One Cleanup Program

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and the United States Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) Region 5 have finalized a One Cleanup Program Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) between the two agencies.

The Memorandum is nationally significant in that it is the first EPA-state MOA to address cleanup requirements across several environmental media, including the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, Toxic Substances Control Act and Leaking Underground Storage Tanks.

Wisconsin’s program simplifies cleanups of contaminated sites under different regulatory programs by providing a single, consolidated approach rather than utilizing a range of separate programs with potentially conflicting approaches and cleanup standards. By clarifying the U.S. EPA’s intentions and expectations with respect to Wisconsin’s One Cleanup Program, it is believed that the MOA will expedite cleanups of all contaminated sites, including brownfields, as well as guide property owners, developers, consultants and others in understanding how meeting Wisconsin’s standards can satisfy both agencies.

For more information, please contact:
Mark Gordon
608.266.7278

Last Revised: Monday January 05 2009