Site Mitigation & Restoration Program

DTSC’s Site Mitigation and Restoration Program is responsible for overseeing the evaluation and cleanup of contaminated properties throughout the state of California, including brownfields and voluntary agreements, State Superfund, military facilities, school construction and expansion projects, and corrective action and tiered permitted facilities. The Site Mitigation and Restoration Program is divided into four regions, along with branches for special projects, and technically focused groups. The Site Mitigation and Restoration Program includes project management staff along with subject-matter experts such as geologists, toxicologists, and California Environmental Quality Act specialists.

For more information on DTSC’s Site Mitigation and Restoration Program, please select one of the options below:

STRATEGIC PLAN AND PROGRAM ENHANCEMENT WORK PLAN

Improving efficiency, accountability, transparency and consistency to provide more effective and responsive cleanup decisions for California communities.

Children with balloons at a former brownfields site

BROWNFIELDS & VOLUNTARY AGREEMENTS

Access information about brownfields and view a variety of quick reference guides related to voluntary oversight agreements.

CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT

CEQA applies to all discretionary projects proposed to be conducted or approved by a California public agency, including private projects requiring discretionary government approval.

CLEANUP IN VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES INITIATIVE (CVCI)

See how DTSC is putting into action one of the boldest Environmental Justice budget initiatives in California history.

COMMUNITY BENEFITS AGREEMENT (CBA)

The CBA Policy Framework is a part of the CVCI to further improve the quality of life in the most vulnerable communities impacted by contaminated sites overseen by DTSC.

CONTACT US

DTSC’s Site Mitigation and Restoration Program is divided into 4 regions, along with branches for special projects and technically focused groups. Find their contact information on this page.

DISCOVERY AND ENFORCEMENT (D&E)

The D&E Program is part of the CVCI to protect the health of vulnerable communities. It focuses on sites containing dry-cleaning chemicals that have been released into the environment and could affect our communities.

EQUITABLE COMMUNITY REVITALIZATION GRANT (ECRG)

ECRG provides more than $250 million in grants to incentivize cleanup and investment in disadvantaged areas of California.

ENVIROSTOR

EnviroStor is DTSC’s data management system for tracking our cleanup, permitting, enforcement, and investigation efforts at hazardous waste facilities and sites with known contamination or sites where there may be reasons to investigate further.

EXIDE

The former Exide facility is located in the City of Vernon and occupies 15 acres. The facility recycled lead-bearing scrap materials obtained from spent lead-acid batteries to produce marketable lead ingots.

HUMAN & ECOLOGICAL RISK ASSESSMENT

Obtain information about DTSC’s Human & Ecological Risk Office and the toxicology expertise they provide.

LAND USE RESTRICTION SITES

A land use restricted site is a property where DTSC has placed limits or requirements on future use of the property due to varying levels of cleanup possible, practical, or necessary at the site.

LEAD-ACID BATTERY INVESTIGATION & CLEANUP

The Lead-Acid Battery Recycling Act of 2016 established a cleanup fund to finance the investigation and cleanup at any area of the state that may have been contaminated by a lead-acid battery recycling facility.

LOANS & GRANTS

Get information about the variety of loans, grants, and technical assistance offered by the US EPA.

SANTA SUSANA FIELD LABORATORY (SSFL)

SSFL is a roughly 2,850-acre site in Simi Valley where rocket engine testing and nuclear research took place. DTSC is the lead regulatory agency overseeing the cleanup along with multiple state, federal and local government agencies.

SCHOOL SITES

Find out more about DTSC’s Brownfields Restoration and School Evaluation Branch responsible for assessing, investigating and cleaning up proposed school sites.

SEA LEVEL RISE (SLR)

SLR is an increase in the water level of the Earth’s oceans resulting from the thermal expansion of ocean water and melting of land ice. At DTSC we’re focused on mitigating the impact SLR can have on contaminated properties we’re tasked with cleaning up or overseeing.