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Water Quality Assurance Revolving Fund Report A.R.S. §49-282.G Page 180 Annual Program Performance Measures Page 182 WQARF Sites Page 194 National Priorities List Sites (Federal Superfund) Page 201 Department of Defense Sites ADEQ's FY 2001 Waste Programs Reports, Page 177 Water Quality Assurance Revolving Fund Report A.R.S. §49-282.G Under state and federal authorities, ADEQ’s Superfund Programs Section identifies, assesses and cleans up soil and groundwater that is contaminated with hazardous substances. The program directs remediation activities using state and federal funds and oversees privately-funded cleanup efforts. Responsible parties are identified and notified, and legal and technical evidence is gathered for recovery of ADEQ’s costs and for enforcement of cleanup requirements. The Arizona Attorney General’s Office, the Arizona Department of Health Services, the Arizona Department of Water Resources and political subdivisions receive funding to assist ADEQ with its remediation efforts. The program oversees the Water Quality Assurance Revolving Fund (WQARF, pronounced wharf), which was created under the Arizona Environmental Quality Act of 1986, in support of cleanup efforts in the state. The fund is dependent upon direct transfer of funds from legislative appropriations, corporate income tax, cost recovery and special fees. Beginning in April 1998, a WQARF Registry was created to replace the WQARF Priority List, as required by A.R.S. § 49-287.01. Sites are added to the Registry through a listing process that includes scoring, notifying owners and operators within the site, and providing the public with a 30-day comment period. At the end of FY 2001, there were 33 sites on the WQARF Registry. In addition to those sites, the program oversees 10 projects governed and funded by the federal Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), commonly known as Superfund. Sites posing a significant threat to human health and the environment may be placed on the National Priorities List (NPL). Three of these sites are under Department of Defense jurisdiction. The program also manages 13 non-NPL Department of Defense sites. The WQARF Program provides fiscal support to the Voluntary Remediation Program, which presently manages cleanup activities at more than 60 sites. This program provides an opportunity for property owners to remediate contamination and receive review and closure from ADEQ before a site is listed on the WQARF Registry. ADEQ's FY 2001 Waste Programs Reports, Page 179 Statute also requires that ADEQ develops numerous rules, policies and guidance documents to address site investigation and cleanup process. In conjunction with the WQARF Advisory Board and other interested stakeholders, the Superfund Programs Section has devoted significant resources to the development of these documents. Annual Program Performance Measures 1. § 49-282.G.1: Accomplishments from expenditures of the fund in terms of reduction of contamination in the environment and actions taken to determine the nature and extent of contamination WQARF Sites Remedial Activities Completed in FY 2001 Sites added to the WQARF Registry 0 Groundwater monitor wells installed 78 Soil vapor wells installed 11 Billions of gallons of water treated 2.78 Pounds of volatile organic compounds removed 12,380 Pounds of metals removed 4,265,420 Pounds of other hazardous substances removed 11,260,000 Pounds of contaminated soil removed 89,800 Significant early response actions or final cleanup actions 2 conducted WQARF Enforcement and Administrative Activities Completed in FY 2001 Access agreements completed 83 Consent decrees/consent orders completed 2 Prospective purchaser agreements completed 3 Potentially responsible party searches underway 33 Applicable or relevant and appropriate requirements 3 determinations completed ADEQ's FY 2001 Waste Programs Reports, Page 180 WQARF Community Involvement Activities Completed in FY 2001 Community Advisory Boards/Groups established 5 Factsheets completed 13 Public meetings/open houses conducted 90 Federal Sites Remedial Activities Completed in FY 2001 Billions of gallons of water treated 11.4 Pounds of volatile organic compounds removed 46,226 Pounds of contaminated soil removed 1,187,000 Federal Community Involvement Activities Completed in FY 2001 Factsheets completed 8 Public meetings/open houses conducted 25 2. § 49-282.G.2: The status of all sites on the Registry, including the site locations, the basis for establishing site boundaries and whether remedial actions taken to date would support a modification of the boundaries of the site The status of all sites on the Registry begins on Page 182. The site locations are denoted on the maps included at the end of this report. Site boundaries are determined by using existing site data to determine the boundary of contamination at the limit of the appropriate aquifer water quality standard or residential soil remediation level. During FY 2001, no Registry site boundaries were modified. 