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Response and Remediation Program Update

Response and Remediation Program Update. March 29, 2016 Jason Metzger, Program Manager. Response and Remediation Program. Hazardous Site Response Act Voluntary Remediation Program Act Georgia Brownfield Act Uniform Environmental Covenant Act CERCLA PA/SI Team. EPD / LPB / RRP.

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Response and Remediation Program Update

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  1. Response and Remediation Program Update March 29, 2016 Jason Metzger, Program Manager

  2. Response and Remediation Program • Hazardous Site Response Act • Voluntary Remediation Program Act • Georgia Brownfield Act • Uniform Environmental Covenant Act • CERCLA PA/SI Team

  3. EPD / LPB / RRP • Seven Departures in FY16 • Five New Hires Starting April / May

  4. FY16 HSRA Funding • Fees Appropriated • Program Operations $2,016,251 • Abandoned Site Cleanup $630,000 • Local Gov Reimbursement $1,570,695 • Amended FY16 (Site Cleanup) $3,000,000

  5. Hazardous Site Inventory • 536 total HSI sites • 282 active sites or sites needing enforcement • 64 orphan sites • 130 local gov. solid waste landfills • 60 RCRA sites (hazardous waste) • 107 Notifications received / 6 Listings (2015)

  6. RRP Initiatives • October 2014 HSRA Rule Change • Improved notification and delineation requirements • Allowed delisting of Type 5 sites • RQSM scoring deferment, Public notice, others • Interactive HSI Map – July 2015 • Document Scanning / LEMIR • RQSM Toxicity Factor Update – April 2016 • Abandoned / Inactive Site Reviews

  7. RRP Workgroups • Vapor Intrusion • Area Averaging • Fate & Transport Modeling • Risk Assessment and Notification Concentration Review

  8. VRP Applications 107 Applications received 96 Applications approved 8 Applications under review 6 Applications withdrawn / removed (3 subsequent to approval) 15 Properties delisted

  9. Voluntary Remediation Program

  10. VRP Emphasis • Item 5 of VRP Application Checklist • CSM, remediation plan, delineation standards, contaminants, exposure pathways, schedule. • Five-year schedule. Extension via Consent Order. • EC required if controls used to certify compliance • Free product removal to extent practicable

  11. VRP Lessons Learned Covenants difficult to obtain off-property F&T modeling – work with EPD in advance Source material below water table VRP controls – future redevelopment / Brownfield Ecological impacts

  12. VRP / Brownfield Success Story

  13. Contact Information Jason Metzger Response and Remediation Program 404-657-8606 jmetzger@gaepd.org http://epd.georgia.gov/voluntary-remediation

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