Office of Site Remediation
Enforcement (2271 A)
Washington, DC 20460
Spring 2004
EPA300-N-04-002
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Spotlight 3
Contiguous Property Owner
Guidance
Highlights 4
Poudre River Cleanup
O'Brien Redevelopment
OSWER News 5
RCC Annual Report
In the Courts 6
Bunker Hill
Tidbits 7
Service Station Dealers Liability
Calendar 8
Glossary
CleanupNews is a quarterly
newsletter highlighting hazardous
waste cleanup cases, policies,
settlements and technologies.
Supreme Court To Decide
Contribution Rights for
Voluntary Cleanups
On January 9, 2004, the
Supreme Court agreed
to hear to hear the case
of Cooper Industries v. Aviall Ser-
vices (also known as Aviall). In
Aviall, the Supreme Court will
decide whether a potentially re-
sponsible party (PRP) under
CERCLA Section 107(a) who has
neither been sued under Section
106 or 107(a) of CERCLA nor re-
solved its CERCLA liability
through an administrative or ju-
dicially approved settlement may
conduct a voluntary CERCLA
cleanup and then seek contribu-
tion from other PRPs under
CERCLA Section 113(f).
On February 23, 2004, the United
States filed an Amicus brief with
the Supreme Court asserting that
under CERCLA Section 113(f)(l) a
prerequisite for PRPs seeking con-
tribution under CERCLA Section
113(f)(l) is being sued under
CERCLA Section 106 or 107(a). On
March 3, 2003, the Supreme Court's
calendar of cases scheduled for oral
arguments in the April 2004 ses-
sion was made public, and it does
not include the Aviall case. It is
anticipated the Court will hold this
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Leavitt Cuts Ribbon for
New Emergency
Operations Center
By Bryan Byrd, Office of Emergency Prevention, Preparedness, and Response
On January 14, 2004, EPA
Administrator Mike
Leavitt and Assistant
Administrators Morris Winn,
Kim Nelson, and Marianne
Horinko cut the ceremonial ribbon
celebrating the opening of EPAs
new Emergency Operations Cen-
ter (EOC). The opening concluded
a collaborative effort by the Office
of Solid Waste and Emergency Re-
sponse, Office of Environmental In-
formation, and Office of Admin-
istration and Resource Manage-
ment to transform EPAs EOC into
one of the most technologically-ad-
vanced centers in the nation.
The EOC's improved technology
and capability resulted from "les-
sons learned" from large national
events, including the terrorist at-
tacks of September 11th and the
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anthrax response. Experience in these
events showed the need for EPA to
strengthen internal communication
and interaction with other federal
agencies. The new EOC was designed
to be used by numerous offices within
the EPA.
EPA is involved in a wide range of
emergencies from almost-daily rou-
tine spills of hazardous substances to
nationally-significant incidents, such
as the response to the Columbia
Shuttle recovery mission last year.
The EOC receives about 30,000 inci-
dent notifications a year. Of these, EPA
responds to 250 hazmat incidents and
300 oil spill responses. In addition,
EPAs role in homeland security, criti-
cal infrastructure protection, and pre-
paredness has increased.
Design and Construction of the
Center
"Lessons learned" from recent
events drove the design of the new
EOC. One lesson was that during a
large complex event, additional space
is needed for multiple organizational
elements to work with breakout capa-
Workstations in the new Emergency Operations Center
"This center is to be a resource for the entire Agency.
— Debbie Dietrich, Director of the Office of Emergency
Prevention, Preparedness, and Response
bility. To address this needfor space,
the new EOC was designed with an op-
erations center accommodating 12
workstations, a watch officer post, and
a data management station. Three
separate breakout rooms each holding
up to 10 additional people and a sepa-
rate 30 person executive conference
room are connected to the operations
center. The addition of the breakout
rooms and executive conference room
provide the EOC with fully functional,
partitioned capacity allowing indepen-
dent meeting space.
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Capabilities/Utilization
The EOC will be used for all aspects
of emergencies including preparedness
and critical infrastructure protection.
During daily operations, the EOC
handles incident notifications, gathers
intelligence, analyzes the information.
and rapidly shares the information
with appropriate Agency personnel.
EOC staff
is in con-
stant con-
tact with
Regional
Response
Centers.
On-Scene
Coordinators, and the Environmental
Response Teams as well as other fed-
eral agency EOCs, including the Depart-
ment of Homeland Security Operations
Center. Classified information is
handled through the EOC's Secure Ac-
cess Facility and Sensitive Compart-
mented Information Facility.
