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You are subscribed to Opportunity for Comment and/or Public Meeting and Hearing Notices for Maine Department of Environmental Protection. This information has recently been updated, and is now available. Comment deadline: Monday, October 8, 2018, 5:00 PM The Maine Department of Environmental Protection (Maine DEP) is proposing to revise its guidance, “Maine Remedial Action Guidelines (RAGs) for Sites Contaminated with Hazardous Substances”. This guidance is one approach that may be used to determine which contaminated sites pose a risk and therefore warrant clean-up. It may also be used to establish target clean-up levels and clear sites for reuse (close-out sites) once remediation is completed. The purpose of this guidance is to ensure: – Protection of public health and welfare at and near contaminated sites; It was 2010 when the last major changes were made to the RAGs. Recently a team from DEP and DHHS worked to develop this proposed revised draft. Major changes include: – Using EPA’s region 3 risk calculation tool (Regional Screening Levels, aka RSLs) to develop the tables, rather than maintaining a separate but similar calculator in our state; Copies of this proposal are available upon request by contacting the Agency contact person or on the DEP website. Written comments may be submitted by mail, e-mail or fax to the contact person before the end of the comment period. To ensure the comments are considered, they must include your name and the organization you represent, if any. Agency contact: Public hearing: |
