Pre-CERCLIS screening is a review of information about a potential Superfund site to determine whether the site should be entered into EPA's Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Information System (CERCLIS). Pre-CERCLIS screening is an initial low-cost look at a potential site to ensure that an uncontaminated site or a site ineligible under CERCLA is not unnecessarily entered into CERCLIS for further Superfund-financed assessment activities. The ITEC Superfund Program is developing a Pre-CERCLIS Screening process that will better suit the needs of the ITEC member tribes. A Pre-CERCLIS Screening can include:

• Background information of ownership of site

• Geological makeup of the property

• Production history of the site

• Field test samples from a field test kit to determine if any hazardous substances are present.