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2.1 Evolution of Environmental Remediation to SRR
2.2 Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
3. Perspectives
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3.1 State Survey Summary
3.2 Private-Party Sites
3.3 Federal Perspectives
3.4 Public and Tribal Stakeholders
3.5 ASTM International
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5. Advancing the Practice: Social and Economic Dimensions of Sustainability and Resilience
5. Advancing the Practice: Social and Economic Dimensions of Sustainability and Resilience
5.1 Sustainability Is More Than a Footprint
5.2 Special Considerations for Low-Income and Minority Communities
5.3 Road Map of Economic and Social Resources
5.4 Social and Economic Sustainability Through Constructive Change and Protective Remedies
5.5 Integrating Sustainability and Resiliency into Brownfields Redevelopment
5.6 Ecosystem Services
5.7 Green Infrastructure and Resiliency
5.8 Selecting Sustainable and Resilient Passive or Low-Energy Remediation Technologies
5.9 Social and Economic Impact Evaluations
5.10 Case Studies
5.11 How to Identify Potential Site or Cleanup Impacts on Highly Impacted or Socioeconomically Vulnerable Communities
6. Integrating Resilience and Sustainability into the Remedial Project Life Cycle
6. Integrating Resilience and Sustainability into the Remedial Project Life Cycle
6.1 Project Planning
6.2 Site Characterization
6.3 Remedy Planning
6.4 Execution
6.5 Response Complete
6.6 Site Closeout
7. Key Sustainable Best Management Practices for Sustainable Resilience to Extreme Weather Events and Wildfires
7. Key Sustainable Best Management Practices for Sustainable Resilience to Extreme Weather Events and Wildfires
7.1 SBMPs Universally Relevant to Extreme Weather Events and Wildfires
7.2 Wind
7.3 Snow and Hail
7.4 Fluctuating Groundwater Elevation Levels
7.5 Flooding
7.6 Bank and Shoreline Erosion
7.7 Pre-Wildfire
7.8 Post-Wildfire
7.9 Sea-Level Rise
7.10 Evapotranspiration
7.11 Storm Surge
7.12 Permafrost Thaw
8. Recommendations for the Future
9. References
Appendix A. Case Study Matrix
Appendix B. State Survey and State Survey Results
Appendix C. Tech Sheets for Selected State SRR Resources
Appendix D. Sustainable Best Management Practice Checklists
Appendix E. Team Contacts
Appendix F. Glossary
Appendix G. Acronyms
Acknowledgments
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Appendix B. State Survey and State Survey Results

In the fall of 2019, the SRR team conducted a state survey. The survey asked for information on green and sustainable regulations, policies, guidance; and activities; extreme weather and fire events; and information on what resources would be helpful to the state. The team received 52 responses to the survey. The survey instrument is presented in section B.1 and the results are presented section B.2.

B.1 State Survey

GSR & Resiliency State Priorities Survey

The ITRC Green and Sustainable Remediation with Resiliency to Extreme Weather Event and Wildfires Team (GSR/R) has just begun updating the 2011 GSR guidance to support sustainable, resilient remediation and redevelopment of contaminated sites.

States’ needs are foremost and your response to this survey will guide how we develop resources for you.

For further background please review the Team Page and the associated fact sheet, both found HERE.

GSR is the site-specific employment of products, processes, technologies, and procedures that mitigate contaminant risk to receptors while making decisions that are cognizant of balancing community goals, economic impacts, and environmental effects.

Extreme weather events (such as heat waves, droughts, tornadoes, and hurricanes) are defined as lying in the outermost (“most unusual”) 10 percent of a place’s history. Analyses are available at the national and regional levels.

Resilience is the capacity of a community, business, or natural environment to prevent, withstand, respond to, and recover from a disruption.

SURVEY PERIOD: October 8, 2019 through November 6, 2019

If you have any questions, please contact the Team’s Program Advisor, Barbara Maco ([email protected])

1. Please provide your contact information:

Name:
State and Department:
Job Title:
Email Address:
Phone Number:

2. Does your state have any existing GSR regulation, policy, or guidance? (See GSR definition above)

If YES, please provide the reference/link:

3. Check all of the following extreme weather/climate or wildfire events that have or might impact your state. Please note any related impact such as increased/decreased stormwater runoff in the comment box.

4. At which stages is your state planning for resiliency to address extreme weather events and wildfires? If you have NONE, please put NA in the category box. If YES, please provide a reference and/or web link.

Assessment / Identification:

State-Managed Climate Change Information Clearinghouse or Data Resource:

State Agency or Department Lead:

Comprehensive Plan:

Executive Order:

Regulation / Statue:

Other (please specify):

5. Does your state have any policy, strategy, regulatory framework, requirements, or guidance for addressing the impacts of extreme weather events and wildfires at remediation sites, both active and closed?

