Accelerating the CERCLA process using plug-in records of decision
- Harding Lawson Associates, Novato, CA (United States)
The inefficiencies of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA or Superfund) process are well recognized. Years of study and oftentimes millions of dollars are expended at Superfund sites before any cleanup begins. An accelerated approach to the CERCLA process was designed and implemented at the Fort Ord Superfund site in Monterey County, California. The approach, developed at the same time as and in concert with the US Environmental Protection Agency`s (EPA`s) Superfund Accelerated Clean-Up Model (SACM), included the preparation of two ``plug-in`` records of decision (RODs). These RODs and the process to utilize them, were carefully designed to meet specific project objectives. Implementation of this accelerated program has allowed for a no further action designation or remediation of many areas of concern at the site up to 6 years ahead of schedule and at savings in excess of a million dollars.
- OSTI ID:
- 205369
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-951139--
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
Similar Records
Superfund record of decision (EPA Region 9): Fort Ord (no action plug-in rod), Fort Ord, CA, April 13, 1995
Superfund Record of Decision (EPA Region 9): Fort Ord, CA, February 1994