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All right.
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So thank you guys, everyone for joining.
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We're about to start the
Brownfields in Texas webinar.
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I hope everyone can hear us right now.
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So this is the first, hopefully
many more webinars
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that both the Railroad
Commission and TCEQ
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will be bringing you over
the next couple of years.
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This is the Railroad
Commission and TCEQ's
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first ever joint
presentation via a webinar.
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And so today we're gonna
talk about brownfields in Texas.
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And we're gonna talk about
how the Brownfields Program,
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both with the Railroad
Commission and TCEQ
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can help your community
redevelop and revitalize
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these brownfield sites.
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So without further
ado we'll get started.
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That is this, my computer
will go to the next screen.
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Okay, so before we
dive into all the details
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we figured we'd give you
guys a face to the voice
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that you're gonna be hearing today.
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So me, I am Leslie Bruce,
I'm the voluntary cleanup
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and Brownfields Program coordinator
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for the Railroad Commission.
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I received a BS in geology
from University of South Carolina
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and an MS in geology from UT Austin.
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I've been with the Railroad
Commission since 2017.
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And I've worked in two
different groups before I took over
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as the VCP Brownfields
coordinator in April 2019.
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And then now I'm gonna
turn it over to Phylicia Allen
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to introduce herself.
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Hi everyone,
I'm Phylicia Allen,
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I'm the TCEQ Brownfields
Program coordinator.
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I received my bachelor's degree
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from Southwestern College in Kansas.
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I attended Texas State
University to receive my masters
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in aquatic resources.
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I've been at TCEQ since December 2012,
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and I have been a super
fun project manager,
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Brownfields project manager,
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and just recently became
the program coordinator.
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Awesome.
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Thank you Phylicia, and then,
so we also have two panelists
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with us today.
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So the first panelist is
gonna be Peter Pope,
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who's my supervisor
within site remediation.
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And then also Kristy Livingston,
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who is Phylicia's supervisor with TCEQ.
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So I'll let Peter
introduce himself first.
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Good afternoon everybody.
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Leslie your introduction was just fine.
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I will be, at the end
of the presentation
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I will be moderating
some of the question
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and answer session.
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So I look forward to
receiving your questions
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throughout this talk.
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Thank you.
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Thank you Peter.
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And then Kristy.
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Thanks Leslie,
this is Kristy Livingston,
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I'm with the TCEQ.
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Right now I'm the super team leader,
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but prior to that I was the
Brownfields Program manager
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for about seven years.
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I've been at the TCEQ for 15 years,
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and also did some private
consulting in environmental world
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for about seven years.
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And I'm here just, as the
panelist and for questions
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at the end, and then of course,
anytime after this webinar,
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if you have questions feel
free to reach out as well.
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Thank you.
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Thank you Kristy.
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All right, so today's agenda
as kind of I mentioned earlier,
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this is a joint presentation
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between the Railroad
Commission and TCEQ.
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For the first 30 minutes
we're gonna have
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the Railroad Commission's presentation,
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and then that's gonna be followed
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by the TCEQ's presentation.
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And so for the Railroad
Commission's we're gonna focus on,
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just kind of a broad definition
of what a Brownfield is,
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and then what the
Brownfields Program is.
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We're also gonna go over
Railroad Commission's jurisdiction,
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especially this being
a joint presentation.
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So you can kind of figure
out if your site belongs
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in our program or TCEQ's.
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We'll go over the eligibility
both for the applicant
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and the property, and then how to apply,
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and then once you've
applied what to expect.
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And then at the end
we're gonna follow it up
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with some examples of some successful
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or ongoing sites within the Brownfield,
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within the Railroad
Commission Brownfield.
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So I'll turn over to Phylicia
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for an overview of their agenda.
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Exactly.
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Yeah, we're gonna go over
some similarities and differences
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between our programs.
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We'll talk about what kind of reiterate,
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what is a brownfield?
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We'll talk about what a brownfield site
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might look like in your community.
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How is the TCEQ program process works?
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We'll discuss site
assessments and site activities.
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And then we'll get into
next steps in planning
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and kind of go over some examples
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that we have in the program.
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Awesome.
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Thank you Phylicia.
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All right, so last thing before we start
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is that if you have
questions during the webinar,
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to submit them via email to
SR-VCP-BRP@rrc.texas.gov.
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So Peter Pope will be
watching that email address
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and he'll read out the
questions once we get to the end.
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Hopefully we'll have about,
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maybe five or so
minutes to go over those.
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If you don't write all
that email address down
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immediately right now
don't worry, it's gonna follow
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throughout the slides as a reminder.
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And then any questions
we don't get to today
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we'll send you a follow up email.
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So don't worry, we're gonna
answer all your questions.
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It just might not be during
this live stream of the webinar.
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Okay.
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So what is a brownfield?
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A brownfield is a property
that's redevelopment
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or reuse is hindered by the presence
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or potential presence of contamination.
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And there it's really important
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to focus on presence
or potential presence.
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So you might not know
if there's contamination.
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And that could be
what's kind of limiting
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redevelopment of that property.
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And so these brownfields
are typically gonna be eyesores
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in your community,
they've probably been there
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for a long time, and the reason
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why they've probably
been there for a long time
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is because there's a potential hazard
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or potential contamination,
which has made it, so the city
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or any private developers
just don't really wanna
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take it on, don't want
to deal with that liability
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or anything like that.
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And so what the Brownfields Program is,
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is a grant funded program that provides
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free site assessments and
the Railroad Commission
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case cleanups of those
brownfields properties.
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And so we're gonna provide that service
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for local government entities,
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nonprofit economic development groups,
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universities and schools and
Federally Recognized Tribes.
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And then, this last one we
really don't have many of them,
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but there are cases where we
will accept private landowners
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with the community support.
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But there I think it's
important that the community
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is going to be the applicant,
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and they're applying on
behalf of that private landowner
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or even private developer.
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And there has to be some
sort of community support there.
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All right.
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And so why is this program important?
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What should you take
away from this at the end?
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So this program, it really,
when you investigate
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and remediate these sites,
and get them to the point
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where you can actually
start developing them,
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you're going to increase
your tax base in that area.
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You're gonna create
potentially new jobs with that.
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And you're gonna kick start
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some other community
revitalization activities.
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All by just kind of
tackling that one bad site
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that's been an eyesore for years,
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and it had contamination
and it was potentially causing
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the entire area just
not to be redeveloped.
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So there's big incentives
to be part of this program,
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and to help your community
by going through this.
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So program eligibility.
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So this is kind of a
really important part.
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You need to be a qualified applicant.
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That's what we previously talked about.
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So that's gonna be your
local government entities,
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universities, schools,
economic development groups.
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And then you need a redevelopment plan.
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The redevelopment plan,
you don't have to stick strictly
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to it, but you need to have some idea
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of what you're gonna do
with the property afterwards.
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And it should have some
sort of community benefit,
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whether that's creation
of jobs, green space,
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increased tax
revenues, things like that.
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And so then for the Railroad Commission,
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for the property to be eligible,
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the oil and gas
operations on that property
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need to be abandoned, and
there cannot be a responsible
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party for clean up.
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But here I think it's
also important to know
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that the Railroad
Commission will not hold
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innocent landowners
responsible for cleanup.
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So don't let that kind of be an issue
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for bringing the site to us.
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Also there can be unresolved federal
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or state enforcement on the property.
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And then the applicant and
landowner agree to cooperate
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with the Railroad Commission.
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And here I think it's
important to point out
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you don't have to be the
landowner to be the applicant
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and go through this program.
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You could potentially be
purchasing the property in a couple
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of years or have some other plans.
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But you just have to have
the landowners permission
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to kind of enter this property,
for the Railroad Commission
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to go on and do the assessments.
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And so since this is a
presentation between
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both the Railroad Commission and TCEQ,
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I think it's important to
point out jurisdiction here,
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so you know which program
you should be applying to.
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And so for the Railroad Commission,
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our jurisdiction is gonna be
over oil and gas exploration
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and production,
transportation of oil, gas
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and liquefied natural gas
pipeline, natural gas processing,
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salt film cavern storage, prime
mining of oil, gas and LNG,
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bulk storage of crude oil,
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and then commercial disposal facilities.
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And if you want more information
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on kind of the jurisdictional divide
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between the Railroad
Commission and TCEQ,
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I would suggest looking at the
memorandum of understanding
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between the two agencies.
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So that's gonna go
into some more detail,
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that can be found at 16, Texas
Administrative Code, 3.30.
