Discussion Papers

Options Papers

The Ground Water Task Force recognizes that other problems and options may exist, and no decisions have been made at this point with respect to which option(s) the Agency may pursue. The comments received during the comment period (May 10 - September 24, 2004) are currently being used in planning future activities of the Task Force and in developing recommendations for EPA senior managers on a course of action to address the issues raised in these papers.

1. Cleanup Goals Appropriate for DNAPL Source Zones (140K/16pp/PDF)
2. Ground Water Use, Value and Vulnerability as Factors in Setting Cleanup Goals (344K/13pp/PDF)

Where to Send Comments

The comment period for these options papers closed on September 24, 2004.

Two internet seminars were held on June 8 and June 23, 2004 to discuss the options papers.
View Archive of Jun 8, 2004 Seminar

Comments Received
Please note that the comments below include all state and private sector comments received through September 24, 2004, and exclude comments received from EPA staff.

1. David Larsen, State of Utah (31K/1p/PDF)
2. Ed Jones, State of Washington (98K/5pp/PDF)
3. Jim Hatton, Earthtech (35K/1p/PDF)
4. Hans Stroo, Retec (37K/2pp/PDF)
5. Bruce Stuart, State of Missouri (40K/3pp/PDF)
6. Superfund Settlements Project and RCRA Corrective Action Project (57K/13pp/PDF)
7. Dale Bridgford, State of Michigan (34K/1pp/PDF)
8. Pierre Sargent, USGS (30K/4pp/PDF)
9. Judy Canova, State of South Carolina (43K/5pp/PDF)
10. Chris Reimer, NGWA (73K/15pp/PDF)
11. Harley Hopkins, API (354K/20pp/PDF)
12. Andre Tartre, Ecoremediation (297K/23pp/PDF)
13. Kimberly Gates, NAVFAC (31K/3pp/PDF)
14. John Gelting, State of South Carolina (15K/2pp/PDF)
15. Richard Jackson, Intera Inc. (36K/1p/PDF)
16. Donald Koch, C.C. Johnson & Malhotra (65K/13pp/PDF)
17. Pat O'Hara, Cummings/Riter (49K/4pp/PDF)
18. W. Caffey Norman, (Patton Boggs) TCE Issues Group (166K/3pp/PDF)
19. Daniel Burke, State of Texas (58K/7pp/PDF)
20. Lorraine Krupa-Gershman, American Chemistry Council (82K/12pp/PDF)
21. Richard Kapuscinski, ENVIRON International Corporation for General Motors (827K/11pp/PDF)
22. Laura Yeh, Naval Facilities Engineering Service Center (32K/1p/PDF)
23. Jennifer Kaduck, ASTSWMO (30K/2pp/PDF)
24. Walter Avramenko, State of Colorado (40K/2pp/PDF)
25. Tom Gallagher, State of Nevada (29K/1p/PDF)
26. Greg Rucker, Westinghouse Savannah River Company (41K/3pp/PDF)
27. John Quarles & Michael Steinberg, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (32K/6pp/PDF)
28. Bob Schreiber, CDM (38K/2pp/PDF)
29. Bob Pierce, State of Georgia (41K/4pp/PDF)