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Spill Response Are you prepared? August 23, 2018 Webinar Meet our Presenters Vs. Austin Heider is an Environmental Diana Rader, P.G. has overseen many Geoscience graduate of Texas A&M spill responses for large and small University.

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Spill Response – Are you prepared? August 23, 2018 Webinar

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Meet our Presenters

Diana Rader, P.G. has overseen many spill responses for large and small spills at sites all across Texas. She is a Principal and Regional Manager based inW&M’s Austin office.

Austin Heider is an Environmental Geoscience graduate of Texas A&M University. His experience includes multiple spill response and remediation

  • projects. He is a Principal and Division

Manager in W&M’s Houston office.

Vs.

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What is the difference between Emergency Response and Spill Response?

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  • Environmental emergencies, spills, discharges, or an

air release require notice to state and federal agencies. State:

  • State of Texas Spill-Reporting Hotline and the State

Emergency Response Commission (SERC): 1-800-832- 8224

  • TCEQ Regional Office

Federal:

  • National Response Center: 1-800-424-8802

Texas 811:

  • Emergency Response Ticket: 1-800-344-8377
  • https://www.texas811.org/

Who do I contact?

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Reportable Quantities

  • 40 CFR § 302.4 – EPA Hazardous Substance & Reportable

Quantities (Table 302.4 – Final RQ)

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Regulatory Agency/Jurisdiction

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7 KEYS TO SUCCESS

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7 Keys to Success

  • 1. Who is in charge?
  • 2. Remediation Contractors/Consultants
  • 3. Waste Management
  • 4. Cleanup Requirements
  • 5. Safety
  • 6. Assessment and Path to Closure
  • 7. Reporting
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Who’s in Charge?

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Who you gonna call?

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Poll Question Does your facility have a Spill Response Plan?

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Remediation Contractors/Consultants

  • “48-hour team”
  • Response Time
  • Approved & Established
  • Insurance, Certifications, Training
  • Equipment, Personnel, Experience
  • Location
  • Where are your facilities?
  • What is the response time?
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Waste Management

  • Contaminated soils
  • Contaminated liquids
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Waste Management

  • Waste Classification
  • Identify disposal facility
  • Lab testing to characterize
  • Waste profile
  • Wastes with special needs
  • PCBs, asbestos, radioactive
  • Special disposal facilities
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Waste Management

  • Are there other options?
  • Recycling
  • Landfarming
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Poll Question How do you know if your spill is reportable?

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Cleanup Requirements

  • Which Regulatory Agency?
  • TCEQ Spills
  • Identify chemical on concern (COCs)
  • Removal of source to background
  • RRC Spills
  • Identify COCs
  • 1% TPH removal within 1-year, BTEX & additional COCs

require removal to PLs

  • Who owns/leases the land?
  • Additional cleanup per lease agreements
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Safety

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Poll Question How many past spills have gone perfectly to plan?

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Assessment and Path to Closure

  • TCEQ – 30 TAC 327 (Spill Rules)
  • Sample, delineate, & remediate – All affected media
  • 180 days to remediation to background concentrations or

pre-existing conditions.

  • After 180 days ,TCEQ Regulatory Enrollment: Corrective Action
  • RRC – Statewide Rules 8, 20, & 91
  • Sample, delineate, & remediate – All affected media
  • 1% total TPH removal within 1-year
  • BTEX and additional COC removal to PLs
  • Enrollment in Operator Cleanup Program (OCP) or VCP
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Reporting

  • Documentation is key!
  • Regulatory Reporting
  • TCEQ – 30-day status report; 180-day closure report
  • RRC – Case by Case dependent; requires immediate notification

& remediation

  • Internal Reporting
  • Daily field reports
  • Reportable vs. Not Reportable
  • Internal financial reporting
  • 3rd Party Requirements
  • Additional requests outside of TCEQ or RRC requirements
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Reporting

  • Chronology – keep track from the beginning
  • Spilled volume vs recovered volume
  • Track disposal – manifests, BOLs
  • Evaporation or emissions
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Poll Question Should you document a non- reportable spill?

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7 Keys to Success

  • 1. Who is in charge?
  • 2. Remediation Contractors/Consultants
  • 3. Waste Management
  • 4. Cleanup Requirements
  • 5. Safety
  • 6. Assessment and Path to Closure
  • 7. Reporting
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Contact Info…

Diana Rader, P.G. Regional Manager W&M Environmental Group drader@wh-m.com 512/493-9698 @diana-rader-4386346 Austin Heider Division Manager W&M Environmental Group aheider@wh-m.com 713/401-0855 @austin-heider-372a9080

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Our Next Webinar

https://www.wh-m.com/events/closing-contaminated-groundwater-sites/