Session 020 - Panel: The State of EPA Involvement on the DOE NPL Sites

This panel provided the perspectives of EPA staff with key roles in overseeing DOE federal facility NPL sites. Federal facility sites currently have about half of the total remedy decisions of entire Superfund program of sites on the National Priorities List (NPL). This is a mature cleanup program and these sites have complex issues remaining, and expensive remedies. Site specific decision making allows for flexibility, but can present consistency challenges. Remedy decisions should be based on risk and anticipated land use, and communities and stakeholders that live around the sites have a voice in the remedy decision. Panelists with presentations: EPA Federal Facility Program Priorities and Goals (Greg Gervais, EPA HQ (USA)); DOE/USEPA Region 4/SCDHEC Remedy Selection for the SRS Lower 3 Runs Integrated Operable Unit no.35 (Robert Pope, US EPA (USA)); Overview of the Federal Facility Cleanup Program - Monica McEaddy (Monica McEaddy, US EPA (USA))