EPA540-R-09-023 Superfund, TRI, EPCRA, RMP & Oil Information Center Monthly Report November 2009 Services in support of OSRTI, OIAA, and OEM National Toil-Free No.: (800) 424-9346 Local: (703) 412-9810 TDD National Toil-Free No.: (800) 553-7672 Local: (703) 412-3323 This report is prepared and submitted in support of Contract No. EP-W-06-018. Sheree Johnson, Project Officer U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Washington, DC 20460 Printed on Recycled Paper Availability The complete text of all Monthly Reports, beginning with November 1991, may be accessed on the Internet at http://www.epa.gov/superfund/contacts/infocenter. The Information Center maintains an electronic mailing list named callcenter oswer. Subscribers receive Information Center announcements and Monthly Reports via e-mail at no charge. To subscribe to the Information Center electronic mailing list, send a blank e-mail to: join-callcenter_oswer@lists.epa.gov • To unsubscribe from an EPA electronic mailing list send a blank e-mail to: leave-listname@lists.epa.gov For example, leave-callcenter_oswer@lists.epa.gov ------- NEW PUBLICATIONS How to order... NTIS Publications are available by calling (800) 553-6847 or (703) 605-6000, or writing NTIS, 5301 Shawnee Rd, Alexandria, VA 22312. Use the NTIS Order Number listed under the document. NSCEP Publications are available by calling (800) 490-9198 or by writing USEPA/NSCEP, PO Box 42419, Cincinnati, OH 45242-0419. Use the EPA Order Number listed under the document. CERCLA TITLE: Brownfields Federal Programs Guide: 2009 Edition PUBLICATION DATE: November 2009 EPA ORDER No.: EPA560-F-09-501 AVAILABILITY: Internet http://vvvvvv.epa.aov/svverosps/bf/partners/20 09_fpg.pdf This guide updates the 2005 edition to aid in the cleanup and redevelopment of brownfields. Each federal agency or organization is summarized with respect to its mission and connection to brownfields. Each summary includes a list of programs - organized according to whether they can provide technical or financial assistance - relevant to brownfield sites. Where applicable, a description of eligibility requirements, availability, uses, and applications, as well as any restrictions on use or eligibility is included. Snapshots of brownfield projects that have successfully leveraged funding from these programs are included to illustrate how federal programs have stimulated brownfields cleanup and redevelopment around the country. Guidance on using additional funding sources, such as federal tax incentives, is also included. TITLE: Building Vibrant Communities: Community Benefits of Land Revitalization PUBLICATION DATE: October 2009 EPA ORDER No.: EPA560-F-09-517 AVAILABILITY: Internet http://vvvvvv.epa.uov/brovvnfields/policv/com ben.pdf This document provides information on EPA's brownfields program, engaging communities, enhancing sustainability, and community benefits, including health, environmental, economic, capacity building, and neighborhood benefits. It also provides information on four major brownfield reuse themes that provide widespread benefits to communities: agriculture and food system uses, arts and culture uses, housing and mixes uses, and community and civic uses. TITLE: Addressing Environmental Justice in EPA Brownfields Communities PUBLICATION DATE: November 2009 EPA ORDER No.: EPA560-F-09-518 AVAILABILITY: Internet http://www.epa.gov/swerosps/bf/policv/ei b rochure 2009.pdf This brochure presents an overview of the environmental justice movement and efforts by EPA's brownfields program. It provides a demographic analysis of brownfields communities using 2000 census data, a brownfields and environmental justice timeline, the purpose of the Brownfields Program, unintended impacts of brownfields revitalization, and an overview of the success of the program. The document also 1 ------- New Publications November 2009 offers a discussion of future opportunities to improve upon the environmental justice movement and EPA's brownfields program. TITLE: EPA's Brownfields and Land Revitalization Programs: Changing American Land and Lives PUBLICATION DATE: October 2009 EPA ORDER No.: EPA560-F-09-519 AVAILABILITY: Internet http://vvvvvv.epa. gov/s werosps/bf/overvi evv/0 