US EPA Superfund Task Force: Administrator's Emphasis List — August 2020

Site/Project

EPA
Region

City or
County

State

NPL
Status

Upcoming Milestone

MohawkTannerv

1

Nashua

New

Hampshire

Proposed

Issue the Non-Time Critical Removal Action Memo in
Summer 2019. [Completed]

Complete negotiation of a redevelopment agreement
with a prospective purchaser. [Ongoing]

Olin Chemical

1

Wilmington

Massachusetts

Final

Propose a remedy for public comment in Spring /Summer
2020.

L. A. Clarke & Son

3

Spotsylvania

Virginia

Final

Non time-critical removal action - Issue Engineering
Evaluation/Cost Analysis (EE/CA) for public comment in
February 2020. EE/CA is a non time-critical removal action
for creosote source material. [Completed]

Removal Action Plan 5 - Finalize Revised Human Health
Risk Assessment and Final Screening Level Ecological Risk
Assessment in calendar year 2020.

Petroleum Products
Corporation

4

Pembroke
Park

Florida

Final

Issue for public comment proposed remedy to address
source/soil and groundwater contamination early in
calendar year 2020.

U.S. Smelter and Lead
Refinerv. Inc. (aka USS
Lead or East Chicago) +

5

East Chicago

Indiana

Final

Operable Unit (OU) 1-Zone 1 land use decision - EPA

signed the Record of Decision Amendment for Zone 1 on
March 24,2020. [Completed]

OU 1-Zone 2 - Soil remediation work is ongoing.


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US EPA Superfund Task Force: Administrator's Emphasis List — August 2020

Site/Project

EPA
Region

City or
County

State

NPL
Status

Upcoming Milestone











OU 1-Zone 3 - Soil remediation work is ongoing.

DePue/New Jersev
Zinc/Mobile Chemical
Corp.

5

DePue

Illinois

Final

OU4 - Reach agreement with PRPs to perform the work
for residential lead soil removal - UAO was issued January
23, 2020 and effective on February 3, 2020. [Completed]

Complete consent decree negotiations for residential
yard cleanup work to replace UAO by Summer 2021.

OU2,3 and 5 - Reach agreement with PRPs to conduct
remaining remedial investigation and feasibility study
work at OUs 2,3, and 5 in calendar year 2020.

Des Moines TCE (aka
Dico Companv)

7

Des Moines

Iowa

Final

Complete settlement agreement(s) to support cleanup
and redevelopment.

Carter Carburetor

7

St. Louis

Missouri

Not on
NPL

Complete final site removal action report and sign a
Prospective Purchaser Agreement in 2020.

Bonita Peak Mining
District

8

San Juan
County

Colorado

Final

Develop a Site Strategy and Site Management Plan in
Summer/Fall 2020.

Anaconda Co. Smelter

8

Anaconda

Montana

Final

Complete negotiations for implementation of early
actions to address human health exposure, followed by
site-wide work.


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US EPA Superfund Task Force: Administrator's Emphasis List — August 2020

Site/Project

EPA
Region

City or
County

State

NPL
Status

Upcoming Milestone

Silver Bow Creek/Butte
Area

8

Butte

Montana

Final

Memorialize Agreement in Principle in a Consent Decree.

Oranee Countv North
Basin

9

Fullerton

California

Proposed

Complete public comment process and make final
National Priorities List decision.

Abandoned Uranium
Mines Contamination on
Navaio Nation

9





Not on
NPL

Finalize the Federal Actions to Address Impacts of
Uranium Contamination on the Navajo Nation Ten-Year
Plan ("Ten-Year Plan" by end of fiscal year 2020.

Portland Harbor +

10

Portland

Oregon

Final

Complete settlement agreement(s) to support cleanup.

Proposed NPL Sites
Project

All

N/A

N/A

N/A

Complete by end of 2020 review of sites that have been
proposed for an extended period of time but never added
to the NPL.

* Administrator Andrew Wheeler is recused from these sites.

+ Peter Wright, Assistant Administrator for the Office of Land and Emergency Management, is recused from these sites.


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