Description: Site Remediation ProgramProgram GoalsThe goal of the program is to provide fair, comprehensive and consistent regulation of the investigation and remediation of hazardous waste, hazardous material and petroleum releases, implemented in a timely and cost-effective manner. The State program is designed to determine if a site poses a threat to human health and the environment and efficiently determine a remedy that is effective but not overly burdensome to the parties involved. This program also supports the redevelopment and reuse of contaminated sites through the Brownfields program. Sites are identified, evaluated, cleaned up and brought back to beneficial reuse in Rhode Island communities.Program PurposeTo regulate and provide technical oversight for the investigation and remediation of releases of hazardous waste or hazardous material to the environment; to ensure that those investigations and remedial activities are conducted in a consistent manner that adequately protects human health and the environment; and to enforce regulations regarding the proper disposal of abandoned hazardous waste.Program ObjectivesTo support the reuse and redevelopment of contaminated sites through the Brownfields program;To provide a protective, efficient and cost-effective program as an alternative to the federal process and the stigma associated with it;To encourage voluntary responses to contamination discovered on properties within the State;To characterize and evaluate the impacts from releases of hazardous material to the environment;To determine whether remedial action is warranted under the program;To require and oversee the implementation of remedial actions designed to minimize, or eliminate, the impacts from releases of hazardous materials; andTo effectively track the progress and report the level of effort expended completing tasks under this program.
Description: The inclusion of a point in this dataset means only that a file related to the location exists within the RIDEM Office of Waste Management
Description: What is a RIPDES Permit?
The Clean Water Act prohibits anybody from discharging "pollutants" through a "point source" into a "water of the United States" unless they have an NPDES permit. The permit will contain limits on what you can discharge, monitoring and reporting requirements, and other provisions to ensure that the discharge does not hurt water quality or people's health. In essence, the permit translates general requirements of the Clean Water Act into specific provisions tailored to the operations of each person discharging pollutants. (USEPA - https://www.epa.gov/npdes/npdes-permit-basics)
Description: Site Remediation ProgramProgram GoalsThe goal of the program is to provide fair, comprehensive and consistent regulation of the investigation and remediation of hazardous waste, hazardous material and petroleum releases, implemented in a timely and cost-effective manner. The State program is designed to determine if a site poses a threat to human health and the environment and efficiently determine a remedy that is effective but not overly burdensome to the parties involved. This program also supports the redevelopment and reuse of contaminated sites through the Brownfields program. Sites are identified, evaluated, cleaned up and brought back to beneficial reuse in Rhode Island communities.Program PurposeTo regulate and provide technical oversight for the investigation and remediation of releases of hazardous waste or hazardous material to the environment; to ensure that those investigations and remedial activities are conducted in a consistent manner that adequately protects human health and the environment; and to enforce regulations regarding the proper disposal of abandoned hazardous waste.Program ObjectivesTo support the reuse and redevelopment of contaminated sites through the Brownfields program;To provide a protective, efficient and cost-effective program as an alternative to the federal process and the stigma associated with it;To encourage voluntary responses to contamination discovered on properties within the State;To characterize and evaluate the impacts from releases of hazardous material to the environment;To determine whether remedial action is warranted under the program;To require and oversee the implementation of remedial actions designed to minimize, or eliminate, the impacts from releases of hazardous materials; andTo effectively track the progress and report the level of effort expended completing tasks under this program.
Description: The Department of Environmental Management keeps an inventory of ASTs with a capacity of 500 gallons or more within the State. This inventory provides needed information to better respond in the event of a spill or release. The information provided will also serve as a database to be used by the Department when reviewing the mandatory annual facility inspection reports submitted by AST owners/operators pursuant to section 10(d) (Facilities Inspection) of the Oil Pollution Control Regulations
Description: In 1987, amendments to the Clean Water Act (CWA) added Section 402(p), which set up the framework to regulate industrial storm water under the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System program (NPDES). On November 16, 1990, EPA issued final regulations that established application requirements for storm water permits. These regulations required owners or operators of specific categories of industrial facilities, which discharge storm water directly to the waters of the United States or indirectly through a separate storm sewer system via a point source conveyance, to obtain a NPDES storm water permit. Eleven major categories of industrial activities were designated as requiring permit coverage. Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (RIDEM) has been delegated authority by EPA to implement the NPDES Program. In 1993, RIDEM amended the RIPDES Regulations to include the Phase I Storm Water Rules. On April 30, 2006 RIDEM issued the first Rhode Island Multi-Sector General Permit (MSGP) to authorize the discharge of storm water from industrial facilities. At this time RIDEM proposes to re-issue the Rhode Island MSGP to cover industrial storm water discharges. Once the MSGP is issued or becomes effective the draft MSGP requires existing permittees to re-apply within sixty (60) days of receiving notice from the Department. The draft MSGP requirements are based on the conditions imposed by EPA’s 2008 MSGP.