If YES, please provide a reference/link. If NO, is your state planning on this in the future?

6. Does your state have an emergency response plan for extreme weather events and wildfire impacts at contaminated sites?

7. Has your state seen GSR applied in any of the following site cleanup programs? Provide key information in comment section.

Please note key elements of implementation here.

8. What are the GSR implementation barriers for your state? Please note what they are in the comment box below.

List the barriers

9. Rate the following items that might lead to a more sustainable resilient remediation and redevelopment in your state.

  Rating
State or Federal legislation/regulatory mandate
State or Federal grant incentives
Local permits, regulations, or ordinances
Private certification (e.g. LEED, Envision)
Land use/institutional controls

10. Metrics provide a basis for evaluating actions being considered throughout the site cleanup and redevelopment process and can apply to more than one component of GSR… environmental, economic and or social. Please indicate if these metrics have been used at cleanup projects in your state or their potential value for future cleanups.

  Rating
Environmental metrics (greenhouse gas emissions created or energy consumed)
Economic metrics (such as job creation/preservation)
Social metrics (parkland or open space created)

11. Does your state recommend/encourage GSR best management practices (BMPs) at contaminated site cleanup and redevelopment.

12. What types of BMP resources would your state like to see in the ITRC GSR/R guidance?

Remedial technology/approach evaluation (such as a feasibility study)

13. Would a sustainable remediation guidance/framework that also addresses extreme weather events and wildfire impacts at contaminated sites be useful for your state?

14. Rate each case study topic based on its usefulness to support sustainable resilient remediation and redevelopment implementation in your state.

  Rating
technology/approach evaluation (such as a feasibility study)
technology/approach optimization
technology/approach implementation
Return on investment, including cost of externalities (e.g. social cost of carbon, ecosystem services)
Regulator collaboration and/or support
Community engagement with the impacted public
Stakeholder engagement to define sustainability metrics and tools
Risk management
Water conservation and reuse
Materials use/management
Circular economy

Other (please specify):

15. Does your state have any case studies/site examples that could be included in the ITRC GSR/Resiliency guidance?

16. Do you have any additional feedback that you would like to provide to help the ITRC GSR/R Team develop its guidance and other resources?

GSRR-team-state-survey.pdf

B.2 State Survey Results

Q1 Please provide your contact information:

Answered: 52, Skipped: 0

ANSWER CHOICES RESPONSES
Name: 100.00% 52
State and Department: 100.00% 52
Job Title: 92.31% 48
Email Address: 100.00% 52
Phone Number: 98.08% 51

Q2 Does your state have any existing GSR regulation, policy, or guidance? (See GSR definition above)

Answered: 52 Skipped: 0

ANSWER CHOICES RESPONSES
Yes 26.92% 14
No 34.6% 18
Don’t know/Unsure 38.4% 20
TOTAL 52

Q3 Check all of the following extreme weather/climate or wildfire events that have or might impact your state. Please note any related impact such as increased/decreased stormwater runoff in the comment box.

Answered: 50 Skipped: 2

ANSWER CHOICES RESPONSES
Sustained changes in average temperature 74.00% 37
Increased extreme temperatures 68.00% 34
Decreased precipitation days, increasing drought intensity 64.00% 32
Increased heavy precipitation events 90.00% 45
Increased intensity of hurricanes 18.00% 9
Increased flood risk 84.00% 42
Decreased permafrost 12.00% 6
Sea level rise 42.00% 21
Increased frequency and/or intensity of wildfires 38.00% 19
Other (please specify) 28.00% 14
Total Respondents: 50

Q4 At which stages is your state planning for resiliency to address extreme weather events and wildfires? If you have NONE, please put NA in the category box. If YES, please provide a reference and/or web link.

Answered: 50 Skipped: 2

ANSWER CHOICES RESPONSES
Assessment / Identification: 84.00% 42
State-Managed Climate Change Information Clearinghouse or Data Resource: 76.00% 38
State Agency or Department Lead: 66.00% 33
Comprehensive Plan: 62.00% 31
Executive Order: 62.00% 31
Regulation / Statue: 56.00% 28
Other (please specify): 32.00% 16

Q5 Does your state have any policy, strategy, regulatory framework, requirements, or guidance for addressing the impacts of extreme weather events and wildfires at remediation sites, both active and closed?

Answered: 51 Skipped: 1

ANSWER CHOICES RESPONSES
Yes 13.73% 7
No 54.90% 28
Unsure / Do Not Know 31.37% 16
TOTAL 51

Q6 Does your state have an emergency response plan for extreme weather events and wildfire impacts at contaminated sites?

Answered: 52 Skipped: 0

ANSWER CHOICES RESPONSES
Yes 23.08% 12
No 46.15% 24
Unsure / Do Not Know 30.77% 16
TOTAL 52

Q7 Has your state seen GSR applied in any of the following site cleanup programs? Provide key information in comment section.

