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EPA's Role in Disaster Recovery

Description of EPA's role in disaster recovery versus EPA's role in disaster response, including a description of EPA's objectives for recovery operations.

Refinery on St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands

St. Croix Refinery page for EPA Region 2.

Pompton Lakes Photo Gallery

This gallery provides representative photographs of the soil removal and dredging operations within the Pompton Lake Study Area (PLSA) performed starting in 2016 through the present. It will be periodically updated in conjunction with the progress of the

Tonawanda Coke Corporation (TCC) Site

TCC suspended operations and initiated process shutdown to permanently close its facility. EPA is supporting the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation’s (NYSDEC) oversight of the facility shutdown operations.

Policy/Guidance about Long-Term Stewardship of Federal Facilities after Cleanup

This page contains two policy/guidance documents related to long term stewardship.

Fort Ord Site Spotlight

Monthly feature to highlight a superfund site that has been put in reuse.

EPA Federal Facilities Forum Issue Paper: Site Characterization for Munitions Constituents

The nature of energetic residues on munitions sites, strategies that provide representative samples, and analytical methods developed to characterize those samples.

MEC HA Framework Option Paper #3

This paper presents recommendations for input factors to be included in the MEC HA framework.

Comments from State of Colorado - Draft Munitions and Explosives of Concern Hazard Assessment Guidance Document - Comment Form

Comments from the State of Colorado, along with EPA's responses.

Draft Munitions and Explosives of Concern Hazard Assessment Guidance Document - Comment Form

Consolidated Department of Defense comments received on April 19, 2007.

Hazard Assessment (HA) for Munitions and Explosives of Concern (MEC) Concept Paper

This paper provides an update on a working group’s efforts to develop a site-specific MEC HA methodology and guidance.

Hazard Assessment (HA) for Munitions and Explosives of Concern (MEC): Workgroup Briefing Book - Table of Contents

List of issue papers and background materials

Munitions and Explosives of Concern Hazard Assessment (MEC HA) Meeting Notes

Notes reflecting discussions held by the technical work group resolving items in the Public Comment draft of the MEC HA Guidance.

Munitions and Explosives of Concern Hazard Assessment (MEC HA) Initiative

Slides from a briefing about the MEC HA purpose, participants, progress, and process.

Munitions and Explosives of Concern Hazard Assessment (MEC HA)

Fact sheet describing the background, purpose, and progress of the MEC HA.

Hazard Assessment for Munitions and Explosives of Concern Workgroup Meeting - July 29-30, 2004

Minutes from the meeting held on July 29-30, 2004.

Guidance: Criminal Enforcement - Exercise of Investigative Discretion

This guidance establishes the principles that will guide the exercise of investigative discretion.

MEC HA Framework Option Paper #5

The Role of the MEC HA in the Decision-Making Process.

MEC HA Framework Issue Paper #2

Comparison of Munitions Response Site Prioritization Protocol (MRSPP) and Initial MEC Hazard Assessment (HA) consensus input factors.

MEC HA Framework Option Paper #1

This paper identifies recommended performance objectives for the MEC HA process currently under development.