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SPILLS By: Ann M. Catino Halloran & Sage LLP June 16, 2016 For The Connecticut Business & Industry Association RECENT HISTORIC WHAT TO DO??? Presenters Ann Catino – Halloran & Sage – Historic / SEH Mike Ainsworth – HRP – Recent Hugo DelRosso – US Ecology – Clean it UP ! HISTORIC – Significant Environmental Hazards (SEH) Effective – October 1, 1998 – § 22a-6u Amended – July 1, 2015 - PA 13-308 What happened in 2015? SEH - WATER Presence of pollution that may affect a public or private drinking water well Groundwater above GWPC within 500 feet upgradient or 200 feet in any direction of a drinking water well Groundwater discharging to surface water with the potential for short-term risk to aquatic life Groundwater near a building w/ risk to indoor air SEH – SOIL & VAPORS Soil within two feet of the surface with the potential for short-term risk to people having direct contact Vapors in soil or water with the potential to result in an explosion WHO REPORTS? Technical Environmental Professionals (TEPs include but are not limited to LEPs) notify TEP client & Property owner (if not same) Owner / TEP Client Owner should make the report (for drinking water well contamination – owner of source) TEP client reports if owner does not No independent reporting to DEEP by TEP Exceptions to Reporting – No Notice to DEEP by Owner If within 90 days: Hazard is abated by treating or disposing of soil Soil is inaccessible under RSRs Soil Is remediated under RSRs Lead pollution& enrolled in local hlth dept prog For surface water –if reported to DEEP within the preceding year & same condition VOCs near building – soil vapor below 10x RSRs, indoor air monitoring occurs, bldgs not occupied, chemical is subject to OSHA EXCEPTIONS Notice to owner by TEP not required: Use is residential & pollution is a listed organic compound listed in 22a-6u or is TPH Fenced, paved & contamination is metals or PCB < 30x I/C w/in 300 feet of a residence, school, park, playground or day care WHEN TO REPORT Drinking Water above GWPC or NAPL TEP Action: 24 hours Owner: Verbally to DEEP 24 hrs; in writing 5 days TEP Client: Within 7 days if Owner fails to Notify Drinking Water Has Contamination TEP Action: 7 days Owner: 30 days thereafter When to Report Surface Soil above hazard criteria TEP Action: 7 days (exceptions may apply) Owner: 90 days unless lead paint VOCs above hazard criteria in GW under bldg TEP Action: 7 days Owner: In writing 30 days unless further evaluated as not a hazard, building vacant, chemical regulated as OSHA use, or indoor air monitoring implemented When to Report Surface Water Threatened by GW above hazard criteria TEP Action: 7 days Owner : In writing 30 days unless written rpt in preceding year & verbal notice 1 day after becoming aware NAPL entered surface water unless reported to spills unit Drinking water well threatened TEP Action 7 days Owner: 30 days thereafter Explosion Hazard – IMMEDIATELY by both Obligations For Clean Up Take an initial response to mitigate short term risk Possibly Delineate the problem (factors for DEEP consideration – who caused the condition?) Clean up so that you would not have a SEH reporting obligation Once complete, site may not be “clean” Mitigate / Abate Risk of Exposure DEEP Website Link http://www.ct.gov/DEEP/cwp/view.asp?a=2715 &q=324976&deepNav_GID=1626 Immediate / Emergency Reporting – DEEP - 860-424-3338 or 1-866-DEP-SPIL & Local Fire Department Ann M. Catino, Partner Halloran & Sage LLP One Goodwin Square 225 Asylum Street Hartford, CT 06103 860-297-4682 [email protected] www.halloransage.com