Subject: RCRA Corrective Action

EPA-Comparing RCRA and CERCLA

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is working to ensure that contamination from the former DuPont East Chicago facility at 5215 Kennedy Avenue in East Chicago is properly addressed and that people living in the community are protected, informed and involved in the cleanup process. EPA’s authority to compel cleanup of contamination at the former DuPont facility is derived from the Resource Conservation & Recovery Act (RCRA). When RCRA and Superfund, also known as the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation & Liability Act (CERCLA) are related, EPA coordinates the two cleanup programs to eliminate duplication of effort and streamline cleanup processes. EPA encourages close coordination among RCRA and Superfund cleanup programs.

2012 12 Institutional Controls US EPA

The purpose of this guidance is to provide managers of contaminated sites, site attorneys,1 and other interested parties with information and recommendations that should be useful for planning, implementing, maintaining, and enforcing institutional controls (ICs) for Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA, or Superfund); Brownfields; federal facility; underground storage tank (UST); and Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) site cleanups.

175446 EPA 2012 IC Guide

The purpose of this guidance is to provide managers of contaminated sites, site attorneys,1 and other interested parties with information and recommendations that should be useful for planning, implementing, maintaining, and enforcing institutional controls (ICs) for Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA, or Superfund); Brownfields; federal facility; underground storage tank (UST); and Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) site cleanups.

175449 EPA 2012 Preparing IC Plans

The purpose of this document is to provide guidance1 to the EPA Regions for developing Institutional Control Implementation and Assurance Plans (ICIAPs) at contaminated sites where the response action includes an institutional controls (ICs) component. An ICIAP is a document designed to systematically: (a) establish and document the activities associated with implementing and ensuring the long-term stewardship of ICs: and (b) specify the persons and/or organizations that will be responsible for conducting these activities.

EPA Site Managers Guide to ICs Sept 2009

The purpose of this memorandum is to transmit the final fact sheet entitled “Institutional Controls: A Site Manager’s Guide to Identifying, Evaluating and Selecting Institutional Controls at Superfund and RCRA Corrective Action Cleanups” EPA 540-F-00-005, OSWER 9355.0-74FS-P, dated September 2000. This fact sheet is intended to provide Superfund and RCRA site managers and other decision makers with an overview of the types of institutional controls (ICs) that are commonly available, including their relative strengths and weaknesses, and to provide a discussion of the key factors to consider when evaluating and selecting ICs in Superfund and RCRA Corrective Action cleanups.