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CERCLA TITLE: Using Fish Tissue Data to Monitor Remedy Effectiveness PUBLICATION DATE: July 2008 EPA ORDER No.: N/A OSWER DIRECTIVE No.: 9200 1-77D AVAILABILITY: Internet URL:http ://www. epa. gov/ superfund/health/ conmedia/sediment/documents.htm This document provides technical guidance to EPA staff on developing monitoring plans for contaminated sediment sites. It also provides information to the public and to the regulated community on how EPA intends to exercise its discretion in implementing monitoring plans for Superfund sites. TITLE: ECO Update/Ground Water Forum Issue Paper PUBLICATION DATE: July 2008 EPA ORDER No.: EPA540-R-06-072 OSWER DIRECTIVE No.: 9285.6-17 AVAILABILITY: Internet URL:http://www.epa.gov/oswer/riskassess ment/ecoup/ This ECO Update discusses how to evaluate ground water and surface water transition zones in Ecological Risk Assessments (ERAs). This document encourages project managers, ecological risk assessors, and hydrogeologists to expand their focus beyond shoreline wells and surface sediments and to define and characterize the actual fate of contaminants as they move from a strictly ground water environment (i.e., the commonly used "upland monitoring well nearest the shoreline") through the transition zone and into a surface water environment. TITLE: Ground Water Optimization Progress Report: 2006-2007 PUBLICATION DATE: July 2008 EPA ORDER No.: EPA540-R-08-004 OSWER DIRECTIVE No.: 9283 1-31 AVAILABILITY: Internet U RL: http ://www.epa. gov/superfund/cl eanu p/postconstruction/pdfs/0607optimizationrep ort.pdf This report provides a summary and an analysis of progress toward the implementation of site-specific optimization recommendations at Superfund-financed ground water pump and treat (P&T) sites. The report summarizes successful implementation strategies, opportunities for improvement, barriers to implementation, and changes in project costs as a result of optimization. The report also identifies sites that require no further follow-up and discusses related initiatives underway at EPA Headquarters and in the regional offices. 1 ------- New Publications July 2008 TITLE: EPA Brownfields Assessment Grants- Assessment Coalitions Fact Sheet PUBLICATION DATE: June 2008 EPA ORDER No.: EPA560-F-08-252 AVAILABILITY: Internet U RL: http ://wvvw.epa. gov/brownfi el ds/prop osal guides/acfs 062408.pdf This fact sheet explains what EPA brownfields assessment grants and assessment coalitions are and who is eligible for the grants. TITLE: Cleveland Resource Recovery Sustainability Pilot Fact Sheet PUBLICATION DATE: July 2008 EPA ORDER No.: EPA560-F-08-262 AVAILABILITY: Internet URL:http://www.epa.gov/swerosps/bf/sustai n pits This fact sheet discusses the Cleveland Resource Recovery Sustainability Pilot, which will focus on projects on reuse and recycling of building materials to reduce construction and demolition waste in Cleveland, Ohio. TITLE: Samoa Peninsula (CA) Sustainability Pilot Fact Sheet PUBLICATION DATE: July 2008 EPA ORDER No.: EPA560-F-08-263 AVAILABILITY: Internet URL: http ://www. epa. gov/ swerosps/bf/ sustai n pits/ This fact sheet discusses the Samoa Peninsula (CA) Sustainability Pilot, which will focus on green design and building standards for the conversion of the former lumber mill into new commercial, residential, and recreational uses in Humboldt County, California. TITLE: Rose Walsh Smelter Sustainability Pilot Fact Sheet PUBLICATION DATE: July 2008 EPA ORDER No.: EPA560-F-08-264 AVAILABILITY: Internet URL: http ://www. epa. gov/ swerosps/bf/ sustai n pits/ This fact sheet discusses the Rose Walsh Smelter Sustainability Pilot, which will focus on green building design, effective stormwater management, green infrastructure design, and native landscaping on mine-scarred lands in San Juan County, Colorado. TITLE: Commercial Street Historic District Sustainability Pilot Fact Sheet PUBLICATION DATE: July 2008 EPA ORDER No.: EPA560-F-08-265 AVAILABILITY: Internet URL:http://www.epa.gov/swerosps/bf/sustai n pits/ This fact sheet discusses the Commercial Street Historic District Sustainability Pilot which will focus on green infrastructure and green design techniques for several properties in the redevelopment district in Springfield, Missouri. TITLE: Tabor Commons Sustainability Pilot Fact Sheet PUBLICATION DATE: July 2008 EPA ORDER No.: EPA560-F-08-266 AVAILABILITY: Internet URL:http://www.epa.gov/swerosps/bf/sustai n pits/ This fact sheet discusses the Tabor Commons Sustainability Pilot, which will focus on an analysis for various green building principles at the former gas station in Portland, Oregon. 