Guidance: RD/RA Process for Expediting Negotiations and PRP Cleanup Starts
Memorandum encourages the EPA Regions to plan for and promptly obtain potentially responsible party (PRP) commitments to initiate cleanup actions following remedy selection. Issued 6/20/2019.
In 2023, EPA updated this memorandum to address the consultation requirements regarding settlement negotiation timelines and the meeting requirements beginning 300 days after issuance of the special notice letter. See "Update to 2019 'Remedial Design/Remedial Action: Process for Expediting Negotiations and PRP Cleanup Starts' – 300-Day Meeting Requirement" (6/15/2023).