North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources Pat McCrory John E. Skvarla, III Governor Secretary October 1, 2013 MEMORANDUM TO: Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations The Honorable Phil Berger, Co-Chair The Honorable Thom Tillis, Co-Chair ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW COMMISSION The Honorable Brent Jackson, Chair The Honorable Ruth Samuelson, Co-Chair The Honorable Mike Hager, Co-Chair Fiscal Research Jennifer Hoffman Timothy Dale FROM: Neal Robbins, Director of Legislative Affairs SUBJECT: 2013 Inactive Hazardous Sites Program report DATE: October 1, 2013 Pursuant to G.S. 130A-310.10, The Secretary of the Department shall prepare and submit to the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations, the Environmental Review Commission and Fiscal Research a report on Inactive Hazardous Sites Program. Please consider the attached as the formal submission of this report. If you have any questions or need additional information, please contact me by phone at (919) 707-8618 or via e-mail at
[email protected]. cc: Mitch Gillespie, Assistant Secretary for Environment, NCDENR Dexter Matthews, Director, DWM, NCDENR Linda Culpepper Deputy Director, DWM, NCDENR 1601 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1601 Phone: 919-707-8600 \ Internet: www.ncdenr.gov An Equal Opportunity \ Affirmative Action Employer – 50% Recycled \ 10% Post Consumer Paper Report to the North Carolina General Assembly on the Division of Waste Management’s Inactive Hazardous Sites Program North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources Division of Waste Management http://portal.ncdenr.org/web/wm/sf/ihshome October 2013 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The N.C. General Assembly created the Inactive Hazardous Sites Program in the Department of Environment and Natural Resources’ (DENR) Division of Waste Management (DWM) to identify, investigate and clean up properties contaminated with hazardous substances.