJ
Nasolite, NJ
Rockaway Borough, NJ
Sharkey Landfill, NJ
Vega Alta, PR
Vestal Wells, NY
Region III (10) Army Creek, DE
Blosenski L/F, PA
Chisman Creek, VA
DE City PVC, DE
Leetown Pesticide, WV
Middletown Road, MD
Mill Creek, PA
Saltville Disposal, VA
Tybouts Corner, DE
Westline, PA
Region IV (10) Coleman—Evans Wood, FL
Distler Brickyard, KY
Distler Farm, KY
Gallaway Pits, TN
Cold Coast, FL
Hollingsworth, FL
Pepper Steel, FL
Pioneer Sand, FL
Sapp Battery, FL
SCRDI Dixiana, SC
Region V (20) A&F Greenup, IL
Allied Chemical/Ironton, OH
Arcarium Iron, OH
Arrowhead Refinery, MN
Burlington Northern, MN
Burrows Sanitation, MI
Envirochem, IN
Fields Brook, OH
Forest Waste, MI

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Region V Johns—Manville Corp., IL
(cont.) Lake Sandy Jo, IN
LaSalle Electric, IL
Metamora Landfill, MI
Miami County Incinerator, OH
New Brighton, MN
Northside Landfill, IN
Novaco, MI
Rose Township Dump, MI
Spiegelburg, MI
Springfield Dump, MI
Region VI (10) Bayou Sorrel, LA
Cecil Lindsay, AR
Geneva Industries, TX
Gurley Pit, AR
Hardage/Criner, OK
Industrial Waste Control, AR
Mid-South, AR
Sikes Disposal Pit, TX
United Creosoting, TX
\lertac, AR
Region VIII (5) Baxter/Union Pacific, WY
California (‘.ulch, CO
Denver Radium, CA
Libby Groundwater, MT
Marshall L/F, CO
Region IX (3) Iron Mountain Mine, CA
MGM Brakes, CA
Operating Industries, CA
Region X (3) Oueen City Farms, WA
Toftdahl Drums, WA
United Chrome, OR

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