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Institutional ControlsLTS “Framework”

EPA Post-ROD Authority

State and Tribal Government Working Group

March 14, 2002

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Institutional Controls

Guidance

IC Tracking System

IC Data Collection Pilot

Information Collection Request

Workshops

50-State Study

“One-Call” Pilots

IC Privatization Pilot

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Institutional Controls:Guidance

“A Site Manager’s Guide to Identifying, Evaluating and Selecting ICs”» Completed: September 2000

“Guide to Implementing, Monitoring and Enforcing ICs”» Second Regional Review: Spring 2002

“ICs and Communities”» Draft: Summer 2002

Developing IC Implementation Plans» Draft: Fall 2002

Developing Full Life-Cycle Cost Estimates for ICs » Draft: Spring 2003

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Institutional Controls:Tracking System Objectives

EPA developing system to track entire life-cycle of ICs» Selection» Implementation» Monitoring» Reporting » Enforcement

GIS Map based Web-enabled for stakeholder access to information

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Institutional Controls:Tracking System Objectives (Cont.)

Linked to:

»Other EPA programs

»Other Federal Agencies

»States

»Tribes

»Local Government

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Institutional Controls:Tracking Research

Nine EPA databases

10 Regions

Other Federal Agencies

» DoD

— Army

— Navy

» DOE

States

California

Illinois

Maryland

Minnesota

New Jersey

Washington

Wisconsin

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Institutional Controls:Data Collection Form

From research, developed a list of data elements» Basic Site Information» ICs Instrument Selection as Specified in the Decision

Document(s) » ICs Implementation» ICs Monitoring» ICs Enforcement» IC Costs» IC Trends, Additional Information

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Institutional Controls:Data Collection Pilots

Conducted data collection pilots using data elements form Surveyed 72 sites in Regions 3 and 5 to determine:

— What IC information is actually available— Where we would have to go to get it— What form the data is in— What does it cost to get it — Evaluate feasibility/methods of data gathering— Refine data elements

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Institutional Controls:Data Collection Pilots (cont.)

Preliminary results:

Data not where we expected

How deed notices are organized varies considerably

Very few “tracking” systems – mostly filing systems

Very little IC information post selection

ICs often assigned to the whole parcel

Imprecise language problematic

Little routine monitoring - based on reported problems

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Institutional Controls:Workshops/Conferences

Completed IC Workshops

» February 2001 (San Antonio)

— Identify high priority issues for October Conference

» October 2001 (Santa Fe)

— Workgroups worked on Model language, IC Tracking, IC Costs, IC Implementation Plans and ICs and Communities

Planning IC Tracking Meeting – Summer 2002

Planning National IC Conference – Spring 2003

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50-State Study

ELI updating the 50-State Study

Preliminary Findings regarding ICs

»41 States have stewardship programs

»41 States report using ICs

»24 States report having an IC Tracking System

»20 States make the tracking system information available to the public

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Institutional Controls:Information Collection

Developed an Information Collection Request Survey»First Federal Register Notice in October 2001»Plan to send to States and Tribes, other

Federal Agencies and 200 local agencies»Gather data on IC Tracking Systems and IC

Costs »Develop interest in a national IC Tracking

Network

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Institutional Controls:One Call Pilots

Coordinate with IC tracking system»One-Call, Miss Utility, Dig Safe, Blue Stake»Notify excavators of environmental

contamination»Working on Pilots in Region 1, 3, and 5.»EPA cross-program advisory committee

—Superfund, RCRA, UST, OSRE, OGC, Brownfields, Federal Facilities

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Institutional Controls:Guardian Trust Pilot

EPA HQ, Region 3, State of Pennsylvania and MGP Partners»Research the viability of a “private trust” for

long-term stewardship of ICs»Establish non-profit trust

—Trust inspects/monitors and reports on ICs—Assumes liability for IC breaches—Research conducted over past 4 months

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LTS “Framework”

EPA began developing draft LTS “framework” guidance last year

Need for such a document unclear

» EPA guidance on O&M, Five-Year Reviews

» DOE, ECOS initiatives

Effort “on hold”

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Post-ROD Authority

DoD contesting EPA post-ROD authority and role at NPL sites

EPA has directed Regions to approve DoD RODs only if they adequately address monitorng, enforcement, reporting about land use controls

About 25 RODs being held up by dispute

EPA and DoD using Langley AFB ROD to resolve issue

»Dispute resolution process now underway

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Questions?

Murray Newton

Federal Facilities Restoration

and Reuse Office

M/C 5106

1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW

Washington, DC 20460

202/260-2856

newton.murray@epa.gov