EBC Program Series with MassDEP Leadership: Update from Commissioner Suuberg and the Central Region Leadership Team

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1 EBC Program Series with MassDEP Leadership: Update from Commissioner Suuberg and the Central Region Leadership Team

2 Welcome & Introduction Robert D. Cox, Jr. Program Chair & Moderator Chair, EBC Board of Directors Managing Partner, Bowditch & Dewey, LLP Environmental Business Council of New England Energy Environment Economy

3 Keynote Address Martin Suuberg Commissioner MassDEP Environmental Business Council of New England Energy Environment Economy

4 MassDEP Central Regional Office Presentation to the Environmental Business Council Tuesday, September 25, 2018 Bowditch & Dewey Worcester, MA

5 MassDEP HQ Overview Commissioner Martin Suuberg Climate Change GHG rules/transportation/resiliency Recycling PFAS Changing Markets/Initiatives EIPAS/Technical Assistance/Modernization 5

6 Update from the MassDEP Central Region Leadership Team Mary Jude Pigsley, Regional Director Mark Baldi, Bureau of Waste Site Cleanup Andrea Briggs, Bureau of Administrative Services Marielle Stone, Bureau of Water Resources Environmental Business Council of New England Energy Environment Economy

7 BAW Central Region Contacts John Kronopolus Deputy Regional Director (508) Giles Steele-Perkins Section Chief Compliance & Enforcement (508) Gregg Levins Section Chief Asbestos & Strike Force (508) James McQuade Section Chief Solid Waste (508) Rose Stanley Section Chief Air Permitting (508)

8 Waste Ban Inspection Summary of Data Performed by MassDEP Personnel For 2018 Federal Fiscal Year MassDEP Region Number of Facilities Inspected Number of Waste Ban Facility Inspections Average Number of Loads Inspected Per Facility Average Number of Failed Loads Per Inspection Average Percentage of Failed Loads Per Inspection Maximum Number of Loads Inspected At Any Facility Maximum Number of Failed Loads Per Inspection P F CERO % NERO % Combined %

9 Regional Priorities Marielle Stone, Deputy Regional Director Bureau of Water Resources Central Region September 25, 2018

10 CERO Bureau of Water Resources Overview & Priorities Marielle Stone, Deputy Regional Director Drinking Water, Wastewater, and Wetlands Programs 416 Public Water Systems (PWS) 125 Wastewater Treatment Facilities (WWTF) Approximately 30 active Wetland Permits (SOC and 401 WQC) 10

11 CERO Bureau of Water Resources Overview & Priorities Priorities Protection of Public Health Technical Assistance and Support Timely issuance of permits, NOI File numbers, inspection reports Compliance and Enforcement

12 Unregulated Contaminate Monitoring Rule Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1996 EPA requirement for public water systems to sample for contaminates that are suspected to be present in drinking water that don t currently have health based standards set under the Safe Drinking Water Act. No more than 30 contaminates every 5 years are selected from EPA s Contaminant Candidate List for monitoring. All PWS that serve more than 10,000 persons per day need to monitor EPA selects a representative sample of smaller PWS to also monitor.

13 Unregulated Contaminates Monitoring Rule UCMR4 is currently ongoing Monitoring occuring between (10 Cyanotoxins, 2 metals (germanium and manganese), 8 pesticides and 1 pesticide byproduct, 3 Haloacetic Acids (DBP), 3 alcohols, 3 semi VOC s, 2 indicators (TOC and Bromide) UCMR3 ( ) in part, required monitoring for 6 PFAS compounds and 1,4-dioxane UCMR2 ( ) mostly pesticides UCMR1 ( ) included perchlorate and MTBE still no national MCL for perchlorate only Health Advisory MA set MCL in 2006, first in the nation EPA uses the data to make regulatory decisions for emerging contaminates 2 of the contaminates from UCMR3 now have a set Office of Research and Standards Guideline (ORSG) 1,4-Dioxane and PFAS Compounds MA ORSG already set for Manganese which is being monitored under UCMR4

