Response and Remediation Program Update

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1 Response and Remediation Program Update Date #, 2009 August 21, 2014 Derrick Williams, Presenter Program Manager Name

2 Response and Remediation Program Hazardous Site Response Program Voluntary Remediation Program Brownfield Program CERCLA PA/SI Team

3 Legislative Update HB 904 Administrative Procedures Act HB 957 Georgia Hazardous Site Reuse and Redevelopment Act

4 HB 904 Any person aggrieved or adversely affected by an HSI listing occurring after July 1, 2014, shall be entitled to a hearing.

5 HB 957 New short title: Georgia Brownfield Act Revised prospective purchaser definition Extended grace period liability protection Clarified hazardous waste facility exclusion

6 FY14 HSRA Funding Fees/fines Collected $11,253,928 Fees Appropriated $4,027,423 Local Gov. Reimbursement $1,291,647

7 Hazardous Site Inventory 549 total HSI sites 293 ac2ve sites with responsible par2es iden2fied 187 cleanups in progress 86 inves2ga2ons in progress 22 no ac2on taken (due to lack of resources) 126 local gov. solid waste landfills 67 Hazardous Waste Sites 63 orphan sites 7

8 HSRA Rulemaking EPD is in the process of amending the Rules for Hazardous Site Response.

9 Proposed HSRA Rule Changes Allow EPD to Grant Waiver to HW Fees for Pollution Prevention

10 Proposed HSRA Rule Changes Excludes soil releases discovered by prospective purchasers and reported to EPD under an approved brownfield corrective action plan from notification under HSRA (No change to groundwater notification)

11 Proposed HSRA Rule Changes Provide alternative notification standards for groundwater releases

12 Proposed HSRA Rule Changes Provide a 90-day deferment of RQSM scoring of releases following notification to allow for corrective action and/or resampling

13 Proposed HSRA Rule Changes Allow delineation of soil releases to residential risk reduction standards. Allow delineation of groundwater releases to Media Target Concentrations

14 Proposed HSRA Rule Changes Remove the requirement to post public notices in a major local newspaper of general circulation Allow sites meeting Type 5 risk reduction standards to be delisted contingent upon the execution of a Uniform Environmental Covenant Require a permanent marker on a property subject to a Type 5 restriction

15 VRP Applications 77 Applications received 68 Applications approved 4 Applications under review 5 Applications withdrawn/incomplete 4 Properties delisted

16 VRP Program Refinement 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 Extend 5 year cleanup schedules UEC Templates

17 Brownfield Applications

18 Brownfield Application Types 18% 82% HSI Non-HSI

19 Brownfield Program Results 541 Brownfield applica2ons received to date 7,000 acres undergoing voluntary cleanup Millions of dollars invested in cleanup at minimal expense to taxpayers Billion+ dollars statewide invested in blighted or underu2lized proper2es

20 Brownfields Completed 310 final LOL lesers issued 2,961 acres cer2fied in compliance with RRS 786,710 tons of contaminated soil remediated

21 Example Brownfield Projects Porsche Cars North America (former Ford Plant) GSU Commons Student Housing Gainesville Midtown Greenway Buckhead Atlanta Development Atlanta BeltLine

22 Development Along BeltLine

23 Clear Creek Basin

24 Contact Information Derrick Williams - Manager Response and Remediation Program Derrick_williams@dnr.state.ga.us