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But I think it's also important to note
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that the Railroads Commission
and TCEQ work very closely
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with each other on certain sites.
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And we've been doing it for years
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and have good communication.
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So it could be a joint effort,
or it could be, you know,
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you might think it's an RRC,
but we can easily direct you
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to TCEQ if need be.
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Okay, so for the Railroad Commission
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determining property eligibility,
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you might not know how to kind of go
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about this to figure out if
you do have abandoned oil
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and gas property, oil and
gas activities on your property.
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And so here we're gonna
go through three helpful tips
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to help you determine this,
and whether or not your site
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might qualify specifically
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for the Railroad Commission's
Brownfields Program.
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So tip number one, I
would suggest checking out
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our public GIS viewer,
the website is listed here.
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And also, just so everyone
knows this PowerPoint will,
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it can be made public.
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If you'd like a copy just let us know.
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But our public GIS
viewer is on our website.
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And when you load it you'll
notice in this image there's,
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at the top right hand
corner of the GIS viewer
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there's a little search bar,
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and you can type in your address there.
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And so I'd really
highly suggest everyone
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type in your address, the wells,
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wells are always automatically loaded.
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And so all of these
green dots, the red dots,
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some of these hollow, blue outline dots,
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those are all representing
either plugged
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or active oil and gas wells.
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So you can type in your
address and see if you have
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any of that, any wells on your property.
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And that's one clue of you
might potentially be qualified
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for our program.
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So tip number two, take
a tour of your property.
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So just because you
might not have an oil well,
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or gas well plotted on your
property per the GIS viewer,
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that doesn't necessarily
mean that there are other oil
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and gas activities on the property
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either currently or historically.
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So one thing you can
do this with is again,
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take a tour of the
property, look out for things
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like oil drums, disposal
pits, pump jacks, tanks,
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well heads, and then dead
and distressed vegetation.
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So this is an image of
a produce water release
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that killed vegetation area.
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And so what this photo
is, is actually a neighboring
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property had oil and gas activity on it,
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and they had a release,
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and it migrated onto
the desert property.
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So that can happen where
there's actually no oil and gas
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activity on your specific property.
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But next door there
was a potential release
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that could have impacted your property.
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So that's kind of a unique situation,
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but it is possible.
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So tip number three would be determine
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if the operations are abandoned.
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So this is really tricky.
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And in all honesty it's more
of a legal review of the lease.
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It's not necessarily a,
you know, what condition
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is the operations on the site?
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Is it really rusty and things like that.
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That's not the best indicator
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of whether or not it's abandoned,
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or whether or not there's
a responsible operator.
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Here we're gonna, here you
really need to do a legal review
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of that lease.
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And the best thing to help
you out with that is just give us
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a call, give me a call, I
will look at our mainframe
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and hunt that information down for you,
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and to help figure it out.
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Okay, so let's talk
about what to expect.
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Let's say you've applied to the program,
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and just so everyone knows
our application is online.
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You can go onto our
website, download it,
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and you'll have to fill it out by hand
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and mail in the application.
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Let's say you've done all of
that, and you've been approved,
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now what will happen is
that the Railroad Commission
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kind of takes over at this point.
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And we have contracted engineer,
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environmental engineering
firms that will send out,
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and we'll do an initial
phase one assessment.
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And so if anyone is not
familiar with phase one,
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essentially what that is a
records review of a property.
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And so they'll go through
various databases,
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and kind of see what historical
operations are at the site,
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and review various
people familiar with it,
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and just see if there's
anything on there
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that could have caused contamination.
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And then if we do find any
past activities on the site
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that could have caused contamination,
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we'll move to a phase two
and put in some soil borings,
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maybe even some monitoring wells,
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and then see kind
of what is at the site.
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And then based on the
results of the phase two
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we might move to remediation
and cleanup as needed.
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And here I think it's
important to point out
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the Railroad Commission
is able to provide you guys
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with remediation and cleanup at sites.
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And then based on that,
if we do the remediation
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and cleanup we would move
to certificate of completion
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at that point, and then
you would have successfully
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completed the program.
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Okay, and so now we're gonna go through
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and look at some brownfields examples.
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Some of these have already successfully
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completed the program, a
few are still within the program,
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but they're great examples
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of redevelopment throughout Texas.
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Okay, so our first one
we're gonna go over
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is this beautiful bird
viewing Park and hiking trails
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in Andrews, Texas.
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So this is like 30
minutes north of midland.
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For anyone who's not
familiar with Andrews.
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And here are some great
before and after photos.
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And so on the left here we
have a salt water disposal pit
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that, well this is, I'm not sure
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if it's salt water disposal
pit, but it's a disposal pit
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that has what appears
to be products in the pit.
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And then on the bottom we also have
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five wooden tank batteries with product,
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what appears to be
product leaking out of them.
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And then in the after
picture we have the site
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a couple years later after
the applicant successfully
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completed the Brownfields Program,
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and then also received funding
from Texas Parks and Wildlife
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to restore this area
and put in these trails,
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and all their boardwalks and birdhouses.
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So the investigations
that occurred at the site.
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We got the application
in 2000, 2003, 2004,
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and we immediately started working
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on phase one and phase two.
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Obviously we found as
mentioned the leaking loading tanks
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and the disposal pit.
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We gauged and sampled
the tanks to determine
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what was in them and how
much product was remaining.
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We removed that
product and disposed of it.
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We also collected soil
samples and installed temporary
00:20:12.240 --> 00:20:15.410
monitoring walls throughout the site.
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We also conducted a naturally occurring
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radiation monitors survey.
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And so that was kind of
based on the age of the tanks.
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Based on that NORM survey
we found one of the tanks
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did have NORM.
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And so one cool thing about this site,
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the city of Andrews and a
local company actually helped us
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dispose of all the tanks on the site,
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including the NORM tank
that needed special disposal.
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So that was, I think it ended up saving
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the Commission around
$7,500, which was great.
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And then based on the soil
samples we collected at the site
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we found some impacted
soils around the tanks and pits.
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And so we excavated soils in that area
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and disposed of them off.
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And then in 2006 the
city managers received
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a certificate of
completion for this site.
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So this one, I like to
start out with this one,
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because it's really great
example of using this brownfields
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funding for a very large redevelopment.
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And so in the picture
above the aerial image
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we have a small black,
a small red square,
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that is the actual four
acres brownfield site.
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So that is where we did our
environmental investigations.
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That was the oil and gas leak.
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But here you see also that is
within a much larger red box.
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And that is about 120 acres.
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And that is actually an
old water treatment facility.
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And so the city of
Andrews wanted this site
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to be turned into a bird viewing Park,
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because apparently there's,
so there's the sedimentation
00:22:07.900 --> 00:22:10.590
lagoons that are part of
the water treatment facility
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that have really high organic content
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that support wildlife and vegetation.
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And the city of Andrews is
also in this area that receives
00:22:20.550 --> 00:22:24.760
more than 30 bird
species kind of flying over it.
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So you see tones of
different birds in this area.
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And then as previously
stated once the city of Andrews
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had successfully completed
Railroads the Commission's
00:22:37.770 --> 00:22:41.360
Brownfields Program,
they received grant funds
00:22:41.360 --> 00:22:43.630
from Texas Parks and Wildlife
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to develop those hiking
trails and boardwalk.
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They have a beautiful
boardwalk that looks out
00:22:48.790 --> 00:22:52.870
over these sedimentation
lagoons with really nice scopes,
00:22:52.870 --> 00:22:56.443
just in case you forgot
your binoculars at home.
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But the other really great
part about this redevelopment
00:23:02.260 --> 00:23:07.137
plan is that this brownfield
site was actually next to,
00:23:07.137 --> 00:23:10.870
it's an 80 acre property
that the city of Andrews
00:23:10.870 --> 00:23:13.793
has recently developed
into a sports complex.
00:23:15.701 --> 00:23:18.273
And this is in an area
of the city of Andrews,
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it's kind of like selfies
on sort of the outskirts
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of the city that previously
just wasn't being utilized,
00:23:26.220 --> 00:23:28.950
there wasn't much to do in that area.
00:23:28.950 --> 00:23:32.127
And this has brought a
tone of interest to this area,
00:23:32.127 --> 00:23:36.063
and is really kick-starting
revitalization around here.
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Alright, so the next example.
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So this is actually, these
are, it's gonna be an example
00:23:47.100 --> 00:23:49.560
with four redevelopment projects,
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two of which are Brownfield projects.
