SB 1345 Summary

• Establishes procedures for persons to undertake environmental response activities and submit response activity plans to the Department of Environmental Quality without prior approval, unless required by administrative order or judicial decree.

• Creates a "no further action report" process whereby persons can submit completion documentation after remedial actions satisfy cleanup criteria, with the Department required to approve, deny, or request additional information within 150 days (180 days if public participation required).

• Requires postclosure plans with land use restrictions and permanent markers for facilities that do not meet unrestricted residential cleanup criteria, with restrictions recorded as covenants with the county register of deeds within 21 days.

• Establishes cleanup criteria categories including residential, nonresidential, limited residential, and limited nonresidential, with authority for site-specific criteria that better reflect toxicity or exposure risk than generic criteria.

• Adds provisions for groundwater venting to surface water, allowing demonstration of compliance through generic water quality standards, mixing zone-based criteria, or site-specific criteria, with specific procedural requirements for alternative monitoring points.