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Date #, 2009Presenter Name Response and Remediation Program Update May 1, 2014Derrick Williams, Program Manager
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Department of Natural Resources Hazardous Site Response Program Voluntary Remediation Program Brownfield Program CERCLA PA/SI Team Response and Remediation Program
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Department of Natural Resources HB 904 – Administrative Procedures Act HB 957 – Georgia Hazardous Site Reuse and Redevelopment Act Legislative Update
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Department of Natural Resources Any person aggrieved or adversely affected by any such listing occurring after July 1, 2014, shall be entitled to a hearing. HB 904
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Department of Natural Resources Changed title to Georgia Brownfield Act Expanded “prospective purchaser” definition Clarified liability protection Clarified an exclusion in the Act HB 957
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Department of Natural Resources Fees/fines Collected Fees Appropriated Local Gov. Reimbursement FY13 HSRA Funding
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Department of Natural Resources Hazardous Site Inventory 556 total HSI sites 298 active sites with responsible parties identified – 188 cleanups in progress – 87 investigations in progress – 23 no action taken (due to lack of resources) 126 local gov. solid waste landfills 68 Hazardous Waste Sites 64 orphan sites 7
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Department of Natural Resources Allow EPD to Grant Waiver to HW Fees for Pollution Prevention Proposed HSRA Rule Changes
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Department of Natural Resources Waive notification requirements for additional hazardous constituents released to soil identified through sampling conducted under a prospective purchaser corrective action plan approved under the brownfields act Proposed HSRA Rule Changes
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Department of Natural Resources Require notifications for groundwater concentrations exceeding MCLs Proposed HSRA Rule Changes
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Department of Natural Resources Provide a 90-day deferment of RQSM scoring of release notifications to allow for corrective action and/or resampling Proposed HSRA Rule Changes
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Department of Natural Resources Allow the Director to remove a site from the hazardous site inventory if a release does not pose a danger human health or the environment Proposed HSRA Rule Changes
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Department of Natural Resources Allow delineation of releases to residential risk reduction standards. Allow delineation of hazardous substances to MCLs Proposed HSRA Rule Changes
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Department of Natural Resources Allow public notice in the legal organ of local governments instead of requiring notice 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 Proposed HSRA Rule Changes
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Department of Natural Resources VRP Applications 74 Applications received 67 Applications approved 4 Applications under review 3 Applications withdrawn 4 Properties delisted
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Department of Natural Resources 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 UEC Templates
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Department of Natural Resources Brownfield Applications
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Department of Natural Resources Brownfield Application Types
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Department of Natural Resources 519 Brownfield applications received to date 7,000 acres undergoing voluntary cleanup Millions of dollars invested in cleanup at minimal expense to taxpayers Billion+ dollars statewide being invested properties that were blighted or underutilized Brownfield Program Results
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Department of Natural Resources 299 final LOL letters issued 2,887 acres certified in compliance with RRS 786,640 tons of contaminated soil remediated Brownfields Completed
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Department of Natural Resources Porsche Cars North America (former Ford Plant) GSU Commons Student Housing Gainesville Midtown Greenway Buckhead Atlanta Development Atlanta BeltLine Example Brownfield Projects
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Department of Natural Resources Development Along BeltLine
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Department of Natural Resources Clear Creek Basin
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Department of Natural Resources Contact Information Derrick Williams - Manager Response and Remediation Program 404-657-8606 Derrick_williams@dnr.state.ga.us
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