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So this is Nueces County
in in Robstown, Texas.
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And the brownfields portion
of this area is 67.5 acres.
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So prior to 2002 when Nueces County
00:24:12.532 --> 00:24:15.920
was starting to develop this property.
00:24:15.920 --> 00:24:18.300
It was undeveloped agricultural land
00:24:18.300 --> 00:24:21.203
that was previously used
for oil and gas production.
00:24:24.680 --> 00:24:28.530
And so here, this is the same
image you see on the left,
00:24:28.530 --> 00:24:30.900
but just from our GIS viewer.
00:24:30.900 --> 00:24:34.030
And you can see here that
there was a lot of oil and gas
00:24:34.030 --> 00:24:38.693
activity in the area
at one point in time.
00:24:39.570 --> 00:24:41.687
And so a lot of these
wells have been plugged
00:24:41.687 --> 00:24:42.883
and abandoned though.
00:24:47.840 --> 00:24:50.000
Okay, so as I mentioned this is four
00:24:50.000 --> 00:24:52.440
different redevelopment projects.
00:24:52.440 --> 00:24:53.990
This was between 2002 and 2017.
00:24:55.830 --> 00:25:00.180
So we have a baseball
stadium that was put in 2002,
00:25:00.180 --> 00:25:02.530
fairgrounds in 2008, and outlet mall,
00:25:02.530 --> 00:25:05.840
which is a brownfield in 2017.
00:25:05.840 --> 00:25:08.290
And then this water
quality improvement project
00:25:08.290 --> 00:25:13.290
that's kind of up in
the upper right corner.
00:25:13.480 --> 00:25:16.320
And I think here it's important
to point out that the city
00:25:16.320 --> 00:25:19.660
of Nueces County actually
did their own environmental
00:25:19.660 --> 00:25:23.210
investigation of this
entire huge property
00:25:23.210 --> 00:25:25.630
with all four of these
redevelopment plans.
00:25:25.630 --> 00:25:28.520
And the two areas where they found,
00:25:28.520 --> 00:25:31.900
that needed investigations
were actually at the outlet mall
00:25:31.900 --> 00:25:34.200
and the water quality improvement.
00:25:34.200 --> 00:25:37.210
Nueces County was actually
gonna fund the cleanup
00:25:37.210 --> 00:25:40.250
at those two sites before they realized
00:25:40.250 --> 00:25:42.430
that the Railroad Commission had funds
00:25:42.430 --> 00:25:44.550
that were available to them.
00:25:44.550 --> 00:25:48.040
So they were able to
go ahead and develop
00:25:48.040 --> 00:25:50.670
the baseball stadium and fairgrounds
00:25:50.670 --> 00:25:53.610
while also being
entered into the program
00:25:53.610 --> 00:25:57.983
for these two other sites.
00:26:01.150 --> 00:26:02.610
So here's just kind of a progression
00:26:02.610 --> 00:26:06.507
from 2014 to 2017 of this site.
00:26:06.507 --> 00:26:07.940
And you can just see over the years
00:26:07.940 --> 00:26:12.940
it's really developed into a gray area,
00:26:13.010 --> 00:26:15.803
and has brought a lot
of amenities to that area.
00:26:18.280 --> 00:26:21.110
So this site entered in 2005,
00:26:21.110 --> 00:26:22.840
we did a phase one and phase two.
00:26:22.840 --> 00:26:25.630
We found a plugged oil and gas wells.
00:26:25.630 --> 00:26:28.220
We collected some soil
samples and put them
00:26:28.220 --> 00:26:30.170
in temporary monitoring well.
00:26:30.170 --> 00:26:34.550
We had some hydrocarbons
in soil about regulatory levels,
00:26:34.550 --> 00:26:35.950
which required to clean up.
00:26:35.950 --> 00:26:39.720
So we excavated those
soils and disposed off off site.
00:26:39.720 --> 00:26:44.090
And then in 2008 Nueces
County received their certificate
00:26:44.090 --> 00:26:47.563
of completion for this
outlet mall property.
00:26:49.610 --> 00:26:53.920
And then water quality
environmental investigations.
00:26:53.920 --> 00:26:56.853
So this one, they entered in 2015.
00:26:57.983 --> 00:27:00.640
And we found plugged oil
and gas wells on that property,
00:27:00.640 --> 00:27:03.453
a drilling pit and a
historical tank battery.
00:27:04.310 --> 00:27:09.310
There's hydrocarbons, and
metals and chlorides and soils
00:27:09.679 --> 00:27:14.679
at this property that required
additional assessment,
00:27:14.780 --> 00:27:16.940
which we did in 2016.
00:27:16.940 --> 00:27:20.280
And then we ended up installing
permanent monitoring wells
00:27:20.280 --> 00:27:21.420
at this site.
00:27:21.420 --> 00:27:25.470
And groundwater monitoring
is ongoing at the property.
00:27:25.470 --> 00:27:30.100
But right now we have
benzene, arsenic and chloride
00:27:30.100 --> 00:27:31.483
in groundwater right now.
00:27:33.650 --> 00:27:35.090
Okay, so our last example
00:27:35.090 --> 00:27:37.890
is gonna be the Turtle
Bayou Nature Preserve.
00:27:37.890 --> 00:27:42.410
So this is just outside of
Houston in chambers County,
00:27:42.410 --> 00:27:44.683
and it's 511 acres.
00:27:47.690 --> 00:27:50.690
So the environmental
investigations we did at this property,
00:27:51.710 --> 00:27:55.440
there are 10 abandoned
oil wells on the property,
00:27:55.440 --> 00:27:58.357
there was some associated
pits with those wells,
00:27:58.357 --> 00:28:00.090
some above ground storage tanks
00:28:00.090 --> 00:28:01.963
and some saltwater disposal pits.
00:28:03.370 --> 00:28:07.560
We sampled soil,
groundwater and surface waters.
00:28:07.560 --> 00:28:11.380
So that surface water
from the Turtle Bayou itself
00:28:11.380 --> 00:28:13.430
for petroleum products.
00:28:13.430 --> 00:28:17.270
Based on that phase two
investigation we really focused
00:28:17.270 --> 00:28:21.960
in additional assessments
on that saltwater disposal
00:28:21.960 --> 00:28:24.560
pit at the site, because
there were some chloride
00:28:24.560 --> 00:28:26.613
contamination associated with it.
00:28:27.450 --> 00:28:31.160
And so we're continuing
to monitor groundwater
00:28:31.160 --> 00:28:32.933
at this site for chlorides.
00:28:33.960 --> 00:28:37.920
And as a result of the
saltwater disposal pit,
00:28:37.920 --> 00:28:42.050
and we also monitor surface
waters within Turtle Bayou.
00:28:42.050 --> 00:28:43.890
So Turtle Bayou is a fresh water Bayou.
00:28:43.890 --> 00:28:47.670
And so we're constantly kind
of monitoring that to ensure
00:28:47.670 --> 00:28:50.430
that there's no communication between
00:28:50.430 --> 00:28:54.153
the impacted groundwater and
the freshwater in Turtle Bayou.
00:28:57.080 --> 00:28:58.410
And this site is really unique
00:28:58.410 --> 00:29:01.900
because it's has
multiple funding sources.
00:29:01.900 --> 00:29:04.740
We're gonna get into this
actually a lot more in detail
00:29:04.740 --> 00:29:09.740
tomorrow, in the voluntary
cleanup and other resources
00:29:09.780 --> 00:29:11.570
with the Railroad Commission at 1:30.
00:29:11.570 --> 00:29:14.280
So I encourage you
all to join us to learn
00:29:14.280 --> 00:29:17.210
about the Railroad Commission's
different funding sources
00:29:17.210 --> 00:29:21.160
that really helped brownfields out.
00:29:21.160 --> 00:29:26.040
But for Turtle Bayou
over the years since 2011
00:29:26.040 --> 00:29:31.040
we spent almost $180,000 of
brownfields funds on this site.
00:29:32.830 --> 00:29:37.520
Our state managed cleanup
group has participated
00:29:37.520 --> 00:29:41.820
with $50,000 in funds for this site.
00:29:41.820 --> 00:29:45.180
And then also a
statement and plugin group.
00:29:45.180 --> 00:29:49.700
So I mentioned there are eight total
00:29:49.700 --> 00:29:52.260
abandoned oil and
gas wells at this site.
