United States
Environmental Protection
Agency
EPA 300-K-98-003
Revised October 1998
Office of Enforcement and (2261A)
Compliance Assurance
q EDA Federal Facilities
^ Enforcement
Office
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"While our enforcement efforts provide a strong
incentive for maintaining high levels of compliance
at Federal facilities, this is not the only set of
responses being used by EPA to achieve this goal.
By providing compliance assistance tools to
promote pollution prevention, FFEO is helping to
build the capacity of Federal facilities to move
toward cleaner, cheaper, and smarter methods of
environmental management."
Steven A. Herman
A ssistant A dministrator for
Enforcement and Compliance
Assurance
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Organizational Structure of the Federal
Facilities Enforcement Office
Federal Facilities Enforcement Office
Phone: (202) 564-2510
Director: Craig Hooks
Deputy Director: Jim Edward
Senior Enforcement Counsel: Joyce Olin
Theresa Branch: (202) 564-2466
Madeline Queen: (202) 564-2472
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Planning, Prevention
and Compliance Staff
Director: Greg Snyder
(202) 564-4271
Kelly Conrad
Don t'ranklin
Will (iarvcy
Priscilla Harrington
Joyce Johnson
Sonja Johnson
Dorothy King
Isabel le Lacayo
Diane Lynnc
Kim O'Kccfe
Sarah Walsh
Susan Weincr
Augusta Wills
(202) 564-2459
(202) 564-2463
(202) 564-2458
(202) 564-2461
(202)564-2592
(202)564-2573
(202) 564-2473
(202)564-2578
(202) 564-2587
(202) 564-0013
(202) 564-2457
(202)564-2471
(202)564-2468
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Site Remediation and
Enforcement Staff
Director: Mary K. Lynch
(202) 564-2574
Mdanic Bargcr
Diirlcni: liocrlage
Andrew Cherry
Sally Dalzell
Lance Etsun
William (Bill) I'rank
Taminara Marvin
David Lcvcnslcin
David O'Vcry
(202)564-2579
(202)564-2593
(202) 564-2589
(202)564-2583
(202) 564-2577
(202) 564-2584
(202) 564-2469
(202) 564-2591
(202) 305-0382
Regional Federal Facility
Coordinators
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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 (IAG) negotiation support,
~ Enforcement support,
~ Program and information support, and
~ Technical assistance and capacity building.
FFEO is divided into two groups: tiie Site Remediation and
Enforcement Staff and the Planning, Prevention and Compliance
Staff. Together, these groups provide for the effective
development of national policy and guidance to address the
broad range of enforcement and compliance issues confronting
Federal facilities.
Site Remediation and Enforcement Staff (SRES)
SRES efforts primarily involve working with Federal
agencies and OECA to streamline enforcement and cleanup at
Federal facilities. For cleanup issues, SRES works closely with
the OSWER Federal Facilities Restoration and Reuse Office
(FFRO) on many of these issues.
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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 enforcement strategies and in preparing
guidance to assist Regions in their implementation. Finally,
SRES is directly involved in enforcement negotiations, including
Comprehensive Emergency Response, Compensation, and
Liability Act (CERCLA) IAGs and Memoranda of
Understanding (MOUs), and in litigation and enforcement
oversight at Federal facilities. A summary of SRES activities is
presented below.
Enforcement Policy and Regulatory Development
• Federal Facility Policy Group Reconciliation Workgroup
• National Mining Framework
• Mixed Ownership Task Force
• Federal Facilities Leadership Council
Compliance and Enforcement Implementation
• FFCA implementation
• Supplemental enforcement projects guidance
« Civilian Federal Agency enforcement
• DOE and DoD issues
• Mixed waste/radioactive waste
Regional Coordination
• Administrative Order/FFCA oversight
• IAG oversight
• Accelerated cleanup
• Formerly utilized defense sites
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Community Relations
* Environmental justice
* Community involvement
Ecosystem protection
Through careful planning and application of enforcement
tools, SRES helps ensure compliance and expedite cleanup of
Federal facilities posing the greatest risk to human health and
the environment.
