California Agencies Clean Up Equally

A recently released study finds that the two state governmental entities responsible for oversight of brownfield cleanups in California are equally diligent in their protection of human health and the environment. Conducted by the Center for Creative Land Recycling (CCLR), the study compared cleanups overseen by the two state governmental entities responsible for overseeing brownfield remediation in California: the Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) and the Regional Water Quality Control Boards (Water Boards).

The study’s findings show that voluntary, residentially driven brownfield cleanups overseen by either DTSC or by a Water Board are equally protective of human health and the environment. Both agencies derive their cleanup goals either from conservative standards or through Cal/EPA-accepted risk assessment processes and each agency’s cleanups achieved those goals with similarly high frequency.

The study is available at www.cclr.org.