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About the Community Advisory Group Toolkit: A Summary of the Tools (English)
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About the Community Advisory Group Toolkit: A Summary of the Tools (Spanish translation)
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Administrator Browner's Remarks from HazWaste World Superfund XVIII Conference - December 2, 1997
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Annual Report 1992
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Annual Report 1993
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Annual Report 1994
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Annual Report 1997
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Annual Report FY 1998
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Applicable or Relevant and Appropriate Requirements
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Application of the CERCLA Municipal Landfill Presumptive Remedy to Military Landfills
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Assessing Reports of Continuous Releases of Hazardous Substance: A Guide for EPA Regions
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Auxiliary Information: National Priorities List, Proposed Rule and Final Rule
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Brownfields Economic Redevelopment Initiative and Environmental Justice
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CERCLA & EPCRA Release Reporting Requirements
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CERCLA Overview
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CERCLA Statutory Overview
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A Citizen's Guide to Understanding Presumptive Remedies
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Close Out Procedures for National Priorities List Sites
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Clothing with Identifying Insignia
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Community Advisory Groups (CAGs) at Superfund Sites - Quick Reference Fact Sheet (English)
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Community Advisory Groups (CAGs) at Superfund Sites - Quick Reference Fact Sheet (Mexican-Spanish Translation)
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Community Advisory Groups (CAGs) at Superfund Sites - Quick Reference Fact Sheet (Spanish-Puerto Rican Translation)
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Community Advisory Groups: Partners in Decisions at Hazardous Waste Sites, Case Studies
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Companion to Superfund - the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) Program
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Comprehensive Five-Year Review Guidance
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Conducting Remedial Investigations/Feasibility Studies for CERCLA Municipal Landfill Sites
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Consolidated Guide to Consultation Procedures for Superfund Response Decisions
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Creating the Future
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Dealing with Chemical Emergencies
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Defining Hazardous Waste
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Description of Superfund Training Modules
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Descriptions of Seven Proposed Sites and 12 Final Sites Added to the National Priorities List in July 2000
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Direct Final Process for Deletions (Streamlining the Deletions Process - Revised October 2000)
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Draft Ecological Soil Screening Level (Eco-SSL) Guidance and Exhibits, and Related Federal Register Notice
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Early and Meaningful Community Involvement
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Enforcement of EPCRA CFR# 304/CERCLA CFR# 103, February 15, 2000
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Enforcement of EPCRA CFR# 304/CERCLA CFR# 103, November 30, 2000
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EPA Emergency Response and Removal Program
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Examining the Effects of Pollution on Ecosystems
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Examining a Hazardous Waste Site
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The Facts Speak For Themselves: A Fundamentally Different Superfund Program
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Feasibility Study/Record of Decision - Analysis for Wood Treater Sites with Contaminated Soils, Sediments, and Sludges
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Federal Register Notice of Current Proposed National Priorities List (NPL) Rule, 65 FR 6532 February 4, 2000
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Federal Register Notice of Current Final National Priorities List (NPL) Rule, 65 FR 6532, February 4, 2000
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Federal and State Laws on Hazardous Waste
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Final National Priorities List (NPL) Rules
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Five-Year Review Guidance, please see Comprehensive Five-Year Review Guidance