9brochure.pdf This brochure provides an overview of land revitalization under EPA's brownfields program. The document also provides short descriptions on brownfields funding and other EPA programs and offices working toward land revitalization. TITLE: Funding Guidance for State and Tribal Response Programs Fiscal Year 2010 PUBLICATION DATE: November 2009 EPA ORDER No.: EPA560- F-09-520 AVAILABILITY: Internet http://vvvvvv.epa.uov/svverosps/bf/proposal g uides/fv 10 ST final.pdf This document provides guidance for state and tribal response programs applying for and using program grants for Fiscal Year 2010 under CERCLA §128(a). This funding helps to establish and enhance state and tribal response programs, including the assessment, cleanup, and redevelopment of brownfields sites and other sites with actual or perceived contamination. TITLE: Tribal Brownfields and Response Programs: Respecting Our Land, Revitalizing Our Communities PUBLICATION DATE: November 2009 EPA ORDER No.: EPA560-F-09-521 AVAILABILITY: Internet http://www.epa.gov/brownfields/state tribal/ tribalreport09.pdf This report highlights how tribes are using brownfields funding to address contaminated land in Indian country and other tribal lands. It also highlights the challenges they face. It provides a historic overview of EPA's Brownfields Program, as it relates to tribes, and demonstrates EPA's commitment to the development of tribal capacity to deal effectively with contaminated lands in Indian country. The report includes examples of tribal successes to both highlight accomplishments and serve as a resource for ideas, information, and reference. TITLE: State Brownfields and Voluntary Response Programs: An Update from the States PUBLICATION DATE: November 2009 EPA ORDER No.: EPA560-R-09-522 AVAILABILITY: Internet http://vvvvvv.epa.gov/svverosps/bf/state tribal/ pubs.htm#sta This document explores the evolving landscape of state environmental, financial, and technical programs, including the incentives designed to promote brownfields cleanup and redevelopment. This user- friendly tool looks at multiple components of state brownfields and voluntary response programs and provides a synopsis of each state's response programs and contact information. 2 ------- November 2009 New Publications TITLE: National Priorities List (NPL) Black Butte Mine Site Narrative PUBLICATION DATE: September 2009 EPA ORDER No.: NA AVAILABILITY: Internet http://www.epa. gov/ superfund/sites/narr/nar 1811.pdf This fact sheet provides an overview of the Black Butte Mine site in Cottage Grove, Oregon, including information concerning site location, history, contamination, response activities, and potential impacts on the surrounding community and environment. TITLE: National Priorities List (NPL) Chemetco Site Narrative PUBLICATION DATE: September 2009 EPA ORDER No.: NA AVAILABILITY: Internet http://www.epa. gov/ superfund/sites/narr/nar 1808.pdf This fact sheet provides an overview of the Chemetco site in Madison County, Illinois, including information concerning site location, history, contamination, response activities, and potential impacts on the surrounding community and environment. TITLE: National Priorities List (NPL) Gratiot County Golf Course Site Narrative PUBLICATION DATE: September 2009 EPA ORDER No.: NA AVAILABILITY: Internet http://www.epa. gov/ superfund/sites/narr/nar 1809.pdf This fact sheet provides an overview of the Gratiot County Golf Course site in St. Louis, Michigan, including information concerning site location, history, contamination, response activities, and potential impacts on the surrounding community and environment. TITLE: National Priorities List (NPL) J J Seifert Machine Site Narrative PUBLICATION DATE: September 2009 EPA ORDER No.: NA AVAILABILITY: Internet http://www.epa. gov/ superfund/sites/narr/nar 1805.pdf This fact sheet provides an overview of the JJ Seifert Machine site in Ruskin, Florida, including information concerning site location, history, contamination, response activities, and potential impacts on the surrounding community and environment. TITLE: National Priorities List (NPL) Kerr-McGee Chemical Corp - Jacksonville Site Narrative PUBLICATION DATE: September 2009 EPA ORDER