AGENCY: Department of Environmental Quality. Division of Environmental Response and Remediation

SERIES: 26191
TITLE: Voluntary Cleanup Program site-specific records
DATES: 1997-
ARRANGEMENT: Numerical by project number.

DESCRIPTION: These records document voluntary cleanups in Utah under Title 19, Chapter 8 of the Utah Code. They are also used by the Department of Environmental Quality to document the stabilization and/or cleanup of a specific site. The records are used to maintain information about voluntary cleanup sites.

The Voluntary Cleanup Program administrative records include site characterization, remedial action, risk assessment and operation and maintenance workplans, and reports and records which document long term response activities. They also contain correspondence, contamination assessment data, remedial action data, site management data, operation and maintenance plans, site management plans, technical review comment letters, monitoring agreements, inspection reports, site close-out records, voluntary agreements, voluntary cleanup applications, institutional controls, community relations plans, fact sheets, workplans, site reports, health/safety plans, quality assurance project plans, field logs and groundwater monitoring reports.

Additional voluntary cleanup records include site photos, drawings and location maps, site inspection forms, sample analysis sheets, sampling information, background data including disposal area type and operational history, engineering studies for proposed sites, figures outlining pertinent site features, analytical tables, engineering recommendations, future site construction activities, laboratory testing information, soil sampling equipment, soil disposal records, boring logs, sampling reports, geochemical studies and site-specific geologic records.

RETENTION

Permanent. Retain for 200 year(s)

DISPOSITION

Transfer to Archives.

RETENTION AND DISPOSITION AUTHORIZATION

Retention and disposition for this series were specifically approved by the State Records Committee.

APPROVED: 06/2006

FORMAT MANAGEMENT

Paper: Retain in Office until administrative value has been met and then transfer to State Records Center. Retain in State Records Center for 200 years and then transfer to State Archives with authority to weed.

Computer data files: Retain in Office for 200 years and then transfer to State Archives with authority to weed.

APPRAISAL

Administrative Historical

These records contain verification of remediation, stabilization, or clean up of specific sites of contamination throughout the state, which documents evidence of the significant effects of governmental programs and actions on individuals, communities, and the natural and man-made environment.

PRIMARY DESIGNATION

Public

SECONDARY DESIGNATION

Private. Utah Code 63G-2-302(2)(d)