14 BWR Central Region Contacts Marielle Stone Deputy Regional Director (508) David Boyer Section Chief Wastewater (508) Robert Bostwick Section Chief Drinking Water (508) Denise Child Section Chief Wetlands (508)

15 Regional Priorities Mark Baldi, Deputy Regional Director Bureau of Waste Site Cleanup Central Region September 25, 2018

16 Who Sets Regional Priorities for BWSC? Mary Jude Pigsley, Regional Director Paul Locke, Assistant Commissioner Me

17 Keeping the Trains Running Emergency Response Compliance & Risk Reduction Audits Data Management

18 Special Priorities Immediate Response Actions Private Wells TCE Sites PFAS Municipal Assistance Inter-Bureau Support Inter-Agency Support

19 Emergency Response & Immediate Response Actions 2-hr. & 72-hr. Release Notifications Conditions of Substantial Release Migration Critical Exposure Pathways Imminent Hazards Approvals & Deadlines

20 TCE in Central BWSC Central Region screened 155 closed TCE sites for potential Imminent Hazards due to vapor intrusion. Of those, 80 were identified for a closer review, and 23 required followup, including indoor air sampling at 8 sites. No Imminent Hazards were found. TCE also found in private wells posing a potential IH due to volatilization into indoor air (e.g. showering). TCE found to leach from PVC piping at high concentrations.

21 Who s Drinking from the Well? 2 Central Region towns have nearly 100% municipal water service 64 Central Region towns have a mix of municipal water & private drinking water wells 11 Central Region towns only have private drinking water wells

22 PFAS Source Discovery BWSC assisting MassDEP s Bureau of Water Resources to identify sources of PFAS affecting public water supply wells BWSC currently investigating sources for affected public and private wells in Hudson and Devens.

23 Inter-Bureau/Inter-Agency Support Other PWS source discovery (hexavalent chromium, perchlorate, MTBE) Landfill assessment with the Bureau of Air & Waste for off-site migration of 1,4-dioxane and CVOCs ACM management at disposal sites with BAW EPA Removal Program Lead in drinking water investigation with USGS Acid Rock Drainage feasibility study with WPI

24 Brownfield Redevelopment & Municipal Support

25 Go WooSox!

26 BWSC Central Region Contacts Mark Baldi Deputy Regional Director (508) Michael Leblanc Section Chief Compliance & Risk Reduction (508) Kevin Daoust Section Chief Emergency Response (508) Rebecca Woolley Section Chief Audits (508)

27 Regional Priorities Andrea Briggs, Deputy Regional Director Bureau of Administrative Services Central Region September 25, 2018

28 Outreach & Technical Assistance Priorities Board of Health Circuit Rider Enterprise Fund Training Think Blue Massachusetts 28

29 ThinkBlueMassachusetts.com

30 MS4 in Massachusetts Our town has Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) permit from the U.S. EPA that requires us to take steps to reduce stormwater pollution. New MS4 permit effective date: July 1,

31 Components of MS4 Public education & outreach Public involvement & participation Illicit discharge detection & elimination program Construction & postconstruction stormwater management Good housekeeping/pollution prevention Improvements to water quality 31

32 Contacts for MassDEP Central Office Andrea Briggs Deputy Regional Director Bureau of Administrative Services John Kronopolus Acting Deputy Regional Director Bureau of Air & Waste

33 Moderated Discussion Moderator: Bob Cox, Bowditch & Dewey LLP Panelists: Martin Suuberg, Commissioner Mary Jude Pigsley, Regional Director Mark Baldi, Bureau of Waste Site Cleanup Andrea Briggs, Bureau of Admin. Services Marielle Stone, Bureau of Water Resources Environmental Business Council of New England Energy Environment Economy

34 EBC Program Series with MassDEP Leadership: Update from Commissioner Suuberg and the Central Region Leadership Team