GEORGIA ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DIVISION

GEORGIA ENVIRONMENTAL

PROTECTION DIVISION

CORRECTIVE ACTION PROGRAM UPDATES

HAZARDOUS WASTE

LAND PROTECTION BRANCH

Hazardous Waste

Corrective Action

Program

Solid Waste

Management Program

Underground Storage

Tank Management Program

Response and

Remediation Program

Hazardous Waste

Management Program

New and Pending Changes at Federal

LevelA new e-manifest option

Continued vigorous promotion of time-sensitive and cost-effective investigation and clean-up technologies

Broader use of overlapping institutional controls

Changes at State Level

Putting more focus into finding solutions for cleaning up sites versus historical focus of defining RCRA universe at RCRA permitted sites

Focusing on reaching environmentally acceptable endpoints

Helping permitted sites achieve permit termination whenever possible

Streamlining RCRA Corrective Action

ProcessEncouraging and promoting single mobilizations for completing site-delineation

Utilizing useful investigation technologies and waste-specific techniques

Promoting innovative, time-reducing, and cost-effective cleanup technologies whenever possible

Tools for Effective Corrective Action ImplementationRisk Assessments for SWMUs and Regulated

Units

Uniform Environmental Covenant Act (UECA)

Built-in Corrective Action Contingency Plans with Automatic Triggers into RCAPs

Increasing Public Involvement and Awareness