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RD/RA UAO SOW

RD/RA UAO SOW (.Doc/.Docx, 29 pp, 10 K)

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Model Information

09/30/2015

03/16/2023

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Document Overview

The model remedial design/remedial action (RD/RA) unilateral administrative order (UAO) statement of work (SOW) is the technical attachment to the RD/RA UAO. The SOW sets forth the procedures and requirements for implementing the RD and RA under the UAO.

Supporting Documents

Issuance of Revised Model Remedial Design/Remedial Action Unilateral Administrative Order and New Statement of Work
Date: 09/30/2015
Transmittal memorandum announcing the issuance of the revised model RD/RA Unilateral Administrative Order (UAO) and the new model RD/RA UAO Statement of Work (SOW). The transmittal memorandum also announces updates to the RD/RA Consent Decree (CD) SOW, originally issued on 9/29/14, to conform to the new UAO SOW.

Model RD/RA Unilateral Administrative Order
Date: 09/30/2015
The model RD/RA UAO is for use by EPA staff when issuing RD/RA UAOs to potentially responsible parties (PRPs) under section 106 of CERCLA.

Transmittal of Model Geospatial Data and Electronic Submission of Deliverables Language for Inclusion in CERCLA Statements of Work
Date: 09/29/2014
Transmittal memorandum and model geospatial data and electronic submission of deliverables language for inclusion in CERCLA statement of work (SOW) documents. The model language is for use in CERCLA judicial and administrative settlements and unilateral administrative orders that provide for performance of response actions.

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Revision History

Updated electronic notification requirements
03/16/2023

  • ¶ 4.6(e) – Deleted “and schedule for,” second sentence.
  • ¶ 7.3(a) – Deleted “address, phone number” from notices for deliverables to only email.

Typographical error
08/25/2022

  • ¶ 2.2(c) – corrected typographical error to changed “validated” to “unvalidated.”

Revisions to Community Involvement, Institutional Controls, and Supporting Deliverable provisions to conform to the RD/RA CD SOW
01/27/2022

  • Revisions to Community Involvement, Institutional Controls, and Supporting Deliverable provisions to conform to the 2021 Remedial Design/Remedial Action Statement of Work available at https://cfpub.epa.gov/compliance/models/view.cfm?model_ID=543.
    • Community Involvement
      • ¶ 2.1 – New language providing for Respondents’ Community Involvement Coordinator.
      • ¶ 2.2(a)-(d) – Enhanced community involvement provisions.
    • Remedial Design Work Plan
      • ¶ 3.2 – Moved Institutional Controls Implementation and Assurance Plan (ICIAP) from Supporting Deliverables section () to Remedial Design Work Plan.
      • ¶ 3.6(f) – Enhanced description of monitoring and control measures to protect human health and the environment.
      • ¶ 3.6(h) – Added Community Impacts Mitigation Plan to updates of supporting deliverables for the Remedial Design Work Plan and deleted reference to ICIAP as that was moved to ¶ 3.2.
    • Independent Quality Assurance Team
      • ¶ 4.2 – Clarified that the Independent Quality Assurance Team cannot include Respondents’ Supervising Contractor.
    • Supporting Deliverables
      • ¶ 7.7(e)(7)–(8) – Added plans to the Site Wide Monitoring Plan for Respondents to immediately provide EPA with unvalidated sampling data that exceed certain levels and to expedite sampling and analysis.
      • ¶ 7.7(f) – Added Community Impacts Mitigation Plan and a note describing “Community Areas.”
    • Schedules
      • ¶ ¶ 8.2 and 8.3 – Added ICIAP to RD and RA Schedules and updated numbered lists. Added note after schedules to encourage early approval and implementation of the ICIAP.
    • References
      • ¶ 10.1(s) – Updated reference to Community Involvement Handbook: Superfund Community Involvement Handbook, OLEM 9230.0-51 (March 2020). More information on Superfund community involvement is available on the Agency’s Superfund Community Involvement Tools and Resources web page at https://www.epa.gov/superfund/superfund-community-involvement-tools-and-resources.

Update URL references and links
01/25/2018

  • ¶ 3.7(a) and ¶ 10.1(ff) – Updated reference to Construction Specifications Institute’s Masterformat
  • ¶ 7.4(b) – Updated URL

Corrections, updates and formatting
05/25/2017

  • Added reference to new Guidance for Management of Superfund Remedies in Post Construction, OLEM 9200.3-105 (Feb. 2017) (“2017 Guidance”), https://www.epa.gov/superfund/superfund-post-construction-completion, to ¶ 10.1.
  • Deleted reference to superseded Operation and Maintenance in the Superfund Program, OSWER 9200.1 37FS, EPA/540/F-01/004 (May 2001), from ¶¶ 7.7(h) and (i) and 10.1.
  • Noted that 2017 Guidance supplements Close Out Procedures for NPL Sites guidance (May 2011) in ¶¶ 4.6(d) and 4.7(b).
  • Modified Paragraph 7.3 (General Requirements for Deliverables) to add contact information for submissions to EPA and the State as new subparagraphs (a) and (b), respectively.
  • Made minor formatting updates.

Review and Update URLs and Reference Materials
03/10/2016

  • Reviewed and updated existing URLs and reference materials throughout the document – pp. 14-15, 24-26.

Updated electronic notification requirements

  • ¶ 4.6(e) – Deleted “and schedule for,” second sentence.
  • ¶ 7.3(a) – Deleted “address, phone number” from notices for deliverables to only email.

Updated electronic notification requirements

  • ¶ 4.6(e) – Deleted “and schedule for,” second sentence.
  • ¶ 7.3(a) – Deleted “address, phone number” from notices for deliverables to only email.

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