The following table shows what EPA does when it receives the first LOI from a group:

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If your site .  .  . Then EPA .  .  .
(a) Is not proposed for listing on the NPL or is proposed but no response is underway or scheduled to begin will advise you in writing that we are not yet accepting TAG “applications” for your site. EPA may informally notify other interested groups that it has received an LOI.
(b) Is listed on the NPL or is proposed for listing on the NPL and a response action is underway will publish a notice in your local newspaper to formally notify other interested parties that they may contact the first group that sent the LOI to form a coalition or they may submit a separate LOI.

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