Which RCRA Corrective Action facilities are affected by GPRA?
In response to GPRA’s requirements for more effective planning, budgeting and program evaluation, in 2005, the RCRA Corrective Action Program began measuring its progress through two facility-wide RCRA Environmental Indicators, Current Human Exposures Under Control (CA725) and Migration of Groundwater Contamination Under Control (CA750). For the 2008 GPRA Cleanup Baseline; two new goals were added: Remedy Decision (CA400) and Remedy Construction (CA550). Beginning in 2008, EPA started to focus on a new Cleanup Baseline, the 2020 GPRA Cleanup Baseline. Nationally, there are 3,746 facilities on the RCRA Cleanup Baseline. These are the RCRA facilities nationwide that EPA has identified as needing the most immediate attention due to environmental contamination. Of these 3,746 facilities, 557 are located in Region 4 and are on RCRA R4’s Cleanup Baseline. The ultimate goal of Corrective Action is to achieve final cleanups. To measure success in the 2020 Baseline under GPRA, EPA chose to meas
