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Response and Remediation Program Update

This update provides information on the Hazardous Site Response Program, Voluntary Remediation Program, and Brownfields Program in Georgia. It includes data on hazardous sites, program growth, results, and contact information.

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Response and Remediation Program Update

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  1. Response and Remediation Program Update April 16, 2013 Derrick Williams, Program Manager

  2. Response and Remediation Program • Hazardous Site Response Program • Voluntary Remediation Program • Brownfields Program • CERCLA PA/SI Team

  3. Legislative Update • SB176 – Recommended to Study Committee • HB276 – Reauthorized SW/HW Fees

  4. FY12 HSRA Funding • Fees/fines Collected $13,615,384 • Fees Appropriated $2,939,882 • Local Gov Reimbursement $1,622,178

  5. HSI Data

  6. Hazardous Site Inventory • 554 total HSI sites • 297 active sites with responsible parties identified • 199 cleanups in progress • 67 investigations in progress • 31 no action taken (due to lack of resources) • 124 local gov. solid waste landfills • 70 RCRA permitted sites (hazardous waste) • 63 orphan sites

  7. VRP Application Review Fees • $5,000 per application • Invoicing $75/hour for EPD overview • $431,550 collected to date

  8. VRP Growth

  9. VRP Applications 65 Applications received 53 Applications approved 8 Applications under review 4 Applications withdrawn 4 Properties delisted

  10. VRP Program Results 8 participants have stopped active groundwater corrective action 28 participants have or propose UECs to restrict groundwater use 2 participants propose active groundwater corrective action

  11. VRP Program Refinement Develop application checklist Application reviews completed in < 90 days All VRP applications handled by VRP Program Limit financial assurance to cost of long-term care of exposure controls

  12. Federal Brownfields Funding

  13. Brownfields Application Review Fees • $3,000 per application • $1,359,000 collected to date • VRP Escrow Account Act passed in 2010 • Allows retention and use of application fees by Brownfields Program

  14. Brownfields Fees

  15. Brownfields Applications

  16. Brownfields Application Types 455 Applications to date

  17. Brownfield Application Status

  18. Brownfields Program Results >450 Brownfields applications received to date 5,500 acres undergoing voluntary cleanup Millions of dollars invested in cleanup with minimal expense to taxpayers Billion+dollars statewide being invested in properties that were blighted or underutilized

  19. Brownfields Completed • 262 final LOLs issued • 2,524 acres certified in compliance with RRS • 772,962 tons of contaminated soil remediated

  20. Contact Information Derrick Williams - Manager Response and Remediation Program 404-657-8606 Derrick_williams@dnr.state.ga.us

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