2 ------- July 2008 New Publications TITLE: The Waterfront Sustainability Pilot Fact Sheet PUBLICATION DATE: July 2008 EPA ORDER No.: EPA560-F-08-267 AVAILABILITY: Internet URL:http://www.epa.gov/swerosps/bf/sustai n pits/ This fact sheet discusses the Waterfront Sustainability Pilot, which will focus on the reuse and recycling of construction and demolition materials as well as low impact development methods for stormwater management and river protection along the Lehigh River in Allentown, Pennsylvania. TITLE: Laredo Recreational Center Sustainability Pilot Fact Sheet PUBLICATION DATE: July 2008 EPA ORDER No.: EPA560-F-08-268 AVAILABILITY: Internet URL: http ://www. epa. gov/ swerosps/bf/ sustai n pits/ This fact sheet discusses the Laredo Recreational Center Sustainability Pilot, which will focus on sustainable building design, stormwater management, and the reuse of native vegetation to conserve water resources in Laredo, Texas. TITLE: Houston Solar Project Sustainability Pilot Fact Sheet PUBLICATION DATE: July 2008 EPA ORDER No.: EPA560-F-08-269 AVAILABILITY: Internet URL:http://www.epa.gov/swerosps/bf/sustai n pits/ This fact sheet discusses the Houston Solar Project Sustainability Pilot, which will focus on analyzing the environmental and engineering issues of building a solar plant on a former landfill in Houston, Texas. TITLE: Moran Center Sustainability Pilot Fact Sheet PUBLICATION DATE: July 2008 EPA ORDER No.: EPA560-F-08-270 AVAILABILITY: Internet URL:http://www.epa.gov/swerosps/bf/sustai n pits/ This fact sheet discusses the Moran Center Sustainability Pilot, which will focus on plans for effective stormwater management, green infrastructure, and enhancement of wetlands in Burlington, Vermont. TITLE: Jackson Square Sustainability Pilot Fact Sheet PUBLICATION DATE: July 2008 EPA ORDER No.: EPA560-F-08-271 AVAILABILITY: Internet URL:http://www.epa.gov/swerosps/bf/sustai n pits/ This fact sheet discusses the Jackson Square Sustainability Pilot, which will focus on a technical analysis of green roof systems for Jackson Square in Roxbury, Massachusetts. TITLE: Allen Morrison Sustainability Pilot Fact Sheet PUBLICATION DATE: July 2008 EPA ORDER No.: EPA560-F-08-272 AVAILABILITY: Internet URL:http://www.epa.gov/swerosps/bf/sustai n pits/ This fact sheet discusses the Allen Morrison Sustainability Pilot, which will focus on green approaches to cleanup and building design, materials deconstruction and reuse plans, and community involvement in Lynchburg, Virginia. 3 ------- New Publications July 2008 TITLE: Focus: HOPE Sustainability Pilot Fact Sheet PUBLICATION DATE: July 2008 EPA ORDER No.: EPA560-F-08-273 AVAILABILITY: Internet URL:http://www.epa.gov/swerosps/bf/sustai n pits/ This fact sheet discusses the Focus: HOPE Sustainability Pilot, which will focus on green building design, stormwater management, green infrastructure design and native landscaping in Detroit, Michigan. TITLE: Community Center Rooftop Garden Sustainability Pilot Fact Sheet PUBLICATION DATE: July 2008 EPA ORDER No.: EPA560-F-08-274 AVAILABILITY: Internet URL:http://www.epa.gov/swerosps/bf/sustai n pits/ This fact sheet discusses the Community Center Rooftop Garden Sustainability Pilot, which will focus on design plans for a community rooftop garden with a sustainable stormwater management system in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. TITLE: Langdale and Riverdale Mills Sustainability Pilot Fact Sheet PUBLICATION DATE: July 2008 EPA ORDER No.: EPA560-F-08-275 AVAILABILITY: Internet URL:http://www.epa.gov/swerosps/bf/sustai n pits/ This fact sheet discusses the Langdale and Riverdale Mills Sustainability Pilot, which will focus on sustainability planning and an inventory for materials that can be reused or recycled from the Langale and Riverdale Mills in Valley, Alabama. TITLE: Greenville Workforce Housing Project Sustainability Pilot Fact Sheet PUBLICATION DATE: July 2008 EPA ORDER No.: EPA560-F-08-276 AVAILABILITY: Internet URL:http://www.epa.gov/swerosps/bf/sustai n