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Date #, 2009 Presenter Name

Response and Remediation Program Update

August 21, 2014 Derrick Williams, Program Manager

Department of Natural Resources

§  Hazardous Site Response Program

§  Voluntary Remediation Program

§  Brownfield Program

§  CERCLA PA/SI Team

Response and Remediation Program


§  HB 904 – Administrative Procedures Act

§  HB 957 – Georgia Hazardous Site Reuse and Redevelopment Act

Legislative Update


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

HB 904


§  New short title: “Georgia Brownfield Act”

§  Revised “prospective purchaser” definition

§  Extended “grace period” liability protection

§  Clarified “hazardous waste facility” exclusion

HB 957


§  Fees/fines Collected $11,253,928

§  Fees Appropriated $4,027,423

§  Local Gov. Reimbursement $1,291,647

FY14 HSRA Funding


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

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§  EPD is in the process of amending the Rules for Hazardous Site Response.

HSRA Rulemaking


§  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)



§  Provide alternative notification standards for groundwater releases



§  Provide a 90-day deferment of RQSM scoring of releases following notification to allow for corrective action and/or resampling



§  Allow delineation of soil releases to residential risk reduction standards.

§  Allow delineation of groundwater releases

to Media Target Concentrations



§  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

2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

11

22

77

45

74

47

26

38

48 47

62

38


Brownfield Application Types

HSI Non-HSI

82%

18%


§  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

Brownfield Program Results


§  310 final LOL leSers issued

§  2,961 acres cer2fied in compliance with RRS

§  786,710 tons of contaminated soil remediated

Brownfields Completed


§  Porsche Cars North America (former Ford Plant)

§  GSU Commons Student Housing

§  Gainesville Midtown Greenway

§  Buckhead Atlanta Development

§  Atlanta BeltLine

Example Brownfield Projects


Development Along BeltLine


Clear Creek Basin


Contact Information

Derrick Williams - Manager Response and Remediation Program

404-657-8606 [email protected]

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