Planning, Prevention, and Compliance Staff (PPCS)
PPCS is responsible for initiatives to prevent noncompliance
at Federal facilities and overseeing compliance and enforcement
activities. On a strategic planning level, PPCS works with
OECA on enforcement and inspection targeting at Federal
facilities, oversees the Federal agency environmental
management planning program (i.e., FEDPLAN), and
coordinates FFEO's involvement in interagency pollution
prevention and compliance assistance task forces and working
groups. On an implementation level, PPCS tracks compliance
at Federal facilities; promotes pollution prevention, multi-media
enforcement/compliance, and environmental justice at Federal
facilities; and encourages the use of innovative technologies to
attain pollution prevention, compliance, and cleanup goals. A
summary of PPCS activities is presented below.
Program Management
Strategic planning and development
* Program Management and administration
* Budget formulation and execution
Contract Management
Policy Formulation and Guidance
* Annual operating guidance
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• Regional MOA guidance
• FEDPLAN guidance
• FOTW guidance
Multi-Media Program
• Multi-Media Enforcement/Compliance Program
• FFCA oversight
• Environmental auditing/management
• Code of Environmental Management Principle
Pollution Prevention (P2)
• E.O. ! 2856 implementation guidance
• P2 Facility Planning Guide
• Interagency P2 Task Force
• P2 opportunity profiles and assessment
Information Management
¦ Federal Facilities Tracking System (FFTS)
¦ Envirosense/FFLEX bulletin boards
• Hazardous Waste Compliance Docket
• FEDPLAN-PC
• STARS and CERCLIS
Interagency Communications/Outreach
• "Fed Facs" bulletin
• Civilian Federal Agency Task Force
• Federal Agency Environmental Roundtable
• Military exchange program
• Environmental justice profiles
• Federal agency training
Innovative technology
• Technology transfer
• DOIT Committee
• SERDP and NTI programs
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By tracking and evaluating compliance at Federal facilities,
PPCS helps identify high priority compliance issues and develop
proactive multi-media measures to prevent pollution and reduce
future noncompliance at Federal facilities.
FFEO Program Highlights and Initiatives
FFEO administers numerous programs to facilitate the
cleanup of and foster improved environmental compliance at
Federal facilities. These range from direct involvement in
enforcement negotiations to technical assistance and training.
Recent examples of FFEO's efforts include the following:
~ 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. On nationally significant
cases, FFEO coordinates with the Regions on issuing
compliance orders and agreements. Actions against
Federal agencies include notices of violation, iAGs,
Orders, and agreements under all relevant environmental
statutes. In appropriate cases, enforcement actions may
involve monetary penalties.
~ 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 Facilities Multi-Media Enforcement/
Compliance Initiative (FMECI) - The FMECI uses
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EPA and state multi-media inspections and enforcement
actions to improve Federal facility compliance, reduce
environmental risks, increase enforcement efficiency,
and encourage pollution prevention.
~ Federal Agency Environmental Management Program
Planning — To provide technical assistance in
environmental planning and operations to Federal
facilities, FFEO reviews annual A-106 submissions from
all Federal agencies and forwards them to OMB. FFEO
also provides guidance to assist EPA Regional staff and
Federal agency personnel on the A-106 system.
~ Federal Agency Environmental Roundtable -- FFEO
has established a monthly interagency roundtable to
provide an exchange of information and ideas on
environmental compliance topics between EPA and
other Federal agencies.
~ Federal Facilities Leadership Council -- FFEO coord-
inates monthly conference calls and quarterly meetings
of senior EPA Regional and Headquarters personnel to
address issues relating to remediation and enforcement
at Federal facilities, including closing military bases.
~ Civilian Federal Agencies Task Force — FFEO created
this task force to provide targeted compliance assistance
to Civilian Federal Agencies (CFAs) on improving their
environmental management programs.
~ Federal Facilities Environmental Justice FFEO
coordinates environmental justice initiatives at
Headquarters 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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~ Federal Facilities Environmental Restoration Dialogue
Committee (FFERDC) — FFEO participates in the
FFERDC, which recommends improvements to Federal
facilities environmental restoration, decision-making, and
priority-setting processes.
~ Federal Facilities Tracking System (FFTS) — FFEO
maintains FFTS, a PC-Based system that provides a multi-
media view of Federal facilities compliance for EPA
Regions and Headquarters.
