Land Protection Branch Update Chuck Mueller Branch Chief
Land Protection Branch Update Chuck Mueller Branch Chief GIEC October 7, 2019
BRANCH ORGANIZATION Chuck Mueller, Branch Chief Amy Potter, Program Manager, Risk Assessment William Cook, Program Manager, Solid Waste MSW & Industrial Landfills Sarah Visser, Assistant Branch Chief VACANT, Program Manager, UST Jim Kennedy, State Geologist Jim Brown, Program Manager, HW Corrective Action Jane Hendricks, Program Manager, HW Management Jason Metzger, Program Manager, Response & Remediation Inspections & Enforcement RCRA Remediation RCRA Permitted Facilities HSI & Abandoned Sites Private Party Cleanups NPL Sites HW Generators HSRA Remediation EPD Managed Cleanups Lead & Asbestos DOD Facilities Voluntary Remediation Environmental Monitoring Surface Mining Waste Reduction Scrap Tire Compliance Brownfields 2
2018/2019 ACTIVITIES
COAL COMBUSTION RESIDUALS (CCR) • Rule Effective November 2016 • State permit applications due for all CCR Units 11/22/18 – Total of 30 received, review has started • Plan to have first couple on public notice before the end of the year
COAL COMBUSTION RESIDUALS (CCR) • Application for Federal Permit Program Approval • Submitted - April 2018, Revised - March 2019 • EPA Proposed Partial Approval - June 28, 2019 • Endangered Species requirements • Court vacated and remanded provisions • Unlined impoundments to continue receiving coal ash unless they leak • Clay lined impoundments are classified as lined • Exempts from regulation inactive impoundments at inactive facilities
STAKEHOLDER INVOLVEMENT AND GUIDANCE DEVELOPMENT Underground Storage Tank Stakeholder Group Solid Waste Recovered Materials Processing Facility Guidance Hazardous Waste Guidance: • Soil Leaching • Area Averaging • Vapor Intrusion Technical Committee
HAZARDOUS WASTE GUIDANCE Soil Leaching • In final review – plan to issue by end of Oct Area Averaging • Significant revisions – plan to issue revised draft for another round of comments in November Vapor Intrusion • Close to consensus with TAC • Plan to discuss at SESVIS 10/28 • Targeted stakeholder discussions in November
REVISED REGULATIONS HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT Proposed August 27, 2019 • Disposal of Coal Combustion Residue from Electric Utilities (April 17, 2015) • Confidentiality Determinations for Hazardous Waste Export and Import Documents (December 26, 2017) • Electronic-Manifest Fee Rule (January 4, 2018)
REVISED REGULATIONS HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT • Safe Management of Recalled Airbags (November 30, 2018) • Final Pharmaceutical Rule (February 22, 2019) • Standards Applicable to Owners and Operators of Closed and Closing Hazardous Waste Management Facilities: Post-Closure Permit Requirement and Closure Process (October 22, 1998)
GEORGIA EPD ONLINE SYSTEM (GEOS)
• • LAND BRANCH - CURRENTLY IN GEOS Voluntary Remediation Program Application Brownfield Application/All Brownfield and VRP Reporting Lead / Asbestos Notification / Certification / Accreditation Haz Substance and Haz Waste Fee Reporting / Payment Scrap Tire Generator / Carrier / Sorter / Processor Trust Fund Reimbursement Requests UST Notification / CAP / Reporting Solid Waste Handling Permits/ Permit-By-Rule/ Solid Waste Reporting
LAND BRANCH – ON THE HORIZON FOR GEOS • Surface Mining • Ongoing Enhancements
2019 LEGISLATIVE UPDATE
HB 220 – REAUTHORIZATION OF HWTF AND SWTF Until June 30, 2020 • Solid Waste Surcharge remains at 75 cents/ton • New Replacement Tire Fee remains at $1. 00 July 1, 2020 – June 30, 2022 • Solid Waste Surcharge is 51 cents/ton • New Replacement Tire Fee is 38 cents/ton
HR 164 • Constitutional Amendment relating to dedicated fees • House version broadly applied to all dedicated fees • Senate version narrowed to focus on SWTF and HWTF • Versions were not reconciled before Sine Die – Expect discussion to continue next year
2019/2020 PRIORITIES
2019/2020 PRIORITIES • LPB Guidance Development • UST Stakeholder Committee to address GUST Participation and Fund Liability • CCR permits • MSW 5 Year Reviews • Process Review of RCRA Corrective Action Permits
QUESTIONS?
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