Abstract |
The purpose of this memorandum is to request that EPA Regional Offices consult with Headquarters on Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) response decisions involving (1) onsite management (e.g., capping of material in place, building disposal cells) of radioactive materials, or (2) when there is a potential national precedent-setting issue related to a radioactive substance, pollutant or contaminant. This consultation policy for CERCLA site decisions that are addressing radioactive constituents is applicable to Fund and potentially responsible party (PRP)-lead sites for which a CERCLA remedial or non-time critical (NTC) removal action is planned. This consultation service is also available (although not included in this request by Headquarters) for decisionmakers at other Federal agency-lead and State-lead CERCLA radioactively contaminated sites, or radioactively contaminated sites where Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) Corrective Action is being conducted. |