00:29:52.260 --> 00:29:56.330
So far we've been able
to plug six of those eight,
00:29:56.330 --> 00:30:01.330
and that's cost us
almost $500,000 to do so.
00:30:01.630 --> 00:30:03.633
And this is a great site where,
00:30:04.870 --> 00:30:06.690
this site would have
never been redeveloped
00:30:06.690 --> 00:30:10.940
probably if we weren't
able to plug those wells.
00:30:10.940 --> 00:30:15.700
So this is a great
example of how brownfields
00:30:15.700 --> 00:30:18.480
and the state managed group
within the Railroad Commission
00:30:18.480 --> 00:30:22.400
really worked together
to bring these sites
00:30:23.670 --> 00:30:27.550
up to kind of a standard that's safe
00:30:27.550 --> 00:30:29.693
for the human health in the environment.
00:30:31.280 --> 00:30:32.570
But again, if you wanna learn more
00:30:32.570 --> 00:30:35.040
about this on the
different funding sources,
00:30:35.040 --> 00:30:36.573
join us tomorrow at 1:30.
00:30:37.900 --> 00:30:40.240
And with that I will
just let you guys know
00:30:40.240 --> 00:30:42.710
where it's at the
applications right now.
00:30:42.710 --> 00:30:45.250
Again, you just go online, download it,
00:30:45.250 --> 00:30:47.540
fill it out and mail it to us.
00:30:47.540 --> 00:30:50.700
We're still working per usual,
00:30:50.700 --> 00:30:53.490
even though we're
telecommuting right now.
00:30:53.490 --> 00:30:56.510
If you want any more
information or have questions
00:30:56.510 --> 00:30:59.317
give me a call, that
phone number right there,
00:30:59.317 --> 00:31:01.640
it's my work phone number,
but it goes to my laptop
00:31:01.640 --> 00:31:04.620
so I can answer it
even on telecommuting,
00:31:04.620 --> 00:31:07.870
or send me an email,
whichever you prefer.
00:31:07.870 --> 00:31:10.510
And then if you just wanna
kind of stay up to date
00:31:10.510 --> 00:31:12.760
on what the Railroad
Commission's Brownfields Program
00:31:12.760 --> 00:31:17.190
is doing different
resources that are available,
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I'd encourage everyone to sign up
00:31:19.320 --> 00:31:22.790
for the Brownfields quarterly bulletin.
00:31:22.790 --> 00:31:27.073
And with that I am going
to turn it over to Phylicia.
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Awesome,
thank you Leslie.
00:31:34.240 --> 00:31:37.483
I'm gonna switch over here as well.
00:31:53.010 --> 00:31:56.050
Alrighty, let's start at
the beginning of that.
00:31:57.394 --> 00:32:00.189
Alright everyone,
thank you for attending
00:32:00.189 --> 00:32:02.443
our Brownfields in Texas webinar.
00:32:03.590 --> 00:32:06.713
We're really excited
that everyone is here.
00:32:08.030 --> 00:32:12.070
I'm gonna go ahead and
get started for brownfields.
00:32:12.070 --> 00:32:14.270
But Leslie has also gone over this.
00:32:14.270 --> 00:32:15.730
But again, we're gonna reiterate.
00:32:15.730 --> 00:32:18.090
A brownfield site is
defined as real property,
00:32:18.090 --> 00:32:21.210
the expansion, redevelopment reuse
00:32:21.210 --> 00:32:24.700
of which may be complicated
by the perceived presence
00:32:24.700 --> 00:32:28.033
of hazardous substance,
pollutants or contaminants.
00:32:29.060 --> 00:32:31.500
And as Leslie discussed
about Railroad Commission
00:32:31.500 --> 00:32:36.500
jurisdiction, TCEQ
brownfields jurisdiction covers
00:32:37.280 --> 00:32:40.220
hazardous and non hazardous substances,
00:32:40.220 --> 00:32:45.150
industrial and solid
waste system material
00:32:45.150 --> 00:32:50.150
that you may think of as you
know, garbage rubbish sludge,
00:32:50.610 --> 00:32:52.660
possibly from your
waste treatment plant,
00:32:53.790 --> 00:32:57.173
and on the rare occasions
and air pollution control.
00:32:58.251 --> 00:33:03.190
So TCEQ Brownfields
deals with kind of everything
00:33:03.190 --> 00:33:04.763
except oil and gas.
00:33:07.730 --> 00:33:12.730
So before we discuss how
the Brownfields Program works,
00:33:14.480 --> 00:33:16.630
I wanted to point you in the direction
00:33:16.630 --> 00:33:20.470
of our Brownfield story map that we have
00:33:20.470 --> 00:33:22.150
on the website here.
00:33:22.150 --> 00:33:27.150
We have our Austin
Brownfields tour story map.
00:33:27.980 --> 00:33:32.250
So brownfields that are
located throughout Austin,
00:33:32.250 --> 00:33:34.480
it'll take you around a little tour.
00:33:34.480 --> 00:33:37.600
And I'm also going to invite you,
00:33:37.600 --> 00:33:40.173
we just released our program story map,
00:33:41.400 --> 00:33:43.380
which I wasn't able to include here yet.
00:33:43.380 --> 00:33:45.450
But please go ahead and take a look.
00:33:45.450 --> 00:33:47.550
These are really great highlights
00:33:47.550 --> 00:33:51.160
of what they might look
like in your community.
00:33:51.160 --> 00:33:54.253
I'm also gonna give you
just a few examples here.
00:33:56.000 --> 00:34:00.550
You may have some abandoned
buildings in your community,
00:34:00.550 --> 00:34:04.207
anything that may have
been closed down for a while,
00:34:04.207 --> 00:34:07.653
and you're looking to
bring it back into business.
00:34:08.610 --> 00:34:11.420
Vacant properties in your area.
00:34:11.420 --> 00:34:16.250
These two examples are
located in a residential area.
00:34:18.010 --> 00:34:20.280
As you can see here they have plans here
00:34:20.280 --> 00:34:22.053
to build a new church.
00:34:23.980 --> 00:34:25.410
Keep those areas in mind.
00:34:25.410 --> 00:34:28.963
It doesn't always have
to be an old building.
00:34:30.120 --> 00:34:33.460
Abandoned gas station
may, I think everyone
00:34:33.460 --> 00:34:36.790
has been in gas stations
in their community
00:34:36.790 --> 00:34:39.850
that they would like to get rid of.
00:34:39.850 --> 00:34:43.873
Brownfields does have
limited funding for sites like that.
00:34:47.750 --> 00:34:50.940
And for the purpose of Brownfields.
00:34:50.940 --> 00:34:53.940
So many commercial, industrial
00:34:53.940 --> 00:34:56.910
and even some residential
properties as we saw
00:34:56.910 --> 00:35:00.723
maybe environment impacted
due to the past use at the site.
00:35:02.040 --> 00:35:04.700
Small Business Liability
Relief and Brownfields
00:35:04.700 --> 00:35:08.840
Revitalization Act, also
known as the Brownfields law,
00:35:08.840 --> 00:35:11.630
amends CERCLA, were
able to provide grants
00:35:11.630 --> 00:35:16.630
for site assessments, cleanup
and liability exemptions.
00:35:17.920 --> 00:35:21.840
So the Brownfields
funding isn't these beautiful
00:35:21.840 --> 00:35:25.403
redevelopment plans
that we're discussing.
00:35:26.410 --> 00:35:30.980
But may be dormant,
underutilized and we're promoting
00:35:30.980 --> 00:35:34.023
sustainable clean up and
reuse in your community.
00:35:39.090 --> 00:35:40.970
So you may be thinking,
00:35:40.970 --> 00:35:43.620
why, why do I wanna
redevelop brownfields?
00:35:43.620 --> 00:35:45.223
What's in it for me?
00:35:46.667 --> 00:35:49.400
The redevelopment of
brownfields can reach
00:35:49.400 --> 00:35:51.883
various areas of revitalization.
00:35:52.720 --> 00:35:56.040
You can stir revitalization in your area
00:35:56.040 --> 00:36:00.260
based on some of our
redevelopment programs.
00:36:00.260 --> 00:36:03.090
Increased tax revenue,
you can bring more valuable
00:36:03.090 --> 00:36:06.913
and more attractive
business into your community.
00:36:08.630 --> 00:36:13.550
Economic growth, you have
more incentive for free developers
00:36:13.550 --> 00:36:16.900
that may be looking to
invest in your community.
00:36:16.900 --> 00:36:19.020
Going through the Brownfields Program
00:36:19.020 --> 00:36:23.470
is often a little bit of a
marketing tool that you can use.
