UST SPA Process What is necessary Who is Description/Key Info -- Includes for successful responsible Step # Step How Duration Purpose And Who Needs To Be outcome? (Includes for carrying Involved Tools/Template out step? needed) Establish EPA review team Regional point of Regional Establish member and contact (POC) (regional POC responsibilities, identify Guidance exists for UST staff) schedules leadership and lines of which team meeting with communication; all appropriate STEP 1 members to appropriate regional EPA regional staff are involved include and program, legal, and (OUST involvement up to respective roles management staff, regional discretion) and responsibilities facilitates and summarizes actions EPA review team contacts state SPA Conference call Regional Find out what state wants (no Conference line team between regional POC SPA, SPA, re-SPA) and request review team and state who state team members are; SPA team; regional POC regional review team and state STEP 2 schedules and SPA team are involved moderates call and communicates EPA expectations of SPA process to state Provide SPA and reg guidance OUST to Regional 2 days Provide state with tools for Review and update documents to states update/develop POC and call successful completion of SPA of existing resources with OUST to package; OUST, regions, states, handbook and regional, state, and provide and ASTSWMO collaborate on guidance; STEP 3 ASTSWMO input; to state doc development; regional POC development of regional POC provides (separate provides (emails, etc.) docs/links templates for resources to states timelines to state specific docs for doc develop)
UST SPA Process Step # Step How Who is responsible for carrying out step? Duration Description/Key Info -- Includes Purpose And Who Needs To Be Involved What is necessary for successful outcome? (Includes Tools/Template needed) STEP 1 Establish EPA review team Regional point of contact (POC) (regional UST staff) schedules meeting with appropriate regional program, legal, and management staff, facilitates and summarizes actions Regional POC Establish member and responsibilities, identify leadership and lines of communication; all appropriate EPA regional staff are involved (OUST involvement up to regional discretion) Guidance exists for which team members to include and respective roles and responsibilities STEP 2 EPA review team contacts state SPA team Conference call between regional review team and state SPA team; regional POC schedules and moderates call and communicates EPA expectations of SPA process to state Regional POC Find out what state wants (no SPA, SPA, re-SPA) and request who state team members are; regional review team and state SPA team are involved Conference line STEP 3 Provide SPA and reg guidance documents to states OUST to update/develop resources with regional, state, and ASTSWMO input; regional POC provides resources to states Regional POC and OUST 2 days call to provide to state (separate timelines for doc develop) Provide state with tools for successful completion of SPA package; OUST, regions, states, and ASTSWMO collaborate on doc development; regional POC provides (emails, etc.) docs/links to state Review and update of existing handbook and guidance; development of templates for specific docs
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