RCRA, Superfund and EPCRA Hotline Training Module. Introduction to: SuperfundCommunity Involvement

摘要

The module covers EPA's Superfund community involvement program, a set ofrequirements under the National Contingency Plan (NCP) designed to ensure that the public is informed about site conditions and given the opportunity to comment on the proposed remedy of a Superfund site. The module: provides the statutory authority for and purpose of Superfund community involvement activities; explains how citizens may participate in the discovery and notification process and may prompt a preliminary assessment and site investigation; identifies the community involvement activities which must take place regarding removal actions; specifies the community involvement activities necessary to respond to the establishment of remedial priorities (placement on or deletion from the National Priorities List); Identifies the community involvement activities which must take place in conjunction with remedial actions (remedial investigation/feasibility study, selection of remedy, record of decision, and remedial design/remedial action); identifies the steps necessary to establish an administrative record file containing the documents that form the basis for the selection of a response action.