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Recovery Act Funding to Clean Up Underground Storage Tank Leaks
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Putting people to work to clean up our land and protect our groundwater
The Recovery Act provides $200 million from the Leaking Underground Storage Tank (LUST) Trust Fund to EPA for assessing and cleaning up leaks from underground storage tanks. EPA allocated the vast majority of that money to state and territorial underground storage tank programs. The money will pay for activities at "shovel-ready" sites to:
- Oversee assessing and cleaning up underground storage tank leaks, or
- Directly pay for assessing and cleaning up leaks from federally regulated tanks where the responsible party is unknown, unwilling, or unable to pay, or if the cleanup is an emergency response.
States in Region 10 received a total of $8.4 million to perform the assessment and cleanup work described below. This information comes from EPA/state assistance agreements. Activities described are subject to change.
- Alaska - $999,000
- Idaho - $1,284,000
- Oregon - $2,694,000
- Washington - $3,427,000
Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation -- $999,000
- Awarded – 7/30/2009
- Summary Of Work –
- Investigation and cleanup of up to 15 known or suspected orphan sites based on risk exposure potential;
- Initial site assessments for up to two facilities with tanks out of service;
- Installation of groundwater monitoring wells where necessary;
- Sampling and analysis of soil, groundwater, and soil gas;
- Performing soil removal actions;
- Treating soil without removal;
- Preparing and/or approving of site specific work plans;
- Conducting other work necessary for the successful completion of the proposed remedial action.
- For More Information – Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation (http://www.dec.state.ak.us/spar/csp/index.htm)
Idaho Department of Environmental Protection -- $1.284 Million
- Awarded – 8/10/2009
- Summary Of Work –
- A preliminary list of up to 14 sites will be identified for site assessment work. Estimates include that up 5 sites may be closed as a result of the work;
- Potential work can include preparing work plans for each site where assessment work is completed; installing monitoring wells and sampling of monitoring wells;
- Performing soil removal actions, and treatment of source areas;
- Performing site assessments and UST decommissioning, sampling and analysis of subsurface soil and groundwater, sampling of soil gas or indoor air;
- Installing treatment systems;
- Installing domestic wells, or providing alternative drinking water sources,
- Monitoring well abandonment;
- Final project reports preparation.
- For More Information – Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (http://www.accountability.idaho.gov/)
Oregon Department of Environmental Quality -- $2.694 Million
- Awarded – 7/28/2009
- Summary Of Work –
- A preliminary list of up to thirteen high priority leaking underground storage tank sites will be addressed;
- Site assessments will be performed at up to10 sites and an estimated 6 of these sites will have cleanup work performed;
- Work may include preparing work plans for each phase of work
- Installing groundwater monitoring wells;
- Sampling groundwater monitoring wells, domestic wells or treatment systems;
- Providing alternative drinking water sources;
- Performing site assessments;
- Sampling and analysis of subsurface soil and groundwater;
- Sampling of soil gas or indoor air;
- Performing soil removal actions;
- In-situ treatment of source areas through injection or treatment systems
- Well abandonment;
- Report preparation.
- For More Information – Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (http://www.deq.state.or.us/recovery/stimulusFunding.htm)
Washington Department of Ecology -- $3.427 Million
- Awarded – 9/3/2009
- Summary Of Work –
- Conducting UST site assessments at up to 31 sites;
- Conducting new or expanded site characterizations and associated cleanups at up to 8 sites;
- Decommissioning UST systems (tanks, piping, dispensers and associated appurtenances) where necessary;
- Cleaning and disposing/recycling of UST system components and their contents;
- Conducting soil cleanups (excavation, disposal, in-situ and/or ex-situ treatments, etc.);
- Conducting groundwater treatment activities (injection of compounds to enhance the remediation of contaminants, installation and operation of pump and treat systems, free-product removal, air sparging/vapor extraction, etc.);
- Conducting site restoration (backfilling and compacting excavations, replacement of existing paving, etc.) where necessary;
- Preparing and/or approving of site specific work plans;
- Developing bid documents, conducting bid openings, and awarding bids; and
- Conducting other work necessary for the successful completion of the proposed remedial action.
- For More Information – Washington Department of Ecology (http://www.ecy.wa.gov/recovery/index.html)
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