Superfund Recordkeeping Guidance

A. BACKGROUND & SUMMARY The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, (CERCLA), as amended by the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986, (SARA), provides for the identification, investigation and cleanup of Superfund, hazardous waste sites. Under these Acts, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is required to recover its response costs from responsible parties after participating in the investigation, cleanup, oversight, enforcement and other required administrative provisions. State agencies which spend CERCLA funds must account …

…to the files should be restricted. Files should be maintained in a locked file cabinet. Responsibility for maintaining the files shall be assigned to OAS Administrative Officers and/or specifically designated OAS clerical or administrative staff. a. PROCEDURES FOR USING THE FILE MAGIC ELECTRONIC FILING SYSTEM Original documents are scanned and indexed using File Magic 5 Software. The following procedures should be followed when using this system. A File Magic manual is available for further information.