No.: NA AVAILABILITY: Internet http://www.epa. gov/ superfund/sites/narr/nar 1806.pdf This fact sheet provides an overview of the Kerr-McGee Chemical Corp site in Jacksonville, Florida, including information concerning site location, history, contamination, response activities, and potential impacts on the surrounding community and environment. TITLE: National Priorities List (NPL) Kerr-McGee Chemical Corp - Navassa Site Narrative PUBLICATION DATE: September 2009 EPA ORDER No.: NA AVAILABILITY: Internet http://www.epa. gov/ superfund/sites/narr/nar 1807.pdf This fact sheet provides an overview of the Kerr-McGee Chemical Corp site in Navassa, North Carolina, including information concerning site location, history, contamination, response activities, and potential impacts on the surrounding community and environment. 3 ------- New Publications November 2009 TITLE: National Priorities List (NPL) Millsboro TCE Site Narrative PUBLICATION DATE: September 2009 EPA ORDER No.: NA AVAILABILITY: Internet http://www.epa. gov/ superfund/sites/narr/nar 1804.pdf This fact sheet provides an overview of the Millsboro TCE site in Millsboro, Delaware, including information concerning site location, history, contamination, response activities, and potential impacts on the surrounding community and environment. TITLE: National Priorities List (NPL) Newton Creek Site Narrative PUBLICATION DATE: September 2009 EPA ORDER No.: NA AVAILABILITY: Internet http://www.epa. gov/ superfund/sites/narr/nar 1813.pdf This fact sheet provides an overview of the Newton Creek site in Brooklyn and Queens, New York, including information concerning site location, history, contamination, response activities, and potential impacts on the surrounding community and environment. TITLE: National Priorities List (NPL) Salt Chuck Mine Site Narrative PUBLICATION DATE: September 2009 EPA ORDER No.: NA AVAILABILITY: Internet http://www.epa. gov/ superfund/sites/narr/nar 1812.pdf This fact sheet provides an overview of the Salt Chuck Mine site in Outer Ketchikan County, Alaska, including information concerning site location, history, contamination, response activities, and potential impacts on the surrounding community and environment. TITLE: National Priorities List (NPL) Van der Horst USA Corporation Site Narrative PUBLICATION DATE: September 2009 EPA ORDER No.: NA AVAILABILITY: Internet http://www.epa. gov/ superfund/sites/narr/nar 1810.pdf This fact sheet provides an overview of the Van der Horst USA Corporation site in Terrell, Texas, including information concerning site location, history, contamination, response activities, and potential impacts on the surrounding community and environment. TITLE: National Priorities List (NPL) Peck Iron and Metal Site Narrative PUBLICATION DATE: November 2009 EPA ORDER No.: NA AVAILABILITY: Internet http://www.epa. gov/ superfund/sites/narr/nar 1795.pdf This fact sheet provides an overview of the Peck Iron and Metal site in Portsmouth, Virginia, including information concerning site location, history, contamination, response activities, and potential impacts on the surrounding community and environment. TITLE: National Priorities List (NPL) Raritan Bay Slag Site Narrative PUBLICATION DATE: November 2009 EPA ORDER No.: NA AVAILABILITY: Internet http://www.epa. gov/ superfund/sites/narr/nar 1793.pdf This fact sheet provides an overview of the Raritan Bay Slag site in Old Bridge Township and Sayreville, New Jersey, including information concerning site location, history, contamination, response activities, and potential impacts on the surrounding community and environment. 