Groundwater contamination plumes often migrate off-site beyond the site where the chemicals were released.   The fate of the off-site plume poses a vexing risk management challenge for the regulator,…

The USEPA released on September 13, 2011 new guidance titled “Recommended Evaluation of Institutional Controls: Supplement to the Comprehensive Five Year Review Guidance”  providing recommendations for the monitoring and inspection of ICs during…

No activities that will disturb the soil at or below the pavement in the restricted Areas (e.g., excavation, grading, removal, trenching, filling, earth movement, or mining) shall be allowed on…

The long term success of Institutional Controls (ICs) and cleanup remedies is often only as strong as the financial health of new property owners.   This is why, along with its classic…

Can you find the location of a water well in on a governmental mapping system? The answer is maybe – and it varies nationwide. A strong tension between the environmental…

A group of institutional control experts and state and local government experts, in a roundtable setting, will describe and compare thoughts about emerging trends in the IC institution, and particularly…