Guidance
Abatement Action Guidance Document [PDF] - Provides a basis for determining whether a site or situation in question is appropriate to pursue an “abatement only” order pursuant to Ohio Revised Code (ORC) 6111.03. Also provides guidance on the generation of a justification of how technical feasibility, economic reasonableness and benefits to the people of Ohio were considered at the time the “abatement action” was selected and ordered.
Application of Bioavailability in the Assessment of Human Health Hazards and Cancer Risk [PDF] - Provides guidance on the application of bioavailability in human health risk assessment, defines relevant terms, and determines if and when bioavailability may be used as a factor modifying the concentration term.
Asphalt Covers to Prevent Leaching at Industrial Sites [PDF] - Discusses the use of paved surfaces and underlying barrier layers to cover areas of contaminated soil and prevent leaching, while also creating minimal disturbance to industrial plant operations.
Assessing Compounds without Formal Toxicity Values Available for use in Human Health Risk Assessment [PDF] - Provides information about data bases and other resources for evaluating toxicity of chemicals for which reference toxicity values have not been formally developed by U.S. EPA - Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS).
Assessing Petroleum Hydrocarbons in Soil [PDF] - Assists regulators and responsible parties in assessing the risk from soil impacted by petroleum hydrocarbons at remedial response sites.
Assessment of Seismic Risks at Remedial Sites [PDF] - Summarizes how sites being addressed under the Remedial Response Program should be evaluated for earthquake risk. This is especially important because such sites often contain wastes that violate current land disposal restrictions, and which may have been built to much lower standards than applicable today and/or located in more recently identified environmentally sensitive areas.
Standard Operating Procedure for Responding to Clandestine Drug Labs [PDF] - The purpose of this document is to offer guidance in standard operating procedure for responding to clandestine drub labs.
Conducting Periodic Inspections at Remedial Response Sites [PDF] - Outlines procedures used by Ohio EPA to conduct periodic compliance inspections at remedial response sites, including the verification of compliance with performance standards and approved O&M Plans and Orders, and the identification of changes in remedy protectiveness.
Data Quality Objective Process Summary [PDF] - Summarizes the process used by DERR to generate data that is of the type and quality necessary to make sound decisions in environmental project planning and implementation.
Deed Notice Template [PDF] - Sets forth the template deed notice to be used together with DERR orders.
Definition of a DERR Site [PDF] - Facilitates the use of DERR resources on sites for which Ohio EPA has authority to conduct site assessment and cleanup activities, or to require others to conduct such activities.
DERR's Verified Complaint Protocol [PDF] - Describes the process used by DERR to determine whether a complaint submitted to Ohio EPA is a verified complaint in accordance with Ohio Revised Code (ORC) § 3745.08.
Use of Direct Push Technologies for Soil and Ground Water Sampling [PDF] - The Division of Drinking and Ground Water has added a new chapter to its Technical Guidance Manual for Hydrogeologic Investigations and Ground Water Monitoring (TGM).
Distinction Between Monitored Natural Attenuation and Enhanced Monitoring at DERR Remedial Sites [PDF] - Distinguishes between monitored natural attenuation plans and enhanced monitoring to assess the natural attenuation processes.
Ecological Risk Assessment Guidance [PDF] - Provides methodologies, supported by appropriate references, which are necessary to conduct consistent and protective ecological risk assessments.
Requirements for Electronic Maps [PDF] - Requirements for Electronic Maps (As required in the Application Form for Subsidized Technical Assistance and recommended in OAC 3745-300-13(D)[Comment].).
Environmental Covenant Template [PDF] - Sets forth the template environmental covenant to be used for the purpose of subjecting a property to activity and use limitations.
Field Standard Operating Procedures [PDF] - Provides a detailed review of the field standard operating procedures used by Ohio EPA – DERR.
General - Guidance List [PDF] - Serves as an evolving "working list" of guidance documents and references that may be added to the core RI/FS and RD/RA guidance lists. This "working list" is not for use as an attachment to Remedial Response order.
