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CERCLA, CWA and State Law: Complexities With Overlapping Authorities Navigating Requirements for Soil and Sediment Remediation and Storm and Surface Water Management Today’s faculty features: 1pm Eastern | 12pm Central | 11am Mountain | 10am Pacific The audio portion of the conference may be accessed via the telephone or by using your computer's speakers. Please refer to the instructions emailed to registrants for additional information. If you have any questions, please contact Customer Service at 1-800-926-7926 ext. 10. THURSDAY, AUGUST 8, 2013 Presenting a live 90-minute webinar with interactive Q&A Joan Snyder, Partner, Stoel Rives, Portland, Ore. Steven G. Jones, Holland & Hart, Salt Lake City, Utah

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CERCLA, CWA and State Law:

Complexities With Overlapping Authorities Navigating Requirements for Soil and Sediment Remediation

and Storm and Surface Water Management

Today’s faculty features:

1pm Eastern | 12pm Central | 11am Mountain | 10am Pacific

The audio portion of the conference may be accessed via the telephone or by using your computer's

speakers. Please refer to the instructions emailed to registrants for additional information. If you

have any questions, please contact Customer Service at 1-800-926-7926 ext. 10.

THURSDAY, AUGUST 8, 2013

Presenting a live 90-minute webinar with interactive Q&A

Joan Snyder, Partner, Stoel Rives, Portland, Ore.

Steven G. Jones, Holland & Hart, Salt Lake City, Utah

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CERCLA, CWA and State Law: Complexities With Overlapping Authorities Steven G. Jones Holland & Hart LLP

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Overlapping and Sometimes Conflicting Laws and Regulations

• Overview - what are the applicable laws and

regulations

• What law governs soil and sediment

remediation?

• Which laws govern storm and surface water

management?

• Are there intersections between the two?

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CERCLA, State Superfund Laws & the Clean Water Act

In the context, two primary bodies of law govern

the response to contamination

• CERCLA and its state-law equivalents

• The Clean Water Act (CWA)

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CERCLA / State Superfund Statutes

The Comprehensive

Environmental Response

Compensation and Liability Act

(CERCLA) is commonly known

as the Superfund statute

Many (but not all) states have

equivalent statutes

Some state statutes provide for

cleanup of petroleum, and may

grant attorney’s fees

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CERCLA/State Law Approach

These statutes are reactive:

we’ve got a mess on our hands –

how are we going to clean it up

and who is going to pay for it?

Joint and several liability for

“PRPs”

• Any PRP is responsible for 100% of

the cleanup costs

• PRPs can seek cost recovery and

contribution from others

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Clean Water Act

The Federal Water Pollution Control Act is commonly known as

the Clean Water Act. Here again, many states have equivalent

statutory law

State environmental departments can (and frequently do) have

delegated enforcement authority for the CWA, but state water

quality standards may go beyond the CWA standards

In addition to NPDES permits, most states also issue stormwater

discharge permits for industrial and construction discharges

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CWA Approach is Preventative

CWA seeks to prevent pollution

All discharges are presumed to violate the CWA, except those that are permitted

“The federal Clean Water Act gives states the primary responsibility for implementing programs to protect and restore water quality, including monitoring and assessing the nation's waters.”

Dep’t of Ecology: Clean Water Act Monitoring Strategy for Washington State

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NPDES Permits and TMDL Limits

“Point Source” discharges are permitted using NPDES permits

These set effluent limits and, in certain instances, mixing zones

Self-reporting is usually required and can generate private party enforcement

TMDLs are limits issued for “impaired” water bodies , restricting discharges of pollutants to those waters

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Implementation and Enforcement - CERCLA

CERCLA and its state-law equivalents are enforced through regulatory orders from EPA and/or state environmental agencies

Based on the threat of strict, joint and several liability, privately managed cleanups are common

Cost recovery and contribution actions allow recovery of disproportionate cleanup costs

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Implementation and Enforcement - CWA

Government enforcement is done using regulatory orders

However, private party enforcement is common, based on self-reported violations

This includes private parties requesting action from regulators

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The Confluence – When Statutes Collide!!