pits/ This fact sheet discusses the Greenville Workforce Housing Project Sustainability Pilot, which will focus on sustainable building features into a workforce housing redevelopment project in Greenville, South Carolina. TITLE: Gas Station Conversion into a Community Center Sustainability Pilot Fact Sheet PUBLICATION DATE: July 2008 EPA ORDER No.: EPA560-F-08-278 AVAILABILITY: Internet URL:http://www.epa.gov/swerosps/bf/sustai n pits/ This fact sheet discusses the Gas Station Conversion into a Community Center Sustainability Pilot, which will focus on design plans associated with infrastructure reuse and recycling, green building features, stormwater management, and greenspace enhancements at a former gas station in Portland, Oregon. 4 ------- FEDERAL REGISTERS Availability You may order copies of Federal Registers by calling the Superfund, TRI, EPCRA, RMP & Oil Information Center National Toll-Free No.: (800) 424-9346 Local: (703) 412-9810 TDD National Toll-Free No.: (800) 553-7672 Local TDD: (703) 412-3323 EPA Federal Registers from October 1994 to the present are accessible via the Internet at:: http://www.epa.gov/fedrqstr FINAL RULES CERCLA "National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan; National Priorities List" July 15, 2008 (73 FR 40467) EPA announced the withdrawal of the June 13, 2008 final action to delete the Fourth Street Abandoned Refinery Superfund Site from the National Priorities List (NPL) due to adverse comments that were received during the public comment period (73 FR 33721). The effective date of this withdrawal is July 15, 2008. "National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan; National Priorities List" July 15, 2008 (73 FR 40467) EPA announced the withdrawal of the June 13, 2008 final action to delete the Double Eagle Refinery Company Site from the NPL due to adverse comments that were received during the public comment period (73 FR 33718). The effective date of this withdrawal is July 15, 2008. "National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan; National Priorities List" July 22, 2008 (73 FR 42533) EPA announced the deletion of the Pfohl Brothers Landfill Superfund Site from the NPL. The effective date of this rulemaking is September 22, 2008, unless EPA receives adverse comments by August 21, 2008. PROPOSED RULES CERCLA "National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan; National Priorities List July 22, 2008 (73 FR 42539) EPA announced its intent to delete the Pfohl Brothers Landfill Superfund Site from the NPL. Comments must be received by August 21, 2008. SETTLEMENTS AND CONSENT DECREE NOTICES "Proposed Settlement Agreement; Tobin and Jacks Superfund Site" July 1, 2008 (73 FR 37454) "Proposed Consent Decree; United States v. Cambrex Corporation, et at." July 7, 2008 (73 FR 38468) 5 ------- Federal Registers July 2008 "Proposed Settlement Agreement; Motorola 52nd Street Superfund Site" July 8, 2008 (73 FR 39014) "Proposed Settlement Agreement; Wabash Environmental Technologies Superfund Site" July 8, 2008 (73 FR 39015) "Proposed Settlement Agreement; New Carlisle Well Contamination Site" July 10, 2008 (73 FR 39696) "Consent Decree; State of Colorado v. ASARCO Incorporated et al." July 10, 2008 (73 FR 39720) "Consent Decree Modification; State of Colorado v. ASARCO Incorporated et al" July 10, 2008 (73 FR 39720) "Proposed Consent Decree; United States and the State of Illinois v. Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation" July 10, 2008 (73 FR 39721) "Proposed Consent Decree; United States v. Waste Management of Illinois, Inc. et al." July 15, 2008 (73 FR 40617) "Proposed Settlement Agreement; Coeur d'Alene Box Site" July 16, 2008 (73 FR 40881) "Proposed Consent Decree; United States and State of Oklahoma v. Albert Investment, et al." July 17, 2008 (73 FR 41118) "Proposed Consent Decree; United States v. Larry Delatte" July 18, 2008 (73 FR 41382) "Proposed Settlement Agreement; Brunswick Mill Superfund Site and Carvill Combing Company Superfund Site" July 21, 2008 (73 FR 42343) "Proposed Settlement Agreement; Bally TCE Superfund Site" July 25, 2008 (73 FR 43439) "Proposed Settlement Agreement; Chino Airport Radium Dials Superfund Site" July 28, 2008 (73 FR 43753) "Proposed Settlement Agreement; Sterling Morton High School Superfund Site" July 31, 2008 (73 FR 44725) 6 ------- |