The Association of State and Territorial Solid Waste Management Officials’ (ASTSWMO) Federal Facilities Remediation and Reuse Focus Group developed this paper to address members’ concerns with extreme events related to weather and climate, and the potential for impacts on contaminated federal facility sites. The potential impacts of these events on selected remedies should be assessed and addressed under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) beginning from the Feasibility Study, carrying through to protectiveness determinations within the Five-Year Review to ensure selected remedies continuously meet the Record of Decision remediation goals.
The Federal Facilities Subcommittee’s Remediation & Reuse Focus Group developed this paper to address the ASTSWMO members’ concerns with the identification of and federal agency acceptance of State applicable or relevant and appropriate requirements (ARARs) in CERCLA federal facility cleanups. The Focus Group reviewed statutory requirements and policies, guidance, and decisions documents from EPA and other federal agencies to summarize when and how State ARARs are identified throughout the CERCLA process for both removal and remedial actions. The paper also includes a resource table and flow chart for identifying, considering, and selecting ARARs, short case summaries and site examples, recommendations, and a list of resources to assist States.
The ASTSWMO Remediation and Reuse Focus Group developed this report to provide State Managers with a compendium of green remediation strategies being implemented at federal facility cleanups. The report provides definitions, policies, guidance, and tools being used by federal agencies at federal facility cleanups, and offers recommendations to both State and Federal agencies participating in these cleanups.
