[SRRA]: New Technical Guidance: Planning for and Response to Catastrophic Events at Contaminated Sites

The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (Department) would like to announce the availability of new Technical Guidance: "Planning for and Response to Catastrophic Events at Contaminated Sites" (June 2016).

In the wake of Superstorm Sandy, representatives from the Department along with LSRPs and persons responsible for conducting remediation (PRCRs) participated in a post-storm exercise to review, analyze and learn from the experience. The "Planning for and Response to Catastrophic Events at Contaminated Sites" Technical Guidance presents lessons learned from this exercise and identifies improvements that can be made to enhance remedial system resiliency and prepare for future catastrophic events. Topics covered in the Guidance related to catastrophic events, include:

• factors to consider in planning for and responding to catastrophic events;
• incorporating resiliency into the design and implementation of site remedies;
• retro-fitting vulnerable sites to decrease disruption to existing systems;
• establishing communication networks, chain-of-command structures, and procedures to be used during catastrophic events; and
• how to re-assess systems and review lessons learned to better prepare for future catastrophic events.

A Case Study will also be presented to help illustrate these concepts.

This Technical guidance document is available for review and downloading from the SRWMP's guidance library at www.nj.gov/dep/srp/guidance/.

SRP Site Remediation Reform Act (SRRA) Web site: www.nj.gov/dep/srp/

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