As part of EPAs National Approach
to response, during a Nationally Sig-
nificant Incident, members of the
Agency's developing Response Support
Corps will assemble and work together
in the operations center. The Re-
sponse Support Corps is made up of
volunteers from the Offices of Water,
Air and Radiation, and Public Affairs
and others who have made it a prior-
ity to help in time of an emergency.
RSC staff will have access to work
stations fully equipped with the lat-
est technology. They will have the
ability to communicate with each
other, the field, and other agencies.
With video-conferencing ability, 8 x
20 video wall, 9 screens, and poten-
tial to hold responders from offices
across the Agency as well as inter-
agency staff, the EPAs new EOC is
fit to handle any crisis.
During a nationally significant
event or in the course of daily opera-
tions, the EOC is a resource that will
improve and support decision-mak-
ing for the entire Agency. Having the
latest technology enhances Agency ef-
forts to analyze data, communicate
with the field, and to be prepared for
the unexpected.
For additional information, contact
Bryan Byrd, Office ofEmergency
Prevention, Preparedness and Response,
(202) 564-9499.
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OSRE Releases Guidance on
"Contiguous Property Owners"
By Gate Tierney, Office of Site Remediation Enforcement
On January 13, 2004, EPA
issued an interim
guidance entitled Interim
Enforcement Discretion Guidance Re-
garding Contiguous Property Owners
("Contiguous Property Owner guid-
ance"). This guidance addresses
CERCLA § 107(q), the "contiguous
property owner" liability protection
added to CERCLA by the 2002
Brownfields Amendments.
"Contiguous property owners" are
those who Congress identified as vic-
tims of their neighbor's pollution. These
landowners own property that is not
the original source of the hazardous
substance contamination, but whose
property is or may be contaminated
due solely to the actions of a different
property owner. EPAs guidance fo-
cuses on the most common questions
and big picture issues EPA has heard
about contiguous property owners.
First, the Contiguous Property
Owner guidance discusses some of the
statutory criteria a landowner must
meet in order to be a contiguous prop-
erty owner and evidences EPAs intent
to implement the new landowner liabil-
ity provisions in a manner that provides
real and meaningful liability protection
to landowners. For example, the guid-
ance provides that, in exercising its en-
forcement discretion, EPA may treat a
landowner as a protected Section 107(q)
party even if he owns property that is
not immediately adjacent to the source
of the contamination.
Second, the guidance discusses the
application of Section 107(q) to current
and former owners of property and pro-
vides that EPA may treat former own-
ers of property as contiguous property
owners as long as they met the statu-
tory criteria of Section 107(q) while they
owned the property.
Third, the guidance discusses the re-
lationship between new Section 107(q)
and EPAs Residential Homeowner and
Contaminated Aquifers Policies. The
guidance notes that Section 107(q) pro-
tects from CERCLA liability many land-
owners that EPA did not generally
pursue, through the exercise of its en-
forcement discretion, prior to the pas-
sage of the Brownfields Amendments.
The guidance points out that these
previously-existing policies are still
in effect and, to the extent that they
are broader (i.e., apply to more land-
owners) than Section 107(q), EPA
may still apply these policies through
the exercise of its enforcement dis-
cretion.
Finally, the guidance discusses the
mechanisms EPA may provide, in its
discretion, to resolve the remaining
liability concerns of contiguous prop-
erty owners. These mechanisms in-
clude no action assurance letters and
settlements under Section 107(q).
The guidance and a reference sheet
are available at: http://cfpub.epa.gov/
compliance/resources/policies/
cleanup/superfund/.
For additional information, contact Gate
Tierney, OSRE, (202) 564-4254.
Bush Administration Proposes $45 Million for Great
Lakes Cleanup
On January 29, 2004, EPA Administrator Mike Leavitt announced that President Bush's 2005 budget pro-
posal includes $45 million for cleaning up contaminated sediments in the Great Lakes. Leavitt made the
announcement while visiting Belle Isle, one of 31 "Areas of Concern" within the Great Lake system. The "Areas
of Concern" are areas where the sediments are heavily contaminated with PCBs, heavy metals, and polycyclic
aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs).
