Corrective Action and Permitting Program Update

Transcript:Corrective Action and Permitting Program Update:
Corrective Action and Permitting Program Update Bill Denman RCRA Corrective Action and Brownfields Branch, Chief PRESENTATION OUTLINE Corrective Action Measures (CA550 and RAU) FY2020 Workplan Guidance Progress toward the 2020 Corrective Action Baseline Upcoming Training Dates 2 3/27/2019 RCRA State Directors Meeting RAU continues to be a big push for the Agency. EPA tracks RAU through its FY 2018-2022 long-term performance goal (within the Strategic Plan) to make 536 additional RCRA corrective action facilities RAU. In FY18 through the work of our states, EPA achieved our regional goal of 12 RAUs. Nationally, 120 RAUs were achieved in FY18. The regional target for FY19 is 14 RAUs. So far, thanks to our states, 4 RAUs were achieved during the 1st QTR of FY19. 3 3/27/2019 RCRA State Directors Meeting CORRECTIVE ACTION MEASURES 4 3/27/2019 RCRA State Directors Meeting CORRECTIVE ACTION MEASURES 5 3/27/2019 RCRA State Directors Meeting At the end of the 2018 calendar year, EPA requested monthly targets for RAU from R4 states. EPA state coordinators sent an email to each state suggesting when the RAU should be submitted during the remaining months of FY19. R4 made this request because the RAU measure is reported monthly within the division and region’s Bowling charts. RAU is a strategic measure and it is also tracked on the Administrator’s Bowling Chart and OLEM’s Bowling Chart. In FY19 and going forward, CA550 will also be tracked on both OLEM and the Administrator’s Bowling Chart. A conference call was held (last February) between EPA and the states to discuss EPA’s request. CORRECTIVE ACTION MEASURES 6 3/27/2019 RCRA State Directors Meeting During the conference call, all of the states similarly identified three main concerns with meeting the Region’s request: EPA’s request that asked for the states to specify when RAU will be achieved within a specific month when work will be accomplished is a challenge for the states. States have already provided commitments through the Annual Workplan Negotiation process, but moving to quarterly goals and now monthly goals present a moving target. EPA’s request for monthly submittal of measures being made outside of the Annual Workplan Negotiation process changes the goal post. CORRECTIVE ACTION MEASURES Generally, all the states would like to work with EPA and agreed to make their best efforts in FY19. The states also agreed that as long as EPA’s request was made during the Annual Workplan Negotiation process, then the states could