CORRECTIVE ACTION PROGRAM
Phone: 404.656.7802

Fax: 404.651.9425
Jim Brown, Program Manager

• Land Disposal Unit
  Jim McNamara, Unit Manager
• Remedial Sites Unit
  John Fonk, Unit Manager
• Risk Assessment Unit
  Shannon Lund, Unit Manager

Post-closure permitting, compliance monitoring, and enforcement at closed hazardous waste land disposal facilities.

Review cleanups for privately-owned/operated federal National Priorities List sites.

Perform risk assessments for both human health and ecological impacts for the Hazardous Waste Management Branch.

Review delisting petitions.

HAZARDOUS SITES RESPONSE PROGRAM
Phone: 404.657.8600

Fax: 404.657.0807
Alexandra Cleary, Program Manager

• Response Administration Unit
  Donney Hannah, Unit Manager
• Response Development Unit
  Regina Campbell, Unit Manager
• Response Management Unit
  Antonia Beavers, Acting Unit Manager
• Superfund Management Unit
  David Reuland, Unit Manager
• Response Notification Unit
  David Brownlee, Unit Manager

Administer state Superfund program.

Publish Hazardous Sites Inventory (HSI) each year.

Collect hazardous and solid waste management fees.

Oversee HSI sites being investigated and cleaned up by private parties.

Take enforcement actions requiring private parties to do site investigations and cleanups.

Require notification for releases of hazardous substances.

Clean up HSI sites using Hazardous Waste Trust Fund when responsible parties are unwilling or unable.

Pursue cost recovery against responsible parties when Hazardous Waste Trust Fund has been used.

Fund state and local government costs associated with investigating and cleaning up solid waste handling facilities.

Conduct preliminary assessment and site evaluation for the Federal Superfund program.

GENERATOR COMPLIANCE PROGRAM
Phone: 404.657.8831

Fax: 404.463.6676
Renee Hudson Goodley, Program Manager

• Generator Compliance Unit
  Jack Dempsey, Unit Manager
• Hazardous Waste Compliance Unit
  Freddie Dunn, Jr., Unit Manager
• Government Facilities Unit
  Bruce Khaleghi, Unit Manager

Compliance monitoring and enforcement for hazardous waste handlers in the state that are not required to have a permit to treat or store hazardous waste at their facilities.

Jurisdiction includes large and small quantity hazardous waste generators, conditionally exempt small quantity generators, hazardous waste transporters, universal waste facilities, marketers of hazardous waste fuel, and used oil transporters and facilities.   This includes facilities that are privately owned/operated and those owned/operated by federal, state or local governments (excluding Department of Defense facilities).

Provide technical assistance for the commercial reclamation of batteries, antifreeze, used oil and fluorescent light bulbs.

Ground water and soil investigation and remediation for hazardous substance releases regulated under the Georgia Hazardous Waste Management Act.

FACILITIES COMPLIANCE PROGRAM
Phone: 404.656.2833

Fax: 404.651.9425

Jan Simmons, Program Manager

• Combustion & Treatment Unit
  David Yardumian, Unit Manager
• Commercial Facilities Unit
  Mike Elster, Acting Unit Leader
• Department of Defense Facilities Unit
  Amy Potter, Unit Manager

Permitting, compliance monitoring, and enforcement of hazardous waste facilities which treat or store hazardous wastes.

Jurisdiction includes all commercial hazardous waste facilities which treat, store or dispose hazardous waste, all hazardous waste burners (incinerators and industrial furnaces), and all facilities owned/operated by the Department of Defense.

Review cleanups for Federal National Priorities List sites.

BROWNFIELDS DEVELOPMENT UNIT

Phone: 404.656.7802

Fax:  404.651-9425

Madeleine Kellam, Unit Manager

Oversight and management of cleanup, reuse and redevelopment of Brownfields sites.

Oversees cleanup of contaminated property conducted by private parties under the Georgia Hazardous Site Reuse and Redevelopment (“Brownfields”) Act.

Issues limitation of liability certificates for brownfields properties where cleanups have been completed.

Reviews and certifies brownfields cleanup costs eligible for property tax abatement.

Maintains Georgia’s public records for brownfields properties.

HAZARDOUS WASTE SUPPORT UNIT

Phone:  404.656.7802

Fax:  404.651-9425

Verona Barnes, Unit Manager

Handle all hazardous waste freedom of information requests.

Conduct RCRA rulemaking and EPA authorization for program operations for the Hazardous Waste Management Branch.

Assign EPA identification numbers for hazardous waste facilities.

Maintain EPA RCRAInfo National database for Georgia facilities.

Collect hazardous waste generation and management information for National Hazardous Waste Report (Biennial Report).