00:36:23.470 --> 00:36:25.263
You may have is historic buildings
00:36:25.263 --> 00:36:29.450
that haven't been used for a while.
00:36:29.450 --> 00:36:32.220
And you're you can come
together and figure out
00:36:32.220 --> 00:36:33.420
how you may wanna use,
00:36:33.420 --> 00:36:35.440
what your community
may wanna use it for.
00:36:35.440 --> 00:36:38.123
You can improve the quality of life.
00:36:39.010 --> 00:36:42.480
May that be a restaurant that, you know,
00:36:42.480 --> 00:36:47.480
you may have to drive too
far to attend anywhere else,
00:36:47.870 --> 00:36:49.770
maybe bring that into your area.
00:36:49.770 --> 00:36:52.233
It may be a gym, it may be a bar.
00:36:53.150 --> 00:36:58.150
All these redevelopment
locations can grow your community,
00:36:58.800 --> 00:37:02.190
create jobs, and
eliminate these eyesores
00:37:02.190 --> 00:37:04.293
that may be sitting around for a while.
00:37:07.540 --> 00:37:10.330
So let's discuss the process at TCEQ.
00:37:13.620 --> 00:37:16.570
As soon as you submit your application,
00:37:16.570 --> 00:37:19.240
we work with you all the way,
00:37:19.240 --> 00:37:20.950
even before you submit your application
00:37:20.950 --> 00:37:22.983
we're discussing with you planning,
00:37:24.200 --> 00:37:27.220
what you have in mind for redevelopment,
00:37:27.220 --> 00:37:30.290
maybe you've seen
us at an outreach event
00:37:30.290 --> 00:37:33.122
and you're thinking,
hey, I have this site,
00:37:33.122 --> 00:37:34.140
what do I do next?
00:37:34.140 --> 00:37:35.723
How do I get in the program?
00:37:37.140 --> 00:37:42.140
And the first step is to give us a call,
00:37:42.330 --> 00:37:44.300
you can send us an email.
00:37:44.300 --> 00:37:47.383
And we can point you in the
direction of our application.
00:37:48.320 --> 00:37:51.250
If you take a picture of the QR code,
00:37:51.250 --> 00:37:55.950
here on the slide you'll be
able to view your application.
00:37:55.950 --> 00:37:59.203
It is about 14 pages long.
00:38:00.900 --> 00:38:03.060
So I'm gonna highlight a couple
00:38:03.060 --> 00:38:06.263
of key information that's needed,
00:38:07.250 --> 00:38:09.420
that we'll be looking
for before we can accept
00:38:09.420 --> 00:38:11.053
you into the program.
00:38:12.600 --> 00:38:16.360
I do wanna let there is
no cost and no fee to apply
00:38:16.360 --> 00:38:17.803
to the Brownfields Program.
00:38:19.680 --> 00:38:22.870
So once you go to our website here,
00:38:22.870 --> 00:38:25.850
you'll download the application,
00:38:25.850 --> 00:38:29.780
you'll need to either
print and fill out.
00:38:29.780 --> 00:38:32.297
The application is in a PDF format.
00:38:34.333 --> 00:38:35.640
Fill it out, you'll go ahead
00:38:35.640 --> 00:38:40.640
and email it to
brownfieldstceg.texas.gov.
00:38:41.150 --> 00:38:44.330
And in that application
you'll need to include
00:38:44.330 --> 00:38:46.523
the current property owner.
00:38:47.860 --> 00:38:50.740
You may be planning
to purchase the property
00:38:50.740 --> 00:38:52.720
in the process of Brownfields.
00:38:52.720 --> 00:38:56.060
And so it's important we
know who the property owner is,
00:38:56.060 --> 00:38:59.750
and we have a signed
access agreement from them.
00:38:59.750 --> 00:39:02.860
As far as the site name,
normally it's something
00:39:02.860 --> 00:39:05.960
that you're planning to
redevelop the site into.
00:39:05.960 --> 00:39:09.010
So you'll include the site
name, the site address,
00:39:09.010 --> 00:39:13.430
any information that you
may have on the historical use
00:39:13.430 --> 00:39:15.040
of the property, what may have happened
00:39:15.040 --> 00:39:18.680
in the past and a redevelopment plan.
00:39:18.680 --> 00:39:21.420
The redevelopment plan can change.
00:39:21.420 --> 00:39:24.920
This can be flexible as
we go through the program
00:39:24.920 --> 00:39:29.080
and as the planning moves
forward as long as we know
00:39:29.080 --> 00:39:31.850
that you're striving to redevelop
00:39:34.380 --> 00:39:36.343
this property in your area.
00:39:38.460 --> 00:39:41.173
We'll be able to accept
the ends of the program.
00:39:42.800 --> 00:39:47.800
So will talk about who's eligible.
00:39:48.330 --> 00:39:53.060
These eligible applicant
and eligible entities
00:39:53.060 --> 00:39:54.610
will also be called applicants,
00:39:54.610 --> 00:39:56.920
kind of throughout the presentation,
00:39:56.920 --> 00:40:00.770
and you'll have to, to qualify
or needs to be an nonprofit,
00:40:00.770 --> 00:40:05.610
or governmental entity, Economic
Development Corporation,
00:40:05.610 --> 00:40:10.340
redevelopment agencies, your
city town or local government
00:40:10.340 --> 00:40:12.573
and Federally Recognized Tribes.
00:40:15.860 --> 00:40:20.140
Ineligible properties
are any federal property,
00:40:20.140 --> 00:40:24.050
or any property that has gone through
00:40:24.050 --> 00:40:27.330
the corrective action
process or has been listed on,
00:40:27.330 --> 00:40:31.453
or is listed on the national
priority list under super fund.
00:40:34.170 --> 00:40:37.320
If you're unsure if you're eligible,
00:40:37.320 --> 00:40:38.840
please feel free to give us a call.
00:40:38.840 --> 00:40:42.300
We're happy to discuss
eligibility with you
00:40:42.300 --> 00:40:47.280
if you're not really sure
what's gone on in the past
00:40:47.280 --> 00:40:48.650
or what's currently going on,.
00:40:48.650 --> 00:40:49.640
We're happy to assist you
00:40:49.640 --> 00:40:52.023
with any of those
questions about eligibility.
00:40:56.110 --> 00:40:58.273
So we know you're eligible.
00:41:00.392 --> 00:41:01.990
Once you're eligible you will receive
00:41:01.990 --> 00:41:04.000
an acceptance letter from us.
00:41:04.000 --> 00:41:07.523
That's kind of initiate our
process for phase one.
00:41:08.810 --> 00:41:11.855
In the phase one
environmental site assessment,
00:41:11.855 --> 00:41:16.855
we'll conduct interviews
and conduct a site inspection
00:41:16.880 --> 00:41:19.603
via our assigned contractor.
00:41:20.450 --> 00:41:23.740
This very large report will produce
00:41:23.740 --> 00:41:27.420
any environmental
conditions that are recognized
00:41:27.420 --> 00:41:31.300
at the site, any historical
environmental conditions
00:41:31.300 --> 00:41:32.670
at the site.
00:41:32.670 --> 00:41:36.203
And we'll send you a copy of the report.
00:41:37.300 --> 00:41:39.830
We'll also send you a
phase one summary letter
00:41:39.830 --> 00:41:42.020
to discuss the next steps,
00:41:42.020 --> 00:41:44.343
and just let you know
here's what we found.
00:41:45.260 --> 00:41:49.773
If we did find anything we'll
move into the next phase,
00:41:50.740 --> 00:41:52.540
phase two for sampling.
00:41:52.540 --> 00:41:56.820
If not, you will
receive a closure letter
00:41:56.820 --> 00:42:01.820
and you can go ahead
and proceed with purchasing
00:42:02.200 --> 00:42:05.860
or redevelopment plans as needed.
00:42:05.860 --> 00:42:09.560
We do discuss your purchasing timeline.
00:42:09.560 --> 00:42:13.260
Because liability can only
be released if the property
00:42:13.260 --> 00:42:18.260
is purchased within 180 days
of the final phase one report.
00:42:18.340 --> 00:42:22.460
So we just encourage you to
stay in communication with us,
00:42:22.460 --> 00:42:25.090
with TCEQ if any of these plans change,
00:42:25.090 --> 00:42:27.173
we can definitely help you in this case.
