Bureau of Environmental Cleanup and Brownfields (BECB) Overview - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Bureau of Environmental Cleanup and Brownfields (BECB) Overview

Citizens Advisory Council September 18, 2018

• Cleanup Standards Division – Land Recycling

(Voluntary Cleanup Program), Brownfields, Soil and Groundwater Standards

• Site Remediation Division – State Superfund, Federal

Superfund, Storage Tank Cleanup, MSA & DoD Cleanup, Natural Resource Damage

• Storage Tanks Division – AST and UST Technical Stds,

Certified Installers and Inspectors, Registration and Permitting

BECB

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• Three-bill package signed into law on May 19, 1995

– Act 2 - Land Recycling and Environmental Remediation Standards Act – Act 3 - The Economic Development Agency and Lender Environmental Liability Protection Act – Act 4 - The Industrial Sites Environmental Assessment Act

• Uniform Environmental Covenants Act, Act 68 of

2007

Land Recycling / Brownfields

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• Encourage remediators to perform voluntary

cleanups, but standards apply if ordered.

• Three cleanup standards available (Background,

Statewide Health, Site-Specific), plus Special Industrial Area designation.

• Liability Relief applies to area addressed in final

report.

• Cleanups can include containment remedies, require

Environmental Covenant.

Main Characteristics of Act 2

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Over the 22-year history of the LRP, DEP has approved over 6,687 actions; 367 Final Reports were approved in FY2017.

: Land Recycling Workload

50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400

Final Reports Approved Under Act 2 5

HSCA, Act 108 of 1988:

• Provides funding and authority to conduct (or enforce)

state cleanup actions to mitigate releases of hazardous substances and contaminants.

• Allows PA to participate in the cleanup of sites under

the Federal Superfund Program.

• Hazardous waste facility siting and hazardous

substance reduction provisions.

: “Superfund” Cleanups

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78 21 12

Responsible Party Sites State O&M Sites EPA Fund Lead

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PA’s National Priority List (NPL) Breakdown

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ECB HSCF Personnel

29 22 15 14 9 12 13

ECB Personnel (114 positions)

Central Office SERO ECB NERO ECB SCRO ECB NCRO ECB SWRO ECB NWRO ECB

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Pennsylvania regulates both Aboveground (AST) and Underground (UST) Storage Tanks.

• 22,144 USTs
• 240 to 60,000 gallons in capacity
• Philadelphia County has most (1,328)
• Forest County has least (17)
• 17,712 ASTs
• 255 to 21 million gallons in capacity
• 1913 oldest install date
• Allegheny County has most (1,862)
• Sullivan County has least (2)

Storage Tanks

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• Oversee over 879 certified individuals and 347

certified companies.

• Annually perform over 5,000 inspections and

respond to over 200 complaints.

• From October 1, 2017, through March 31, 2018,

Pennsylvania ranked 7th in the highest number of inspections performed in the nation, and more than DC, DE, MD, VA, and WV combined.

Storage Tanks

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• Pennsylvania has had over 17,000 confirmed UST and

AST releases and has overseen over 15,700 cleanups.

• Currently oversee 28 state-led UST cleanups sites

using USTIF allocations.

Storage Tank Releases

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Storage Tank Personnel

26 22 12 17 8 13 12

Personnel (110 positions)

Central Office SERO NERO SCRO NCRO SWRO NWRO

• 76% of staff in Field Operations
• 650 facilities/DEP inspector
• 70 Corrective Action cases/project officer

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• Hazardous Sites Cleanup Fund (HSCF) - $52 million
• EPA 128 Brownfield Grant - $450,000
• Industrial Land Recycling Fund - $300,000
• Storage Tank Fund (STF) - $9 million
• EPA LUST and UST Grants - $2.3 million

Funding

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• State “Superfund” (HSCA)
• Federal “Superfund” (CERCLA)
• DEP Land Recycling (Act 2) Activities
• DCED Brownfield Grants
• Hazardous Waste Regulatory Programs
• Small Business Advantage Grant
• Household Hazardous Waste Collection

HSCF “Programs”

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HSCF Annual Budget - $52M

22,000 24,000 4,000 1,000 1,000 25

$ in thousands

DEP Personnel & Operating DEP Response Contracts Ind Sites Reuse Program Small Bus Advantage Grants Household Haz Waste Grants Host Muni Inspector

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• Capital Stock and Franchise Tax (exp. 12/2015) - $40

million

• Act 13 Transfers (start 2014) - $19 million
• Hazardous Waste Fees - $1.7 million
• Penalties, Interest, Cost Recovery - $3 million

HSCF Revenue

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HSCF Status/Projection

$0 $10,000 $20,000 $30,000 $40,000 $50,000 $60,000 $70,000 $80,000

Hazardous Sites Cleanup Fund in thousands

Fund Balance Revenue Expenditures

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• AST and UST Registration Fees (start 1989) - $3.0

million

• Penalties, Interest, Cost Recovery (start 1989) -

$630,000

• Reimbursement from USTIF (start 2008) – up to $7.0

million in 2018

STF Revenue

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STF Status/Projection

$0 $2,000 $4,000 $6,000 $8,000 $10,000 $12,000 $14,000

Storage Tank Fund in thousands

Fund Balance Revenue Expenditures

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• HSCF Revenue Source
• Living in the Risk-Based World – Rumsfeld Principles

– Emerging Contaminants – PFAS – Lead – Vapor intrusion

• Land Use Controls – Stewardship
• Brownfields Assistance
• Improving Technologies - direct sensors, sampling,

testing, fate and transport

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Opportunities and Challenges - Cleanup

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• ePermitting and Online Registration
• Mobile Inspections
• Tank Compatibility/Corrosion – Ethanol, Biofuels
• Implementation of new regulations – testing
• Aging Tank Population

– 14,984 (68%) greater than 20 years old – 5,361 (24%) greater than 30 years old

Opportunities and Challenges – Tanks

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George Hartenstein Deputy Secretary - Office of Waste, Air, Radiation and Remediation ghartenste@pa.gov 717-783-3006