Voluntary Assistance Program VAP Assist applicants to achieve their goals Provide third party review of environmental reports amp guidance for proposed clean up activities Protect public health water resources and the environment due to releases of hazardous chemicals ID: 652582
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A PROGRAM THAT OFFERS CUSTOMIZED ASSISTANCE TO PROPERTY OWNERS & INTERESTED PARTIES WITH THEIR ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
Voluntary Assistance Program
(VAP)Slide2
Assist applicants to achieve their goals.
Provide third party review of environmental reports & guidance for proposed clean up activities.
Protect public health, water resources, and the environment due to releases of hazardous chemicals.
Voluntary Assistance Program
ObjectivesSlide3
Voluntary Assistance ProgramFunctions
Assist the public with planning & implementing
environmental investigations and remediation activities at contaminated sites
Review, evaluate & provide guidance on
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-Phase I & Phase II reports
-Results of soil & water investigations
-Work Plans & Community Health & Safety Plans
-Remedial alternatives
-Human health risk analyses
-Corrective Action Plans
Issue official concurrence/closure letters tailored to meet the needs of the applicantsSlide4
Property Owners & Developers : -Develop Agricultural Lands
-Convert Industrial/Commercial Use to Residential Use -Expand or rebuild Shopping MallsProperty Owners & Prospective Buyers: -Property Transactions
-Renew property Leases
-Change site use
Banks & Lending Companies:
-Title Transfers -Appraisals -Refinancing
Voluntary
Assistance Program
Customers
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Authority: California Health & Safety Code Sections 101480-101490Notification to RWQCB & DTSC according to SB 1248
Address releases from various sources with a variety of hazardous chemicals
Cost recovery is funded by a deposit account
Voluntary Assistance Program
Process & Performance Slide6
Aboveground storage tank leaks Agricultural and nursery activities
Industrial facilities:
dry cleaners, auto repair & auto body, plating shops, circuit board manufacturing, machine shops, power plants, etc.Accidental releases: truck rollovers, fuel dispensing facilities, warehouses that store hazardous chemicalsMilitary facilities:
shooting ranges &
mishaps
Old burn ash dumpsVoluntary Assistance Program Sources of ContaminationSlide7
Petroleum Hydrocarbons
FUELS:
Gasoline & DieselVOCs: BTEX, MTBE/OxygenatesSemi-volatiles, PNAsOILS:
Waste oil
Hydraulic oil, Bunker oil, others
Voluntary Assistance Program ContaminantsSlide8
Chlorinated Hydrocarbons:Solvents:
Perchloroethylene (PCE, PERK)
Trichloroethylene (TCE)Dichloroethane (DCA)Vinyl Chloride, etc.
PCBs
Voluntary Assistance Program
ContaminantsSlide9
Pesticides & Insecticides:DDT, Aldrin, Eldrin, Dieldrin, Toxaphene
OrganophosphatesHeavy Metals:Lead, Arsenic, Zinc, Copper, etc.
Voluntary Assistance Program
Contaminants
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Administered by the CAL-EPA Site Designation Committee.CAL-EPA delegates regulatory authority to appropriate agencies, such as DEH.
These projects are financed through the VAP program.
SITE DESIGNATION PROGRAM
(SDP)Slide11
Collaborate with the RWQCB, DTSC, APCD, State Fish & Game and U.S. Fish and Wildlife, as necessary.Projects are completed to ensure the standards of other agencies are met.
Decisions are made collectively with all agencies involved.
SITE DESIGNATION PROGRAM