Answered: 31 Skipped: 21

ANSWER CHOICES RESPONSES
State lead 41.94% 13
CERCLA NPL 25.81% 8
RCRA 19.35% 6
Time critical removal 9.68% 3
Brownfields 41.94% 13
Total Respondents: 31

Q8 What are the GSR implementation barriers for your state? Please note what they are in the comment box below.

Answered: 46 Skipped: 6

ANSWER CHOICES RESPONSES
Regulatory barriers 28.26% 13
Technical barriers 17.39% 8
Lack of information 65.22% 30
Cost 47.83% 22
Total Respondents: 46

Q9 Rate the following items that might lead to a more sustainable resilient remediation and redevelopment in your state.

Answered: 48 Skipped: 4

Rating VERY HELPFUL SOMEWHAT HELPFUL NOT HELPFUL TOTAL
State or Federal legislation/regulatory mandate 56.25%
27
37.50%
18
6.25%
3
48
State or Federal grant incentives 77.08%
37
20.83%
10
2.08%
1
48
Local permits, regulations, or ordinances 25.53%
12
57.45%
27
17.02%
8
47
Private certification (e.g. LEED, Envision) 10.42%
5
47.92%
23
41.67%
20
48
Land use/institutional controls 27.66%
13
59.57%
28
12.77%
6
47

Q10 Metrics provide a basis for evaluating actions being considered throughout the site cleanup and redevelopment process and can apply to more than one component of GSR… environmental, economic and or social. Please indicate if these metrics have been used at cleanup projects in your state or their potential value for future cleanups.

Answered: 45 Skipped: 7

Rating High Medium Low Total
Environmental metrics (greenhouse gas emissions created or energy consumed) 31.82%
14
20.45%
9
47.73%
21
44
Economic metrics (such as job creation/preservation) 41.86%
18
37.21%
16
20.93%
9
43
Social metrics (parkland or open space created) 27.27%
12
43.18%
19
29.55%
13
44

Q11 Does your state recommend/encourage GSR best management practices (BMPs) at contaminated site cleanup and redevelopment.

Answered: 51 Skipped: 1

ANSWER CHOICES RESPONSES
Yes 33.33% 17
No 23.53% 12
Unsure / Do Not Know 43.14% 22
TOTAL 51

Q12 What types of BMP resources would your state like to see in the ITRC GSR/R guidance?

Answered: 49 Skipped: 3

ANSWER CHOICES RESPONSES
Remedial technology/approach evaluation (such as a feasibility study) 75.51% 37
Remedial technology/approach optimization 75.51% 37
Remedial technology/approach implementation 69.39% 34
Risk management 67.35% 33
Long-term monitoring 51.02% 25
stakeholder engagement 53.06% 26
Other (please specify): 10.20% 5
Total Respondents: 49

Q13 Would a sustainable remediation guidance/framework that also addresses extreme weather events and wildfire impacts at contaminated sites be useful for your state?

Answered: 51 Skipped: 1

ANSWER CHOICES RESPONSES
Yes 72.55% 37
No 5.88% 3
Unsure / Do Not Know 21.57% 11
TOTAL 51

Q14 Rate each case study topic based on its usefulness to support sustainable resilient remediation and redevelopment implementation in your state.

Answered: 48 Skipped: 4

Rating Very Useful Somewhat Useful Not Useful Total
technology/approach evaluation (such as a feasibility study) 54.35%
25
43.48%
20
2.17%
1
46
technology/approach optimization 53.19%
25
44.68%
21
2.13%
1
47
technology/approach implementation 58.70%
27
39.13%
18
2.17%
1
46
Return on investment, including cost of externalities (e.g. social cost of carbon, ecosystem services) 55.32%
26
36.17%
17
8.51%
4
47
Regulator collaboration and/or support 42.55%
20
53.19%
25
4.26%
2
47
Community engagement with the impacted public 56.52%
26
43.48%
20
0.00%
0
46
Stakeholder engagement to define sustainability metrics and tools 47.83%
22
50.00%
23
2.17%
1
46
Risk management 61.70%
29
36.17%
17
2.13%
1
47
Water conservation and reuse 45.65%
21
45.65%
21
8.70%
4
46
Materials use/management 31.91%
15
61.70%
29
6.38%
3
47
Circular economy 18.60%
8
58.14%
25
23.26%
10
43

Q15 Does your state have any case studies/site examples that could be included in the ITRC GSR/Resiliency guidance?

Answered: 51 Skipped: 1

ANSWER CHOICES RESPONSES
Yes 5.88% 3
No 33.33% 17
Unsure / Do Not Know 60.78% 3
TOTAL 51

Q16 Do you have any additional feedback that you would like to provide to help the ITRC GSR/R Team develop its guidance and other resources?

Answered: 20 Skipped: 32

GSR2-state-survey-results.pdf

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