Fast Track Cleanup Process Initiative and Guidance: POTENTIAL CLEANUP ACCELERATION METHODS

• Joint, up-front scoping of projects;

• Concurrent review of documents;

• In-person review of comments and resolution of issues;

• Interim remedial actions and non-time critical removal actions to eliminate "hot spots";

• Recognizing parity between CERCLA remedial actions and RCRA corrective actions;

• Cleanup standards based on existing and reasonably anticipated uses of property;

• Coordination and communication between environmental restoration and reuse planning;

• Improved technology transfer, reviewing technology for application of expedited solutions;

• Using improved contracting procedures;

• Identifying opportunities for application of presumptive remedies; and

• Using innovative management, coordination, and communication techniques (e.g., partnering)

It is essential to the success of the Fast Track Cleanup Program that these and other opportunities for accelerating cleanup are used in order to make property available for reuse as quickly as possible.