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Environmentat Protection Solid Waste and
Agency Emergency Response
&EPA DIRECTIVENUMBER: 9836.2
TITLE: CERCLA Community Relations Mailing Lists
APPROVAL DATE: February 6, 1989
EFFECTIVE DATE: February 6, 1989
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SUBJECT: CERCLA Community Relations gLists
FROM: Bruce M. Diamond, Director A
Off ice of Waste Programs Enf6r 1 e nt
Henry Longest II, Director
Off ice of Emergency and Reme ’iAl I esponse
TO: Directors, Waste Management Division,
Regions I, IV, V, VII, VIII
Director, Emergency and Remedial Response Division,
Region II
Directors, Hazardous Waste Management Division,
Regions III, VI
Director, Toxics and Waste Management Division,
Region IX
Director, Hazardous Waste Division, Region X
We would like to emphasize in this memorandum the importance
of using community relations mailing lists to ensure notification
of potentially responsible parties (PRPs). Please update all
community relations mailing lists to include all known PRPS.
Notice to PRPs cannot be overstressed. Its significance is
reflected in the statutory emphasis on public participation
provided in section 113 of CERCLA, as amended. Giving PRPs the
opportunity to be involved in the response selection may reduce
cleanup delays caused by lack of communication.
As you are aware, the Agency has several mechanisms in place
to notify PRPs of impending actions. In most cases, we employ
Federal j r notices for NPL listing, general notice letters
at the completion of the PRP search, special notice or section
122(a) letters for removal and remedial actions, notices in local
newspapers when the RI/FS and proposed plan are prepared, a
newspaper notice of the public availability of tice administrative
record file and an additional newspaper notice when the ROD is
signed. The community relations mailing list will augment other
notice procedures and can help ensure that all known PRPs are
kept informed of the activities at the relevant site.

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For further information or questions concerning this
memorandum, please contact Sven—Erik Kaiser (FTS 475-9806) of the
Office of Waste Programs Enforcement.
cc: Hazardous Waste Branch Chiefs, Regions I - X
Superfund Community Relations Coordinators, Regions I - X
Lisa Friedman, OGC
Glenn Tlnterberger, OECM
Russ Wyer, OERR
Lloyd Guerci, OWPE
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