2010 CPEO Brownfields List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2010 10:58:00 -0800 (PST)
Reply: cpeo-brownfields
Subject: Re: [CPEO-BIF] Research Question
 
Evans,

In your message, you used the term "cleaned up," but your report uses the phrase "completed state Voluntary Cleanup Programs." Do you have any idea how many of those sites were "cleaned" to industrial standards, as opposed to unrestricted use? Might some of these sites have been made "ready for reuse" without remediating the groundwater, or even putting groundwater remedies into place (meeting the CERCLA standard of operating properly and successfully)?

I am not attempting to minimize the value of voluntary cleanups, but I would like to better understand how well they provide long-term protection of public health and the environment. The text on page 15-16 of your report does not really answer this question.

Also, in preparing your report, did you make any attempt to determine how many sites had public notification (of VCP activity), public disclosure (or suspected or known releases), or public involvement/oversight of cleanup decision-making?

Lenny

Evans Paull wrote:
Here, below, is what David Lloyd sent me in relation to state reporting of sites going through their programs. This indicates that a little more than 10,000 sites were being cleaned up annually in the years 2006-08. We looked at previous EPA reporting from state programs when we published our Economic and Environmental Impact of Brownfields Analysis in 2008 (available at http://www.nemw.org/images/stories/documents/EnvironEconImpactsBFRedev.pdf, but you may have to copy the URL into your browser). We concluded that the pace of state-overseen cleanups was 6,000 - 7,000 sites annually in the years preceding 2006. Thus, as you would expect, the pace for 2006 -2008 was significantly higher than the pre-2006 period. The post-2008 numbers are not in but it will be really interesting to see how much they drop off. Anyone using any of these data sources should be aware that there are vast differences in the way states report sites, for example petroleum sites are reported in some states but not others.
Evans Paull, Senior Policy Analyst

Northeast Midwest Institute

50 F Street, NW

Washington, DC 20001

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fax 202-544-0043

epaull@nemw.org <mailto:epaull@nemw.org>

www.nemw.org <http://www.nemw.org/>

NEMW Brownfields Website <http://www.nemw.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=18:brownfields&layout=blog&Itemid=214&layout=default>

From: Lloyd.DavidR@epamail.epa.gov [mailto:Lloyd.DavidR@epamail.epa.gov]
Sent: Wed 1/27/2010 4:52 PM
To: Evans Paull
Cc: Blakely.Myra@epamail.epa.gov
Subject: Re: Brownfields Reauthorization and impact numbers

Ev- Our latest numbers are as follows (through November 2009):

            14,632 properties have been reported as assessed
            60,212 jobs have been reported as leveraged
      13.9 billion in cleanup and redevelopment funding has been
     reported as leveraged    .

     We are in the process of collecting 2009 data for our State and
     Tribal Program, but for 2006-2008:
       State and Tribal Response Programs report
–     Over 142,000 sites are enrolled,
–     More than 31,600 have completed cleanups with ICs in place,
–     420,609 acres ready for reuse.

David R. Lloyd, Director
Office of Brownfields and Land Revitalization
Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response
202-566-2731


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From: brownfields-bounces@lists.cpeo.org on behalf of Robert Paterson
Sent: Mon 3/1/2010 3:01 PM
To: 'Deb Ranjan Sinha'; brownfields@lists.cpeo.org
Subject: Re: [CPEO-BIF] Research Question

Texas VCP is in a zip file here:

http://www.tceq.state.tx.us/remediation/vcp/vcp.html#Database


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From: brownfields-bounces@lists.cpeo.org
[mailto:brownfields-bounces@lists.cpeo.org] On Behalf Of Deb Ranjan Sinha
Sent: Monday, March 01, 2010 10:38 AM
To: brownfields@lists.cpeo.org
Subject: Re: [CPEO-BIF] Research Question

MA hosts the data here:

http://db.state.ma.us/dep/cleanup/sites/search.asp

Deb.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Larry Schnapf" <lschnapf@aol.com>
To: <brownfields@lists.cpeo.org>
Sent: Monday, March 01, 2010 9:52 AM
Subject: [CPEO-BIF] Research Question



Is anyone aware of any studies or reports that review the number of sites
being
cleaned up under state voluntary or brownfield cleanup programs?
Alternatively,
is anyone aware what states post this information on their websites?

EPA does not track total cleanups by states just cleanups by brownfield
grantees. It seems to me that there are enormous data gaps that make
evaluation
of the effectiveness state brownfield/state clean programs very difficult.

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