00:42:30.180 --> 00:42:33.820
So site activities for your phase two
00:42:33.820 --> 00:42:37.440
environmental site assessment
are based on your phase one.
00:42:37.440 --> 00:42:42.440
So these investigations look
like groundwater sampling.
00:42:42.740 --> 00:42:46.560
We do not install any
permanent monitoring wells,
00:42:46.560 --> 00:42:51.560
but we do install temporary
monitoring wells at TCEQ.
00:42:52.610 --> 00:42:57.610
We will determine a soil
sampling is necessary.
00:42:57.690 --> 00:43:00.703
And supplemental activities
at the site may include,
00:43:02.090 --> 00:43:06.380
geophysical survey if
it is an old gas station,
00:43:06.380 --> 00:43:10.060
we'll wanna make sure
the gas tanks were removed,
00:43:10.060 --> 00:43:15.060
or where they're located a
water while survey is conducted,
00:43:16.700 --> 00:43:19.460
rarely is this ever conducted.
00:43:19.460 --> 00:43:22.010
And then if we're moving into cleanup,
00:43:22.010 --> 00:43:25.540
we also are able to get a
an engineering estimate
00:43:27.090 --> 00:43:28.543
for your cleanup needs.
00:43:29.530 --> 00:43:32.060
It's important to keep in
mind that this whole process
00:43:32.060 --> 00:43:36.420
can take approximately
three months on average
00:43:36.420 --> 00:43:38.210
to be completed and approved
00:43:38.210 --> 00:43:40.063
and kind of move through the process.
00:43:41.270 --> 00:43:44.110
TCEQ will be in contact
with the applicant,
00:43:44.110 --> 00:43:46.690
letting you know where
we are in the process.
00:43:46.690 --> 00:43:49.960
Again, we wanna be in
touch with you and make sure
00:43:49.960 --> 00:43:52.013
we're on a timeline that works for you.
00:43:57.050 --> 00:44:00.230
Now depending on what
the phase two discovers
00:44:00.230 --> 00:44:04.940
the next step may be cleanup
planning for redevelopment.
00:44:04.940 --> 00:44:09.810
TCEQ partners with the
Railroad Commission, EPA,
00:44:09.810 --> 00:44:13.880
federal state entities, local
redevelopment agencies
00:44:13.880 --> 00:44:17.420
and applicants to facilitate
cleanup, transferability
00:44:17.420 --> 00:44:19.663
and revitalization your community.
00:44:21.310 --> 00:44:24.880
We also provide grant support letters.
00:44:24.880 --> 00:44:28.370
If you are moving into a cleanup plan
00:44:28.370 --> 00:44:29.910
or even an assessment plan
00:44:29.910 --> 00:44:33.253
any of the EPA grant applications.
00:44:34.730 --> 00:44:38.060
This grant support letter just
let them know we support you
00:44:38.060 --> 00:44:39.520
and we'll kind of give you a couple,
00:44:39.520 --> 00:44:42.123
it'll give you a couple more
points in your application.
00:44:43.530 --> 00:44:46.650
If you need assistance
in writing your grant
00:44:46.650 --> 00:44:51.650
we partner with our KSU
technical assistance to Brownfields,
00:44:51.770 --> 00:44:53.530
and their schedule can be found
00:44:53.530 --> 00:44:57.530
at the website here, ksutab.org.
00:44:57.530 --> 00:45:01.830
They do a great job of
helping the applicants
00:45:03.970 --> 00:45:05.870
work on their grant writings,
00:45:05.870 --> 00:45:09.210
and also kind of the
brainstorming and the visioning
00:45:09.210 --> 00:45:12.840
for what type of
redevelopment they have in mind
00:45:12.840 --> 00:45:13.840
for their community.
00:45:15.510 --> 00:45:19.920
TCEQ Brownfields can
also assist with application
00:45:19.920 --> 00:45:24.920
to the TCEQ Voluntary Cleanup Program.
00:45:25.160 --> 00:45:28.230
So the fees are waived.
00:45:28.230 --> 00:45:29.950
If you go through the
Brownfields Program
00:45:29.950 --> 00:45:34.180
you can have your fees
waived entry in the VCP program.
00:45:34.180 --> 00:45:37.750
Again, this helps with
constraints of liability,
00:45:37.750 --> 00:45:40.770
anything that may be potentially
00:45:40.770 --> 00:45:43.193
holding up your real
estate transactions.
00:45:44.240 --> 00:45:49.150
And the Voluntary Cleanup
Program can assist you in reaching
00:45:49.150 --> 00:45:51.890
your end goal, reaching
that redevelopment phase
00:45:51.890 --> 00:45:55.453
and providing you with a
certificate of completion.
00:45:56.850 --> 00:46:00.646
You can find more information
about that on our website,
00:46:00.646 --> 00:46:03.793
tcequnderremediationvcp.
00:46:08.780 --> 00:46:13.190
When you're ready to apply
for your grant application,
00:46:13.190 --> 00:46:16.830
as I mentioned our case
you have helped organize
00:46:16.830 --> 00:46:18.983
a community meeting
called the visioning.
00:46:20.810 --> 00:46:23.500
In these meetings, and they're organized
00:46:23.500 --> 00:46:27.163
with a lot of community participation.
00:46:28.560 --> 00:46:33.560
In this example here
we have the local official,
00:46:33.780 --> 00:46:35.810
we have a local official presenting
00:46:36.868 --> 00:46:39.100
site history and information.
00:46:39.100 --> 00:46:41.490
You can see all the community members
00:46:41.490 --> 00:46:45.900
working in table groups
to generate and prioritize
00:46:45.900 --> 00:46:47.500
property reuse options.
00:46:47.500 --> 00:46:51.050
So some of their
options in this example,
00:46:51.050 --> 00:46:53.960
they may have thought
about doing a farmers market,
00:46:53.960 --> 00:46:58.160
and antique mall,
entertainment in their community.
00:46:58.160 --> 00:47:01.630
They're talking about bowling,
and the community members
00:47:01.630 --> 00:47:06.080
are able to be engaged
and vote on what they feel
00:47:07.430 --> 00:47:09.863
they would like to
see in this community.
00:47:10.970 --> 00:47:14.810
This brainstorming activity
just brings everyone together.
00:47:14.810 --> 00:47:19.810
And your community input
and support will also help you
00:47:20.260 --> 00:47:25.260
get to that redevelopment
portion of the project.
00:47:27.100 --> 00:47:30.330
I'm gonna go through some
examples of redevelopment
00:47:30.330 --> 00:47:34.090
that have gone through TCEQ Brownfields.
00:47:34.090 --> 00:47:36.030
We've provided housing.
00:47:36.030 --> 00:47:39.730
So for this site Guadalupe
Saldana subdivision
00:47:39.730 --> 00:47:41.283
located in Austin.
00:47:44.869 --> 00:47:46.930
This is about 11 acres of land,
00:47:47.855 --> 00:47:51.370
entered into the
Brownfields Program in 2008.
00:47:51.370 --> 00:47:56.370
We did soil and groundwater
assessments with the phase two.
00:47:57.572 --> 00:48:02.572
In 2012 we activated the
impacted soil and debris
00:48:04.150 --> 00:48:06.240
to achieve residential use.
00:48:06.240 --> 00:48:10.700
The residential use is now housing
00:48:10.700 --> 00:48:15.563
a 130 unit residential subdivision.
00:48:16.939 --> 00:48:19.170
In this subdivision they're providing,
00:48:19.170 --> 00:48:22.190
you can rent these homes or
you can even take ownership
00:48:22.190 --> 00:48:23.710
of these homes.
00:48:23.710 --> 00:48:28.260
And you can kind of see
these solar panels on here.
00:48:28.260 --> 00:48:32.320
They have a net-zero
designation outfitted
00:48:32.320 --> 00:48:34.610
with these solar panels.
00:48:34.610 --> 00:48:38.260
And so it's definitely
cost saving for anyone
00:48:38.260 --> 00:48:40.663
that is currently living there.
00:48:42.535 --> 00:48:46.830
Transportation is another
resource that you can use.
00:48:49.220 --> 00:48:53.470
This is Capital Metro North
Operation maintenance facility
00:48:53.470 --> 00:48:56.180
also located in Austin.
00:48:56.180 --> 00:49:00.270
The site used to be a
manufacturing warehouse
00:49:00.270 --> 00:49:03.010
and a cotton a gardening
00:49:03.010 --> 00:49:06.223
and a mattress manufacturing warehouse.
