Pacific Southwest, Region 9: Superfund
Serving Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, the Pacific Islands, and Tribal Nations
Pemaco
Superfund Site
Removal Action #2
Administrative Record Index
To request copies of administrative record documents, an electronic order form is available.
The documents contained in this administrative record file were used by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in identifying appropriate remedial activities for use at the Pemaco Maywood Superfund site Removal Action #1 in Maywood, California. The administrative record file will be added to as documents become available. It will be complete after public comments on EPA's Proposed Plan, EPA's response to comments, and the Record of Decision (ROD) are included.
The index lists the documents in ascending chronological order with undated documents at the beginning. Each document has been assigned a unique identification number.
The list of U.S. Environmental Protection Agency guidance documents which were considered or relied upon in the selection of the remedy is document AR #3 in this administrative record file. Copies of the guidance documents are contained in the Compendium of CERCLA Response Selection Guidance Documents located in the Region 9 Superfund Records Center.
List of Abbreviations and Acronyms Used in Administrative Record Index
| ABBREVIATION | MEANING |
| & | and |
| /w | with |
| attch | attachment |
| CA | State of California |
| Corp | Corporation |
| Dept | Department |
| fax | facsimile |
| fed | federal |
| FOIA | Freedom of Information Act |
| HazMat | hazardous materials |
| Inc | Incorporated |
| memo | memorandum |
| re | regarding |
| RIFS | Remedial investigation/feasibility study |
| rpt | report |
| TL | transmittal letter |
| US | United States |
| v | versus |
Administrative Record Index
| Doc Date | Author / Author Org. | Addressee / Addressee Org. | Title / Subject | Doc ID |
| - | Pemaco, Inc | - | Solvents/chemicals re Pemaco Products, w/marginalia | 88220757 |
| 1/1/1991 | Calscience Engineering, Inc | - | Site assessment information, w/general conditions for consulting services agreement (faxed) | 88220694 |
| 9/6/1991 | Pemaco, Inc | - | Pemaco solvents/chemicals w/TL to M Halal fr J Howard, memo to J Hsu 8/19/91, memo to J Hsu fr J Howard 4/30/91, waste rpt to J Hsu fr K Moore 4/29/91 | 88220698 |
| 6/2/1992 | Los Angeles County - Fire Dept | - | Hazardous materials business plan (p1 only), w/inventory & supplemental inventory | 88220696 |
| 9/25/1992 | Paul Biren / Los Angeles County - Fire Dept | - | Rpt of investigation on 5/28/92 | 88220760 |
| 3/18/1993 | Professional Service Industries - GEOTEST | - | Analytical rpt - analysis of volatile organics by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (faxed 3/18/97) | 88220761 |
| 10/20/1993 | Los Angeles County | TEP Chemical Corp | People of State of CA v TEP Chemical, L S Chemical, Lux Chemical & Lux International Corps, Pemaco, Inc, Lawrence Sze, 10/18/93-10/20/93, w/exhibits | 88220709 |
| 12/21/1994 | C Harvey / CA Superior Court Charles Horan / CA Superior Court | TEP Chemical Corp | Probate & sentencing hearing of People of State of CA v TEP Chemical, L S Chemical, Lux Chemical & Lux International Corps, Pemaco & L Sze, w/attchs | 88220765 |
| 2/1/1995 | Tom Dunkelman / Environmental Protection Agency - Region 9 | - | Fed on-scene coordinators rpt w/final site assessment rpt 2/25/94, Active Leak Testing subsurface investigation rpt 6/6/90 & hazardous waste manifests | 88220710 |
| 6/22/1995 | Subbu Mahadevan / Bechtel Corp | Gordon Woodrow / Environmental Protection Agency - Region 9 | Preliminary assessment/site inspection, w/appendices A-E | 88220711 |
| 4/1/1997 | Julie Herbst / Ecology & Environment, Inc | Karen Nelson / Environmental Protection Agency - Region 9 | Field sampling plan, revision 3 | 88220712 |
| 7/14/1997 | Deirdre O'Leary / Lockheed Martin Environmental Services | Gordon Woodrow / Environmental Protection Agency - Region 9 | Memo: Submission of unvalidated data, case #25444 memos 1-5, w/attch | 88220713 |
| 7/29/1997 | Tom Dunkelman / Environmental Protection Agency - Region 9 | Keith Takata / Environmental Protection Agency - Region 9 | (Redacted, FOIA Ex 7) Action memo: Request for removal action at site, w/o enforcement addendum | 88220715 |
| 8/5/1997 | Keith Takata / Environmental Protection Agency - Region 9 | Lawrence Sze / Pemaco, Inc | Unilateral administrative order for removal activities, docket #97-13, w/TLs fr W Weis to L Sze & A Gavin | 34406 |
| 8/28/1997 | Environmental Protection Agency - Region 9 | - | List of EPA guidance documents consulted during development & selection of response action for site | 88220758 |