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RECORD NUMBER: 580 OF 987

Main Title Superfund Public Information System (SPIS) January 1999 (on CD-ROM).
CORP Author Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC. Office of Emergency and Remedial Response.
Publisher Jan 1999
Year Published 1999
Stock Number PB99-501371
Additional Subjects Data file ; Superfund ; Hazardous materials ; Waste management ; Site characterization ; Pollution control ; Public relations ; Public information ; Information dissemination ; Communities ; Remedial action ; Waste management ; Site surveys ; Standards compliance ; Program management ; Data bases ; CD-ROM ; Records of Decision ; Explanation of Significant Difference ; NPL(National Priorities List) ; NFRAP(No Further Remedial Action Planned) ; CERCLIS(Comprehesive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act)
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NTIS  PB99-501371 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
Collation 1 CD-ROM
Abstract
The Superfund Public Information System (SPIS) on CD-ROM contains Superfund data for the United States Environmental Protection Agency. The Superfund data is a collection of three databases: Records of Decision (RODS); Comprehensive Environmental, Response, Compensation, and Liability Information System (CERCLIS); and Archive (NFRAP). Descriptions of these databases and CD contents are listed below. Data content: The CD contains the complete text of the official ROD documents signed and issued by EPA from fiscal years 1982-1996; 147 RODs for fiscal year 1997; and seven RODs for fiscal year 1998. The CD also contains 89 Explanation of Significant Difference (ESD) documents, as well as 48 ROD Amendments. CERCLIS and Archive (NFRAP) data is through January 19, 1999. RODS is the Records Of Decision System. RODS is used to track site clean-ups under the Superfund program to justify the type of treatment chosen at each site. RODS contains information on technology justification, site history, community participation, enforcement activities, site characteristics, scope and role of response action, and remedy. Explanation of Significant Differences (ESDs) are also available on the CD. CERCLIS is the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Information System. It is the official repository for all Superfund site and incident data. It contains comprehensive information on hazardous waste sites, site inspections, preliminary assessments, and remedial status. The system is sponsored by the EPA's Office of Emergency and Remedial Response, Information Management Center. Archive (NFRAP) consists of hazardous waste sites that have no further remedial action planned; only basic identifying information is provided for archive sites. The sites found in the Archive database were originally in the CERCLIS database, but were removed beginning in the fall of 1995. The FolioViews browse and retrieval engine is used as a graphical interface to the data. Users can access simple 'canned' queries and can do complex searching on key words or fields. In addition, context sensitive help, a Superfund process overview, and an integrated data dictionary are available.