Regional Federal Facility Coordinators (FFCs)
FFCs, in conjunction with program office staff, are
responsible for coordinating the implementation of FFEO policies
and programs at the Regional level. FFCs serve as the primary
Regional point of contact for facility environmental managers and
as a link between EPA and the Federal facilities. Specific FFC
responsibilities include:
~ Coordinating with Regional media program staff to
implement Federal facilities enforcement programs.
FFCs provide clarification on Federal facilities policies
and guidance and assist in multi-media inspections and
compliance activities at Federal facilities.
~ Managing tracking, oversight, and compliance planning
activities. These activities include updating the FFTS and
STARS databases, maintaining records on Federal
facilities enforcement actions, and preparing routine
briefings for the Regional Administrator and Deputy
Regional Administrator on Federal facilities issues. FFCs
also ensure that Federal facilities issues are addressed in
EPA/State Enforcement Agreements.
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~ Managing Federal facilities environmental management
program plans. FFCs coordinate and provide training for
the review of these plans. FFCs also communicate
information about the planning process to both the
Regional office and the Federal facilities.
~ Providing program assistance, training, and outreach
for Federal facilities. FFCs conduct Federal facility
program review visits and help coordinate training
opportunities available to Federal agencies. In addition,
FFCs establish interagency forums such as annual
Regional Multi-Media Federal Facilities Conferences and
quarterly roundtable meetings used to disseminate
information and discuss critical issues.
~ Encouraging P2 at Federal facilities, FFCs conduct
Pollution Prevention Opportunity Assessments, in
cooperation with the Regional P2 coordinator; evaluate
P2 projects reported through the Federal" agency
environmental management project planning process and
help Federal facilities develop P2 programs by providing
information, identifying opportunities, and fostering
technology sharing among Federal facilities.
By providing a contact for enforcement, compliance, and
outreach activities, FFCs streamline the Federal facility-
compliance and enforcement process for both Federal facilities
and Regional and Headquarters personnel. A list of Federal
Facilities Coordinators appears at the end of this brochure.
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Questions and Assistance
Federal F icihties Enforcement Office
Craig Hooks, Director (202) 564-2510
Jim Edward, Deputy Director (202) 564-2462
Joyce Olin, Sr. Enforcement Counsel (202) 564-2582
Site Remediation and Enforcement Staff
Mary K. Lynch, Director (202) 564-2574
Planning, Prevention, and Compliance Staff
Greg Snyder, Director (202)564-4271
EPA Regional Federal Facility Coordinators
I Anne I-'etm (fenn.aniie@epamail.cpa.gov) (617) 565-3927
II John Gorman (gorman.john@epainai!.epa.gov) (212)637-4008
Jeanette Dadusc (daduse.jeanelte@epamail.epa.gov) (212) 637-3492
III Bill Arguto {arguto.bill@epamail.cpa.gov) (215) 814-3367
Jeff Pike - RCRA (pike.jelT@cpamail.cpa.gov) (215) 8 i 4-3440
IV Stacy Howard (howard.slacy@cpamail.epa.gov) (404) 562-9633
Dave F. Holroyd (holroyd.david@cpainail.epa.gov) (404) 562-9625
Anthony Shelton (shclton.anthony@epamail.cpa.gov) (404) 562-9636
V Lee J. Regner (regner.lee@epamail.epa.gov) (312)353-6478
VI Joyce Stubblcficld (stubblefTcld.joycc@epamaii.epa.gov) .. (214)665-6430
VII Carole LeValley (levaliey.carole@epamail.epa.gov) (913)551-7610
VIII Comially Mears (mcars.connalIy@epamail.cpa.gov) (303) 312-6217
DianncThicI (thiel.dianne@epamail.epa.gov) (303) 312-6389
IX Sara Segal (segal.sara@epamail.cpa.gov) (415} 744-1569
X Mscheie Wright (wright.niichele@epamail.epa.gov) (206) 553-1747
Written inquiries can be addressed to:
Federal Facilities Enforcement Office
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
401 M Street S.W. (2261 A)
Washington, DC 20460
FAX: (202) 501-0069
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