3. § 49-282.G.3: The number of settlements made with responsible parties and the terms of each settlement Number settled: 0 ADEQ's FY 2001 Waste Programs Reports, Page 181 4. § 49-282.G.4: Number and types of settlements under 49-292.01 (qualified business) and 49-292.02 (financial hardship), as of the close of FY 2001 a. Number of applications submitted in each category Qualified business: 1 Financial hardship: 0 b. Number of applications denied under each section Qualified business: 0 Financial hardship: 0 c. Number of applicants who settled under the qualified business formula, and the amount of the settlements Number settled: 1 (Nine additional qualified business settlement settlements are in process) d. The number of settlements pursuant to 49-292.02 and the total amount of the settlements Number of applications and settlements: 0 e. The number of persons who met the definition of qualified business under section 49-292.01 but who settled pursuant to 49- 292.02 Number of applicants and settlements: 0 WQARF Sites These are the sites that ADEQ has determined will be actively addressed by the WQARF Program. The following 33 sites were on the WQARF Registry as of the end of FY 2001. Other sites will continue to be added to the Registry as the process described in § A.R.S. 49-287.01 is completed. Seventh Street and Arizona Avenue Boundaries: The Seventh Street and Arizona Avenue site is located in downtown Tucson, approximately one-third mile north of Broadway Boulevard and approximately three-quarters mile east of Interstate 10. ADEQ's FY 2001 Waste Programs Reports, Page 182 The site boundary is a northwest-trending oval extending approximately 1,200 feet from the former Oliver’s Cleaners facility at 300 E. Seventh St. (southeast corner of Seventh Street and Fifth Avenue) to approximately 150 feet north of Sixth Street and approximately 100 feet east of Seventh Avenue. ADEQ staff used the eligibility and evaluation form to evaluate this site. The site was placed on the WQARF Registry on April 27, 2000 with a score of 40 out of a possible 120. Contaminants: Groundwater in the Seventh Street and Arizona Avenue site has been affected by tetrachloroethene (PCE), trichloroethene (TCE), and cis-1,2-dichloroethene (cis-1,2-DCE) at concentrations exceeding the Arizona aquifer water quality standards. 16th Street and Camelback Site Boundaries: The 16th Street and Camelback site is bound approximately by Medlock Drive to the north, 17th Street to the east, Pierson Street to the south and 14th Place to the west. The site was placed on the WQARF Registry in April 1999 with a score of 23 out of a possible 120. Contaminants: Investigations have discovered soil contaminated with total petroleum hydrocarbons (TPH). Tetrachloroethene (PCE) and dichloroethane (1,2, DCA) concentrations above the reporting limit remain in the groundwater. 20th Street and Factor Avenue Boundaries: The 20th Street and Factor Avenue site is located approximately one-half mile south of 16th Street (U.S. Highway 95) and approximately three-quarters of a mile east of Fourth Avenue (Interstate 8 business loop) in Yuma. The site boundary is a northwest-trending oval extending approximately 1,000 feet from the facility at 655 E. 20th St. on the southeast to 19th Street and Rail Avenue on the northwest. The site was placed on the WQARF Registry in 2000 with a score of 31 out of a possible 120. Contaminants: Groundwater in the 20th Street and Factor Avenue site has been affected by tetrachloroethene (PCE). Broadway-Pantano Boundaries: The Broadway-Pantano site is located in east-central Tucson. The site is bound approximately by Speedway Boulevard to the ADEQ's FY 2001 Waste Programs Reports, Page 183 north, Pantano Wash to the east, Broadway Boulevard to the south, and Wilmot Road to the west. The Broadway North Landfill occupies approximately 130 acres of land in the northeast portion of the site area, north of Broadway Boulevard along the Pantano Wash. The site was placed on the WQARF Registry in 1998 with a score of 48 out of a possible 120. The site was reevaluated and the score was raised to 57 on July 6, 1999. Contaminants: Groundwater at this site contains tetrachloroethene (PCE), trichloroethene (TCE) and vinyl chloride at concentrations that exceed drinking water standards. PCE and TCE are volatile solvents commonly used in dry cleaning and metal cleaning operations and vinyl chloride is often an end product when PCE and TCE chemically decompose in the environment. Central and Camelback Boundaries: The approximate boundary of the Central and Camelback WQARF Site is Missouri Avenue to the north, a line 100 feet east of Central Avenue to the east, Pierson Street to the south, and by a line approximately 600 feet west of Central Avenue to the west. The site was placed on the WQARF Registry in January 1999 with an eligibility and evaluation score of 31 out of a possible 120.