Development of a multi-party cooperative agreement at a Formerly Used Defense Site
- California Environmental Protection Agency, Sacramento, CA (United States). Dept. of Toxic Substances Control
- Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha, NE (United States)
- City of Fresno, CA (United States)
This paper presents a case study of the development of a multiple party cooperative agreement for a Formerly Used Defense Site (FUDS). The FUDS is located in the California Central Valley and was used as an Army Air Corps facility during World War II. Ground water contamination has been found in nearby public drinking water supply wells and the extent of contamination is currently being investigated. This paper will discuss various perspectives on the Cooperative Agreement. Those perspectives will include that of the California Department of Toxic Substances Control (Department), the lead state regulatory agency; the US Army Corps of Engineers Omaha District (USACE-Omaha), responsible for the Department of Defense (DOD) FUDS program for this site; and the City of Fresno, the current landowner. Further, this paper will discuss the site history, the regulatory history, the current status of the agreement, the current status of the site investigation, and plans for future activities at the site. The key issues of the Cooperative Agreement will also be discussed. Those key issues include: (1) the main points of contention between the various parties to the Cooperative Agreement; (2) problems encountered during the development of the Cooperative Agreement; and (3) how those points or problems were resolved. Finally, this paper summarizes the lessons learned with a brief retrospective of the parties` involvement in the process.
- OSTI ID:
- 113245
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-940499-; ISBN 1-56590-014-6; TRN: IM9544%%205
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Federal environmental restoration and waste minimization conference and exhibition, New Orleans, LA (United States), 25-29 Apr 1994; Other Information: PBD: 1994; Related Information: Is Part Of 1994 Federal environmental restoration III and waste minimization II conference and exhibition: Proceedings. Volume 1; PB: 783 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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