The Great Lakes Legacy Act, signed in November 2002, authorizes up to $270 million between 2004-2008 to
clean up the contaminated sediments. The proposed amount represents a $35 million increase over the 2004
Great Lakes Legacy Act funding. Leavitt said that the increase "demonstrates the President's commitment to
preserving and protecting these Great Lakes" and that "accelerating the cleanup of these contaminated areas
will help keep the pollution from moving out into the lakes where cleanup becomes dramatically more diffi-
cult."
The proposed 2005 funding will address between four and six of the Areas of Concern. EPA will partner with
the states, tribes, and stakeholders to determine which cleanup projects to fund with the funding.
Additional information about the Great Lakes Legacy Act and the Great Lakes Program are available at: http://
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Poudre River Investigation and
Cleanup Begin
In September 2002, a contractor
for the City of Fort Collins
assisting with a Brownfields pi-
lot study noted an oily sheen on the
Cache la Poudre River, a river that runs
through Fort Collins, Colorado.
Since that discovery, EPA's Office of
Brownfields Cleanup and Redevelop-
ment has studied the 1/8-mile section
of the river where the substance—coal
tar—was identified and 19 acres of
adjacent commercial and residential
property. Investigation results have
not pointed to a definitive source for
the contamination, but analysis of the
river sediments has revealed that the
tar is similar in composition to waste
at the nearby former Poudre Valley
Gas Plant. The coal gasification plant.
which operated from 1904 to 1926, con-
verted coal into fuel for heat and elec-
tricity. The Public Service Company
of Colorado (doing business as Xcel
Energy) owns a portion of the gas
plant site and has agreed to fund
the estimated $1.5 million cleanup
project.
In January 2004, EPA and Xcel
Energy signed an administrative
order on consent to implement the
investigation and cleanup of the
Poudre River. Through the collabo-
rative efforts of EPA, Xcel, and the
City of Fort Collins, the work be-
gan the week of January 26, 2004.
The investigation and cleanup in-
volves diverting a portion of the
river through pipes to avoid contact
with contaminated sediments and
replacing removed sediments. To
help determine the source of the
contamination, new monitoring
wells will be installed, and a trench
will be dug to the bedrock.
During the project, temporary fenc-
ing will be in place, and air and water
monitoring will be performed to en-
sure public health and safety. Also, a
portion of the Poudre River Trail will
be re-routed, and one of the parking
lots for the Gustav Swanson Natural
Area will be closed. The Aztlan Com-
munity Center, United Way facility.
and skate park located near the
worksite will not be affected. Fortu-
nately, the drinking water intakes for
the cities of Fort Collins and Greeley
are located upstream from the con-
tamination, and it does not appear
that anyone is using the groundwater
at or around the worksite.
The work, including re-vegetation.
will be completed by May 2004.
For additional information, contact
Jennifer Lane, EPA Region 8,
lane.iennifer&eva.zov.
O'Brien Machinery Project:
Enforcement Working to Redevelop
Property
byJocelyn Scott, Office of Site Remediation Enforcement
ain Street Village—an
exciting new townhome
community in Downington.
Pennsylvania—is a far cry from the
contaminated industrial site that
was once owned by O'Brien Machin-
ery Company. The 10.6-acre parcel is
now the site of a recently developed
160-unit housing development with
a beautiful creek and newly land-
scaped surroundings. EPA's
Superfund enforcement program rec-
ognized the benefits of this project to
human health and the environment.
and made significant efforts that
helped bring redevelopment of this
site to fruition.
During the 1980s, the O'Brien
Machinery Co. operated a manu-
facturing plant that built and re-
paired large electrical generators
used in industrial processes. The
site was abandoned after the owner
of the property went bankrupt ow-
ing over $1 million in unpaid back
taxes. The site turned from a pro-
ductive facility into an abandoned
contaminated property riddled
with drug dealers and dilapidated
buildings. When EPA discovered
the site in 1992, it found transform-
ers leaking PCB-containing fluids
onto the site and subsequently con-
ducted removal activities. The
Agency attached a $1.5 million
CERCLA hen against the property for
costs it incurred in performing these
removal activities at the site. Al-
though EPA's cleanup efforts were
sufficient to prevent an endangerment
posed by high levels of PCBs, further
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EPA Details Resource Conservation
Challenge Accomplishments
EPA recently published the
first annual report on the
Resource Conservation
Challenge, a major cross-Agency ini-
tiative that identifies and uses inno-
vative, flexible, and protec-
tive ways to conserve natu-
ral resources and energy.
