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ODOT’S OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES

ODOT’S OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES. ENIRONMENTAL SITE ASSESSMENT PROCESS. INTRODUCTION. CLASS OBJECTIVES. Understand ODOT’s ESA process Learn who uses ODOT’s ESA investigations Learn how ESA investigations are used by ODOT Tips on writing better documents for ODOT .

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ODOT’S OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES

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  1. ODOT’S OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES ENIRONMENTAL SITE ASSESSMENT PROCESS

  2. INTRODUCTION

  3. CLASS OBJECTIVES • Understand ODOT’s ESA process • Learn who uses ODOT’s ESA investigations • Learn how ESA investigations are used by ODOT • Tips on writing better documents for ODOT

  4. Creation of environmental lawsa short history

  5. Silent Spring by Rachel Carson • Published in 1962 • Brought awareness to misuse of chemicals • Marks the beginning of environmental movement

  6. Love Canal, New York - 1927

  7. Love Canal, New York 1978

  8. Love Canal, New York

  9. Times Beach, Missouri

  10. Valley of the Drums, Bullit Co, KY

  11. Cuyahoga River, Cleveland, OH

  12. New Rules Established • Waste management and disposal • Responsibility for clean up • Strict and Severe Liability • Creation of Innocent Landowner Defense

  13. Federal Laws • Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) of 1980 • Identification and remediation of unsupervised and/or abandoned hazardous waste sites • Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (SARA) • Reauthorized and expanded CERCLA • Provides defenses to the liability provisions for contaminated sites • Innocent Landowner Defense

  14. Federal Laws • Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) of 1976 • Management and disposal of solid and hazardous waste • Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments (HSWA) of 1984 • Amended RCRA to establish land bans and regulates underground storage tanks (USTs)

  15. Questions?

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