Cleanup in the Southeast
National Information
The Southeast region's waste management program office handles the solid waste and emergency response cleanup responsibilities under the policies, guidance and direction of the US Environmental Protection Agency Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response. The Superfund program responds to abandoned and active hazardous waste sites, and accidental oil and chemical releases. Our office manages land disposal of hazardous waste and underground storage tanks, and provides technical assistance to southeastern state, local and private sector stakeholders to establish safe waste management practices. Our Brownfields program staff collaborate with our partners to redevelop and reuse potentially contaminated sites.
The Southeast region is working to preserve and restore the land using the most effective waste management and cleanup methods available. We use a hierarchy of approaches to protect the land: reducing waste at its source, recycling waste, managing waste effectively by preventing spills and releases of toxic materials, and cleaning up contaminated properties. The Region is especially concerned about threats to our most sensitive populations, including children, the elderly, and individuals with chronic diseases. EPA draws upon two environmental laws to address these concerns: the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) and the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA or Superfund).
Managing Wastes- Southeastern RCRA hazardous and solid waste management and enforcement
- Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act's (CERCLA) Superfund long term cleanups and cost recovery at abandoned hazardous waste sites.
- Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) corrective action cleanups at hazardous waste facilities.
- Federal Facilities activities under CERCLA, RCRA, and Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC).
- Brownfields Cleanup and Redevelopment of sites.
- Land Revitalization and Reuse has a variety of information about revitalization and reuse in Region 4, including revitalization tools and resources.
- Risk assessment guidance for CERCLA and RCRA cleanups.
- Underground Storage Tanks (UST).
- Superfund Ombudsman is your Superfund cleanup problems mediator.
- Where and how to report chemical emergencies, accidents, and spills
- Southeastern chemical emergencies, accidents, and oil spills information.
- Emergency Planning and Community-Right-To-Know Act.
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EPA Awards Community Grants Across Country
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced that around $3 million will be available in 2008 to support community-based partnerships to reduce pollution at the local level through the Community Action for a Renewed Environment (CARE) program.
Applications for the CARE grants are due March 17, 2008. Eligible applicants include county and local governments, tribes, non-profit organizations and universities. EPA will conduct three conference calls, Jan. 18, Feb. 11 and 27, for prospective applicants to ask questions about the application process.
Northeast Brownfields Development Forum - February 12, 2008
If you’ve got a contaminated property available, here’s a great opportunity to get it seen by retail developers. On February 12, 2008, the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC), in partnership with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and several State and other co-sponsors, will hold a Northeast re-development conference along with a property transaction networking forum in Philadelphia. The conference is expected to draw retail developers from the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic areas with a focus on the greater New York and Philadelphia metro areas. The conference will be held at the Philadelphia Marriot on Market Street. Registration will begin at 9am and the closing reception will end at 6:30pm. More
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- New Website for Brownfield Insurance Programs
A new website is available for those needing information about and assistance with insurance for brownfield projects. The site provides access to insurers, brokers, and attorneys with specialized capacities to address brownfield insurance matters. Additional brokers and attorneys are invited to add their qualifications and share documents they have written. Listing is free and easy to do.The site also offer a library that includes funded reports, journal articles, and case studies of insurance usage, as well as a glossary of terms. Reports currently on the site include "State Brownfield Insurance Programs - 2006" and "Environmental Insurance Products Available for Brownfield Redevelopment- 2005."
BrownfieldsInsurance.org was developed by Kristen Yount and Peter Meyer of Northern Kentucky University under a cooperative agreement with EPA. For more information, go to www.BrownfieldsInsurance.org.
- Report: State Brownfield Insurance Programs, 2006-- Researchers from Northern Kentucky University issued a report on State-level Brownfields Insurance Programs. The report is available on the EPA Brownfields Web site at: http://www.epa.gov/brownfields/pubs/state_report_2006.pdf. Information on US EPA's Brownfields Program is available at: http://www.epa.gov/brownfields/.
- President Bush Extends the Brownfields Tax Incentive as Part of the Tax Relief and Health Care Act--On December 20, 2006, President Bush signed the Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006. The new legislation includes an extension and expansion of the Brownfields Tax Incentive. More information...
- Chevron Products Refinery, Pascagoula, Mississippi Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments (HSWA) Permit October 2006 (PDF: 16pp., 583.9K)
- Chevron Products Refinery, Pascagoula, Mississippi Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments (HSWA) Permit Fact Sheet October 2006 (PDF: 26pp., 550.1K)
- Escambia Wood Treating Company Record of Decision, Summary of Remedial Alternative Selection-OU1 (Soil) February 2006 (PDF: 519pp., 137.39M)
- Anniston PCB and Lead Site Information - Response to Comments-Section 122 Administrative Agreement and Order on Consent for Removal Action
- Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) Between Florida Department of Environmental Protection and U.S. EPA Region 4 (PDF: 6pp, 235.8K)
- Fact Sheet concerning EPA Superfund activities in McIntosh, Alabama (PDF: 4pp, 61K)
- Draft Federal RCRA Permit Documents for Rohm and Haas-Louisville Plant, Louisville, KY EPA I.D. Number KYD 006 390 017 Public Comment Period: April 18, 2008 through June 2, 2008
- Fact Sheet April 2008 Rohm and Haas Louisville
- Cleanups in My Community This a mapping and listing tool that shows sites where pollution is being or has been cleaned up throughout the United States. It maps, lists and provides cleanup progress profiles for: sites, facilities and properties that have been contaminated by hazardous materials and are being, or have been, cleaned up under EPA's Superfund, RCRA and/or Brownfields programs.
- Calhoun Park Area Site Superfund Fact Sheet, Charleston, South Carolina (PDF, 6pp., 254K)
- Previously Featured Additions
- EPA's New Ecological Restoration Tool is Online! - This web site is a resource for project managers and others seeking information and guidance on ecological restoration and land revitalization. The page includes a glossary of restoration terms and a set of principles for ecological restoration; as well as information and links to resources on soil health and amendments, native and invasive plant species, and ecosystem-based restoration. Also featured is a comprehensive list of region-by-region and state-by-state federal and local resources for ecological restoration projects, including the Federal Highway Administration's publication, “Roadside Use of Native Plants.” The website address is: http://www.cluin.org/products/ecorestoration/
- Site Map to help you find your way around.
- Chemical emergency and oil spill cleanup site activity reports (POLREPS).
- Citizen's Guide to Risk Assessment
- Cleanups in My Community is a mapping and listing tool that shows sites where pollution is being or has been cleaned up throughout the United States.
- Five-year Review Reports for NPL Cleanup Sites
- Links to state hazardous waste departments, Superfund Kids Page, Envirofacts, and OSWER.
- One Cleanup
- RCRA databases that provide additional information on RCRA facilities.
- Site listings for Superfund, RCRA, Brownfields, Emergency, and Oil Spill Cleanups.
- Solid Waste Topics: Scrap Tires, Electronic Equipment, Composting
- Superfund cleanups: summaries, site profiles, contacts, AR indexes, fact sheets, 5-year reviews, and Records of Decision (RODs).
- Superfund databases that provide additional information on cleanups.