RCC works to (1) prevent
pollution and promote recy-
cling and reuse of material;
(2) reduce the use of toxic
chemicals; and (3) conserve
energy and materials
through partnerships and
programs that protect hu-
man health and the environment; save
energy and reduce greenhouse gases;
create jobs; and grow the economy.
The report outlines major RCC
achievements, including measurable
environmental benefits and an in-
crease in the number of new partner-
ships. Nearly all the RCC environmen-
tal benefits result from voluntary pub-
lic-private partnerships. In 2003, ex-
isting RCC partnerships with federal
and state governments, tribes, and
industry grew, and new ones were
formed. The Agency's long-standing
partnership, Waste Wise, grew to over
1,300 members, and new partner-
ships like the National Waste Mini-
mization Partnership Program, the
Coal Combustion Products Partner-
ship, Plug-In to eCycling, and the
"This report shows us that the old ways of doing
business are too slow and discouraging, and that
the RCC is a successful, collaborative tool for
achieving future progress on the environment."
-Marianne Horinko, EPA Assistant Administrator for the
Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response
GreenScapes Alliance grew from the
ground up. RCC's partners identified
environmentally beneficial solutions
to specific problems and implemented
them. For example:
•A Waste Minimization Partner in
Texas is working to reduce polycyclic
aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in
tank bottom wastes by 32,000 pounds
and benzene by 70,000 pounds.
• Plug-In to eCycling partners safely
recycled 26.4 million pounds of elec-
tronic equipment in 2003.
• The tire partnership is committed
to reduce, recycle, or otherwise recover
85 percent of newly generated scrap
tires and to reduce the number of tires
in existing stockpiles by 55 percent
within four years.
•In 2002, Waste Wise partners col-
lectively reduced
greenhouse gas emis-
sions by 2.4 million
tons.
"I'm thrilled at the
energy and enthusi-
asm surrounding the
RCC-and the real
sense of ownership by
EPA nationwide,"
said Marianne Horinko.
EPA Assistant Administrator for the
Office of Solid Waste and Emergency
Response. "It's a true collaboration
among diverse stakeholders. We'll ac-
complish more in less time than years
of regulatory development and litiga-
tion could ever do."
The RCC annual report is available
at: http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/osw/
conserve/resources/rcc-rptl.pdf. Com-
plete information about the Resource
Conservation Challenge is also on the
Web at: http://www.epa.gov/rcc.
For additional information, contact Diane
Bartosh, Office of Solid Waste, (703) 308-
7895.
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Cooper, continued from page 1
case over for oral argument until Oc-
tober 2004.
Background:
Cooper Industries ("Cooper") oper-
ated an aircraft maintenance business
that contaminated the property with
hazardous substances. In 1981, Aviall
Services ("Aviall") purchased Cooper's
business and its operation. Aviall's
operation of the business also resulted
in the deposition of hazardous mate-
rials. When Aviall found hazardous
substance contamination, it notified
Texas authorities, and cleaned up the
property without an order from state
or federal authorities. Aviall subse-
quently sought contribution from Coo-
per under section 113(f) of CERCLA,
which allows parties to seek contribu-
tion from other parties responsible for
the contamination of the site.
The district court rejected Aviall's
claim holding that Aviall voluntarily
cleaned up the site and that CERCLA
113(f) only applies where a cleanup
action occurs pursuant to a lawsuit or
settlement involving the federal or
state government. Aviall appealed the
district court's decision to the United
States Court of Appeals for the Fifth
Circuit. In November 2002, the Fifth
Circuit reversed the lower court's de-
cision and found that Aviall could seek
contribution from Cooper under
CERCLA Section 113(f) even though
Aviall cleaned up the site voluntarily.
In December 2003, Cooper filed a pe-
tition for certiorari asking the Supreme
Court to review the case. The Supreme
Court invited the United States to file
an Amicus brief on whether the Su-
preme Court should grant certiorari
and hear the case. On December 12.
2003, the United States filed an Am-
icus brief recommending that the
Court review the case. On January 9.
2004, the Supreme Court decided to
review this case. The United States
filed an Amicus brief on the merits of
the case on February 23, 2004.
For additional information, contact
Clarence Featherson, OSRE, (202) 564-
4234.
Bunker Hill
Superfund Site
Notice of Appeal
Filed
In two court decisions issued on Sep-
tember 3, 2001 and November 18.
2003, the U.S. District Court for the
District of Idaho awarded a $7 million
reduction in remaining financial re-
sponsibilities of a 1994 consent decree
at the Bunker Hill Mining and Metal-
lurgical Site to the defendants, Asarco.
