DoD/DOE Program

DoD Program

The DoD section is involved in surface and groundwater water quality issues at military bases and other Federal Facilities. The DoD section has the regulatory responsibility for overseeing petroleum releases at Federal Facilities in the Bay Area under Health and Safety Code, Division 20, Chapters 6.7 and 6.75 and California Code of Regulations Title 23, Chapter 16. Sites regulated under the DoD section include open and closed Army, Navy and Air Force Bases and Department of Energy laboratories. Agreements between states and Federal Facilities designate a "lead agency" for a site. The designated lead agency can be the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), CALEPA Department of Toxic Substance Control (DTSC), or the Regional Water Quality Control Board (RWQCB). Following are Federal Facility Sites in the Bay Area and the lead agency for the site.

DOE Program

Since 1994, Board staff has provided oversight of cleanup activities at the four DOE facilities within the San Francisco Bay Region. These are the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, the Sandia National Laboratory in Livermore, and the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, or SLAC, located at Stanford University.

Board funding for oversight of DOE facilities is through a federal grant that is renewed on a three-year basis. Currently, there are three Board case managers providing regulatory oversight for these facilities. One of the facilities, SLAC, is under Board lead. At the other facilities, the Board shares oversight responsibilities with the Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC).

For all four facilities, our case managers deal with all issues pertaining to water quality, whether they be groundwater or surface water concerns, including stormwater. Typically, pollutants of concern consist of solvents and petroleum hydrocarbons. In two instances, pollutants involve PCBs and Tritium.

For further information please visit the following web sites:

http://www.navfac.navy.mil/

http://www.cpeo.org/lists/military/1999/index.html

(Last updated 04/06/07)