Bureau of Environmental Cleanup and Brownfields (BECB) Overview Citizens Advisory Council September 18, 2018
BECB • 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 2
Land Recycling / Brownfields • 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 3
Main Characteristics of Act 2 • 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. 4
Land Recycling Workload : Over the 22-year history of the LRP, DEP has approved over 6,687 actions; 367 Final Reports were approved in FY2017. Final Reports Approved Under Act 2 400 350 300 250 200 150 100 50 0 5
“Superfund” Cleanups : 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. 6
PA’s National Priority List (NPL) Breakdown : Responsible Party Sites 12 State O&M Sites EPA Fund Lead 21 78 7
ECB HSCF Personnel ECB Personnel (114 positions) 13 Central Office 29 SERO ECB 12 NERO ECB SCRO ECB 9 NCRO ECB SWRO ECB 22 14 NWRO ECB 15 8
Storage Tanks 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) 9
Storage Tanks • 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 7 th in the highest number of inspections performed in the nation, and more than DC, DE, MD, VA, and WV combined. 10
Storage Tank Releases • 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. 11
Storage Tank Personnel Personnel (110 positions) Central Office 12 26 SERO 13 NERO SCRO 8 NCRO 22 SWRO 17 NWRO 12 • 76% of staff in Field Operations • 650 facilities/DEP inspector • 70 Corrective Action cases/project officer 12
Funding • 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 13
HSCF “Programs” • 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 14
HSCF Annual Budget - $52M $ in thousands 1,000 25 1,000 DEP Personnel & Operating 4,000 DEP Response Contracts Ind Sites Reuse Program 22,000 Small Bus Advantage Grants Household Haz Waste Grants 24,000 Host Muni Inspector 15
HSCF Revenue • 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 16
HSCF Status/Projection Hazardous Sites Cleanup Fund in thousands Fund Balance Revenue Expenditures $80,000 $70,000 $60,000 $50,000 $40,000 $30,000 $20,000 $10,000 $0 17
STF Revenue • 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 18
STF Status/Projection Storage Tank Fund in thousands Fund Balance Revenue Expenditures $14,000 $12,000 $10,000 $8,000 $6,000 $4,000 $2,000 $0 19
Opportunities and Challenges - Cleanup : • 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 20
Opportunities and Challenges – Tanks • 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 21
George Hartenstein Deputy Secretary - Office of Waste, Air, Radiation and Remediation ghartenste@pa.gov 717-783-3006
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