00:49:07.670 --> 00:49:12.670
This is about 28 acre property.
00:49:12.770 --> 00:49:17.510
We conducted soil and
groundwater monitoring
00:49:17.510 --> 00:49:20.360
via our state contractor.
00:49:20.360 --> 00:49:23.980
And this site went through
the Voluntary Cleanup Program
00:49:23.980 --> 00:49:28.470
and they were able to
receive federal funding.
00:49:28.470 --> 00:49:32.010
Federal funding was obtained
to help redevelop this site
00:49:32.010 --> 00:49:34.663
for new Cap Metro facilities.
00:49:36.300 --> 00:49:39.833
So as you can see now
it's housing the metro rail.
00:49:41.260 --> 00:49:42.760
You know, no demo is needed.
00:49:42.760 --> 00:49:45.187
So I think this is a really great one.
00:49:48.720 --> 00:49:52.543
St. Philip's Food
Pantry located in Dallas.
00:49:54.060 --> 00:49:58.870
The food pantry was a gas station
00:49:58.870 --> 00:50:03.870
prior to, where it stands now we had,
00:50:04.190 --> 00:50:06.940
we conducted again soil
and groundwater assessment,
00:50:06.940 --> 00:50:10.223
we removed some gasoline tanks.
00:50:11.070 --> 00:50:14.240
And this community was in dire need
00:50:14.240 --> 00:50:16.220
of a food pantry like this.
00:50:16.220 --> 00:50:18.963
They have where you can enter,
00:50:20.310 --> 00:50:22.683
they have restricted
hours where you can enter,
00:50:23.550 --> 00:50:24.630
anyone from the community
00:50:24.630 --> 00:50:29.630
can sign up to come in and
collect food for their families.
00:50:31.820 --> 00:50:34.710
This is not something
that was readily available
00:50:34.710 --> 00:50:39.393
in South Dallas and very much
needed for their community.
00:50:41.850 --> 00:50:46.080
You can contact us at TCEQ Brownfields,
00:50:46.080 --> 00:50:50.250
we have a brownfield
specific email here.
00:50:50.250 --> 00:50:53.160
Also feel free to visit our website
00:50:53.160 --> 00:50:56.500
where you can find out a
little bit more information.
00:50:56.500 --> 00:51:01.500
We have our success
stories highlighted on our page.
00:51:02.600 --> 00:51:06.040
It kind of walks you
through a GIS story map,
00:51:06.040 --> 00:51:09.520
and give you a couple more
examples to share with you,
00:51:09.520 --> 00:51:13.060
and kind of give you some
idea of how the program works,
00:51:13.060 --> 00:51:17.720
and if you have something
in your area that you're ready
00:51:17.720 --> 00:51:18.703
to bring to us.
00:51:19.548 --> 00:51:24.140
And I just wanna say thank
you everyone again for attending.
00:51:24.140 --> 00:51:27.400
We look forward to working
with you on any redevelopment
00:51:28.460 --> 00:51:31.593
ideas that you may have
that may come into Brownfield.
00:51:42.200 --> 00:51:44.570
All right, awesome,
thank you Phylicia.
00:51:44.570 --> 00:51:46.783
So we have a couple minutes left.
00:51:47.650 --> 00:51:51.893
We are gonna go ahead
and open it up for questions.
00:51:55.500 --> 00:51:56.333
Yes.
00:51:58.477 --> 00:52:00.003
Hello, good job y'all.
00:52:00.920 --> 00:52:05.653
This is Peter, we have
questions from three individuals.
00:52:06.560 --> 00:52:07.630
Okay.
00:52:07.630 --> 00:52:10.633
The first question is,
00:52:14.490 --> 00:52:16.910
if there's gonna be a
recording of today's webinar
00:52:16.910 --> 00:52:21.743
or slides available for
people to download?
00:52:22.810 --> 00:52:25.470
So today's
webinar, the full webinar
00:52:25.470 --> 00:52:27.977
with the presentation and
the recording of us talking over,
00:52:27.977 --> 00:52:32.977
that's gonna be available,
basically from here on out
00:52:33.340 --> 00:52:38.140
at this same URL that
you're using to webcast.
00:52:38.140 --> 00:52:41.990
So that URL webcast link
00:52:41.990 --> 00:52:45.350
will serve as an archive record of this.
00:52:45.350 --> 00:52:49.150
So you can type that in
and always go back to this.
00:52:49.150 --> 00:52:51.570
And then we definitely can make
00:52:51.570 --> 00:52:54.943
the PowerPoint presentations available.
00:52:56.270 --> 00:52:59.250
We can either, if
anyone's interested in it,
00:52:59.250 --> 00:53:02.540
you can send us an email
and we'll provide it to you.
00:53:02.540 --> 00:53:06.070
Or we can talk with
our communication folks
00:53:06.070 --> 00:53:08.110
about trying to get the PowerPoint
00:53:09.040 --> 00:53:11.653
loaded up on our website to download.
00:53:14.646 --> 00:53:15.479
Fantastic.
00:53:15.479 --> 00:53:17.610
Okay, thank you.
00:53:17.610 --> 00:53:18.683
Another question.
00:53:19.670 --> 00:53:24.120
Our soil gas and, or vapor
intrusion assessments considered
00:53:24.120 --> 00:53:27.333
in Railroad Commission
Brownfield assessments?
00:53:30.430 --> 00:53:31.540
So I would say
00:53:31.540 --> 00:53:34.093
they would definitely be considered.
00:53:36.000 --> 00:53:40.040
So every time that the
Railroad Commission
00:53:40.040 --> 00:53:45.040
takes on a new site and we
do, they start doing a phase two,
00:53:45.660 --> 00:53:48.820
and where we're gonna
put in soil samples,
00:53:48.820 --> 00:53:53.280
or monitoring wells, we
have to submit to EPA
00:53:53.280 --> 00:53:55.020
a sampling and analysis plan,
00:53:55.020 --> 00:53:58.010
and if at this site there's a question
00:53:58.010 --> 00:54:03.010
of maybe vapor issues, we
would definitely want to include
00:54:03.860 --> 00:54:06.410
that information in that
sampling and analysis plan,
00:54:06.410 --> 00:54:11.410
and just kind of see what
EPA's response to that would be.
00:54:12.650 --> 00:54:15.710
I will say in the past
we have not had a say
00:54:15.710 --> 00:54:19.853
in the Brownfields
Program with vapor issues.
00:54:20.900 --> 00:54:23.902
But I think it would
definitely 100% be considered
00:54:23.902 --> 00:54:27.660
if those vapors are, if
the source of the vapors
00:54:27.660 --> 00:54:30.010
are from oil and gas,
and there's a potential
00:54:30.010 --> 00:54:33.770
for human health risk.
00:54:33.770 --> 00:54:36.830
And Peter do you have
anything else to add to that?
00:54:36.830 --> 00:54:38.555
No I don't.
00:54:38.555 --> 00:54:40.567
Okay
Thank you, thank you.
00:54:42.010 --> 00:54:42.843
Okay.
00:54:47.970 --> 00:54:52.910
Here's a person or scenario
where somebody has an abandoned
00:54:53.870 --> 00:54:58.870
coal mine on their property,
whose Brownfield Program,
00:55:00.810 --> 00:55:01.940
is there a place in either one
00:55:01.940 --> 00:55:04.373
of these Brownfield
Programs for this situation?
00:55:07.030 --> 00:55:09.110
So I would say Peter,
00:55:09.110 --> 00:55:11.790
correct me if I'm wrong,
but the Railroad Commission
00:55:11.790 --> 00:55:15.870
actually has a separate program,
00:55:17.660 --> 00:55:20.420
We have a whole division
within a Railroad Commission
00:55:20.420 --> 00:55:24.480
for mining operations and
abandoned mines specifically,
00:55:24.480 --> 00:55:29.480
they get federal funds as
well to clean up and investigate
00:55:30.170 --> 00:55:35.170
any abandoned mines be, the
specifics of those federal funds
00:55:37.670 --> 00:55:39.360
and what they can be used for it.
00:55:39.360 --> 00:55:41.823
But there might be
specific types of mines.
00:55:42.800 --> 00:55:47.520
I'm not 100% sure, but we
do have are an entire program
00:55:47.520 --> 00:55:48.873
dedicated to that.
00:55:51.520 --> 00:55:53.860
Yeah, that was
a good answer Leslie.
00:55:53.860 --> 00:55:55.510
I don't have anything to add to that.
