Environmental Issues for Rural Communities. STATE FUNDING AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT Sandy Karinen Cal/EPA Department of Toxic Substances Control Site Mitigation & Brownfields Reuse Program Northern California-Central Cleanup Operations Branch, Sacramento 7/17/2007. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Environmental Issues for Environmental Issues for Rural Communities Rural Communities STATE FUNDING AND TECHNICAL STATE FUNDING AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT SUPPORT Sandy Karinen Sandy Karinen Cal/EPA Cal/EPA Department of Toxic Substances Control Department of Toxic Substances Control Site Mitigation & Brownfields Reuse Program Site Mitigation & Brownfields Reuse Program Northern California-Central Cleanup Northern California-Central Cleanup Operations Branch, Sacramento Operations Branch, Sacramento 7/17/2007 7/17/2007
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Environmental Issues for Environmental Issues for Rural CommunitiesRural Communities
STATE FUNDING AND STATE FUNDING AND TECHNICAL SUPPORTTECHNICAL SUPPORT
State Funding State Funding OpportunitiesOpportunities
Targeted Site Investigation Targeted Site Investigation ProgramProgram
Revolving Loan Fund Revolving Loan Fund (coming)(coming)
Other State Funding SourcesOther State Funding Sources
Targeted Site Investigation Targeted Site Investigation (TSI) Program(TSI) Program
Funded from California’s State Funded from California’s State Response Program Grant ($550k per Response Program Grant ($550k per year from $1.5 million)year from $1.5 million)
Goal to facilitate redevelopment by Goal to facilitate redevelopment by providing information that impacts providing information that impacts decisions on property acquisition decisions on property acquisition &/or reuse strategy&/or reuse strategy
TSI ProgramTSI Program
Managed by DTSC with assistance from Managed by DTSC with assistance from the State Water Resources Control the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) & Regional Water Board (SWRCB) & Regional Water Quality Control Boards (RWQCBs)Quality Control Boards (RWQCBs)
Available to local governmental Available to local governmental agencies, school districts, agencies, school districts, redevelopment agencies, other public redevelopment agencies, other public agencies, non-profit organizationsagencies, non-profit organizations
TSI ProgramTSI Program
No cost to applicantNo cost to applicant Uses DTSC contractor to provide Uses DTSC contractor to provide
investigative servicesinvestigative services Site should be owned by public agency Site should be owned by public agency
or non-profit, within redevelopment or non-profit, within redevelopment planning area & eligible entity would planning area & eligible entity would like to redevelop or reuselike to redevelop or reuse
Site access required to perform Site access required to perform fieldworkfieldwork
TSI ProgramTSI Program
Sites not eligible: ongoing or planned Sites not eligible: ongoing or planned EPA-directed removal action, proposed EPA-directed removal action, proposed or listed on National Priority List (NPL), or listed on National Priority List (NPL), federally-owned, under enforcement federally-owned, under enforcement action or subject to RCRA corrective action or subject to RCRA corrective actionaction
Maximum of $200,000 per siteMaximum of $200,000 per site Generally $50,000 to $100,000 per siteGenerally $50,000 to $100,000 per site
TSI ProgramTSI Program Competitive processCompetitive process Application package expected to be Application package expected to be
available in late Julyavailable in late July Applications will be accepted starting Applications will be accepted starting
in Augustin August Approval/rejection in October for Approval/rejection in October for
those received by September 30; in those received by September 30; in January for those received by January for those received by December 31; April for those December 31; April for those received by March 31 received by March 31
Revolving Loan Fund (RLF)Revolving Loan Fund (RLF)
DTSC, City of Los Angeles & San Francisco DTSC, City of Los Angeles & San Francisco Redevelopment Agency formed the Redevelopment Agency formed the California Urban & Rural Brownfields California Urban & Rural Brownfields Coalition (CURB); DTSC managing partnerCoalition (CURB); DTSC managing partner
Awarded $3 million EPA RLF grant in Awarded $3 million EPA RLF grant in August 2006August 2006
Covers cleanups only, not site assessmentsCovers cleanups only, not site assessments Properties may be in rural or urban areasProperties may be in rural or urban areas
RLF RLF $2.5 million for hazardous substances$2.5 million for hazardous substances $0.5 million for petroleum$0.5 million for petroleum Must revolve at least 60%; may Must revolve at least 60%; may
subgrant up to 40%subgrant up to 40% Loan rates will be below market rateLoan rates will be below market rate Applicants may be public entities, Applicants may be public entities,
non-profits or private partiesnon-profits or private parties Target starting date: December 2007Target starting date: December 2007
TSI & RLFTSI & RLF For more information, go to DTSC For more information, go to DTSC
Other State Funding Other State Funding SourcesSources Petroleum Underground Storage Tank Petroleum Underground Storage Tank
Cleanup FundCleanup Fund- Administered by SWRCB- Administered by SWRCB- Funded by per gallon UST storage fee- Funded by per gallon UST storage fee- Provides reimbursement of corrective - Provides reimbursement of corrective action & third-party liability costs action & third-party liability costs resulting from a leaking petroleum USTresulting from a leaking petroleum UST- Only costs incurred after 1/1/88 - Only costs incurred after 1/1/88 eligibleeligible- For more information, go to “Water - For more information, go to “Water Quality” at www.waterboards.ca.govQuality” at www.waterboards.ca.gov
Other State Funding Other State Funding SourcesSources Cal ReUSE Cal ReUSE
- Forgivable loan program- Forgivable loan program- Administered by CCLR (Center for - Administered by CCLR (Center for Creative Land RecyclingCreative Land Recycling- For more information, go to CCLR’s - For more information, go to CCLR’s website at www.cclr.org or contact website at www.cclr.org or contact Lindsay Hall at (415) 398-1080, ext. Lindsay Hall at (415) 398-1080, ext. 101 or [email protected] or [email protected]
Technical SupportTechnical Support
Voluntary Cleanup ProgramVoluntary Cleanup Program EnviroStor DatabaseEnviroStor Database Land Use Restrictions Database Land Use Restrictions Database
(Deed-restricted Sites Listing)(Deed-restricted Sites Listing) California Human Health Screening California Human Health Screening
Levels (CHHHSLs) for evaluation of Levels (CHHHSLs) for evaluation of contaminated propertiescontaminated properties
Technical Support (cont.)Technical Support (cont.)
