SCRD adds to inventory
of cleanup profiles
of cleanup profiles
Five new case studies focusing on
remediation of drycleaner sites have been added since January
2003 to the drycleaner site profiles available on the State Coalition for Drycleaner Remediation web site at
www.drycleancoalition.org/profiles.
This brings the total number of case
studies in the database to just under 70. The new case studies
include one from Rhode Island and one from Colorado.
The case studies provide users,
particularly state officials, with a consistent set of data
about cleanup of various sites that can help them make informed
decisions about site remediation in their own states. The
profiles also include contacts for additional information.
Some of the data included in each profile
are site description, type and concentration of contaminants,
remediation technology used, results achieved, costs, lessons
learned, and point-of-contact for further information. The
profiles are searchable using key words entered by the user.
States involved in or overseeing
drycleaner remediation projects are encouraged to submit case
study information, particularly lessons learned, for inclusion
in the SCRD database. An on-line form and simple instructions
can be accessed from the SCRD web site at
www.drycleancoalition.org/profiles/form.cfm.
SCRD is comprised of the representatives
of state governments that have established formal programs to
fund remediation of drycleaner sites.
Several other states participate as
associate members. The group generally meets twice a year. The
fall 2003 SCRD conference will be held in November in New
Orleans, LA.
The last meeting, held in April in San
Francisco, featured presentations of technical case studies on
remediation of drycleaner sites in California, Florida,
Illinois, Kansas, Maryland, Oregon, South Carolina, Tennessee,
Texas, and Wisconsin.
The agenda also included technical
sessions on the bioremediation of perchloroethylene and on
vapor intrusion into indoor air spaces.
Those presentations included discussion of
the U.S. EPA’s “Draft Guidance for Evaluating the
Vapor Intrusion to Indoor Air Pathway from Groundwater and
Soils (Subsurface Vapor Intrusion Guidance);” how
California, Florida, Kansas, North Carolina are planning to
address the indoor air vapor intrusion pathway; and case study
information on steps the South Carolina DHEC has taken to
address vapor intrusion issues at a drycleaner site.
The agenda also included presentations on
efforts by the Santa Clara Valley Water District (SCVWD) to
examine the impact drycleaning operations have had on water
supply wells, the South Coast Air Quality Management
District’s plan to curtail perc use in drycleaning and
recovering insurance assets.
A summary of the April 2003 meeting
proceedings, along with all past meetings of the coalition
is available on SCRD’s web site:
www.drycleancoalition.org/members.cfm#meet.
SCRD provides a forum for states to share
programmatic, technical, and environmental information to
improve the remediation of drycleaner sites.
For more information, contact SCRD Chair
Dick DeZeeuw, Oregon Department of Environmental Quality, via
e-mail at dezeeuw.dick@deq.state.or.us.
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