Assembly and review of draft final Regional POC Regional As Early review of draft application; application assembles draft final POC agreed in regional team establishes STEP package, distributes to schedule consensus on draft documents 15 regional review team, and prepares recommendations and compiles final to management; regional review comments team members are involved STEP EPA regional management briefing Regional POC Regional Identify and provide updates, Region-specific schedules and POC concerns, or recommendations documents for 16 facilitates management to regional management management briefing with regional briefing review team and summarizes action items STEP Draft final application Based on outcome of Regional Indicate to state whether management briefing, POC further changes are needed 17 regional POC will go before application package can back to state to be considered final (even if not address any issues or yet complete) offer a go ahead to submit final application EPA receives the official state SPA State submits package Regional Purpose submit official SPA Templates in – application to EPA in paper and POC application. guidance (used EPA staff alert regional management electronically Who is involved state and earlier in drafts) STEP – to package regional UST staff 18 EPA staff reserve funding for FR publication, public notices and public hearing Review SPA package for Regional UST staff and Regional Up to 6 Purpose ensure application is Crosswalks in – completeness and to ensure package regional attorney POC and weeks complete and as expected guidance. STEP is what expected (same as agreed to review package regional Who is involved regional UST Multiple prior – 19 in drafts) attorney staff and regional attorney reviews will ensure quality control.
STEP 15 Assembly and review of draft final application Regional POC assembles draft final package, distributes to regional review team, and compiles final comments Regional POC As agreed in schedule Early review of draft application; regional team establishes consensus on draft documents and prepares recommendations to management; regional review team members are involved STEP 16 EPA regional management briefing Regional POC schedules and facilitates management briefing with regional review team and summarizes action items Regional POC Identify and provide updates, concerns, or recommendations to regional management Region-specific documents for management briefing STEP 17 Draft final application Based on outcome of management briefing, regional POC will go back to state to address any issues or offer a go ahead to submit final application Regional POC Indicate to state whether further changes are needed before application package can be considered final (even if not yet complete) STEP 18 EPA receives the official state SPA application EPA staff alert regional management to package EPA staff reserve funding for FR publication, public notices and public hearing State submits package to EPA in paper and electronically Regional POC Purpose – submit official SPA application. Who is involved – state and regional UST staff Templates in guidance (used earlier in drafts) STEP 19 Review SPA package for completeness and to ensure package is what expected (same as agreed to in drafts) Regional UST staff and regional attorney review package Regional POC and regional attorney Up to 6 weeks Purpose – ensure application is complete and as expected Who is involved – regional UST staff and regional attorney Crosswalks in guidance. Multiple prior reviews will ensure quality control.
ust_spa_process_4-18-16_0.docx