Inc. and Hecla Mining Company. The
court determined the modification of
the agreement was appropriate be-
cause factual circumstances had
changed since the lodging of the 1994
decree.
From the late 1800s to the 1970s,
mining activities upstream and a lead
smelter in the Coeur d'Alene Basin
contaminated the groundwater, soil.
air, and Coeur d'Alene River with lead.
arsenic, zinc, and cadmium. The af-
fected area is divided into three
cleanup projects. Operable unit 1
(OU1) and OU2 are within the "Box,"
a 21-square-mile area within the
Coeur d'Alene Basin comprised of his-
toric smelter and mining areas as well
as residential areas containing 5,000-
6,000 residents. OU3 is the "Basin,"
which runs along the Coeur d'Alene
River through Lake Coeur d'Alene and
into the Spokane River. Since 1994.
over 2,200 residential and community
areas have been cleaned up and blood
lead levels in children have been re-
duced significantly through the ef-
forts of EPA and Upstream Min-
ing Group, a syndicate of mining
companies including Asarco and
Hecla.
The Box was the area of focus
for remediation pursuant to the
1994 decree. The court found that
EPA's recent decision to use
CERCLA remedial authorities to
deal with environmental issues
outside of the Box but inside the
Coeur d'Alene Basin represented
a departure from EPA's previ-
ously announced plans and an in-
crease in the total potential finan-
cial exposure of the movants. Ac-
cording to the court, EPA made it
more difficult for the defendants
to obtain credit backing to meet
the financial requirements of the
1994 agreement by permitting
cleanup efforts on the mining
wastes outside of the Box. To com-
ply with the court order, EPA and
the State of Idaho will confer with
the defendants about the most
efficient way to accomplish a $7
million cut in financial obliga-
tions.
Within the 1994 decree, EPA
reserved their authorities for any
contamination outside of the Box
while allowing a covenant not to
sue for OU2. EPA and the Depart-
ment of Justice are considering an
appeal. In the meantime, they
have filed a notice of appeal, pre-
serving the right to lodge an ap-
peal in the future.
The U.S. District court ruled in
favor of EPA in a similar suit for
cleanup costs in OU3. In that rul-
ing, Hecla and Asarco were held
liable for 31% and 22% of the cost,
respectively.
For additional information, please
contact Ted Yackulic, Region 10,
(206) 553-1218.
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remediation of remaining contamina-
tion was necessary to make the site
viable for redevelopment and reuse.
Fortunately, Gary Silversmith.
President of SERENA, Inc. was will-
ing to tackle such an undesirable site
and approached the Borough of
Downington with a plan to acquire the
O'Brien site and redevelop it into a
townhouse neighborhood after
remediation. The plan required that
EPA coordinate closely with
Pennsylvania's Department of Envi-
ronmental Protection, Chester
County, the Borough, and SERENA.
Their willingness to work together and
invest resources into this project al-
lowed several activities to occur, in-
cluding: (1) a $1 million grant from
Pennsylvania's Industrial Sites Reuse
Fund; (2) a prospective purchaser
agreement (PPA) between EPA and
SERENA for the additional cleanup
activities including the remediation of
residual PCB contamination to resi-
dential levels and a controlled demo-
lition of existing structures; and (3)
proper remediation of the site that was
protective of human health and the
environment. In addition to negotiat-
ing the PPA, EPA's enforcement pro-
gram worked hard to arrange a way to
resolve its CERCLA lien against the
O'Brien site to allow this project to
move forward. Without these collabo-
rative efforts, the site would have re-
mained a contaminated unused piece
ofproperty.
In 2001, SERENA completed the
redevelopment of the O'Brien Machin-
ery site into an attractive upscale
townhome community. While there
were several major hurdles along the
way, the property was remediated and
returned to productive reuse for the
community. This project is evidence of
the great work EPA's Superfund en-
forcement program has been perform-
ing to ensure the revitalization of
brownfield properties. It is also an
excellent example of how a sound re-
development plan and strong partner-
ship between federal, state, local and
private entities can transform a site
from a brownfield to a redevelopment
success.
For additional information, contact
Jocelyn Scott, OSRE, (202) 564-4795.
