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| Sponsoring Agency: |
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response
Washington, DC |
| Description of Services: |
The Records of Decision System (RODS) is an online data base
containing the full-text of the Superfund Records of Decision for National Priorities List
sites nationwide. The Record of Decision contains information about the remediation
technology to be used for a site, including the justification for why the technology was
chosen. The RODS system can be used to:
- Search for a Record of Decision for a particular Superfund site
- Search for Records of Decision for sites with similar conditions, wastes, or media
- Search for Records of Decision for sites that use a particular technology
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| Data: |
Each record in the RODS system contains the text of a single
Record of Decision (ROD). A Record of Decision describes EPA's selection of the cleanup
method to be used at a site. The ROD usually includes a history of the site, description
of alternatives for cleaning up the site, rationale for the chosen cleanup method, cost
estimates, and a responsiveness summary of the public comments received. The system can be
searched by region, state, site name, ROD date, ROD ID number, media, contaminant,
selected keywords, remedy, abstract, and full text. |
| Access: |
Direct access to RODS is available only to EPA staff members
and firms that have relevant EPA contracts. Contact the RODS Help Line for an account. For
those who are not eligible for direct access, searches will be done by an information
specialist at the RODS Help Line. Online access to RODS data is availaible through EPA's
OERR homepage at this URL address: http://www.epa.gov/swerffrr/pipeline/rod.htm |
| Hardware/Software: |
RODS is located on EPA's mainframe computer in Research
Triangle Park, NC, and is accessible through a computer, modem, and communications
software. EPA employees may have direct access to the RODS system through their LANs or
through access to the EPA data switch. |
| Contact: |
The EPA provides
online
access to RODS data.
The Superfund Public Information System (SPIS) on CD-ROM contains RODS
documents and abstracts as well as CERCLIS and Archive (NFRAP) data. The
SPIS CD contains the full-text of the official ROD documents signed and
issued by EPA. The SPIS CD is available through the Government
Printing Office (GPO), stock number 055-000-00594-9. GPO can be
reached at (202) 512-1800 for pricing information.
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