Basic overview of superfund online, a computerbased training course, provides an overview of the purpose, legal framework, and implementation of the comprehensive environmental response, compensation, and liability act cercla. The superfund program identifies, investigates and determines appropriate cleanup plans for abandoned or uncontrolled hazardous waste sites where a release or potential release of a hazardous substance poses a risk to human health or the environment. Superfund program minnesota pollution control agency. To protect public health and the environment, the superfund program focuses on making a visible and lasting difference in communities, ensuring that people can live. Analysis of superfund site assessment program cooperative agreements with states. Natural resource damage assessment and restoration nrdar doi manual part 207 dm. Epas superfund program is responsible for cleaning up some of the nations most contaminated land and responding to environmental emergencies, oil spills and natural disasters. When the superfund program was initially implemented, progress in cleaning up sites. Sems became fully operational in 2014, and it serves as the superfund programs official. Pal a, he y, jekel m, reinhard m and gin k 2014 emerging contaminants of public health significance as water quality indicator compounds in the urban water. The federal superfund program, administered by the u. Dana stalcup, acting director compensation, and liability act. This belief remains true today and has continued to guide community involvement work. Pursuant to a congressional request, gao discussed the status and management of the superfund program and the outlook for the programs future, focusing on.
Superfund policy, guidance and laws superfund us epa. This new version clearly defined the four types of other cleanup activity oca deferrals and what types of organizations were eligible for each. The spim provides the link between the government performance and results act gpra, epas strategic plan, and the. Environmental protection agency epa is designed to investigate and clean up sites contaminated with hazardous substances. During the early days of the superfund programs implementation, comprehensive. On september 30, 2014, epa updated its superfund program implementation manual in response to gaos recommendation. Program implementation guidance for osrti, osre, ffrro, ffeo and oem headquarters and regional offices. The superfund program past and present funding implications. The new manual incorporates lessons learned from application of the earlier manual and addresses a number of issues raised since publication of the sphem iii. Fy 2016 superfund program implementation manual spim. Despite its name, the program has suffered from underfunding, and superfund npl cleanups have decreased to a mere 8 in 2014, out of over 1,200. The superfund research program srp has provided practical, scientific solutions to protect health, the. Superfund program implementation manual spim, fiscal year fy 20082009. You may need a pdf reader to view some of the files on this page.
Superfund public health evaluation manual, or sphem october 1986,which should be used until the interim final human health evaluation manual is available. Natural resource damage assessment and restoration limited delegations 3. Executive order 16 amendment to executive order 12580 concerning exercise of authority under cercla section 106. Is the superfund data that is publicly reported complete.
The association has also produced a teachers guide to facilitate the use of. Updated superfund alternative approach response and agreement guidance september 2012. The overall criticisms of the program are its inefficiency, inaccuracy, and monetary cost. See epas pdf page to learn more the superfund program implementation manual spim provides guidance to the office of superfund remediation and technology innovation, the office of site remediation enforcement, the federal facilities restoration and reuse office, federal facilities enforcement office and. Analysis of superfund site assessment program cooperative. Environmental health perspectives is an open access journal published by the national institute of environmental health sciences. Osrti supported in fys 14 and 15 optimization studies at 12 mining sites and. Remediation section 402 4714210 the comprehensive environmental response, compensation and liability act cercla became federal law in 1980. Agency epa guidance entitled operation and maintenance in the superfund program oswer 9200.
Basic overview of superfund online training exchange. Please see the attached change log for a description of the changes. Executive order 12580, superfund implementation, january 23, 1987, as. Document the fy0809 spim was published in march 2007, and this is the first change. Contaminated ground water migration at cleanup sites the epa superfund and resource conservation and recovery act rcra programs conduct a number of activities. Srp data collection tool superfund research program. Overview of superfunds laws, policies and regulatory information, including complying with and enforcing superfund related policy. Overview and selected issues the superfund program had its 25 th anniversary in 2005. The manual describes the prp search planning process, and discusses the baseline tasks and followup tasks recommended for assuring effective prp searches. The superfund program implementation manual spdvi is a planning document that defines program management priorities, procedures, and practices for the superfund program including response, enforcement, and federal facilities.
On september 30, 2014, epa updated a section of its superfund program implementation manual with more detailed guidance on the superfund alternative approach. Upon completion, students will receive a certificate. Ijerph free fulltext the environmental protection agencys. State superfund sites inactive hazardous waste disposal site program. The superfund program implementation manual spevi provides overarching program management priorities, procedures, and practices for the superfund remedial, removal, enforcement, and federal facilities programs, providing the link between the government performance and results act gpra, epas strategic plan, and superfund program internal processes. May 2014 1101 17th st nw suite 707 washington, dc 20036. The inaccuracy claim comes largely from the fact that risk assessments are subjective, and therefore biased. Osrti continued its implementation of the mine sites optimization initiative to determine if there are ways to address mining sites more efficiently and effectively. Matt drange and susanne rust, the center for investigative reporting. Prp search manual 2017 edition 92917 prp search manual provides guidance on how to search for potentially responsible parties prps that may be liable for cleanup at a superfund site. Superfund program implementation manual fiscal year 2018. The united states federal superfund law is officially known as the comprehensive environmental response, compensation, and liability act of 1980 cercla. Srp works to learn more about ways to protect the public from exposure to hazardous substances, such as industrial. The superfund program implementation manual spim provides guidance to the office of superfund remediation and technology innovation.
The superfund program implementation manual spim provides guidance to the office of superfund remediation and technology innovation, the office of site remediation enforcement, the federal facilities restoration and reuse office, federal facilities enforcement office and office of emergency response removals. Superfund program implementation manual superfund us epa. Superfund paid for the cleanup of sites contaminated with. Superfund program implementation manual fiscal year 2015. Purpose the superfund research program srp is a network of university grants that are designed to seek solutions to the complex health and environmental issues associated with the nations hazardous waste sites. In fiscal year fy 2014, the office of superfund remediation and technology innovation. Policies established and refined over the yearsespecially those resulting from the proposed national oil and hazardous substances pollution contingency plan ncp have been updated and clarified. Contaminated ground water migration has not been an issue at all superfund npl and saa sites. Toward identifying the next generation of superfund and. For example, it explains that the superfund alternative approach is epas preferred clean up approach for sites not listed on the national priorities list. Superfund amendments and reauthorization act sara of 1986 for more information on. A summary of superfund cleanup authorities and related provisions of the act jun. The environmental protection agencys epa superfund program was.