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The CWA’s Permit Shield and Federally Permitted Releases Under CERCLA

CWA ¶ 402(k) is commonly known as the “shield” provision

Under ¶ 402(k), compliance with an NPDES permit is deemed compliance for all CWA enforcement sections

The “Permit Shield” covers pollutants specifically identified in the permit and other pollutants identified during the application process, either by the applicant or as part of that process

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CERCLA Liability and the CWA Permit Shield

CERCLA ¶ 101(10)(H) exempts “federally permitted releases”

from the definition of “release” under CERCLA

This exemption protects NPDES permittees from CERCLA

liability

• If the substance is identified in the permit, and

• The permit contains a condition addressing it

The federally permitted release exemption applies to releases to

POTWs and from POTWs if pretreatment standards are met

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Intersection of CERCLA and CWA – Cleanup of the Foss Waterway

United States v. Wash. State Dep’t of Transportation, W.D. Wash. No. C08-5722 RJB

Three years of litigation concerning WSDOT’s responsibility for cleanup costs

WSDOT counterclaims against U.S. Army Corps for contribution from dredging the Foss – in 1904!

WSDOT liable under CERCLA

$6 million judgment

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MTCA Example Cleanup of the Foss Waterway

Pacificorp Environmental Remediation Co. v. WSDOT, 162 Wn. App. 627 (2011)

Pacificorp’s predecessors operated a coal gasification plant

Coal tar and other discharges from the plant contaminated the Foss Waterway

Construction of I-705 released some of these sediments

In addition, storm drains

for the I-705 freeway

drained into the waterway

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Pacificorps v. WSDOT – cont’d

EPA sent notice letters to PRPs, including WSDOT. Some PRPs

cleaned up the waterway, then sued WSDOT for contribution

WSDOT was found liable under MTCA as an “owner,” “operator”

and “arranger”

Trial court entered judgment against WSDOT for $6 million in

costs, $1.6 million in attorney’s fees and a 2% share of future

costs

WSDOT’s argument that it only contributed some of the

stormwater was rejected – “no minimum level of hazardous

substance is required to trigger MTCA liability.”

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The CWA “Permit Shield” and State Water Quality Standards

The CWA permit shield has been held to pre-empt state law claim for permitted releases.

What is a “permitted” release?

Piney Run Preservation Association v. County Commissioners of Carroll County, 268 F.3d 255 (4th Cir. 2001).

• Plaintiffs challenged discharge of heated effluent; “heat” was not listed as a discharge.

• Fourth Circuit held that “all discharges adequately disclosed to the permitting authority are within the scope of the permit’s protection.”

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Current issues: (1) Are Non-Point Sources CWA “Releases”?

Decker v. Northwest Environmental Defense Center, ___ S.Ct. ___, 2013 WL 1131708 (March 20, 2013).

• CWA §Section 402(p) covers stormwater “associated with industrial activity”—a term that the CWA does not define.

• EPA’s then-current Industrial Stormwater Rule, “exempts discharges of channeled stormwater runoff from logging roads from the NPDES permitting scheme.”

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Current issues (cont’d) (2) Regulation by Guidance Letter

Iowa League of Cities v. EPA, __ F.3d __, 2013 WL 1188039 (8th Cir. March 25, 2013).

• Eighth Circuit rejects EPA’s argument that two letters were “statements of policy,” subject to revision and therefore exempt from APA review

• Construing the letters as “promulgations of effluent limits,” on mixing zones and blending, the court held they were subject to notice and comment and judicial review.

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Current issues (cont’d) (3) Are Rail Cars CWA Point Sources?

On June 5, the Sierra Club and

other environmental groups filed suit

against BNSF and a number of coal

producers: Sierra Club, et al. v.

BNSF Railway, et al., W.D. Wash.

Case No. 2:13-cv-00967-JCC;

The plaintiffs allege that coal and

coal byproducts discharged from

open rail cars without an NPDES

permit violate the CWA.

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For additional information . . .

