Memorandum establishes Agency-wide policy to limit lead changes from EPA to potentially responsible parties in the middle of discrete phases of the Superfund process, such as remedial investigation/feasibility study (RI/FS), remedial design (RD), and remedial action (RA), except in situations where the lead change would not cause undue delay. OSWER Directive No. 9800.1-01. Issued 11/14/1991.

• Limiting Lead Transfers to Private Parties During Discrete Phases of the Remedial Process (PDF)(3 pp, 137 K)