Voluntary cleanups -- Gaining momentum

Conference · Sun Dec 31 04:00:00 EST 1995

OSTI ID:205358

Stevens, M A; Bergman, J B ^[1]; Carter, R M ^[2]

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1. Roy F. Weston, Inc., Lakewood, CO (United States)
2. City and County of Denver, CO (United States)

The authors are currently conducting a voluntary cleanup in Colorado under the state`s Voluntary Cleanup and Redevelopment Act of 1994. This paper details the plan approval process and implementation at the Smith Road Jail Site, which is owned by the City and County of Denver (CCoD). The site was the location of historical dumping of potentially hazardous materials including organic compounds. CCoD agreed to develop property near the site into a controlled access facility upon airport closure. To expedite remediation efforts and therefore redevelopment, to ensure that remediation plans met with approval of the Colorado Department of Public Health and the Environment and to ensure that plans would provide for adequate protection of human health and the environment, the City submitted a Voluntary Cleanup Plan under Colorado`s new law. This remediation plan, which includes an innovative biosparge system, is the third application out of nine submitted and is the fourth approved in Colorado. Significant lessons have been learned about: establishing cleanup levels; hazardous waste regulation barriers; forecasting potential future land use; and the process for plan approval. New federal legislation could streamline the voluntary process by addressing the applicability of the Corrective Action Management Unit (CAMU) concept to voluntary cleanups; including an option for risk assessment; and proposing an exemption from land disposal restrictions for remediation wastes.

• OSTI ID: 205358
• Report Number(s): CONF-951139--
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
COLORADO
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
REMEDIAL ACTION
REMOVAL
SITE CHARACTERIZATION
WASTE MANAGEMENT