4 ------- November 2009 New Publications TITLE: National Priorities List (NPL) U.S. Magnesium Site Narrative PUBLICATION DATE: November 2009 EPA ORDER No.: NA AVAILABILITY: Internet http://www.epa. gov/ superfund/sites/narr/nar 1789.pdf This fact sheet provides an overview of the U.S. Magnesium site in Tooele County, Utah, including information concerning site location, history, contamination, response activities, and potential impacts on the surrounding community and environment. TITLE: Support Document for the Revised National Priorities List Final Rule: Peck Iron and Metal PUBLICATION DATE: November 2009 EPA ORDER No.: NA AVAILABILITY: Internet http://www.epa. gov/ superfund/sites/ supdoc/ sdl795.pdf This document explains the rationale for adding the Peck Iron and Metal site in Portsmouth, Virginia to the NPL. It also provides EPA's responses to public comments received about this site. TITLE: Support Document for the Revised National Priorities List Final Rule: U.S. Magnesium PUBLICATION DATE: November 2009 EPA ORDER No.: NA AVAILABILITY: Internet http://www.epa. gov/ superfund/sites/ supdoc/ sdl789.pdf This document explains the rationale for adding the U.S. Magnesium site in Tooele County, Utah to the NPL. It also provides EPA's responses to public comments received about this site. TITLE: Understanding the Use of Models in Predicting the Effectiveness of Proposed Remedial Actions at Superfund Sediment Sites PUBLICATION DATE: November 2009 EPA ORDER No.: NA OSWER DIRECTIVE No.: 9200 1-96FS AVAILABILITY: Internet http://www.epa. gov/ superfund/health/conme dia/sediment/pdfs/Modeling Primer.pdf This is the second fact sheet in the Sediment Assessment and Monitoring Sheet (SAMS) seriesprepared by the Office of Superfund Remediation and Technology Innovation (OSRTI). This document is an introductory primer for managers of contaminated sediment sites who are seeking to better understand the purpose and appropriate use of environmental models, including an explanation of the typical objectives of modeling, how models are built, how they are used to predict the effectiveness of remedies, and how the uncertainty in model predictions can be addressed. OIL POLLUTION PREVENTION TITLE: Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure (SPCC) Rules Amendments Fact Sheet PUBLICATION DATE: November 2009 EPA ORDER No.: EPA530-F-08-016 AVAILABILITY: Internet http://vvvvvv.epa. gov/oem/docs/oi 1/spec/ S PC CFactsheet FinalAmendments Nov09.pdf This fact sheet provides an overview of the amended SPCC requirements finalized November 13, 2009. The document provides guidance on the changes between the December 2008 final rule and the November 2009 final rule, including which amendments will become effective without further modification, which will become effective with technical corrections, and which provisions were removed. 5 ------- New Publications November 2009 CROSS-PROGRAM TITLE: Canada-United States Joint Inland Pollution Contingency Plan PUBLICATION DATE: June 2009 EPA ORDER No.: EPA540-R-08-001 OSWER DIRECTIVE No.: 9246.2 AVAILABILITY: Internet http://www.epa.gov/oem/docs/er/us can icp _eng.pdf The Canada-United States Joint Inland Pollution Contingency Plan (the "Inland Plan") sets forth cooperative measures for dealing with a release of a pollutant along the inland boundary of a magnitude that causes, or may cause, damage to the environment or constitutes a threat to public safety, security, health, welfare, or property. The Inland Plan may also facilitate the provision of assistance in the event that only one country is affected but the polluting incident is of sufficient magnitude to justify a request for assistance from the other country. This version supersedes the 1994 Canada-United States Joint Inland Pollution Contingency Plan and complements the Canada-United States Joint Marine Pollution Contingency Plan. 6 ------- 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 Priorities List, Final Rule No. 48" November 4, 2009 (74 FR 57085) EPA added three new sites to the General Superfund Section of the National Priorities List (NPL). The effective date of this rulemaking is December 4, 2009. "National Oil and Hazardous Substance Pollution Contingency Plan; National Priorities List: Partial Deletion of the California Gulch Superfund Site" November 13, 2009 (74 FR 58554) EPA announced the partial deletion of the California Gulch Superfund Site from the NPL. The effective date of this rulemaking is January 12, 2010, unless EPA receives adverse comments by December 14, 2009. OIL POLLUTION PREVENTION "Oil Pollution Prevention; Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure (SPCC) Rule— Amendments" November 13, 2009 (74 FR 58784) EPA promulgated revisions to the SPCC Rule, which supplements the December 5, 2008 final rule (73 FR 74236). This final rule either took no action or provided minor technical corrections on the majority of the December 2008 provisions. The rule also removed the December 2008 provisions to: exclude farms and oil production facilities from the loading/unloading rack requirements; exempt produced water containers at an oil production facility; and provide alternative qualified facilities eligibility criteria for an oil production facility. The effective date of both the December 5, 2008 amendments and the November 13, 2009 revisions to those amendments is January 14, 2010. 