EPA has had several vulnerability assessments (VA) sent to
headquarters in a manner that they believe could facilitate interception by
unauthorized people. To ensure that all VAs are handled with the appropriate
security precautions, EPA is suggesting that systems use the instructions
detailed below (a full description of the instructions are also available at www.epa.gov/safewater/security/uitl-inst.pdf):
EPA
recommends Vulnerability Assessment's and certifications be delivered to them
using an express or courier service such as Federal Express, United Parcel
Service, Airborne, etc., which provides tracking and certification of delivery.
Using 'these services will ensure that the submission is delivered directly to
the persons authorized to receive and process these items. When using express
or courier delivery service, address the package to:
U.
S. Environmental Protection Agency
Water Resource Center (WSD-RAR)
Room 1119 EP A West Building
1301 Constitution Ave., NW Washington, D.C. 20004
Phone number
202-566-1729 (for couriers use)
EPA Does NOT recommend using regular U.S. Postal
Service but systems may submit VA's through the U.S. Mail by using the
following address:
Attention:
Janet Pawlukiewicz
Mail Code: 4601M
U .5. Environmental Protection Agency
1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW
Washington DC 20460
EPA strongly
recommends that water systems send their VA:
u Sealed in two envelopes -one inside the other.
u The inside envelope, containing the VA,
should be sealed and marked "TO
BE OPENED BY ADDRESSEE ONL Y - Janet Pawlukiewicz."
u The outer envelope should be addressed to
the delivery address shown above.
u Do not make any
reference to the contents on the outer envelope - Do NOT use
words
such as "vulnerability assessment," confidential, " etc.
Deadlines for
Submitting VA's and ERP's to EPA
VA's for systems with populations between 3,300 and 50,000...................................... June
30,2004
VA's for systems with populations between 50,000 and 100,000........................ December
31,2003
Certifications that emergency response plans (ERP) updated............. 6 months after submitting
VA