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Oregon Cleanup Program Top Priorities. Goal: cleanup contaminated property so human health and the environment are protected and contaminated properties are returned to productive use. Things We Do Well. Risk-based decisions with experienced cleanup staff - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Oregon Cleanup Program Top Priorities
Goal: cleanup contaminated property so human health and the environment are protected and contaminated properties are returned to productive use
Things We Do Well
• Risk-based decisions with experienced cleanup staff
• Brownfield redevelopment including PPAs
• Collaborative work with local governments, state agencies, EPA, consultants, prospective purchasers, and responsible parties
• Getting sites to NFA determination
What does the state cleanup law require?
o Standards for cleanup are “risk-based” cleanup levels given current and reasonably likely future land and water uses
o Preference for treatment or removal of hot spots only
o Preference for least cost protective remedy for contamination that is not a hot spot, often institutional or engineering controls
Recent guidance
• Risk-based decision making (look-up numbers)
• Draft bioaccumulation guidance
• All cleanup program guidance documents are available on-line at:http://www.deq.state.or.us/wmc/cleanup/guidelst.htm
Prospective Purchaser Agreements
o Tool DEQ uses to facilitate cleanup and reuse of contaminated property
o Provides limits on purchaser’s environmental liability in exchange for “substantial public benefits” provided by the agreement
o 90 PPAs have been completed
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88 91 94 97 2000 2003
NFAs
No further action determinations (includes Conditional NFAs)
Challenge 1: Stable funding
• Decreasing Arlington fee revenue• Decreasing grant revenue• Higher operating costs• Emergency Response Program loss of
General Fund ($400,000/year)• Declining HSRAF and OSA fund balances • Amount of cost recovery work varies • What size program can we afford?
What are we doing to address challenge?
• Reduction in program size by 17 FTE
• Increase emphasis on cost recovery projects and meeting fiscal targets
• Focus on high priority work
• Limited orphan funds means emphasis on protecting human health e.g., drinking water
Cleanup/Emergency Response Operating Burn Rate2005-07 Biennium through August, 2006
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Jul-05 Aug-05 Sep-05 Oct-05 Nov-05 Dec-05 Jan-06 Feb-06 Mar-06 Apr-06 May-06 Jun-06 Jul-06 Aug-06
Monthly Burn Amount - Dollars in
Thousands
Potential Governor’s Recommended Budget Requests
• Orphan Site Account
• Emergency Response
• Emergency Preparedness
Challenge 2: Transition Planning
• 31% of DEQ’s workforce eligible to retire within 5 years
• Experienced project managers are steady, pragmatic, effective, and valuable in making complex site cleanup decisions
• We need to grow a new generation of environmental professionals – transferring knowledge and culture