environmental protection commission overview vision: environmental excellence in a changing world
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Environmental Protection CommissionOverview
Vision: Environmental Excellence in a Changing World
The Environmental Protection Commission of Hillsborough County (EPC) was created in 1967 by a special act of the Florida Legislature to control and regulate activities which are or may reasonably be expected to cause pollution or contamination of air, water, soil and property, or cause excessive and unnecessary noise.
Environmental Protection Commission of Hillsborough
County
Environmental Protection Commission of Hillsborough
County Air Management Water Management Wetlands Management Waste Management
Why We Need Groundwater
From USGS website From Tampa Bay Water Website
Threats to Groundwater
How We Protect GroundwaterProtective Programs
Small Quantity Generator ProgramTanks ComplianceWell Head ProtectionPollution PreventionPermitted Facilities
Solid Waste RCRA
How We Protect GroundwaterCorrective Programs
Complaint ResponseCleanup Programs
Federal State Local
Complaint response, measuring lead levels in soil
Federal Cleanup ProgramsResource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)
Enacted 1976“cradle-to-grave” regulation of hazardous wasteFrame work for Solid Waste Regulations
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA)Enacted 12/11/1980Short-term removals (emergency response) Long term remedial response actions (Superfund sites)
BrownfieldsInitiated in 1995 as Pilot Project, Enacted in 2002Addresses redevelopment of potentially contaminated or
contaminated properties
Number of Federal Sites in Hillsborough County
CERCLA (Superfund)CERCLIS (Evaluate for Superfund)
Active (78 ) Archived (54)Superfund
Active (13) Delisted (4)
RCRADelegated from EPA to State
EPA Emergency Response Excavation Batteries Buried on Hillsborough River
State Cleanup ProgramsHillsborough County
RCRA (delegated from EPA)Active (8) Closed (10)
Waste Cleanup (Chapter 62-780, FAC)Active (197) Closed (133)
Brownfields (Chapter 62-785, FAC)Retained by SW District Active (13)
Closed (9)Petroleum Cleanup (Chapter 62-770, FAC)
Contracted to EPC
Local Cleanup ProgramsPetroleum Cleanup
Contracted to EPC (since 1987) Program Sites
Active (673) Inactive (515) Closed/Remediated (1225)
Old Landfill Program (174)Director Authorization sites (59)
BrownfieldsDelegated to EPC (2004)
Active (14) Closed (4)
Boy Scout Road Landfill Redevelopment
Tanks at IKEA site
What does it all mean?~2940 contaminated sites in the system all with
different types and levels of contamination~1440 sites have been closed and no longer
pose a risk to human health or the environmentMore sites likely to be identified in futureThe federal, state, and local government programs have little to no overlap, except in emergencies like the recent pipeline spill when everyone joins forces to minimize the human health and environmental impacts.