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Timestamp: 2019-11-12 10:38:01
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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 9601', '§ 62', '§ 62', '§ 9601', '§ 6901', '§ 10', '§ 62']

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"Carcinogen" means a chemical classification for the purpose of risk assessment as an agent that is known or suspected to cause cancer in humans, including but not limited to a known or likely human carcinogen or a probable or possible human carcinogen under an EPA U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) weight-of-evidence classification system.
"Contaminant" means any man-made or man-induced alteration of the chemical, physical, or biological integrity of soils, sediments, air and surface water, or groundwater including, but not limited to, such alterations caused by any hazardous substance (as defined in the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, 42 USC § 9601(14)), hazardous waste (as defined in 9VAC20-60), solid waste (as defined in 9VAC20-81), petroleum (as defined in Articles 9 (§ 62.1-44.34:8 et seq.) and 11 (§ 62.1-44.34:14 et seq.) of the Virginia State Water Control Law), or natural gas.
"Hazard index (HI)" or "HI" means the sum of more than one hazard quotient for multiple contaminants or multiple exposure pathways or both. The HI is calculated separately for chronic, subchronic, and shorter duration exposures.
Applicants who are not the site owner owners must demonstrate that they have access to the property at the time of payment of the phase 2 registration fee in accordance with 9VAC20-160-60 and must maintain such right of access until a certificate is issued or participation in the program is terminated pursuant to 9VAC20-160-100.
C. Sites are eligible for participation in the program if (i) remediation has not been clearly mandated by the United States U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the department, or a court pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (42 USC § 9601 et seq.), the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (42 USC § 6901 et seq.), the Virginia Waste Management Act (§ 10.1-1400 et seq. of the Code of Virginia), the Virginia State Water Control Law (§ 62.1-44.2 et seq. of the Code of Virginia), or other applicable statutory or common law; or (ii) jurisdiction of the statutes listed in clause (i) has been waived.
1. A site on which an eligible party has performed remediation of a release is potentially eligible for the program (i) if the actions can be documented in a way which so that the actions are shown to be equivalent to the requirements for this chapter, and (ii) provided the site meets applicable remediation levels.
A. The application for participation in the Voluntary Remediation Program shall provide the elements listed below in this subsection:
1. An overview of the project, transaction, or other; reason for application for participation in the program.
3. For authorized agents, a letter of authorization from an eligible party. 4. A plat or map that indicates the approximate acreage and boundaries of the site. If the site is a portion of a larger property, then the plat or map shall show the approximate boundaries of both the site and the associated larger property.
9VAC20-160-55
B. The registration fee shall be at least 1.0% of the actual cost of the remediation at the site, not to exceed $5000 $5,000. To determine the appropriate registration fee, the applicant shall provide an estimate of the anticipated total cost of remediation and remit that amount. As an alternative to providing an estimate, the applicant may elect to pay the maximum registration fee.
C. Failure to remit the required registration fee within 90 days of the date of eligibility determination shall result in the loss of eligibility status of the applicant. The applicant must reestablish his applicant eligibility for participation in the program and the eligibility of the site, unless the department agrees to extend the period for remitting the registration fee. Once eligibility is lost for failure to remit the registration fee pursuant to this subsection, the applicant shall submit a new application in order to reestablish his applicant eligibility for participation in the program and the eligibility of the site and shall be subject to the registration fees under the provisions of 9VAC20-160-65.
9VAC20-160-65
b. Any a. For example, any eligible site participating in the program on November 1, 2017, based upon an application that had been received by the department in calendar year 2014 (on or after July 1, 2014), 2015, or 2016 will be assessed a phase 3 registration fee to be billed on March 1, 2018.
c. Sites that are not participating in the program, including sites that have not yet been determined to be eligible to participate in the program;, sites that have had a certificate issued pursuant to 9VAC20-160-110 prior to November 1;, and sites that have been terminated from participation in the program pursuant to 9VAC20-160-100 prior to November 1 are not subject to a phase 3 registration fee assessment for that calendar year and will not be billed on March 1 of the following year.
A. The Voluntary Remediation Report shall consist of the following components: a Site Characterization, a Risk Assessment, a Remedial Action Plan, a Demonstration of Completion, and Documentation of Public Notice. Each separate component of the Voluntary Remediation Report shall be submitted as listed below in this subsection:
e. Certification A statement signed by the participant or authorized agent that to the best of the participant's knowledge, the activities performed at the site pursuant to the this chapter have been in compliance with all applicable regulations.
C. All work, to include sampling and analysis, shall be performed in accordance with Test Methods for Evaluating Solid Waste, USEPA SW-846, revised March 2009, or other media-specific methods approved by the department and completed using appropriate quality assurance/quality assurance and quality control protocols. All analyses shall be performed by laboratories certified by the Virginia Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Program (VELAP). Laboratory certificates of analysis shall be included with applicable reports.
4. All applicable requirements of the regulations this chapter have been completed;
A. The participant shall give public notice of the proposed voluntary remediation. The notice shall be made after the department accepts the Site Characterization site characterization component of the Voluntary Remediation Report and the proposed or completed remediation and shall occur prior to the department's issuing a certificate. Such notice shall be paid for by the participant.
3. Copies of all written comments received during the public comment period, copies of acknowledgement acknowledgment letters, and copies of any response to comments, as well as an evaluation of the comment's impact on the planned or completed remedial action or actions.