Federal Facilities Restoration and Reuse Office (FFRRO)

Compendium of Federal Facilities Cleanup Management Information
A redesigned compendium to assist you in learning about the background of the cleanup program. The compendium will allow you easy access to selected documents, providing you with a better understanding of the issues and regulations related to cleanup of federal facilities.

EPA’s Federal Facilities Restoration and Reuse Office (FFRRO) works with other federal agencies to assist them in developing creative, cost-effective solutions to their environmental issues. Read more about FFRRO.

The Federal Facilities Site Evaluation Project (FFSEP) is now available! The FFSEP is a culmination of a two-year effort under the Integrated Cleanup Initiative (ICI) to document the status of 514 federally owned sites that appeared to be making insufficient cleanup progress and to reinvigorate the assessment and evaluation process. EPA has made a cleanup determination for over 95% of the 514 FFSEP sites that had not been fully assessed at the project's inception with the remainder of the sites still being evaluated.

Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) Biennial Report Requirements for Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA) Response Actions (December 14, 2011) (PDF) (8 pp, 2.2MB, About PDF)
This memorandum reaffirms the need for Regions to be aware of Biennial Reporting requirements under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) and their applicability to the cleanup process under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), as amended. Biennial Reporting requires Superfund sites that are Large Quantity Generators—and that ship hazardous waste offsite—to report by March 1 of every even-numbered year their hazardous waste management activities for the previous odd-numbered calendar year.

Program Priorities for Federal Facility Five-Year Review (August 1, 2011) (PDF) (10 pp, 2.4MB, About PDF)
This policy memorandum describes management controls that will be implemented to ensure that the recommendations in the Five-Year Review reports are tracked, monitored and implemented; provides guidance to Remedial Project Managers to ensure that the reviews are completed on time; outlines how EPA makes an independent decision on protectiveness; and confirms that Five-Year Reviews are generally enforceable under Federal Facility Agreements.

Correction to the Memorandum "Program Priorities for Federal Facility Five-Year Reviews" (February 22, 2012) (PDF) (2 pp, 383K, About PDF)
This memorandum corrects the August 1, 2011 policy memorandum (see above) by clarifying the CERCLIS language on page 4.

Program Priorities, Goals, Performance and Accomplishments
Fact sheets, links, and information about FFRRO's program priorities, goals, performance, and accomplishments.

Base Closure and Property Transfer at Federal Facilities
Information on BRAC rounds I-V, including documents, policies, and other federal agency resources.

Federal Agency Hazardous Waste Compliance Docket
Federal Agency Hazardous Waste Compliance Docket (Docket) contains information reported to EPA by federal facilities that manage hazardous waste or from which hazardous substances, pollutants or contaminants have been or may be released.

Military Munitions/Unexploded Ordnance
Information on military munitions and unexploded ordnance, including policies and guidance from EPA and DoD.

Technical Fact Sheets and Emerging Contaminants
Fact sheets and other information regarding contaminants of concern and emerging contaminants that present unique issues and challenges to the environmental community in general and to FFRRO in particular.

Quality Assurance
Information and policy directives regarding quality assurance and quality control systems necessary for hazardous waste cleanup, including the UFP-QAPP.

Compliance & Enforcement at Federal Facilities
Information about the enforcement of cleanup responsibilities at Federal facilities.

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