House Bill Seeks
Service Station
Liability Limits
House Resolution 3543, introduced
by Rep. Michael Capuano (D-MA) this
past November, seeks to limit liabil-
ity under the Comprehensive Environ-
mental Response, Compensation, and
Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA) for
service station dealers with respect to
the release or threatened release of
recycled oil. The bill would amend
CERCLA Section 114(c) to add a new
paragraph. The new paragraph would
explain that response costs or dam-
ages may not be recovered from ser-
vice station dealers that properly
managed and disposed of recycled oil
in the period between November 8.
1986 and the effective dates of regu-
lations and standards promulgated
under Section 3014 of the Solid Waste
Disposal Act.
Currently, CERCLA Section 114(c)
allows certain liability exemptions for
service station dealers meeting spe-
cific requirements. The exemptions
are intended to promote the collection
of used motor oil from do-it-yourselfer
recyclers (e.g., individuals changing oil
in personal-use vehicles). To be eli-
gible for an exemption, a service sta-
tion dealer (SSD) must meet three cri-
teria: the dealer meets the definition
of a service station dealer as defined
in CERCLA Section 101(37); the col-
lected used oil has not been mixed
with a CERCLA hazardous substance;
and the used oil has been "managed in
compliance with the regulations and
standards promulgated pursuant to
Section 3014 and other applicable au-
thorities."
The bill seeks to expand the third
requirement for exemption by amend-
ing the exemption period to include
management and disposal activities
occurring on or after the effective start
date of the Superfund Amendments
and Reauthorization Act of 1986
(SARA). The used oil management
standards included in SARA were not
codified (as 40 CFR Part 279) until
1992. The effective date for these stan-
dards under RCRA is March 8, 1993.
Thus, an SSD can still be liable under
CERCLAfor actions taken prior to 1993.
The bill, which has gained a number
of co-sponsors, has been referred to the
House Committee on Transportation
and Infrastructure and the House
Committee on Energy and Commerce.
For additional information, contact Susan
Boushell, OSRE, boushell.susan(S)epa.gov.
OSRE Completes
Second Printing
of
PRP Search
Manual
The Office of Site Remediation En-
forcement (OSRE) has done a second
printing of the September 2003 PRP
Search Manual. The purpose was to
provide copies to State and Tribal staff
who perform potentially responsible
party (PRP) search activities and to
give extra copies to Regional staff who
requested them.
As previously announced, the manual
is also available online at
http://www.epa.gov/compliance/re-
sources/publications/cleanup/
superfund/prpmanual/index.html.
If you have any questions, please contact
Nancy Deck, OSRE, (202) 564-6039.
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April 27, 2004
1:30-3:30pm National Notable
Achievement Awards Ceremony
Sheraton, Crystal City, VA
Contact: Ann Eleanor, eleanor,ann@eDa,QOv
April 28-29, 2004
2004 ASTSWMO Mid-Year
Meeting
Savannah, GA
Contact: Jocelyn Scott (202) 564-4795
http ://www,astswmo org
May 11-12, 2004
2004 National Corrective Action
Conference
Orlando, FL
Contact: Lael Butler (404) 562-8453 or
Karen Tomimatsu (703) 605-0698
http ://www, national caconf, corn/
default, htrnl
July 12-14, 2004
ASTSWMO 2004 State
Hazardous Waste Managers
Conference
Washington, DC
Contact: Jocelyn Scott (202) 564-4795
http: //www, astswmo org
September 20-22, 2004
Brownfields 2004: "Gateway to
Revitalization"
St. Louis, MO
httn://www bfownfields2004 org
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Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
Polychlorinated biphenyls
Prospective purchaser agreement
Resource Conservation Challenge
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
Superfund Amendments and
Reauthorization Act
Richard W. Popino, PhD REM, editor
EPA Review Board; Diane Bartosh, Paul Connor,
Karen Ellenberger, Jeff Heimerman, Kathleen
Johnson, Kenneth Patterson, Neilima Senjalia,
Suzanne Wells
Christine Rueter, DPRAInc., senior writer
Betsy Anderson, DPRA Inc., writer
Sarah Heberling, DPRA Inc., writer
Ruth Colville, DPRAInc., senior designer
Lauren Grantham, DPRA Inc., designer
To comment on the newsletter contact Dr. Richard W. Popino, at MC-2271A, U.S. EPA, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20460, emaihpopino.rick@epa.gov. To be added or
deleted from the mailing list, contact Christine Rueter, DPRA Inc., 1300 North 17th Street,
Suite 950, Arlington, Virginia 22209, Fax: (703) 524-9415, emaihchristine.rueter@dpra.com
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