Response and Remediation Program Update Date #, 2009 August 21, 2014 Derrick Williams, Presenter Program Manager Name
Response and Remediation Program Hazardous Site Response Program Voluntary Remediation Program Brownfield Program CERCLA PA/SI Team
Legislative Update HB 904 Administrative Procedures Act HB 957 Georgia Hazardous Site Reuse and Redevelopment Act
HB 904 Any person aggrieved or adversely affected by an HSI listing occurring after July 1, 2014, shall be entitled to a hearing.
HB 957 New short title: Georgia Brownfield Act Revised prospective purchaser definition Extended grace period liability protection Clarified hazardous waste facility exclusion
FY14 HSRA Funding Fees/fines Collected $11,253,928 Fees Appropriated $4,027,423 Local Gov. Reimbursement $1,291,647
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
HSRA Rulemaking EPD is in the process of amending the Rules for Hazardous Site Response.
Proposed HSRA Rule Changes Allow EPD to Grant Waiver to HW Fees for Pollution Prevention
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)
Proposed HSRA Rule Changes Provide alternative notification standards for groundwater releases
Proposed HSRA Rule Changes Provide a 90-day deferment of RQSM scoring of releases following notification to allow for corrective action and/or resampling
Proposed HSRA Rule Changes Allow delineation of soil releases to residential risk reduction standards. Allow delineation of groundwater releases to Media Target Concentrations
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
VRP Applications 77 Applications received 68 Applications approved 4 Applications under review 5 Applications withdrawn/incomplete 4 Properties delisted
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
Brownfield Applications 77 74 62 45 47 38 48 47 38 22 26 11 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
Brownfield Application Types 18% 82% HSI Non-HSI
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
Brownfields Completed 310 final LOL lesers issued 2,961 acres cer2fied in compliance with RRS 786,710 tons of contaminated soil remediated
Example Brownfield Projects Porsche Cars North America (former Ford Plant) GSU Commons Student Housing Gainesville Midtown Greenway Buckhead Atlanta Development Atlanta BeltLine
Development Along BeltLine
Clear Creek Basin
Contact Information Derrick Williams - Manager Response and Remediation Program 404-657-8606 Derrick_williams@dnr.state.ga.us