Steven G. Jones Holland & Hart LLP

801-799-5828; 206-356-3360 (cell)

[email protected]

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CERCLA, CWA, AND STATE LAW

Case Study of Overlapping Authorities

THURSDAY, AUGUST 8, 2013 • STRAFFORD SEMINAR 26

Presented by

Joan P. Snyder, Esq.

Stoel Rives LLP

Environmental, Land Use

and Natural Resources Practice Group

August 8, 2013 • Strafford live phone/web seminar

CERCLA, CWA, AND STATE LAW Case Study of Overlapping Authorities:

Portland Harbor Superfund Site

Stormwater Source Control

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CERCLA, CWA, AND STATE LAW

Case Study of Overlapping Authorities

THURSDAY, AUGUST 8, 2013 • STRAFFORD SEMINAR 27

Portland Harbor Superfund Site

Portland, Oregon

• Listed on NPL in 2000;

Draft Remedial

Investigation (RI) and

Draft Feasibility Study

(FS) undergoing EPA

review; Record of

Decision expected

2014-15

• 11-mile stretch of

Willamette River

• Largely in zoned

industrial sanctuary

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CERCLA, CWA, AND STATE LAW

Case Study of Overlapping Authorities

THURSDAY, AUGUST 8, 2013 • STRAFFORD SEMINAR 28

PORTLAND HARBOR SUPERFUND

SITE STORMWATER REGULATION

• Industries in Harbor

subject to three

regulatory authorities for

stormwater:

− EPA

− Oregon Department of

Environmental Quality

(ODEQ)

− City of Portland

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CERCLA, CWA, AND STATE LAW

Case Study of Overlapping Authorities

THURSDAY, AUGUST 8, 2013 • STRAFFORD SEMINAR 29

EPA

PERSPECTIVE:

• Authority under CERCLA

• 11-mile stretch of Willamette River

− Including bed and banks

− Including upland properties if

necessary for implementation of

the remedy

• Memorandum of Understanding

(MOU) with ODEQ gives ODEQ

primary responsibility for source

control of adjacent upland

properties, subject to EPA review

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CERCLA, CWA, AND STATE LAW

Case Study of Overlapping Authorities

THURSDAY, AUGUST 8, 2013 • STRAFFORD SEMINAR 30

ODEQ

PERSPECTIVE:

• ODEQ Cleanup Section:

− Focus on upland properties,

riparian and stormwater sources

− Primary authority under CERCLA

and Oregon Cleanup Law, ORS

465.200 et seq.

− MOU with EPA requires ODEQ to

control upland sources

• To prevent recontamination of

sediment

• To control in-river risk to human

health and ecological receptors

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CERCLA, CWA, AND STATE LAW

Case Study of Overlapping Authorities

THURSDAY, AUGUST 8, 2013 • STRAFFORD SEMINAR 31

ODEQ

PERSPECTIVE: (cont.)

• ODEQ Water Quality Section:

− ODEQ also has delegated Clean

Water Act (CWA ) authority

• NPDES permits:

• Industrial

• POTW

• MS-4

• NPDES General Stormwater

1200-Z permit

• NPDES Individual Stormwater

permits

• TMDLs

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CERCLA, CWA, AND STATE LAW

Case Study of Overlapping Authorities

THURSDAY, AUGUST 8, 2013 • STRAFFORD SEMINAR 32

CITY OF PORTLAND PERSPECTIVE:

• IGA for City Outfalls: − 2003 Intergovernmental

Agreement with ODEQ to

identify and control

contaminant sources from

City stormwater

conveyance systems

discharging into the

Portland Harbor Study

Area

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Case Study of Overlapping Authorities

THURSDAY, AUGUST 8, 2013 • STRAFFORD SEMINAR 33

CITY OF PORTLAND PERSPECTIVE: (cont.)

• Stormwater Permit

Authority:

− City of Portland acts as

Local Agent for

implementation of

NPDES General

Industrial Stormwater

Permit 1200Z within City

boundaries

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Case Study of Overlapping Authorities

THURSDAY, AUGUST 8, 2013 • STRAFFORD SEMINAR 34

CITY OF PORTLAND PERSPECTIVE: (cont.)

