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Programs Across the U.S.
 


Here is a capsule summary of State Voluntary Cleanup and Brownfields  programs throughout the U.S.:

STATE VOLUNTARY CLEANUP PROGRAM COMPARISON (1/23/02)

© Kenneth S. Kamlet

STATE

(yr. of VCP)

EPA

Region

VCP

Program

BF

Program

Cancer Risk

Level

Reg. Role

for

Consultants

Dry Cleaners Program

AL

(1996)

4

A?

A?

10-4 – 10-6

based on type of property

X

X

AK

 

10

A?

X

I: 10-5

C: 10-4

X

X

AZ

(1996)

9

S

S

Greenfields pilot program

10-4 – 10-6

X

X

AR

(1995)

6

S

S

-

X

X

CA

(1994)

9

A,S

X

10-4 – 10-6

X

X

CO

(1994)

8

S

X

BF pilots

10-4 – 10-6

X

X

CT

(1992)

1

S

S

I: 10-5

C: 10-4

LICENSED ENVIRON-MENTAL PROFESSIONAL

YES

DE

(1993)

3

S

S

10-5

X

X

FL

(1997)

4

S

S

10-6

X

YES

GA

(1996)

4

 

S

S

10-4 – 10-5

X

X

HI

(1997)

9

S

A

10-4 – 10-6

X

X

ID

(1996)

10

S

S

10-4 – 10-6

X

X

IL

(1989)

5

S

A

10-6

X

X

IN

(1993)

5

S

S

?

X

X

IA

(1997)

7

S

X

?

X

X

KS

(1996)

7

S

S

10-4 – 10-5

X

YES

KY

(1997)

4

A

S

10-6

HIGHER  LEVELS ALLOWED IF  JUSTIFIED

X

X

LA

(1996)

6

S

X

10-4 – 10-6

X

X

ME

(1993)

1

S

X?

C: 10-5

X

X

MD

(1997)

3

S

S

?

X

X

MA

(1992)

1

S

S

C: 10-5

LICENSED SITE PROFESS-

IONALS

X

MI

(1995)

5

S

S

10-5

PRIVATE CONTRACT-

ORS

(PILOT

 PROGRAM)

X

MN

(1988)

5

S

S

10-5

X

YES

MS

(1998)

4

S

S

10-6

X

X

MO

(1993)

7

S

S

10-5

X

X

MT

(1995)

8

S

X

10-5 - 10-6

X

X

NE

(1995)

7

S

X

10-4 – 10-6

X

X

NV

(1999)

9

A,S

A

EPA PILOT

10-4 – 10-5

CERTIFIED ENVIRON-MENTAL MANAGERS

X

NH

(1996)

1

A,(S)

S

I: 10-6

C: 10-5

X

X

NJ

(1991)

2

S

S

10-6

X

X

NM

(1997)

6

R

X

10-4 – 10-6

X

X

NY

(1994)

2

A

S,R

10-6

X

*

NC

(1994)

4

S

S

10-4 – 10-6

REGISTERED ENVIRON-

MENTAL CONSULTANTS

X

ND

 

8

X

X

?

X

X

OH

(1994)

5

S

S?

10-5

LICENSED SITE PROFESS-

IONAL

X

OK

(1997)

6

S

S?

10-5

X

X

OR

(1991)

10

A,S

RATIFIED BY BUDGET BILL

A

I: 10-6

C: 10-5

X

YES

PA

(1995)

3

S,R

S

10-4 – 10-6

X

X

RI

(1995)

1

S

S

10-6

X

X

SC

(1988)

4

A,S

S

10-6

X

YES

SD

 

8

A

X

10-5

X

X

TN

(1994)

4

S

X

10-5

X

YES

TX

(1995)

6

S,R

(S)

10-4 – 10-6

X

X

UT

(1991)

8

A,S

X

10-4 – 10-6

X

X

VT

(1995)

1

A

S

10-6

X

X

VA

(1995)

3

S

A

I: 10-6

C: 10-4

X

X

WA

(1989)

10

R,S

A

10-5 - 10-6

X

X

WV

(1997)

3

S

S

10-4 – 10-6

X

X

WI

(1994)

5

S

A

10-6

X

YES

WY

(2000)

8

S

X

10-6

X

X

PR

(2000)

2

S

X

?

X

X

DC

(2001?)

3

S

X?

?

X?

X?

 

 

  S=44  

    (incl DC & PR)

 A=6 

  R=1

  X =1  

10-6 = 10 

Yes = 6

Yes =8

Key:   X = absence

            S = statutory

            R = regulation

            A = administrative (informal)

            ?  = unknown

            C = cumulative

             I  = individual

            *   = New York’s program is limited

Sources: Northeast-Midwest Institute (Charles Bartsch, Rachel Deane, and Bridget Dorfman).  Brownfields “State of the States: An End-of-Session Review of

Initiatives and Program Impacts in the 50 States.  Fourth Annual Edition, November 2001 [includes 44 States].  The Greenfields Report—newsletters by The Greenfields Group, Arlington, VA.  EPA, Brownfields Quarterly Community Report (various editions).  Environmental Law Institute.  An Analysis of State Superfund Programs: 50 State Study, 1998 Update (1998).  And various primary sources. 

 

NOTE: This tabulation is not meant to be all-inclusive.  States were included based on their relationship to New York State (proximity, competition for employers, demographic similarities) and/or the presence of creative or instructive program elements.

 

As of July 2000, all but 4 states operated some form of a voluntary brownfield-cleanup program.  Dana Joel Gattuso, “Revitalizing Urban America: Cleaning Up the Brownfields.”  Competitive Enterprise Institute.  [Citing a July 1998 report by Charles Bartsch and Christine Anderson of the Northeast-Midwest Institute.] (As of Jan. 2002, the only state without a VCP was North Dakota—KK.)

 

For a more detailed comparison, please see the following table (only partially reproduced here).

For a comparison of the New York and Pennsylvania Voluntary Cleanup Programs (prepared by the Office of Legislative Research), click here.

For State Program Contacts, click here: http://www.epa.gov/swerosps/bf/stcntct.htm .

For State VCP and Brownfields websites, check Larry Schnapf's website: http://www.environmental-law.net/html/statebrownfieldscleanup.html .

See also: http://www.instrm.org/links/stateags.htm .