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Superfund

Interim Guidance on Site Field Work Decisions Due to Impacts of COVID-19

This memorandum provides interim guidance to the Agency's regional offices to ensure that decisions about new or ongoing cleanup activities during the COVID-19 situation are made with the health and safety of communities, state and tribal partners, EPA staff, and contractors as the priority.

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Interim Guidance on Site Field Work Decisions Due to Impacts of COVID-19 (PDF)(5 pp, 467 K, April 10, 2020)
Attachment: OLEM Considerations and Posture for COVID-19 (PDF)(4 pp, 135 K, March 19, 2020)