00:55:55.510 --> 00:55:59.290
Okay, and then if
anyone has more questions
00:55:59.290 --> 00:56:03.650
regarding that, I'd be happy
to put them in communication
00:56:03.650 --> 00:56:05.590
with our surface mining group.
00:56:05.590 --> 00:56:08.543
And they could then answer
those specific questions.
00:56:09.520 --> 00:56:10.353
Okay.
00:56:12.300 --> 00:56:17.033
Next question, can an
applicant be a candidate?
00:56:20.609 --> 00:56:23.160
Can I be both an applicant
00:56:23.160 --> 00:56:28.160
and a potential responsible
party in a BRP application?
00:56:30.870 --> 00:56:34.520
For the Railroad
Commission's program
00:56:34.520 --> 00:56:36.890
that would, it would definitely be no.
00:56:36.890 --> 00:56:41.310
If you were the whole premise
of the Brownfields Program
00:56:41.310 --> 00:56:43.740
along with also the
Voluntary Cleanup Program
00:56:43.740 --> 00:56:45.760
within the Railroad Commission at least,
00:56:45.760 --> 00:56:49.563
is that you cannot
be a responsible party.
00:56:50.740 --> 00:56:54.960
And so I'll also let Phylicia
answer that for terms of TCEQ.
00:56:57.340 --> 00:56:59.210
Right, yeah,
it'll be the same for us.
00:56:59.210 --> 00:57:04.210
If you are a BRP you will
not be eligible in the program.
00:57:05.800 --> 00:57:10.727
And Kristy correct me if
I'm wrong also, but see,
00:57:12.370 --> 00:57:15.870
I think the only, you
can't have contributed
00:57:15.870 --> 00:57:20.533
to the contamination
and enter the program.
00:57:22.770 --> 00:57:24.410
Okay, thank you.
00:57:24.410 --> 00:57:27.190
Okay, and then we have
just one last question
00:57:29.720 --> 00:57:31.633
based on emails that I've received.
00:57:32.530 --> 00:57:37.530
And that is, should I
apply for reimbursement
00:57:38.070 --> 00:57:42.150
of personal funds if I use
personal funds to assess a site
00:57:42.150 --> 00:57:44.643
before being accepted into the program?
00:57:47.790 --> 00:57:49.340
That is a very
interesting question
00:57:49.340 --> 00:57:51.773
that we have never received.
00:57:54.210 --> 00:57:57.060
I don't think we've ever
necessarily considered that.
00:57:57.060 --> 00:58:02.060
But I would say that the
answer to that is probably no.
00:58:02.250 --> 00:58:06.430
Because the point of the
program is for the state
00:58:06.430 --> 00:58:08.470
to have the contracted work,
00:58:08.470 --> 00:58:10.570
we have the professional
engineering firms
00:58:10.570 --> 00:58:12.810
go out there, do all this.
00:58:12.810 --> 00:58:16.410
We have to submit all these
sampling and analysis plans
00:58:16.410 --> 00:58:19.063
to EPA to approve of all that work.
00:58:21.895 --> 00:58:24.920
And all that needs to be
done before you start working,
00:58:24.920 --> 00:58:28.840
so remediating sites I would say no.
00:58:28.840 --> 00:58:32.290
But at that case if you
do use your personal funds
00:58:32.290 --> 00:58:34.740
to do an environmental
assessment and cleanup,
00:58:34.740 --> 00:58:38.080
you could enter the
Voluntary Cleanup Program,
00:58:38.080 --> 00:58:41.220
and then receive a release of liability,
00:58:41.220 --> 00:58:42.053
which you're not get,
00:58:42.053 --> 00:58:44.210
you wouldn't get that in Brownfields.
00:58:44.210 --> 00:58:45.450
The certificate of completion
00:58:45.450 --> 00:58:47.470
does not come with
that release of liability,
00:58:47.470 --> 00:58:49.850
because there's not
really a need for it,
00:58:49.850 --> 00:58:52.980
since the state is who did the cleanup.
00:58:52.980 --> 00:58:57.980
But for any private citizen
who is not caused or contributed
00:58:58.400 --> 00:59:02.390
to contamination, and they
have taken on the remediation
00:59:02.390 --> 00:59:05.730
and assessment of a site,
you could then enter VCP
00:59:05.730 --> 00:59:08.040
and receive the release of liability.
00:59:08.040 --> 00:59:11.830
That's both for the current
landowner, future landowners,
00:59:11.830 --> 00:59:16.830
any lenders, or borrowers,
or leasers or anything like that.
00:59:17.000 --> 00:59:19.690
So that is a really big incentive
00:59:19.690 --> 00:59:21.090
for anyone who does do that.
00:59:23.470 --> 00:59:24.853
Very good.
00:59:26.830 --> 00:59:29.140
That brings us to 2:29.
00:59:29.140 --> 00:59:30.310
Phylicia did you have anything
00:59:30.310 --> 00:59:32.633
to add to that before we wrap up?
00:59:34.180 --> 00:59:35.440
No I don't have.
00:59:35.440 --> 00:59:36.380
Okay.
00:59:36.380 --> 00:59:38.823
Okay, well, the last
question we got was,
00:59:39.720 --> 00:59:44.320
we just received is, could
we send the PowerPoint
00:59:44.320 --> 00:59:47.430
presentation out for the webinar?
00:59:47.430 --> 00:59:50.060
Leslie, can you repeat
what you said earlier
00:59:50.060 --> 00:59:53.613
about getting this presentation?
00:59:54.610 --> 00:59:55.443
Yes.
00:59:55.443 --> 00:59:57.960
So I think the best thing we can do,
00:59:57.960 --> 01:00:01.260
so if anyone is interested
in the presentation
01:00:01.260 --> 01:00:03.370
immediately and
you're like it right now,
01:00:03.370 --> 01:00:08.370
just send me an email at
leslie.bruce@rrc.texas.gov,
01:00:11.420 --> 01:00:14.420
or to this email address
where you sent questions,
01:00:14.420 --> 01:00:18.730
and I can immediately send this to you.
01:00:18.730 --> 01:00:22.130
But we can also add
the PowerPoint slides
01:00:22.130 --> 01:00:25.690
to our website for download.
01:00:25.690 --> 01:00:27.030
Again, that'll take a little bit longer.
01:00:27.030 --> 01:00:29.220
We'll need to get with
our communications folks
01:00:29.220 --> 01:00:30.880
to set that up.
01:00:30.880 --> 01:00:33.380
But I think that's something
we can definitely do.
01:00:35.740 --> 01:00:38.780
Okay, well, that
wraps up the questions.
01:00:38.780 --> 01:00:41.540
So I'm gonna go ahead and mute
01:00:41.540 --> 01:00:46.320
and turn it back to you Leslie.
01:00:46.320 --> 01:00:47.750
All right, sounds good.
01:00:47.750 --> 01:00:51.280
I just wanna say thank you to everyone
01:00:51.280 --> 01:00:53.110
who participated today.
01:00:53.110 --> 01:00:56.920
So that's both, our admin monitor folks,
01:00:56.920 --> 01:00:58.850
the folks who have
made all this possible
01:00:58.850 --> 01:01:00.960
to get this webinar together.
01:01:00.960 --> 01:01:03.363
Definitely Phylicia
and Kristy for helping.
01:01:04.440 --> 01:01:06.950
And just thank you to everyone
who's watched the webcast
01:01:06.950 --> 01:01:08.900
and submitted questions.
01:01:08.900 --> 01:01:11.443
Feel free to keep in touch with us,
01:01:11.443 --> 01:01:12.630
and thank you for joining.
01:01:12.630 --> 01:01:14.240
And then I'll turn it over to Phylicia
01:01:14.240 --> 01:01:16.993
in case you wanna say
any last parting words.
01:01:18.180 --> 01:01:19.013
No, that's it.
01:01:19.013 --> 01:01:20.900
Thank you Leslie, thanks for allowing us
01:01:20.900 --> 01:01:24.770
to be a part of the first webinar.
01:01:24.770 --> 01:01:29.070
Looking forward to
doing a couple many ones
01:01:29.070 --> 01:01:30.573
of these in the future.
01:01:31.920 --> 01:01:34.160
Appreciate the opportunity.
01:01:34.160 --> 01:01:35.220
Yeah, all right.
01:01:35.220 --> 01:01:36.760
Well, thank you guys so much.
01:01:36.760 --> 01:01:40.597
And with that we will close it out.
01:01:42.269 --> 01:01:43.852
Bye, bye.