April
24,2002
Carolyn
L.
McIntosh
Patton
Boggs
LLP
1660
Lincoln
Street
Suite
1900
Denver,
CO
80264
OFFICE
OF
SQLlD
WASTE
AND
EMERGENCY
RESPONSE
VIA
FACSIEVIILE
Dear
Ms.
McIntosh:

Thank
you
for
your
letter
dated
April
23,2002,
in
which
you
request
an
extension
to
the
comment
period
for
the
proposed
listing
of
the
Omaha
Lead
site.
The
United
States
Environmental
Protection
Agency's
(
EPA)
policy
is
to
grant
comment
period
extensions
only
when
information
in
the
Regional
Docket
(
i.
e.,
HRS
documentation
record
and
its
associated
references)
is
unavailable
for
public
review
due
to
Docket
errors.
Since
the
reasons
outlined
in
your
letter
do
not
fall
within
EPA's
policy,
we
will
not
grant
an
extension
to
the
comment
period
for
the
Omaha
Lead
site.

It
is
my
understanding
that,
as
of
today,
you
have
received
all
the
relevant
information
on
the
proposed
listing
as
you
requested
from
the
EPA
Region
7
Docket.
Please
submit
comments
by
April
29,2002,
which
is
the
end
of
the
comment
period
as
stated
in
the
Federal
Register.
If
there
are
followup
comments
that
you
wish
to
submit,
EPA
will
review
and
consider
them
if
the
comments
are
received
within
a
reasonable
time
period.
Please
note
that
generally
EPA
has
a
policy
of
not
delaying
a
final
listing
decision
solely
to
accommodate
consideration
of
late
comments.

If
you
have
hrther
questions,
please
do
not
hesitate
to
call
Uolanda
Singer
on
my
staff
at
(
703)
603­
8835.
Thank
you.

Sipqerely,

Dave
Evans,
Director
State,
Tribal
and
Site
Identification
Center
Office
of
Emergency
and
Remedial
Response