Generic Direct-Contact Soil Standards Summary Table [PDF] - provides a contact soil standards summary table.
Support Document for the Development of Generic Numeric Standards - Current Rules after March 1, 2009 [PDF]
Support Document for the Development of Generic Numeric Standards - Archived Rules prior March 2009 [PDF]
These documents was prepared as a supplemental guidance to accompany the administrative rules for the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency Voluntary Action Program concerning Generic Numerical Standards (Rule 3745-300-08 of the Ohio Administrative Code) and Property- Specific Risk Assessment Procedures (Rule 3745-300-09 of the Ohio Administrative Code).
Generic Unrestricted Potable Use Standards Summary Table [PDF] - provides information on generic unrestricted potable use standards summary table.
Guidelines for Preparing a Quality Assurance Project Plan (QAPP) [PDF] - Presents guidelines and specifications describing the essential elements of a QA Project Plan, and specifies the required format to be followed and how plans will be reviewed and approved.
Human Health Cumulative Carcinogenic Risk and Non-carcinogenic Hazard Goals for DERR Remedial Response and Office of Federal Facility Oversight [PDF] - Identifies the human health cumulative excess lifetime cancer risk goal and the non-cancer hazard goal for the Remedial Response Program of the Division of Emergency and Remedial Response (DERR) and Office of Federal Facility Oversight (OFFO).
Investigation Derived Waste Guidance [PDF] - Defines the acceptable approaches for handling Investigation Derived Wastes (IDW) generated during site assessment activities.
Laboratory & Field Screening Data Review [PDF] - Assists project coordinators, site assessors and VAP reviewers in the evaluation of whether data provided by a laboratory may contain deficiencies which could result in a determination that the data quality is questionable for use in a project.
Leach-Base Soil Guidance - 2008 [PDF] & Leach-Base Soil Guidance Appendix [PDF] - provide guidance on the Leach-Base Soil.
Methodology for Vapor Intrusion Assessment [PDF] - Provides a methodology, applicable to all Remedial Response Program sites, for the evaluation of risk and/or hazards from subsurface contaminants volatilizing into indoor air.
Monitored Natural Attenuation [PDF] - Discusses DERR’s expectations with respect to the evaluation and implementation of monitored natural attenuation (MNA) as a response action at Remedial Response Program sites.
Perchlorate Screening Values [PDF] - Provides updated screening values for perchlorate (the anion, ClO4 -) in soil and in surface and ground water, for sites being overseen by the Remedial Response Program.
Petroleum Contaminated Sites Guidance Document [PDF] - The purpose of this document is to offer guidance in situations where a release of petroleum has occurred from a non-BUSTR regulated source.
Preferred Plan and Decision Document Guidance [PDF] - Describes the process used to prepare and finalize Preferred Plans and Decision Documents to meet the statutory requirements of Chapter 3734 of the Ohio Revised Code (ORC) and to facilitate public participation in the identification of the preferred alternative for the cleanup at a state lead site.
Quality Management Plan [PDF] - Addresses the Quality Management Plan requirements as outlined in the U.S. EPA Quality Assurance (QA/R2) document, External Review Draft Final, October 1998. Material and information specific to activities within DERR are noted throughout this document. The bulk of information is reflective of the overall operating system within Ohio EPA.
Remedial Design/Remedial Action (RD/RA) Guidance List [PDF] - Sets forth the generic list of guidance documents to be used in conducting Remedial Design and Remedial Action work at a site. This guidance list is to be used in conjunction with the RD/RA template Order and Statement of Work (SOW).
Remedial Design/Remedial Action (RD/RA) Statement of Work [PDF] - Sets forth the generic requirements for conducting a Remedial Design and a Remedial Action at a site. The purpose of the RD/RA SOW is to define the procedures that respondents shall follow in designing and implementing the selected remedy for a site.
Remedial Design/Remedial Action (RD/RA) - Template Order [PDF] - Sets forth the template Order to be used together with the generic statement of work (SOW) for conducting a Remedial Design and Remedial Action(RD/RA) at a site.
Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study (RI/FS) - Template Order [PDF] - Sets forth the template Order to be used together with the generic statement of work (SOW) for conducting a Remedial Investigation and a Feasibility Study (RI/FS) at a site.
Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study (RI/FS) Statement of Work [PDF]- Sets forth the generic requirements for conducting a Remedial Investigation and a Feasibility Study (RI/FS) at a site. The purpose of the RI is to characterize the nature and extent of a release or potential release of contaminants at or from a site, assess potential risks to human health and the environment posed by such releases, and collect the information needed to support the development and evaluation of remedial alternatives. The purpose of the FS is to develop and evaluate remedial alternatives to provide Ohio EPA with the information necessary to select a remedy.
Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study (RI/FS) - Guidance List [PDF] - Sets forth the generic list of guidance documents to be utilized in conducting a Remedial Investigation and a Feasibility Study (RI/FS) at a site. This Guidance List is to be used in conjunction with the RI/FS template Order and Statement of Work (SOW).
Remedial Response - Use of Background for Remedial Response Sites [PDF]- The purpose of this guidance is to provide recommendations and methodology for the determination and use of representative background levels in environmental media which is acceptable by Ohio EPA - DERR for Remedial Response Sites.
Remedial Response - Use of U.S. EPA 's Regional Screening Levels as Screening Values in Human Health Risk Assessment [PDF] - Identifies acceptable toxicologically-based screening values for use in human health risk assessments for sites being oversight by the Remedial Response Program and the Federal Facility Section (OFFO).
Response Action/Remedy Selection Guidance [PDF] - Describes the process and criteria used by DERR in the analysis of response action alternatives for state authority Remedial Response Program sites. It defines the evaluation criteria identified in the National Contingency Plan and describes their application and influence during the analysis of alternatives and the process of remedy selection.
Soil Leaching to Groundwater Evaluation for Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons (TPH) [PDF] - Recommends an approach for the evaluation of total petroleum hydrocarbons (TPH) leaching from soil to ground water. The process is designed to address existing contamination only. It is not designed to be used to approve controlled discharges from permitted facilities.
State ARARs Process [PDF] - Provides guidance to ensure that the Remedial Response Program consistently implements the use of ARARs for state sites.
State ARARs Listing [PDF] - Provides a list of ARARs by Agency and Division, and includes the ORC or OAC reference and the application.
Use of Asphalt Covers Over Contaminated Soil [PDF] - Provides background on why asphalt layers cannot be accepted as waterproof barriers for covering hazardous waste or contaminated soils, and why asphalt layers can be accepted for blocking direct surface contact with the underlying contamination as long as they are subject to rigorous maintenance plans to ensure their integrity.
Use of Risk-Based Numbers in the Remedial Response Process Overview [PDF] - Identifies areas and/or methodologies in the Remedial Response Program that may be affected by the use of a single excess lifetime cancer risk goal for human health, and provides a recommendation for a process to address the identified areas and/or methodologies.
VAP Program Chemical Information Database and Applicable Regulatory Standards (CIDARS) database [EXCEL] - provides information on chemical information and applicable regulatory standards. UPDATE
VAP Program Environmental Covenant Guidance [PDF] - This guidance applies to property cleanups under Ohio’s Voluntary Action Program (VAP), when the volunteer requests a VAP certified professional (CP) to submit to Ohio EPA a no further action (NFA) letter with a request for a covenant not to sue.
VAP Program Requirements as ARARs [PDF] - Identifies that as promulgated standards under state environmental law, VAP cleanup standards may be a relevant and appropriate requirement for a remedial action in an enforcement case. However, this is a site-specific determination based on the particular circumstances at a given site. In order to determine whether a requirement is relevant and appropriate, Section 300.400(g)(2) of the NCP lays out a comparative analysis to be performed between the requirement in question and the proposed action.
VAP Program Technical Guidance Compendium (TGC) [PDF] - DERR’s technical guidance compendium.