Date: March 29, 2011 12:07:54 PM PDT
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Subject: Invitation to Attend EPA Listening Session on Vapor Intrusion
EPA to Host Public Listening Session on Whether to Add Vapor Intrusion as a Criterion for Superfund Sites and the Development of Final Guidance on Subsurface Vapor Intrusion
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will host its fourth public listening session on whether to include vapor intrusion threats as a criterion for including hazardous waste sites on the National Priorities List of Superfund sites. The session will also include a discussion of EPA’s efforts to develop final technical guidance for handling vapor intrusion.
EPA is soliciting public input on considering vapor intrusion in this ranking process. The Agency will consider information gathered during the comment period, as well as input from its public listening sessions, before making a decision on whether to issue a proposed rulemaking to add vapor intrusion as a criterion to the system to rank sites for the Superfund program.
EPA is also seeking input as it completes the development of the “Final Subsurface Vapor Intrusion Guidance. EPA released the Draft Guidance for Evaluating the Vapor Intrusion to Indoor Air Pathway from Groundwater and Soils” in 2002. EPA is incorporating new information that we have learned about vapor intrusion and plans to issue final guidance by November 30, 2012.
Details for the listening session are below. A list of participants must be provided to security at the Edison facility gate prior to the sessions, so participants MUST register for the session by 5:00pm Wednesday, April 6.
REGISTER AT: http://www.epa.gov/superfund/sites/npl/hrsaddition.htm
WHERE: U.S. EPA Region 2 Edison, New Jersey Environmental Center
Building 205
2890 Woodbridge Ave.
Edison, NJ 08837
WHEN: Thursday, April 7, 2011
EPA presentation: 6:00 to 6:20 p.m.
Public Comments: 6:20 to 9:00 p.m.
For more information on EPA listening sessions and the potential change to the HRS, please visit: http://www.epa.gov/superfund/sites/npl/hrsaddition.htm
For more information on vapor intrusion, please visit: http://www.epa.gov/oswer/vaporintrusion/
For more information on the HRS, please visit: http://www.epa.gov/superfund/programs/npl_hrs/hrsint.htm