7 ------- Federal Registers November 2009 PROPOSED RULES CERCLA "National Oil and Hazardous Substance Pollution Contingency Plan; National Priorities List: Partial Deletion of the California Gulch Superfund Site" November 13, 2009 (74 FR 58575) EPA announced its intent to partially delete the California Gulch Superfund Site from the NPL. Comments must be received by December 14, 2009. NOTICES CERCLA "Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Cooperative Agreements and Superfund State Contracts for Superfund Response Actions (Renewal); EPA ICR No. 1487.10, OMB Control No. 2050-0179" November 17, 2009 (74 FR 59162) EPA announced that the following Information Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval: "Cooperative Agreements and Superfund State Contracts for Superfund Response Actions (Renewal)," ICR Number 1487.10, OMB Control Number 2050-0179. The current expiration date for this ICR is December 31, 2009. Comments must be received by December 17, 2009. "Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) or Superfund, Section 128(a); Notice of Grant Funding Guidance for State and Tribal Response Programs" November 17, 2009 (74 FR 59163) EPA announced that it will begin to accept requests, from December 1, 2009, through January 31, 2010, for grants to supplement state and tribal response programs. This notice provided guidance on eligibility for funding, use of funding, grant mechanisms and the process for awarding funding, the allocation system for the distribution of funding, and terms and reporting under these grants. The effective date of this action is December 1, 2009. EPCRA "Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act; Contractor Access to Trade Secrets and Address Change for Submitting Trade Secret Claims" November 25, 2009 (74 FR 61679) EPA announced the authorization of CGI Federal, Inc. and its subcontractor, Management Support Technology, Inc., to access trade secret information that has been, or will be, submitted to EPA under EPCRA §§303, 311 and 312. In addition, EPA announced a new address to which EPCRA trade secrets are to be sent. The new address is effective November 25, 2009. 8 ------- November 2009 Federal Registers CROSS-PROGRAM "National Advisory Committee for Acute Exposure Guideline Levels for Hazardous Substances; Notice of Charter Renewal" November 5, 2009 (74 FR 57312) EPA announced the renewal of the National Advisory Committee for Acute Exposure Guideline Levels for Hazardous Substances (NAC/AEGL Committee) charter for an additional two-year period. SETTLEMENT AND CONSENT DECREES "Proposed Settlement Agreement; APCO Mossberg Company, Inc. Superfund Site" November 3, 2009 (74 FR 56837) "Proposed Consent Decree; United States v. Methuen Lube, Inc., et al." November 9, 2009 (74 FR 57703) "Proposed Consent Decree; United States v. Township of Brick, New Jersey" November 10, 2009 (74 FR 58046) "Proposed Consent Decree; United States v. Alabama Plating Co., et al." November 10, 2009 (74 FR 58047) "Proposed Consent Decrees; United States v. Carlyle Manufacturing Co., Inc., et al. and United States v. Timothy Fidgeon as Trustee of the WALC Liquidating Trust' November 13, 2009 (74 FR 58655) "Proposed Consent Decree; United States v. City of St. Maries, et al." November 17, 2009 (74 FR 59241) "Proposed Consent Decree; United States v. Allen Greig & Perry, Inc., et al" November 19, 2009 (74 FR 59991) "Proposed Consent Decree; United States v. Cabot Corporation, et al." November 20, 2009 (74 FR 60293) "Proposed Consent Decree; United States v. Klockner &Klockner Partnership, Joseph S. Klockner, and Daniel Klockner III" November 27, 2009 (74 FR 62348) 9 ------- |