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Step 4: Implementation of Site Cleanup
This step focuses on the design and implementation of a cleanup plan to prepare the property for redevelopment and reuse. The design of the cleanup plan and implementation of the technology options selected in the previous phase involves close coordination with all other redevelopment efforts in the immediate vicinity of the site.
Questions to Ask
- Are there Federal, state, local, and tribal requirements for conducting cleanup activities?
- How will cleanup be monitored so that work can be stopped when cleanup goals are reached?
- How best can the community participate in the design and implementation of the cleanup plan?
- What can be done to protect the community and other property during cleanup?
- What are the tradeoffs between cost and meeting redevelopment project deadlines?
- Can redevelopment activities (such as renovation of existing buildings and construction of roads and sewage systems) be performed concurrently with cleanup activities?
- Will institutional controls facilitate or hinder redevelopment?
Steps to Take
- Review all applicable Federal, state, local, and tribal regulatory guidelines and regulations to ensure compliance, including guidelines for state VCPs.
- Continue to work with the appropriate regulatory agencies to ensure that regulatory requirements are being properly addressed.
- Consult with the appropriate state, local, and tribal regulatory agencies to include them in the decision-making process as early as possible.
- Contact the EPA regional Brownfields coordinator to identify and determine the availability of EPA support programs.
- Identify all environmental requirements that must be met and the levels of environmental incentives that apply.
- Develop one or more conceptual plans for cleanup and subsequent monitoring that incorporate technology options and consider the effect of any cleanup. activities on the proposed reuse of the property and the schedule for project design or construction:
- Develop or review the schedule for completion of the project.
- Obtain a final figure for the funds available for project development.
- Coordinate the renovation and construction of infrastructure with cleanup activities.
- Coordinate activities with developers, financiers, construction firms, and members of the local community.
- Establish contingency plans to address the discovery of additional contamination during cleanup.
- Develop procedures for community participation, for example, by working with community advisory boards or local redevelopment authorities.
- Implement and monitor the cleanup plan and performance of the remedy selected.
- Work with county or local officials to facilitate the placement and implementation of institutional controls, including ongoing monitoring and enforcement of these controls.
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