Public Awareness In Groundwater Protection

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Environmental Sites/Documents SUNY Cortland31
March 2008
John T. Helgren, P.E. Public Health Engineer
Cortland County Health Department
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Who, What, Where

• Who environmental evaluations/reviews
• Engineers, scientists, planners, elected
  officials
• Government agencies
• Industry
• Consultants
• Public
• Sites and documentation in Cortland Area/CNY
• Processes for environmental site review and
  associated documents

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Local Sites of Environmental Concern

• Cortland-Homer-Preble Sole Source Aquifer
  Designation
• South Hill Dump
• Former Smith Corona Manufacturing facility (SCM)
• NYSEG MGP
• Rosen Bros. Scrap Yard
• Buckbee Meers Corporation (BMC)

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Sole Source Aquifer Designation

• Protection/recognition of drinking water source
• EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) designation
• Local community application
• websites

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ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW PROCESS

• New developments
• SEQR
• Environmental Assessment Form (EAF)
• Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
• Cortlandville website

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South Hill Dump

• DEC Inactive Hazardous Waste Site
• Preliminary Site Assessment (PSA)
• Interim Remedial Measures (IRM) Remedial
  Investigation/Feasibility Study
• Record of Decision (ROD)
• Remedial Design and Construction
• website

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Former Smith Corona Manufacturing facility (SCM)

• Waste Trichlorethylene (TCE) was dumped.
• DEC Inactive Hazardous Waste Site
• Process of identification/remediation
• Documents USGS Study, ROD
• Vapor Intrusion (VI)
• website for VI

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Well Contribution Areas Cortlandville Cortland
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NYSEG MGP

• Manufactured Gas Production (MGP)
• Sites where heating gas was produced from coal
  (coal gasification)
• DEC Inactive Hazardous Waste Site
• Homer and others (Ithaca)
• website

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Rosen Bros. Scrap Yard

• Federal EPA
• National Priority List (NPL)
• Similar regulatory process as State DEC
• website

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Other Types of Environmental Documents

• Engineering/Technical Reports
• Zoning (Virgil sample)
• Plans and Specifications
• Health and Safety Plans facility or site (BMC
  sample)

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Buckbee Meers Corporation (BMC)

• Abandoned manufacturing facility
• EPA notified of hazardous material storage.
• Safety and Health concerns
• website

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Problems and Issues

• Problems
• Poorly written.
• Technical persons often lack writing background
  or skills.
• Issues
• Developer/owner originating reports.
• Lack of staff to review.
• Goals and purposes of involved agencies.