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Information on Superfund Activities

This webpage contains resources and documents on superfund activities.

• Remarks by Thomas Dunne - Superfund Seminar - Charlottesville, Virginia - December 2, 2004 (http://tools.niehs.nih.gov/wetp/public/hasl_g et_blob.cfm?ID=1348)  (47 KB)
  December, 2 2004. 9 pages. A speech given by Thomas Dunne at the 2004 Superfund Seminar in Charlottesville, VA about the future of Superfund.
  
  
• Superfund Benefits Analysis (http://tools.niehs.nih.gov/wetp/public/hasl_g et_blob.cfm?ID=1457)  (707 KB)
  January 2005. 236 pages. To improve understanding of the Superfund program, EPA has commissioned a study to comprehensively evaluate the benefits of the program. The Superfund Benefits Analysis (SBA) will identify and describe all the benefits of the Superfund program, quantify those for which the data exist, and estimate the monetary value where possible.
  
  
• National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences VA/HUD Appropriations Superfund-Related Activities. - Superfund FY 2006 Congressional Justification (http://tools.niehs.nih.gov/wetp/public/hasl_g et_blob.cfm?ID=1552)  (161 KB)
  2005. 19 pages. A justification to Congress for the funding of the two National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) Superfund programs; the Superfund Basic Research Program (SBRP) and the Worker Education and Training Program (WETP),
  
  
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - National Strategy to Manage Post Construction Completion Activities at Superfund Sites (http://tools.niehs.nih.gov/wetp/public/hasl_g et_blob.cfm?ID=1936)  (149 KB)
  May 2005. 14 pages. This draft document sets forth the Environmental Protection Agency National Strategy to Manage Post Construction Completion Activities at Superfund Sites.
  
  
• Superfunds Response Actions: Temp. Relocations Implementations Guidance (http://tools.niehs.nih.gov/wetp/public/hasl_g et_blob.cfm?ID=4267)  (266 KB)
  April 2002. 96 pages. Recommended policies and procedures for temporarily relocating residents during response actions carried out under sections 104(a) and 106(a) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA).
  
  
• Treatment Technologies for Site Cleanup: Annual Status Report (http://tools.niehs.nih.gov/wetp/public/hasl_g et_blob.cfm?ID=4268)  (4.9 MB)
  February 2004. 228 pages. This report was published by the EPA Office of Superfund Remediation and Technology Innovation (OSRTI) and released March 1st 2004. It documents, as of the spring of 2003, the status of treatment technology applications at more than 1,800 soil and groundwater cleanup projects at Superfund Remedial action sites.
  
  
• GAO Report to Congressional Requesters - Hazardous Waste Sites, Improved Effectiveness of Controls at Sites Could Better Protect the Public (http://tools.niehs.nih.gov/wetp/public/hasl_g et_blob.cfm?ID=4269)  (1.1 MB)
  January 2005. 66 pages. EPA's monitoring of Superfund sites where cleanup has been completed but residual contamination remains often does not include verification that the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) was asked to review the extent to which (1) institutional controls are used at Superfund and Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) sites and (2) EPA ensures that these controls are implemented, monitored, and enforced. GAO also reviewed EPA challenges in implementing control tracking systems. To address these issues, GAO examined the use, implementation, monitoring, and enforcement of controls at a sample of 268 sites.
  
  

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