Response and Remediation Program Update

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Date #, 2009 Presenter Name

April 16, 2013 Derrick Williams, Program Manager

Georgia Department of Natural Resources

•Hazardous Site Response Program

•Voluntary Remediation Program

•Brownfields Program

•CERCLA PA/SI Team

Response and Remediation Program

• SB176 – Recommended to Study Committee

• HB276 – Reauthorized SW/HW Fees

Legislative Update

• Fees/fines Collected $13,615,384

• Fees Appropriated $2,939,882

• Local Gov Reimbursement $1,622,178

FY12 HSRA Funding

HSI Data

Hazardous Site Inventory• 554 total HSI sites

• 297 active sites with responsible parties identified– 199 cleanups in progress

– 67 investigations in progress

– 31 no action taken (due to lack of resources)

• 124 local gov. solid waste landfills

• 70 RCRA permitted sites (hazardous waste)

• 63 orphan sites

• $5,000 per application

• Invoicing $75/hour for EPD overview

• $431,550 collected to date

VRP Application Review Fees

VRP Growth

VRP Applications

•65 Applications received

•53 Applications approved

•8 Applications under review

•4 Applications withdrawn

•4 Properties delisted

VRP Program Results

• 8 participants have stopped active groundwater corrective action

• 28 participants have or propose UECs to restrict groundwater use

• 2 participants propose active groundwater corrective action

VRP Program Refinement

• Develop application checklist

• 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

Federal Brownfields Funding

• $3,000 per application

• $1,359,000 collected to date

• VRP Escrow Account Act passed in 2010

• Allows retention and use of application fees by Brownfields Program

Brownfields Application Review Fees

Brownfields Fees

Brownfields Applications

Brownfields Application Types

455 Applications to date

Brownfield Application Status

Brownfields Program Results

• >450 Brownfields applications received to date

• 5,500 acres undergoing voluntary cleanup

• Millions of dollars invested in cleanup with minimal expense to taxpayers

• Billion+ dollars statewide being invested in properties that were blighted or underutilized

• 262 final LOLs issued

• 2,524 acres certified in compliance with RRS

• 772,962 tons of contaminated soil remediated

Brownfields Completed

Contact Information

Derrick Williams - ManagerResponse and Remediation Program

404-657-8606Derrick_williams@dnr.state.ga.us

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