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The Contaminated Sites Cleanup Process (18 AAC 75). Stop It Initial Response (75.310) Interim removal Action (75.330) Describe It Site characterization (75.335) Risk evaluation/cleanup levels (75.340-.350) Remediate It Cleanup Plan (75.360) Institutional Controls (75.375)
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Stop It Initial Response (75.310) Interim removal Action (75.330) Describe It Site characterization (75.335) Risk evaluation/cleanup levels (75.340-.350) Remediate It Cleanup Plan (75.360) Institutional Controls (75.375) Close It (75.380) Cleanup Process –Overseen by ADEC
Immediate Response and Interim Removal Stop the immediate or current exposure
Step 1: Describe it – “assessment” or “characterization” • What kind(s) of contamination? • Where exactly is it? • How could people, plants or animals come in contact with it?
Step 1: Describe it: • Site Characterization Work plan
Step 2: Clean it up • Most stringent levels • Groundwater must meet Federal drinking water levels • Risk-based cleanup levels: • Are people or animals exposed? • Land use – residential? industrial? subsistence use? • Is the contamination spreading?
Step 3: Closure • Once cleanup levels are met, the site is considered closed by DEC. • If the strictest levels cannot be achieved conditions may be attached to the closure.
Institutional controls - examples Deed restrictions against drilling wells or transporting soil or groundwater off site. Responsible Party monitors contamination until cleanup levels are met. Responsible Party must maintain a fence around, or a cap over, an area of contamination Step 3: Closure with Institutional Controls