• City Code Authority:

− City regulates all

discharges into its Storm

Sewer system under City

Code Chapter 17.39

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Case Study of Overlapping Authorities

THURSDAY, AUGUST 8, 2013 • STRAFFORD SEMINAR 35

CITY OF PORTLAND PERSPECTIVE: (cont.)

City MS-4 stormwater Permit

and sanitary sewer permits: • City subject to MS-4 NPDES permit for

municipal stormwater discharges

• City subject to NPDES permit for

POTW, which includes combined sewer

overflows (CSOs) and emergency

sanitary sewage overflows (SSOs)

caused by blockages, failures at pump

stations, etc.

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Case Study of Overlapping Authorities

THURSDAY, AUGUST 8, 2013 • STRAFFORD SEMINAR 36

OVERALL TOOLS TO CONTROL

CONTAMINANTS IN STORMWATER • Best Management Practices (BMPs)

• Stormwater Pollution Control Plans (SWPCPs)

• Monitoring

• Corrective Actions

– BMPs

– Treatment

– Stormwater redirection (infiltration)

– Process Changes

– Source remediation/removal

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Case Study of Overlapping Authorities

THURSDAY, AUGUST 8, 2013 • STRAFFORD SEMINAR 37

Think of as serially escalating . . .

LOWEST LEVEL: CITY CODE COMPLIANCE

• If not required to have 1200-Z Stormwater

permit, but discharge to City storm sewer,

then City can use City Code 17.39 to

require:

– BMPs and SWPCP

– Accidental Spill Prevention Plan

– Monitoring data to characterize types and

loads of pollutants

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Case Study of Overlapping Authorities

THURSDAY, AUGUST 8, 2013 • STRAFFORD SEMINAR 38

SECOND LEVEL:

NPDES PERMIT REQUIRED

• Could be WWTP, MS-4 NPDES Permit or individual permits

• This discussion focuses on 1200Z Industrial General Stormwater

permit

– Listed SIC Codes, or as otherwise required by DEQ

– BMPs and SWPCP

– Quarterly Monitoring

– Benchmarks based on meeting water quality standards for receiving

water body

• Statewide benchmarks

• Sector specific benchmarks

• Impairment parameters for 303(d) listed receiving waters

– Required Tier I and Tier II Corrective Actions for exceeding benchmarks

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Case Study of Overlapping Authorities

THURSDAY, AUGUST 8, 2013 • STRAFFORD SEMINAR 39

SECOND LEVEL:

NPDES 1200-Z PERMIT REQUIRED (cont.)

• Regulatory concentration goals clear and fixed (statewide

and sector-specific benchmarks and impairment reference

concentrations)

• Consequences clear:

− Tier I corrective actions required (SWPCP review and possibly

additional BMPs) if exceeded in any one sampling event

− Tier II correction actions (treatment) required if geometric mean of

quarterly samples in second year of permit do not meet benchmark;

implementation required by year 4 of permit

• Control measures required to meet technology based effluent limits: “to the

extent achievable using control measures that are technologically available and

economically practicable and achievable in light of best industry practice.”

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Case Study of Overlapping Authorities

THURSDAY, AUGUST 8, 2013 • STRAFFORD SEMINAR 40

THIRD LEVEL: SOURCE CONTROL UNDER

CERCLA OR OREGON CLEANUP RULES

• First, legal limitations (WE’LL GET BACK TO THESE... ):

– CERCLA 107(j) (“federal permit shield”):

“Recovery by any person (including the United States or any State or Indian

tribe) for response costs or damages resulting from a federally permitted release

shall be pursuant to existing law in lieu of this section.”

– CERCLA 101(10):

“The term ‘federally permitted release’ means (A) discharges in compliance with

a [NPDES permit], [or] (B) discharges resulting from circumstances identified and

reviewed and made part of the public record with respect to a [NPDES permit]

and subject to a condition of such permit, [or] (C) continuous or anticipated

intermittent discharges from a point source, identified in a [NPDES permit] or

permit application, which are caused by events occurring within the scope of

relevant operating or treatment systems . . .”

