Section 300. Public participation

A. For each confirmed release that requires a corrective action plan, the board will require the owner and operator to provide notice to the public by means designed to reach those members of the public directly affected by the release or the planned corrective action. This notice may include, but is not limited to, public notice in local newspapers, block advertisements, public service announcements, publication in a state register, letters to individual households, or personal contacts by field staff.

B. The board must ensure that site release information and decisions concerning the corrective action plan are made available to the public for inspection upon request.

C. Before approving a corrective action plan, the board may hold a public meeting to consider comments on the proposed corrective action plan if there is sufficient public interest, or for any other reason.

D. The board will require the owner and operator to give public notice that complies with subsection A of this section if implementation of an approved corrective action plan does not achieve the established cleanup levels in the plan and termination of that plan is under consideration by the board.

E. These public participation requirements do not supersede any public participation requirements of other regulations.

F. In the event the owner and operator have failed to give the required notice to the public, the board will provide such notice to the extent required by applicable federal law.

G. In those cases where the board implements the corrective plan, the board will provide such notice to the extent required by applicable federal law.

Historical Notes

Derived from VR680-13-02 § 6.8, eff. October 25, 1989.

Statutory Authority

§§ 62.1-44.15(10) and 62.1-44.34:9 of the Code of Virginia.