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Chart #2: 

ELIGIBLE SITES

 

NY

(1994)

MD

(1997)

MA

(1998)

MI

(1995)

NJ

(1998)

PA

(1995)

 

 

*All non-federal-lead contaminated property

(both oil and hazardous substances)

 

Excluded sites:

* Federally-owned and controlled sites

* NPL (and proposed NPL) sites

* DEC Class 1 Registry sites

* Sites registered under ECL Article 27, title 9, and      6 NYCRR Part 370—i.e., TSDFs.

 

 

 

* Contaminated or perceived to be contami-nated;

* Not on NPL;

* Not under active enforcement, including consent orders;

* Not subject to controlled haz. substance (CHS) permit (but solid waste management units in the same facility that are not subject to CHS permits are okay);

* Includes sites on CERCLIS

* All such sites contaminated pre-October 1997

* Sites con-taminated after 10/1/97 are only covered if contamination was due to an act of God, or the site was subsequently acquired by an inculpable person.

* Does not include sites contaminated solely with oil [these are addressed under parallel MDE regulations, but MDE is "moving toward a unified regulatory program"]

 

*Eligibility depends on the attri-butes of the applicant rather than of the land.

*Once a permanent cleanup or remedy operation status is achieved, an "eligible person" is protected from liability.

 

 

* Sites where response activity is not required by administrative order or judicial decree.

 

 

 

Excludes: some (high priority) sites subject to ISRA and the UST and CERCLA programs.

*The VCP (thru the MOA mechanism) focuses on overseeing cleanups at sites where public funds are not being used, and where cleanup is not otherwise required under ISRA, or the Under-ground Storage of Haz. Substances Act.

 

Excludes:

Releases from mining operations; and NPL sites.

* Oil spill responses are subject to Act 2 standards, but are not subject to Notice of Intent (NIR) require-ments.

*Releases from operating landfills may apply only “background” or “statewide health”  standards; closed landfills can apply any Act 2 standards. 

* Does not preempt procedural and public review requirements applicable to State Priority List sites (but Act 2 cleanup standards apply to all cleanups).