ADDITIONAL CONTEXT
Mohawk Tannery Site, CERCLA Docket No. 01-2020-0063.
General Purpose
Under the federal Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
(CERCLA, commonly referred to as Superfund),! the Agency’s mission is to protect human
health and the environment from the actual or potential risks posed by exposure to contaminated
or potentially contaminated land and other media. A Superfund cleanup can help return lands to
productive reuse.
Property Status
Information on sites that are, or potentially are, contaminated with hazardous substances and
may warrant action under Superfund, including site-specific documents and fact sheets, is
recorded in the EPA’s Superfund Enterprise Management System (SEMS), which may be
accessed at https://cumulis.epa.gov/supercpad/cursites/srchsites.cfm. SEMS includes a public
access database that contains information about sites where there has been EPA regional office
involvement under Superfund.
The Property is located near the Mohawk Tannery Site (“Site”). This Site is located in SEMS,
and has been proposed to the National Priorities List (NPL). Additional information about the
Site may be found at: https://cumulis.epa.gov/supercpad/cursites/csitinfo.cfm?id=0101188.
History and Status of the Site
For the reasons stated below, we are addressing the Site under Superfund authority.
As mentioned above, SEMS provides information for NPL sites (1.e., sites proposed to the NPL,
currently on the final NPL, or deleted from the final NPL), sites subject to a federal removal
action, and sites with a Superfund Alternative Approach agreement.”
The profile includes information such as the status of cleanup efforts and cleanup milestones that
have been reached. For more information about the Site, please visit SEMS at
https://cumulis.epa.gov/supercpad/cursites/srchsites.cfm.
EPA issued an Action Memorandum in September 2019 for the Site cleanup. The Action
Memorandum was clarified by the technical memorandum of April 2, 2020 concerning the Site.
An addendum to the Action Memorandum was then issued on December 21, 2020. Hazardous
142 U.S.C. §§ 9601, ef seg.
* See Transmittal of Updated Superfund Response and Settlement Approval for Sites Using the Superfund
Alternative Approval (SAA Guidance) (Sept. 28, 2019), https://www.epa. gov/enforcement/transmittal-memo-
updated-superfund-response-and-settlement-approach-sites-using.