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THURSDAY, AUGUST 8, 2013 • STRAFFORD SEMINAR 41

THIRD LEVEL: SOURCE CONTROL UNDER

CERCLA OR OREGON CLEANUP RULES (cont.)

• Legal limitations: (cont.)

– Oregon Cleanup Law (“Oregon permit shield”):

• OAR 340-122-030 (2)

“Conditional Exemption of Permitted Releases. These rules

do not apply to permitted or authorized releases of

hazardous substances, unless the Director determines that

application of these rules might be necessary in order to

protect public health, safety or welfare, or the environment.

These rules may be applied to the deposition, accumulation,

or migration resulting from otherwise permitted or

authorized releases.”

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• Implemented under Voluntary Cleanup Agreement with

or Order from DEQ Cleanup Section

• Requires risk assessment, source control evaluation and

implementation of source control

• Guidance:

– EPA/ODEQ Portland Harbor Joint Source Control Strategy

(“JSCS”), 12/05

– ODEQ Guidance for Evaluating the Stormwater Pathway at

Upland Sites, updated 10/10

THIRD LEVEL: SOURCE CONTROL UNDER

CERCLA OR OREGON CLEANUP RULES (cont.)

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EPA/ODEQ JSCS 12/05

• EPA/ DEQ PORTLAND HARBOR JOINT SOURCE CONTROL STRATEGY

-- FINAL, DECEMBER 2005

– Upland Site Characterization

• Identify complete migration pathways

• Identify site COIs

• Collect appropriate samples and screen against against JSCS Table

3-1 Screening Level Values and apply weight of evidence approach

to identify pathway specific COPCs

• For stormwater and storm line solids, compare to DEQ “Tool for

Evaluating Stormwater Data, Appendix E to Guidance for Evaluating

the Stormwater Pathway at Upland Sites, as updated October 2010

– Perform Source Control Evaluation

– If necessary, implement Source Control Measures

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ODEQ Guidance for Evaluating the

Stormwater Pathway

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App. E: “Knee of the Curve” Data

analysis

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• Using this guidance, consequences much less

clear than under 1200Z permit

– JSCS starts with Screening Level Values (SLVs), which

are not administratively promulgated standards

– Can use “knee of the curve” tool

– Coupled with other “Lines of Evidence”

• Which can include loading models, with assumptions

that can be debated all ways to Sunday

• However, these are the tools we have to try to

make good decisions

THIRD LEVEL: SOURCE CONTROL UNDER

CERCLA OR OREGON CLEANUP RULES (cont.)

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Comparison: 1200Z to JSCS SCE

1200-Z NPDES Portland Harbor Cleanup Source Control

Legal basis

Promulgated Administrative Rule

--General cleanup rules --Agency Guidance on application to stormwater

Who has to comply?

SIC Code or otherwise required

Only if under VCA or Order from DEQ Cleanup section

Overall Goal

Meet WQSs in receiving body based on model

Risk-based: meet WQSs and be protective and prevent recontamination of sediment.

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Comparison: 1200Z to JSCS SCE

1200-Z NPDES Portland Harbor Cleanup Source Control

Specific Goals Benchmarks (guideline concentrations, not effluent limitations)

Presumption that meet JSCS SLVs at end of pipe.

How applied

Single exceedance > review of SWPCP and BMPs Exceedance by GeoMean in Permit Yr 2 >Tier II treatment requirements, to be implemented by Permit Yr 4

Unclear. City of Portland Outfall report (2010) focused its analysis on geometric means. Oversight of industrial sites seems focused on individual exceedances.

ODEQ NPDES 1200Z Evaluation Report: “The geometric mean tends to dampen the effect of very

high or low values and is an appropriate measure of stormwater discharges given their highly variable

nature.”

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Parameter Specific Comparison:

Lead

CWA Program: 1200-Z NPDES

Cleanup Program: Portland Harbor JSCS

Pb 40 ug/l (total) benchmark

0.54 ug/l (dissolved) SLV 5-15 ug/l (total) “flat portion” of stormwater comparison curve in App. E to Guidance for Evaluating the Stormwater Pathway

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Lead at 1200Z Permit Level

• Goal: Protecting in-stream beneficial uses, focused

on water column exposure pathways.

