United States l-:iJA-3O0-K-O3-Of)l
Environmental Protection Revised December 2002
Agency
Office of Knlorcement and Compliance
Assurance (2261 A)
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Federal Facilities Enforcement Office (FFEO)
As part of EPA's Office of Enforcement and Compliance
Assurance (OECA), FFEO is responsible for ensuring that federal
facilities take all necessary actions to prevent, control and abate
environmental pollution. Major FFEO functions include:
• Policy and guidance development,
• Regional program support,
• Interagency agreement negotiation support,
• Compliance monitoring and targeting suppoit and
• Technical assistance and capacity building.
FFEO is divided into two groups: the Site Remediation and
Enforcement Staff and the Planning, Prevention and Compliance
Staff. Together, these groups develop national policy and guidance
to address the broad range of enforcement and compliance issues
confronting federal facilities.
Site Remediation and Enforcement Staff (SRES)
SRES's efforts primarily involve working with the EPA
Regional offices, other EPA headquarters offices, and federal
agencies to facilitate enforcement under all environmental statutes
and cleanup at federal facilities. For cleanup issues, SRES works
closely with the EPA Federal Facilities Restoration and Reuse
Office (FFRRO) on many of these issues.
Specific SRES responsibilities affect every aspect of federal
facility enforcement, from planning to implementation. For
example, SRES reviews proposed federal legislation and develops
EPA positions on appropriate federal responsibilities under such
legislation. SRES also is involved in developing federal facility
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enforcement strategies and in preparing guidance to assist Regions
in their implementation. Finally, SRES is directly involved in
enforcement negotiation, including Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA)
interagency agreements, administrative penalty and/or compliance
orders, and in litigation and enforcement support at federal
facilities.
Planning, Prevention, and Compliance Staff (PPCS)
PPCS is responsible for initiatives to prevent
noncompliance at federal facilities and overseeing compliance
assistance and targeting activities.
PPCS tracks and evaluates compliance at Federal facilities
to identify high priority compliance issues and develop proactive
multi-media measures to prevent pollution and reduce future
noncompliance at federal facilities. PPCS works on enforcement
and inspection targeting at federal facilities with environmental
laws, regulations, and Executive Orders; promotes pollution
prevention, multi-media enforcement, compliance, and
environmental justice activities at federal facilities; and encourages
the use of innovative technologies to attain pollution prevention,
compliance, and cleanup goals.
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Representative FFEQ Program Activities
• Enforcement Actions and Negotiations - FFEO
participates in enforcement negotiations, oversees
enforcement activities undertaken by the Regions, and is
responsible for resolving enforcement disputes between
EPA and other agencies. FFEO coordinates with the
Regions on issuing penalty and compliance orders and
agreements. Actions against Federal agencies include
notices of violation, interagency agreements, penalty and
compliance orders, and agreements under ail relevant
environmental statutes.
• Enforcement Strategies and Policies - FFEO develops
strategies for inspections and enforcement actions to
address noncompliance at federal facilities. FFEO aiso
issues enforcement policies and guidance on conducting
federal facility enforcement actions under environmental
laws, including the Clean Air Act, the Safe Drinking Water
Act. and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act.
• Planning of Cleanup Activities - FFEO supports the
implementation of the Superfund program at federal
facilities by helping to establish specific cleanup goals and
objectives, identifying appropriate funding levels, and
assessing progress in meeting goals and objectives using
the Superfund Comprehensive Accomplishments Plan
(SCAP) and Strategic Targeted Activities for Results
System (STARS).
• Federal Facility Compliance Assistance and Pollution
Prevention Activities - FFEO advises federal agencies on
how to comply with environmental laws, regulations, and
Executive Orders and how to prevent pollution. FFEO and
EPA Regional offices provide compliance assistance and
pollution prevention information through training, written
policy and guidance, funding pilot projects. EPA's web
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sites, and FedSite - CPA's online web-based compliance
assistance center for federal facilities. FFEO also publishes
'TedFacs." a newsletter on current topics impacting federal
facilities.
