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Voluntary Assistance Program (VAP)

VAP offers tailored help to property owners and interested parties for environmental issues, including third-party reviews, cleanup guidance, and protection measures. The program assists in planning and implementing investigations, evaluating reports, issuing closure letters, and more. Customers include property owners, developers, buyers, banks, and lending companies. VAP addresses contamination from various sources like tank leaks, industrial activities, accidental releases, and military facilities. Contaminants range from petroleum hydrocarbons and fuels to chlorinated hydrocarbons, pesticides, and heavy metals. The program collaborates with regulatory agencies to ensure compliance with environmental standards.

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Voluntary Assistance Program (VAP)

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  1. Voluntary Assistance Program(VAP) A PROGRAM THAT OFFERS CUSTOMIZED ASSISTANCE TO PROPERTY OWNERS & INTERESTED PARTIES WITH THEIR ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES

  2. Voluntary Assistance Program Objectives • Assist applicantsto achieve their goals. • Provide third party review of environmental reports & guidance for proposed clean up activities. • Protect public health, water resources, and the environment due to releases of hazardous chemicals.

  3. Voluntary Assistance ProgramFunctions Assist the public with planning & implementingenvironmental investigations and remediation activities at contaminated sitesReview, evaluate & provide guidance on: -Phase I & Phase II reports -Results of soil & water investigations -Work Plans & Community Health & Safety Plans -Remedial alternatives -Human health risk analyses -Corrective Action PlansIssue official concurrence/closure letters tailored to meet the needs of the applicants

  4. Voluntary Assistance Program Customers Property Owners & Developers : -Develop Agricultural Lands -Convert Industrial/Commercial Use to Residential Use -Expand or rebuild Shopping Malls Property Owners & Prospective Buyers: -Property Transactions -Renew property Leases -Change site use Banks & Lending Companies: -Title Transfers -Appraisals -Refinancing

  5. Voluntary Assistance Program Process & Performance Authority: California Health & Safety Code Sections 101480-101490 Notification to RWQCB & DTSC according to SB 1248 Address releases from various sources with a variety of hazardous chemicals Cost recovery is funded by a deposit account

  6. Voluntary Assistance Program Sources of Contamination Aboveground storage tank leaks Agricultural and nursery activities Industrial facilities: dry cleaners, auto repair & auto body, plating shops, circuit board manufacturing, machine shops, power plants, etc. Accidental releases: truck rollovers, fuel dispensing facilities, warehouses that store hazardous chemicals Military facilities: shooting ranges &mishaps Old burn ash dumps

  7. Voluntary Assistance ProgramContaminants • Petroleum Hydrocarbons • FUELS: Gasoline & Diesel • VOCs: BTEX, MTBE/Oxygenates • Semi-volatiles, PNAs • OILS: • Waste oil • Hydraulic oil, Bunker oil, others

  8. Voluntary Assistance ProgramContaminants • Chlorinated Hydrocarbons: • Solvents: • Perchloroethylene (PCE, PERK) • Trichloroethylene (TCE) • Dichloroethane (DCA) • Vinyl Chloride, etc. • PCBs

  9. Voluntary Assistance Program Contaminants • Pesticides & Insecticides: • DDT, Aldrin, Eldrin, Dieldrin, Toxaphene • Organophosphates • Heavy Metals: • Lead, Arsenic, Zinc, Copper, etc.

  10. SITE DESIGNATION PROGRAM (SDP) Administered by the CAL-EPA Site Designation Committee. CAL-EPA delegates regulatory authority to appropriate agencies, such as DEH. These projects are financed through the VAP program.

  11. SITE DESIGNATION PROGRAM Collaborate with the RWQCB, DTSC, APCD, State Fish & Game and U.S. Fish and Wildlife, as necessary. Projects are completed to ensure the standards of other agencies are met. Decisions are made collectively with all agencies involved.

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