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Midwest States Risk Assessment Symposium November 3, 2009 Thomas W. Easterly, P.E., DEE, QEP Commissioner, Indiana Department of Environmental Management

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Mid

west S

tate

s R

isk

Assessm

ent S

ym

posiu

m

Novem

ber

3, 200

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as W

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rly, P

.E., D

EE

,

QE

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Com

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sio

ner,

India

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Depart

ment of E

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enta

l

Managem

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6

IDEM’sMission

We Protect Hoosiers and Our

Environment

IDE

M is r

esponsib

le for

pro

tecting h

um

an

health a

nd the e

nvironm

ent w

hile

pro

vid

ing

for

safe

industr

ial, a

gricultura

l, c

om

merc

ial

and g

overn

menta

l opera

tion v

ital to

a

pro

spero

us e

conom

y.

India

na’s

Institu

tional C

ontr

ol

Regis

try

•In

stitu

tional C

ontr

ols

are

legal re

str

ictions

to c

ut off e

xposure

to u

naccepta

ble

ris

k

posed b

y c

onta

min

ation left in p

lace d

uring

a r

em

edia

l action.

–E

nvir

on

me

nta

l R

estr

ictive

Co

ve

na

nts

(E

RC

s)

–E

nvir

on

me

nta

l R

estr

ict

Ord

ina

nce

s (

ER

Os)

7

New

Em

phasis

on IC

s

•A

2009 India

na L

aw

(P

.L. 78-2

009)

requires India

na’s

site s

pecific

ris

k

assessm

ents

to: “t

ake into

account site

specific

facto

rs, in

clu

din

g r

em

edia

l

measure

s, restrictive covenants, and

environmental restrictive ordinances

that

manage r

isk a

nd c

ontr

ol com

ple

ted

exposure

path

ways.”

8

IC C

halle

nges

•In

stitu

tional C

ontr

ols

not

effective if

no o

ne k

no

ws

about

them

–N

ew

ow

ners

/tenants

may b

e u

naw

are

of IC

s

–A

dm

inis

trative r

ecord

s m

ay b

e lost (n

ot re

cord

ed p

roperly,

pro

pert

y s

ubdiv

ided, etc

.)

–Local govern

ment units a

nd d

ecis

ion m

akers

(pla

nnin

g, zonin

g,

build

ing p

erm

its, etc

.) m

ay b

e u

naw

are

of conta

min

ate

d s

ites

–E

nvironm

enta

l re

gula

tors

typic

ally

not in

volv

ed w

ith local

redevelo

pm

ent pro

jects

9

IC F

ailu

res

•P

ug

et

Sound N

ava

l S

hip

yard

, “D

o N

ot

Dig

”-

conta

min

ate

d s

oil

excavate

d w

ithin

3 w

eeks o

f pro

pe

rty

transfe

r

•S

tate

audits

–R

hode Isla

nd a

udit r

esults ~

19%

of IC

sites o

ut of com

plia

nce for

technic

al re

asons

–K

ansas a

udit

•S

om

e o

wn

ers

una

wa

re o

f IC

s

•12%

im

pro

perl

y f

iled

•68%

met

all

IC c

onditio

ns

–R

ecord

s lost, n

ot tied to p

ropert

y, not carr

ied o

ver

when p

ropert

y

subdiv

ided

10

Why a

n IC

Regis

try?

•T

o tra

ck w

hen a

nd w

here

IC

s e

sta

blis

hed

–P

rior

to 2

008 ID

EM

had n

o c

om

pre

hensiv

e lis

t of IC

sites

–T

he m

ore

conta

min

ation left in p

lace, th

e h

igher

the long

term

ris

k o

f exposure

if IC

s n

ot m

onitore

d

•R

ecom

mende

d b

y E

PA

Stu

dy found lack o

f easily

availa

ble

info

rmation o

n IC

s

–S

tudy found s

ignific

ant num

ber

of IC

s n

ot in

pla

ce

•ID

EM

researc

h f

ound less t

ha

n 5

0%

in d

eed r

ecord

searc

h

–M

ajo

rity

of sta

tes n

ow

have r

egis

trie

s

•E

PA

Bro

wn

field

gra

nt stipu

late

s p

ub

lic r

ecord

of IC

sites; IC

regis

trie

s a

lso e

ligib

le f

or

EP

A fundin

g

•N

o c

om

pre

hensiv

e f

edera

l re

gis

try

•P

rovid

es n

otice t

o p

ublic

an

d local govern

ment

units

11

LUST

BF

SCU

VRP

RCRA

SF

ER

C N

um

bers

by P

rogra

m

•In

dia

na B

row

nfie

lds

Pro

gra

m

–76 E

RC

s

•LU

ST

/ELT

F–

207 E

RC

s

•V

RP

–31 E

RC

s

•S

CU

–31 E

RC

s

•S

up

erf

und/D

ER

P–

41 E

RC

s

•R

CR

A –

Corr

ective A

ction

–7 E

RC

s

APPROXIMATELY

400 ERCsTO DATE

12

IDE

M IC

Regis

try

•In

terim

: A

ccess D

ata

base

–R

olle

d-o

ut la

te 2

008

–In

form

ation tra

cked inclu

des c

ounty

, city, addre

ss, ty

pes o

f re

str

ictions, engin

eering c

ontr

ols

, county

record

er

info

rmation

–Lin

ked to e

lectr

onic

fili

ng c

abin

et (V

FC

) and India

na M

ap

–S

um

mary

report

com

pile

d fro

m d

ata

base a

nd u

pdate

d o

n ID

EM

w

ebsite m

onth

ly

–Lim

itations

•N

o w

ay t

o s

earc

h (

query

) –

so

rt f

unction o

nly

•E

RC

bou

ndari

es n

ot

requir

ed

so m

aps lim

ite

d

•C

han

ge in o

wn

ers

hip

not

requ

ired

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g-t

erm

: T

EM

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–IC

module

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