The Special Remediation Branch conducts
activities regarding the assessment and remediation of sites in
the following programs:
Drycleaning Solvent Cleanup Act
Program - A voluntary program designed to assess and
remediate drycleaning sites that are contaminated with
drycleaning solvents.
Manufactured Gas Plant Initiative -The branch negotiated an
agreement with the North Carolina Manufactured Gas Plant Group,
a utility industry working group. Under the agreement, the
branch will assess and, where needed, clean up 28 to 35
manufactured gas plant sites in the state. This is the
section’s first experiment in "direct funding." Members of the
N.C. MGP Group provided the division with $425,000 used to hire
staff that oversaw these sites for the first three years. In
2004, the MGP group agreed to provide close to $430,000 to
continue the project for another three years. No state
resources are used on these sites.