Ground Water Investigations Ground Water Investigations Guidance ManualsGuidance Manuals
Voluntary Cleanup Program Voluntary Cleanup Program (VCP)(VCP) Created administratively in 1993Created administratively in 1993 Allows DTSC to provide oversight to Allows DTSC to provide oversight to
motivated parties to assess and/or motivated parties to assess and/or cleanup lower priority sitescleanup lower priority sites
Applicant does not admit to legal Applicant does not admit to legal liability for cleanup at a siteliability for cleanup at a site
Uses a contract-like Voluntary Uses a contract-like Voluntary Cleanup Agreement (VCA) to define Cleanup Agreement (VCA) to define the scope of work and estimate DTSC the scope of work and estimate DTSC oversight costsoversight costs
VCPVCP Applicants may include, but not limited Applicants may include, but not limited
to property owners with known or to property owners with known or suspected hazardous substance suspected hazardous substance contamination, other state or local contamination, other state or local agencies, real estate developers or agencies, real estate developers or others involved with proposed changes others involved with proposed changes in land use or ownershipin land use or ownership
All sites eligible except: State All sites eligible except: State Superfund, National Priority List (NPL), Superfund, National Priority List (NPL), federal facilities owned by DOD or DOEfederal facilities owned by DOD or DOE
VCPVCP For more information, go to DTSC For more information, go to DTSC
EnviroStorEnviroStor New Site Mitgation and Brownfields New Site Mitgation and Brownfields
Reuse Program databaseReuse Program database Online search and Geographic Online search and Geographic
Information System tool for Information System tool for identifying sites with known identifying sites with known contamination or with reasons for contamination or with reasons for further investigationfurther investigation
May search by site name, address, May search by site name, address, city, county or EnviroStor ID numbercity, county or EnviroStor ID number
EnviroStorEnviroStor
Accessible online via the DTSC Accessible online via the DTSC website:website:
www.dtsc.ca.govwww.dtsc.ca.govSee “Site Mitigation and Brownfields See “Site Mitigation and Brownfields Reuse Program Database Reuse Program Database (EnviroStor)” under “Site Databases”(EnviroStor)” under “Site Databases”
For more information contact the For more information contact the EnviroStor Hotline at (916) 255-3400 EnviroStor Hotline at (916) 255-3400 or [email protected][email protected]
Land Use Restrictions Land Use Restrictions Land use or deed-restricted sites are Land use or deed-restricted sites are
properties where DTSC has placed limits properties where DTSC has placed limits or requirements on future use of the or requirements on future use of the property due to varying levels of property due to varying levels of cleanup possible, practical or necessary cleanup possible, practical or necessary at the siteat the site
Accessible online via the DTSC website:Accessible online via the DTSC website:
www.dtsc.ca.govwww.dtsc.ca.gov
See “Land Use Restrictions” under “Site See “Land Use Restrictions” under “Site Databases”Databases”
California Human Health California Human Health Screening Levels (CHHSLs)Screening Levels (CHHSLs) Concentrations of 54 hazardous chemicals Concentrations of 54 hazardous chemicals
in soil or soil gas that Cal/EPA considers to in soil or soil gas that Cal/EPA considers to be below thresholds of concern for risks to be below thresholds of concern for risks to human healthhuman health
For more information, go to the Cal/EPA For more information, go to the Cal/EPA website: www.calepa.ca.govwebsite: www.calepa.ca.gov
See the “CHHSL” link or See the “CHHSL” link or
go to the Office of Environmental Health go to the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) website:Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) website:
www.oehha.ca.govwww.oehha.ca.gov
Cleanup GuidanceCleanup Guidance All cleanup guidance documents can be All cleanup guidance documents can be
found on DTSC’s website: found on DTSC’s website: www.dtsc.ca.govwww.dtsc.ca.gov
Go to “Cleanup Guidance”Go to “Cleanup Guidance”
Select the specific document:Select the specific document:
