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SRP Publications Annual Reports 1999

III. Progress at Contaminated Sites (cont.)

99 SRP Annual Rept. logo

Remedial activities conducted under state authority

Cleanup activities at Non-NPL complex sites

Complex sites are defined as sites or subsites that require a full scale study, formal remedial action selection report or workplan and cleanup response to an unknown and/or uncontrolled source or release of hazardous substances. These actions can be funded by responsible parties or with public monies. Progress at publicly funded subsites during SFY99 included the start of the following projects: 18 Remedial Investigation and Remedial Action Selection reports (RI/RAS); one Remedial Design (RD); 18 Remedial Actions (RA); and three Operation and Maintenance (O&M) actions. In the first half of SFY00, project starts at publicly funded sites included: 11 RI/RAS reports, two RDs, eight RAs, and two O&M starts.

Non-NPL SFY99
Cleanup Activities

Funding Source
99
00*
99
00*
Started
Completed
Public Funds
Private Funds
Totals
18
56
74
8
24
32
11
33
44
4
18
22

*First six months of State Fiscal Year 2000.

Furthermore, 11 publicly funded RA projects were completed in SFY99 and four in the first half of SFY00, along with 10 RI/RAS reports in SFY99 and six in the first half of SFY00 and two RD projects in SFY99.

In terms of privately funded actions in SFY99, 56 Remedial Action Workplans were approved, which mark the beginning of actual cleanup work at these responsible party sites, along with 24 in the first half of SFY00. Also, 33 privately funded Remedial Action Reports, which represent the completion of responsible party cleanups, were approved during SFY99 in addition to 18 in the first half of SFY00.

As of December 31, 1999, 179 publicly funded projects were underway, some of which began in previous years. In addition, 223 privately funded non-NPL complex projects also were underway at that time.

Focused Cleanup Activities
Type
SFY99
SFY00*
Cleanups Underway
Cleanups Completed
3,573
1,687
3,871
883

*First six months of State Fiscal Year 2000.

Focused Cleanup Activities

A focused cleanup is defined as a remedial measure, usually with no formal design phase, that consists of a focused response to a known source or release. The Site Remediation Program's Bureau of Field Operations, located in two regional field offices, oversees a large number of focused cleanups ensuring compliance with environmental laws and regulations. In SFY99, some 1,687 of these cleanups were guided to completion and an additional 883 were completed in the first six months of SFY00. There were 3,573 cleanups underway at the end of SFY99 and 3,871 at the end of the first six months of SFY00.

ISRA Case Activities
Type
SFY99
SFY00*
Cleanups Underway
Cleanups Completed
NFA Determinations
744
38
353
761
29
237

*First six months of State Fiscal Year 2000.

Industrial Site Recovery Act Cases

The Site Remediation Program's ISRA group oversaw completion of 38 cleanups during SFY99 and 29 in the first six months of SFY00. An additional 744 site cleanup actions were underway at the end of SFY99 and 761 after the first six months of SFY00 with NJDEP oversight. In addition, 353 No Further Action determinations were issued in SFY99 based on the results of site investigations or cleanup actions performed satisfactorily prior to a property transfer. In the first six months of SFY00, 237 of these No Further Actions were issued to responsible parties that performed investigation or cleanup work following Department requirements, and after submitting final remedial reports for approval.

UST Site Activities
Type
SFY99
SFY00*

Removals with Discharge
Removals without Discharge
Total

457
503
960
281
342
623

*First six months of State Fiscal Year 2000.

Underground Storage Tanks

Progress continued in the remediation of underground storage tank sites in SFY99 with 960 cleanups or closures completed. These actions involve three tanks per site on average. Of the 960 tank site actions, 457 involved discharges with soil and/or ground water investigations. The remaining 503 removals were at sites where tank systems did not cause a contamination problem. In the first six months of SFY00, 623 tanks sites were addressed through cleanup or closure. Cleanup actions to address soil and/or ground water contamination were required at 281 sites, while an additional 342 sites were closed without a discharge problem.


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