Long-Term Stewardship

Institutional Controls and Long Term Stewardship: Where Are We Going? (May 2004)
This white paper was developed by the CERCLA Research Center Subcommittee with input and assistance from the Association’s Federal Facilities Research Center Subcommittee, Hazardous Waste Subcommittee, Tanks Subcommittee, and Solid Waste Subcommittee. The paper identifies present and future hurdles associated with the use of institutional controls, and what State and federal programs should consider in developing policy to deal with these hurdles.
»IC white paper and cover.pdf (862 KB)


LUCs Web Ring
The Land Use Control (LUC) Web Ring links together Web pages and data from federal, State, and local governments as well as researchers, non-profits (such as ASTSWMO) and others with information on addressing land use control issues.

State Status in the Implementation of Institutional Controls: Summary of Inventory Findings (June 2007)
The ASTSWMO State Superfund Focus Group has conducted an inventory of the States and Territories to determine how they are approaching the subject of Institutional Controls (ICs). The objective of this research focused on learning "who's doing what" relative to the use, management, tracking, and enforcement of ICs, and any perceived barriers to their implementation, in order to share this information with all the States, Territories, and EPA.
»IC Report_Final.pdf (in PDF) (137 KB)
»Attachment A_Research Tool.doc (in Word) (101 KB)
»Attachment B_All Potential Answers.xls (in Excel) (31 KB)
»Attachment C_Final Compilation of Results.xls (in Excel) (530 KB)

Analysis of State Operation and Maintenance Costs at Superfund Sites (June 2007)
As Superfund matures, a number of NPL sites have reached the stage of Post Construction Completion and States have assumed the obligation for long-term monitoring and maintenance of the remedial actions. The ASTSWMO Long-Term Stewardship Focus Group has prepared an analysis of State Operation and Maintenance (O&M) costs at several NPL sites, to include some of the factors affecting actual State costs at these sites.
»Final draft OM report-062207.pdf (in PDF) (2.2 MB)
»om-data-tool.xls (in Excel) (75 KB)
»om-data.pdf (in PDF) (340 KB)

Institutional Control/Land Use Control Documentation And Implementation At Federal Facilities Issues Paper (June 2007)
The Federal Facilities Policy & Technology Focus Group has finalized their Institutional Control/Land Use Control Documentation and Implementation at Federal Facilities Issues Paper. This paper examines how the IC/LUC process applies at active and transferred federal facilities.
»IC Document (92 KB)

Uniform Environmental Covenant Act (UECA) (April 2006)
This information paper for State program managers, discusses a number of matters related to the potential use of the Uniform Environmental Covenant Act (UECA). The purpose of this paper is to share with State managers a number of issues that have arisen as States consider and adopt such statutes, including the UECA model.
»Uniform Environmental Covenant Act (318 KB)

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