UNITED
STATES
ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION
AGENCY
WASHINGTON,
D.
C.
20460
OFFICE
OF
SOLID
WASTE
AND
EMERGENCY
RESPONSE
July
21,
2004
Mr.
Clair
Roseberry,
Mayor
City
of
Ravenswood
212
Walnut
Street
Ravenswood,
West
Virginia
26164
Dear
Mayor
Roseberry:

I
am
responding
to
your
request
for
a
90­
day
extension
of
the
comment
period.
As
you
know,
EPA
proposed
the
Ravenswood
PCE
Ground
Water
Plume
site
for
listing
on
the
National
Priorities
List
(
NPL)
on
March
8,
2004,
and
the
comment
period
ended
60
days
later.
You
requested
additional
time
to
pursue
plans
to
manage
the
contamination
as
quickly
and
inexpensively
as
possible,
without
placing
the
site
on
the
NPL.

EPA
extends
the
comment
period
only
if
problems
are
found
in
the
public
docket
that
prevented
commenters
from
responding
in
a
timely
manner.
Since
your
comment
(
in
the
form
of
a
city
council
resolution)
did
not
mention
a
problem
with
the
docket,
EPA
is
denying
the
request
for
an
extension.

In
the
fall
of
this
year,
EPA
expects
to
make
final
decisions
on
the
next
group
of
sites
proposed
to
the
NPL.
Should
the
Agency
receive
additional
comments
from
you
prior
to
its
decisions,
we
will
attempt
to
consider
your
comments
during
the
decision­
making
process.

Sincerely,

Robert
Myers,
NPL
Group
State,
Tribal
and
Site
Identification
Branch
Assessment
and
Remediation
Division
