2006 CPEO Brownfields List Archive

From: Debra Hall <debraduncanh@optonline.net>
Date: 4 Oct 2006 20:33:42 -0000
Reply: cpeo-brownfields
Subject: [CPEO-BIF] Re: Brownfields Digest, Vol 26, Issue 3
 
Arnold needs to move his family into a home with vapor intrusion issues!

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Today's Topics:


   1. Schwarzenegger vetoes bill to compile California vapor
      intrusion list (Lenny Siegel)


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Message: 1
Date: Tue, 03 Oct 2006 15:38:08 -0700
From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Subject: [CPEO-BIF] Schwarzenegger vetoes bill to compile California
	vapor intrusion list
To: Brownfields Internet Forum <brownfields@list.cpeo.org>
Message-ID: <4522E650.9010601@cpeo.org>
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On September 29, 2006, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed Assembly Bill 2092, which would have required Cal-EPA to compile and maintain a list of sites with known or potential vapor intrusion problems. The bill, authorized by Berkeley Assemblywoman Loni Hancock, passed both houses of the California legislation, but it was opposed by redevelopment agencies, the California Center for Land Recycling, and other development interests.

Schwarzenegger wrote:

To the Members of the California State Assembly:

I am returning Assembly Bill 2092 without my signature.

Brownfield sites can pose a threat to public health and the environment. I have strongly supported prior brownfield legislation and initiated administrative efforts to expand and improve brownfield site cleanups including AB 389 in 2004. Under my Administration, the California Environmental Protection Agency, State Water Resources Control Board, Regional Water Quality Control Boards and Department of Toxic Substances Control have signed a Memorandum of Agreement to improve coordination of regulatory activities at these site.

This bill is unnecessary and may inadvertently stigmatize a site, delaying clean up and reuse. This bill assumes that vapor intrusion is a major undetected and unaddressed problem. Although vapor intrusion has been a problem at some specific sites, there are already effective measures to address this issue. The current site characterization and cleanup processes address all possible exposure pathways, including human health risk from vapor intrusion.

Additional, this bill does not provide for the removal of sites from the summary list once it has been cleaned up or determined not to pose a public health risk. As a result, the bill is likely to result in unnecessary public concern and could result in sites not being cleaned up in a timely manner.

Sincerely,

Arnold Schwarzenegger


-- Debra Hall Hopewell Junction Citizens for Clean Water www.Hopewell-Junction-Citizens-for-Clean-Water.org debraduncanh@optonline.net

Debra Hall
Sierra Club Mid Hudson Group
Conservation Co Chair
sierradutchess@optonline.net


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