Date: 12/02/2010
Final
DPHE FY 2011-12 Capital Construction Requests
COMMITTEE ON CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT
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10:28 AM -- Department of Public Health and Environment FY 2011-12 Capital Construction Requests
Mr. Dan Scheppers, Remediation Program Manager, Hazardous Materials and Waste Management Division, Department of Public Health and Environment, presented the department's FY 2011-12 capital construction requests. Mr. Scheppers first discussed the department's Natural Resources Damage Restoration project, and then provided details on the Brownfields Remediation and Superfund Sites Cleanup projects. Mr. Scheppers responded to questions regarding the type of technology to be employed in a water treatment plant to be constructed on Clear Creek in association with the Superfund Sites Cleanup project. Discussion ensued regarding operation costs at Superfund sites to be borne by the state after the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency sunsets its 10-year funding obligations. Mr. Scheppers responded to questions regarding the status of the Summitville Mine Superfund Site remediation project. Mr. Scheppers responded to further questions regarding the solvency of the Hazardous Substance Response Fund, and the future funding of state Superfund-related obligations.
10:42 AM
Discussion ensued regarding the status of various projects undertaken under the federal Superfund program.
10:43 AM
The committee recessed.