• Environmental Management Systems — FFEO advocates
the use of Environmental Management Systems and
conducts Environmental Management Reviews (EMRs) at
federal facilities. EMRs are evaluations of a facility's
program and management systems to determine how well
the facility has developed and implemented specific
environmental protection programs to ensure compliance
and environmental excellence. An EMR report contains
recommendations to improve those programs and a
facility's environmental performance.
• FedEnviroNews - Subscribers to this free computerized
information service receive environmental news and
information of interest to federal facilities.
• jFederal Facilities Environmental Justice Activities —
FFEO coordinates environmental justice initiatives related
to federal facilities and works closely with the Regions on
these issues. FFEO supports the Regional enforcement
actions at federal facilities when environmental justice
concerns exist.
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Regional Federal Facilities Program Managers (FFPMs)
Federal Facilities Program Managers, in conjunction with
other EPA Regional staff, are responsible for coordinating the
implementation of EPA's federal facilities policies and programs
in EPA's Regional offices. FFPMs serve as the primary Regional
point between EPA and the federal facilities. Specific FFPM
responsibilities include:
• Providing program assistance, training, and outreach for
federal facilities.
• Managing tracking, oversight, and compliance planning
activities.
• Encouraging pollution prevention at federal facilities.
0 Coordinating with Regional media program staff to
implement federal facilities enforcement programs.
By providing a contact for enforcement, compliance, and
outreach activities, FFPMs streamline the federal facility
compliance and enforcement process for both federal facilities and
Regional and headquarters personnel.
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EPA Regional Federal Facilities Program Managers
EPA Region
Name and E-mail Address
Phone
1
Anne Fenn
(fen n. anne® epa. szov)
(617)918-1805
2
Kathleen Maione
(m a 1 o n e. kat h 1 ee n i© e pa. sio v)
(212) 637-4083
3
Bill Arguto
f arizuto.will i am ('rtiepa. gov)
Denise Rigney
('ri enev. den i se'Siena. tiov)
(215) 814-3367
(215)814-2726
4
Anthony Shelton
fshelton.anthonv(S)eDa.uov)
(404) 562-9636
5
Lee J. Regner
(resner.lee®epa.tiov)
(312)353-6478
6
Joyce Stubblcfield
f stubblefield .i ovce®.eoa. tiov)
(214)665-6430
7
Diana Jackson
(i ack son .dianafalepa. uo v 1
(913) 551-7744
8
Diaiine Thiel
(thiel.dianne^cpa.eov)
(303)312-6389
9
Larry Woods
f wo od s.lan-viffi.emi.aov)
Tom Kelly
(kell v. tli o m as d' ax pa. eo v)
(415) 972-3857
(415) 972-3856
10
Michele Wright
(wrisht.michelei'a1.epa.aov)
(206)553-1747
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Region 1 site link
Region 2 site link
Region 3 site link
Region 4 site link
Region S site link
...or/tor Region 9 sites
I* Guam
~ American Samoa
* Trust Territories
...otficr Reg/on 2 sites
m Puerto Rico
m Virgin Islands
~ Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
Region 6 site link
Region 7 site link
Region 8 site link
Region 9 site link
Region 10 site link
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Federal Facilities Enforcement Office (FFEO)
Written inquiries can be addressed to:
Federal Facilities Enforcement Office
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue. N.W. (226!A)
Washington, D.C. 20460
Fax:(202)501-0069
Hand-deliveries should be addressed to:
Federal Facilities Enforcement Office
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20004
Visit FedSite at
http: //www .epa.gov/fedsite/
Visit Federal Facilities at
htt p:/Av w w. epa. go v/c ompl i ance/c i v i i/fe deral/i nd e x. h tm 1
http://www.epa.gov/comDliance/cleanup/federal/mdex.html
http://www. epa.gov/compliance/assistance/sectors/federal sectors.html
Or, visit the Compliance and Enforcement site at:
http://www.epa. gov/compliance/
and do a "search" for "Federal Facilities"
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