– Benchmark of 40 ug/l is risk based

– based on model to predict end-of-pipe concentration

that has only 10% probability of exceeding in-stream

water quality criteria

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Lead at JSCS SCE level

• How ODEQ/EPA currently approaching:

– Goal is to meet the JSCS SLV of 0.54 ug/l (10x lower than 1200Z

permit level)

– However, if

• have implemented all practical BMPs AND

• have achieved “flat portion” of App. E curves AND

• loading study shows no likely adverse impact on sediment,

– then no further treatment required at this time but adaptive

management required and additional treatment may be required

in future.

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Lead—Portland Harbor “Knee of

Curve”

JSCS

SLV

0.54

ug/l

1200Z

benchmark

40 ug/l

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Lead conclusions

• Legal:

– EPA has no CERCLA authority to require further source control of

discharge absent violation of permit since lead covered by conditions of

permit

– ODEQ has authority under exception to Oregon permit shield ONLY IF

(1) ODEQ Director determines necessary to protect environment OR (2)

applied to the deposition or accumulation of lead.

• Hard to argue 0.54 ug/l SLV “necessary” to protect water column

because 1200Z permit, which has been through rulemaking

process, determined that 40 ug/l is protective.

• Could require more than meeting 40 ug/l benchmark if necessary to

prevent deposition that is causing environmental harm

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Lead conclusions

• Practical:

• With respect to protection to water column, 1200Z and Cleanup

Program should require same concentration at end of pipe, both in

terms of numeric benchmark/SLV and how applied (e.g. to geometric

mean)

• However, IF lead accumulation in sediments is determined through

Portland Harbor RI/FS to be posing unacceptable risk AND loading

study suggests a particular stormwater outfall could be materially

contributing to that risk, then further controls could be required by

ODEQ

– Doesn’t seem likely. Lead considered by EPA to be contaminant of

secondary ecological significance in Portland Harbor. Does not biomagnify.

• MS-4 and SSO discharges (which include transportation corridors) also

need to meet 1200Z benchmark and/or lower concentration determined

to be necessary to prevent unacceptable risk from deposition .

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Parameter Specific Comparison:

Copper

CWA Program: 1200-Z NPDES

Cleanup Program: Portland Harbor JSCS

Cu 20 ug/l (total) benchmark— technology based

2.7 ug/l (dissolved) SLV 5-20 ug/l “flat portion” of stormwater comparison curve in App. E to Guidance for Evaluating the Stormwater Pathway

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Copper at 1200Z Permit Level

• Goal: Protecting in-stream beneficial uses, focused

on water column exposure pathways.

• Questions regarding appropriate benchmark:

– Benchmark of 20 ug/l is technology based

– Would have adopted 6 ug/l to achieve goal of <10% probability

of exceeding WQS but for the lack of affordable and feasible

treatment technologies

– Currently questions whether appropriate to take into account

chelation potential in receiving water in adjusting benchmark

– Benchmark will be reconsidered in next permit modification

(2017)

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Copper at JSCS SCE level

• How ODEQ/EPA currently approaching:

– Goal is to meet the JSCS SLV of 2.7 ug/l (10x below NPDES

benchmark)

– However, if

• have implemented all practical BMPs AND

• have achieved “flat portion” of App. E curves AND

• loading study shows no likely adverse impact on sediment,

– then no further treatment required at this time but adaptive

management required and additional treatment may be required

in future.

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Copper—Portland Harbor “Knee of

Curve”

JSCS

SLV:

2.7

ug/l

1200Z

benchmark

20 ug/l

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Copper conclusions

• Legal:

– EPA—same as lead: EPA has no CERCLA authority absent violation of permit

– ODEQ has authority under exception to Oregon permit shield ONLY IF (1) ODEQ Director determines necessary to protect environment OR (2) applied to the deposition or accumulation of lead.

