A PROGRAM THAT OFFERS CUSTOMIZED ASSISTANCE TO PROPERTY OWNERS & INTERESTED PARTIES WITH THEIR ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES

Voluntary Assistance Program

(VAP)

Assist applicants to 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.

Voluntary Assistance Program Objectives

Voluntary Assistance ProgramFunctions

Assist the public with planning & implementing environmental investigations and remediation activities at contaminated sites

Review, 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 Plans

Issue official concurrence/closure letters tailored to meet the needs of the applicants

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

Voluntary Assistance Program Customers

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

Voluntary Assistance Program

Process & Performance

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

Voluntary Assistance Program

Sources of Contamination

Petroleum Hydrocarbons FUELS: Gasoline & Diesel

VOCs: BTEX, MTBE/Oxygenates Semi-volatiles, PNAs

OILS: Waste oil Hydraulic oil, Bunker oil, others

Voluntary Assistance Program Contaminants

Chlorinated Hydrocarbons:

Solvents: Perchloroethylene (PCE, PERK) Trichloroethylene (TCE) Dichloroethane (DCA) Vinyl Chloride, etc.

PCBs

Voluntary Assistance Program Contaminants

Pesticides & Insecticides: DDT, Aldrin, Eldrin, Dieldrin,

Toxaphene Organophosphates

Heavy Metals: Lead, Arsenic, Zinc, Copper, etc.

Voluntary Assistance Program Contaminants

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.

SITE DESIGNATION PROGRAM

(SDP)

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.

SITE DESIGNATION PROGRAM