SCRD reports on clean-up progress
The State Coalition for Remediation of Drycleaners (SCRD) has released new and
updated documents on its web site related to its work on soil and groundwater
remediation in the drycleaning industry.
SCRD is made up of representatives from state governments that have established
programs to fund remediation of drycleaning sites and provides a forum for them
to share programmatic, technical, and environmental information. The web site
is www.drycleancoalition.org.
A recently posted document by Bill Linn of Florida, “A Chronology of Historical Developments in Drycleaning,” contains historical information on drycleaning solvents, equipment and
regulations.
SCRD has also released its updated version of “State Drycleaner Remediation Programs,” which contains information on the current drycleaner remediation programs
across the United States.
Other recently posted documents include the paper “Comparisons of Remedial Systems Employed at Drycleaner Sites” by Eric Cathcart of South Carolina, Bob Jurgens of Kansas, and Bill Linn of
Florida.
In this paper, the SCRD technical subgroup analyzed data from more than 100 site
profiles collected from drycleaning site remediation projects across the United
States to evaluate the various remedial technologies and assessment techniques
used at chlorinated and petroleum solvent sites.
Another recent paper, “State Approaches for Drycleaner Remediation Programs,” identifies and discusses five primary components of state drycleaner clean-up
programs: funding mechanisms, eligibility, prioritization, implementation, and
benefits.
SCRD reported that remediation is currently being conducted at drycleaning sites
in all 13 member states. As of November 2007, statistics from those states
showed that of 3,543 sites in drycleaning programs, contamination assessment
work had been initiated on 1,803 sites and assessment work had been completed
on 802 sites. Remediation had been initiated on 401 sites and was reported
completed on 142 sites; 411 sites had been closed.
Current member states include Alabama, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Kansas,
Minnesota, Missouri, North Carolina, Oregon, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas,
and Wisconsin. California, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, and Virginia, which
do not have formal programs but are active in drycleaner remediation under
other authorities, also participate in coalition activities.
