Response and Remediation Program Update

Date #, 2009 Presenter Name

Response and Remediation Program Update

June 19, 2013 Derrick Williams, Program Manager

Georgia Department of Natural Resources

•Hazardous Site Response Program

•Voluntary Remediation Program

•Brownfields Program

•CERCLA PA/SI Team

Response and Remediation Program


•HB276 – Reauthorized SW/HW Fees

(Signing statement paraphrased – the Constitution of Georgia specifically limits any attempt to dedicate revenues in a general bill unless specifically permitted by the Constitution of Georgia, I would deem this language in the House Bill 276 as being nonbinding)

Legislative Update


• Fees/fines Collected $13,615,384

• Fees Appropriated $2,939,882

• Local Gov Reimbursement $1,622,178

FY12 HSRA Funding


HSI Data


Hazardous Site Inventory• 556 total HSI sites

• 297 active sites with responsible parties identified– 199 cleanups in progress

– 67 investigations in progress

– 33 no action taken (due to lack of resources)

• 124 local gov. solid waste landfills

• 64 Hazardous Waste Management sites

• 63 orphan sites

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• Provide 60 day deferment of notification scoring• Delist type 5 sites upon concurrence of CSR and

execution of UEC• Delineation of releases to soil to Type 1

Standards• Delineation of releases to GW to MCLs• Public notification publish in legal organ• Installation of permanent marker on only one

side of UEC restricted area

HSRA Rule Changes


Federal Brownfields Funding


• $3,000 per application

• $1,383,000 to date – most went to general fund

• VRP Escrow Account Act passed in 2010

• Allows retention and use of application fees by Brownfields Program

Brownfields Application Review Fees


Brownfields Fees


Brownfields Applications


Brownfield Application Status


Brownfields Application Types

463 Applications to date:


207 Non-HSI Brownfield Certifications


56 HSI Brownfield Certifications


• 263 final LOLs issued

• 2,526 acres certified in compliance with RRS

• 739,176 tons of contaminated soil remediated

Brownfields Completed


• $5,000 fee per application

• Invoicing $75/hour for EPD overview

• Approximately $450,000 collected to date

• 47% of staff VRP time is not site-specific

VRP Application Review Fees


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28

1715

7

1114

23

7

1 1 1 10

5

10

15

20

25

30

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 (thru6/15)

Applications Received Applications Approved Delisted

VRP Growth


VRP Applications

•69 Applications received

•55 Applications approved

•6 Applications under review

•8 Applications withdrawn or awaiting revisions

•4 Properties delisted

•18 Sites have recorded UECs (4 VRP sites)


VRP Program Refinement

• Develop application checklist

• Application reviews completed in < 90 days

• All VRP applications handled by VRP Program– Pathway for HWMA Order sites to enter Program

• Financial assurance based on site specifics

• Reduce GW delineation requirements if exempt from GW corrective action


Updated VRP FAQs• VRP Applications

FAQ 1 – EPD recommends pre-application meeting. FAQ 8 – Is my site a good VRP candidate? FAQ 18 – What is an appropriate schedule? FAQ 30 – Summary matrix of cleanup Programs.

• Plan Modifications FAQ 16 – Withdrawal / removal from the Program. FAQ 17 – Delineation under § 12-8-107(g)(2). FAQ 28 – When do I address EPD comment letters? FAQ 29 – Is my application / enrollment transferable?


Updated VRP FAQs

• Financial Assurance FAQ 25 – When is financial assurance required? FAQ 26 – May I cancel an existing FA instrument? FAQ 27 – Model FA documents.

• Delisting & Covenant Termination FAQ 32 – Delisting individual properties from a site. FAQ 33 – Delisting Type 5 sites under VRP. FAQ 23 – Termination of a Covenant.


Contact Information

Response and Remediation Program 404-657-8600

Derrick Williams - [email protected]

Unit CoordinatorsJason Metzger - [email protected]

David Brownlee - [email protected] Reuland - [email protected]

Madeleine Kellam - [email protected]

mailto:[email protected]





Documents

Response and Remediation Program Update