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Groundwater - Part I
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Groundwater - Part II
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Ground Water Cleanup at Superfund Sites
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Guidance for Community Advisory Groups at Superfund Sites (December 1995)
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Guide to Developing and Documenting Cost Estimates During the Feasibility Study
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Guide to Preparing Superfund Proposed Plans, Records of Decision, and Other Remedy Selection Decision Documents
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HAZ-ED Classroom Activities for Understanding Hazardous Waste
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Hazardous Substances and Hazardous Waste
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Hazardous Waste Cleanup Methods
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Hazardous Waste Issues in the News
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Headquarters Consultation for Radioactively Contaminated Sites
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How Hazardous Substances Affect People
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Identifying Risks at a Superfund Site
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Improving Site Assessment: Abbreviated Preliminary Assessments (October 1999)
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Improving Site Assessment: Combined PA/SI Assessments (October 1999)
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Improving Site Assessment: Pre-CERCLIS Screening Assessments (October 1999)
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Institutional Controls: A Site Manager's Guide to Identifying, Evaluating and Selecting Institutional Controls at Superfund and RCRA Corrective Action Cleanups
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Interim Guidance in Response to the OIG Audit "Superfund Sites Deferred to RCRA" (December 1999)
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Interim Guidance on Implementing the Superfund Administrative Reform on PRP Oversight
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Issuance of Final Guidance: Ecological Risk Assessment and Risk Management Principles for Superfund Sites (1999)
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Land Disposal Restrictions, Phase IV: Treatment Standards for Wood Preserving Wastes, Paperwork Reduction and Streamlining, Exemptions from RCRA for Certain Processed Materials, and Miscellaneous Hazardous Waste Provisions -- Supplemental, Supporting, and Background Documents Final Rule (April 1997)
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Landfill Presumptive Remedy Saves Time and Cost
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Land Use in the CERCLA Remedy Selection Process
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Letter to Galanty (at RCRA/Superfund/OUST Hotline) on various reportable quantities and other CERCLA reporting questions (July 8, 1993)
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Letter to Salfi (at RCRA/UST, Superfund and EPCRA Hotline) on the application of CERCLA reporting requirements to disposal of mercury/lamps and PCB/ballasts (September 29, 1994)
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Making Decisions About Hazardous Waste Cleanup
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Making Hazardous Waste Information Available--Lessons Learned from the Superfund Internet Web Site, HazWaste World Superfund XVIII (December 2 - 4, 1997) Conference Proceedings (1997), Volume 2, pp 735 - 744:

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    Mercury-Emergency Spill & Release Facts
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    NCP Overview
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    Notice of Policy Change (Related to NPL Partial Deletions)
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    The Numbers Game
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    Oil Pollution Prevention Regulation and the Oil Pollution Act of 1990
    WebPage (HTML) | Text | PDF

    Operation and Maintenance Fact Sheet
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    Optimization of Fund-lead Ground Water Pump and Treat (P&T) Systems
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    Other Major Environmental Laws
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    Overview of Presumptive Remedies
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    Plan to Enhance the Role of the States and Tribes in the Superfund Program
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    Policy and Guidance Documents from EPA's Office of Site Remediation Enforcement (OSRE)
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    Pollution Prevention [Activity]
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    Pollution Prevention [Fact Flash]
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    Presumptive Remedy for CERCLA Municipal Landfill Sites
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    Presumptive Remedies for Soils, Sediments, and Sludges at Wood Treater Sites
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    Presumptive Remedies: CERCLA Landfill Caps RI/FS Data Collection Guide
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    Presumptive Remedies: Policy and Procedures
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    Presumptive Remedies: Site Characterization and Technology Selection for CERCLA Sites With Volatile Organic Compounds in Soils
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    Presumptive Response Strategy and Ex-Situ Treatment Technologies for Contaminated Groundwater at CERCLA Sites
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    Principles for Managing Contaminated Sediment Risks at Hazardous Waste Sites
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    Proposed National Priorities List (NPL) Rules
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    Questions and Answers on Release Notification Requirements and Reportable Quantity Adjustments
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    Recommendations of the Technical Review Workgroup for Lead for an Interim Approach to Assessing Risks Associated with Adult Exposures to Lead in Soil (December 1996)
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    Recreational Use of Land
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    Release of Appraisals for Real Property Acquisition at Superfund Sites
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    Remedial Design/Remedial Action Handbook
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    Reporting Requirements for Continuous Releases of Hazardous Substances: A Guide for Facilities on Compliance
    WebPage (HTML)

    Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)
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    Reuse Assessments: A Tool To Implement The Superfund Land Use Directive
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    Reuse of CERCLA Landfill and Containment Sites
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    Reusing Superfund Sites: Commercial Use Where Waste is Left On Site
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    Reusing Superfund Sites: Recreational Use of Land Above Hazardous Waste Containment Areas
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    Revisions to OMB Circular A-94 on Guidelines and Discount Rates for Benefit-Cost Analysis
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    Risk Assessment Guidance for Superfund (RAGS): Volume 1 -- Human Health Evaluation Manual, Supplement to Part A: Community Involvement in Superfund Risk Assessments (1989)
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    Risk Assessment Guidance for Superfund (RAGS), Volume I -- Human Health Evaluation Manual, Part A (1989)
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    Risk Assessment Guidance for Superfund (RAGS), Volume I -- Human Health Evaluation Manual, Part B (1991)
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    Risk Assessment Guidance for Superfund (RAGS), Volume I -- Human Health Evaluation Manual, Part C (1991)
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    Risk Assessment Guidance for Superfund (RAGS) Part D
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    Risk Assessment Guidance for Superfund, Volume 3 Part A: Process for Conducting Probabilistic Risk Assessment (RAGS 3A) (2001)
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    Risk Assessment Guidance for Superfund, Volume 3 Part A: Process for Conducting Probabilistic Risk Assessment (RAGS 3A) (DRAFT) (1999)
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    The Role of Background in the CERCLA Cleanup Program
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    The Role of CSGWPPs in EPA Remediation Programs
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    The Role of Cost in the Superfund Remedy Selection Process
    WebPage (HTML) | PDF

    The Role of Screening-Level Risk Assessments and Refining Contaminants of Concern in Baseline Ecological Risk Assessments (2001)
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    Rules of Thumb for Superfund Remedy Selection
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    SARA Overview
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    Site Assessment - EPA Response to GAO Survey
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    Site Remediation Enforcement
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    Soil Screening Guidance for Radionuclides: User's Guide and Technical Background Document Final Guidance
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    Soil Screening Guidance
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    "Superfund: 20 Years of Protecting Human Health and the Environment"
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    Superfund Accelerated Cleanup Bulletin: Presumptive Remedies (Volume 1, Number 3,August 1992)
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    Superfund Accelerated Cleanup Bulletin: Presumptive Remedies for Municipal Landfill Sites (Volume 1 Number 1, April 1992)
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    Superfund Accelerated Cleanup Bulletin: Presumptive Remedies for Municipal Landfill Sites (Volume 2 Number 1, February 1993)
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    Superfund Accelerated Cleanup Bulletin: Presumptive Remedies for Wood Treatment Facilities (May 1992)
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    Superfund Accelerated Cleanup Model (SACM)
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    Superfund Administrative Improvements/Reforms
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    Superfund at Work: Hazardous Waste Cleanup Success Stories
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    Superfund Community Involvement Handbook
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    Superfund Community Involvement Program
    WebPage (HTML) | Text | PDF

    Superfund Hotline Training Modules
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    Superfund Information Brochure
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    Superfund Liability, Enforcement, and Settlements
    WebPage (HTML) | Text | PDF

    Superfund Permanent Relocations (October 1999)
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    Superfund Post Construction Completion Activities
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    Superfund Post Construction Completion: An Overview
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    The Superfund Progress Report 1980-1997
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    Superfund Reforms: Updating Remedy Decisions
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    Superfund Relocation Roundtable Meeting (May 2-4, 1996, Pensacola, FL)
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    Superfund Relocation Roundtable Update (July 18, 1996)
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    The Superfund Response Process
    WebPage (HTML) | Text | PDF

    Superfund Technical Assistance Grants (TAG)-Quick Reference Fact Sheet (English)
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    Superfund Technical Assistance Grants (TAG) Quick Reference Fact Sheet (Spanish-Puerto Rican Translation)
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    Superfund Today Documents

    Supplemental Bulletin Multi-Phase Extraction (MPE) Technology for VOCs in Soil and Groundwater Fact Sheet
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    Technology Selection Guide for Wood Treater Sites
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    This Is Superfund
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    The Use of Soil Cleanup Criteria in 40 CFR Part 192 as Remediation Goals for CERCLA Sites
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    User's Guide to the VOCs in Soils Presumptive Remedy
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    Waste: Where Does It Come From? Where Does It Go?
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    What is an Aquifer?
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    What the Community Can Do
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