Transcript GA EPD HSRA/VRP Update

Response and Remediation
Program Update
Date
#, 2009
March
29, 2016
Presenter
Name
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
Georgia Environmental Protection Division
EPD / LPB / RRP
Jason
Metzger
Program Manager
David
Brownlee
RDU1 Unit Manager
Robin
Futch
RDU2 Acting Unit Mgr
David
Hayes
RDU3 Acting Unit Mgr
• Seven Departures in FY16
• Five New Hires Starting April / May
Georgia Environmental Protection Division
Shannon
Ridley
Brownfield Unit Mgr
FY16 HSRA Funding
• Fees Appropriated
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Program Operations
$2,016,251
Abandoned Site Cleanup
$630,000
Local Gov Reimbursement
$1,570,695
Amended FY16 (Site Cleanup) $3,000,000
Georgia Environmental Protection Division
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)
Georgia Environmental Protection Division
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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
Georgia Environmental Protection Division
RRP Workgroups
• Vapor Intrusion
• Area Averaging
• Fate & Transport Modeling
• Risk Assessment and Notification
Concentration Review
Georgia Environmental Protection Division
VRP Applications
• 107 Applications received
• 96 Applications approved
• 8 Applications under review
• 6 Applications withdrawn / removed
(3 subsequent to approval)
• 15 Properties delisted
Georgia Environmental Protection Division
Voluntary Remediation Program
Georgia Environmental Protection Division
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
Georgia Environmental Protection Division
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
Georgia Environmental Protection Division
VRP / Brownfield Success Story
1995
Mid 2013
2014
Late 2014
Non-HSI due to
fencing and no wells
Enrolled in VRP
7000+ cu yds soil
removed
EPD approves soil
certification
Mid 2015
Late 2015
Early 2016
Mid/Late 2016
EPD approves
Brownfield App
EPD concurs with
F&T Model and EC
EC Ready for
Execution
VRP Complete?
Construction begins
on new develop.
No SW impacts. VI
mitigation reqd.
CSR to be submitted
by June
Redevelopment
Complete?
Some voluntary
activity conducted
Georgia Environmental Protection Division
Contact Information
Jason Metzger
Response and Remediation Program
404-657-8606
[email protected]
http://epd.georgia.gov/voluntary-remediation
Georgia Environmental Protection Division