• Maybe consider that 1200Z benchmark (20 ug/l) is technology based, rather than risk based. Permit risk-based criteria would have been 6 ug/l, compared to 2.7 ug/l JSCS SLV.

• But hard for Director to determine it is “necessary” for a discharger under the Cleanup program to meet more stringent criteria when it is not “necessary” for a neighboring property discharging under the 1200Z NPDES permit to do so

• Could require more than meeting 20 ug/l benchmark if necessary to prevent deposition that is causing environmental harm, but copper not generally deposition problem due to solubility

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Copper conclusions

• Practical:

• As with lead, 1200Z and Cleanup Program should require same concentration at end of pipe (numeric and method, e.g. geometric mean)

• However, IF copper accumulation in sediments is determined through Portland Harbor RI/FS to be posing unacceptable risk AND loading study suggests a particular stormwater outfall could be materially contributing to that risk, then further controls could be required by ODEQ

– Doesn’t seem likely. Copper considered by EPA to be contaminant of secondary ecological significance in Portland Harbor Highly soluble and does not biomagnify.

• Many dischargers in Pdx Harbor exceed 20 ug/l and there are no known feasible treatment technolgies, so even meeting 20 ug/l will take time

• MS-4 and SSO discharges (which include transportation corridors) need to meet 1200Z benchmark and/or lower concentration determined to be necessary to prevent unacceptable risk from deposition

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Parameter Specific Comparison:

PCBs

CWA Program: 1200-Z NPDES

Cleanup Program: Portland Harbor JSCS

Total PCBs

2 ug/l impairment reference concentration for discharges into 303(d) listed water bodies (such as Portland Harbor)

0.000064 ug/l SLV Approx. 0- 0.1 ug/l “flat portion” of stormwater comparison curve in App. E to Guidance for Evaluating the Stormwater Pathway

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PCBs at 1200Z Permit Level

• Goal: Protecting in-stream beneficial uses, focused

on water column exposure pathways.

• Only addressed as reference concentration for 303(d)

impaired receiving water bodies (such as Portland

Harbor)

– Reference Concentration is 2 ug/l

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PCBs at JSCS SCE level

• JSCS SLV of 0.000064 ug/l known to be

unrealistic (and often undetectable) • So, if

• have implemented all practical BMPs AND

• have achieved “flat portion” of App. E curves (approx. 0.1 ug/l) AND

• loading study shows no likely adverse impact on sediment,

– then no further treatment required at this time but adaptive

management required and additional treatment may be required

in future.

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PCBs—Portland Harbor “Knee of

Curve”

JSCS

SLV

0.000064

ug/l

1200Z

303(d)

ref.

conc.

2 ug/l

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PCB conclusions

• Legal:

– EPA— PCBs are impairment pollutant monitored in all Portland Harbor

permits so EPA has no CERCLA authority absent violation of permit

– ODEQ has authority under exception to Oregon permit shield ONLY IF

(1) ODEQ Director determines necessary to protect environment OR (2)

applied to the deposition or accumulation of PCBs.

• Easier to determine that “necessary” when RI shows that stormwater is a

significant source and PCBs are clear risk driver in Portland Harbor.

Relatively insoluble and therefore associated with TSS and does biomagnify.

• Primary risk pathway is bioaccumulation from sediment, so focus is on

deposition or accumulation

• Still will lead to inequity if Director determines it is “necessary” for a

discharger under the Cleanup program to meet more stringent criteria when

it is not “necessary” for a neighboring property discharging under the 1200Z

NPDES permit to do so.

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PCB conclusions

• Practical:

• RI/FS will show PCBs posing unacceptable risk and that stormwater is

contributing to it. IF loading study suggests a particular stormwater

outfall could be materially contributing to that risk, then further controls

will be required by ODEQ.

• Need way (loading studies?) to determine what level of PCB control

necessary to prevent recontamination based on site-specific and river

hydrodynamic specific factors

• MS-4 discharges (which include transportation corridors) also need to

be subject to same process to determine what controls are necessary to

prevent unacceptable risk from deposition

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Stoel Rives LLP

(503) 294-9657

[email protected]