Whats the difference between ECSI and the Confirmed Release List and Inventory?
Once DEQ adds a site to ECSI, the site remains on the database to provide tracking and historical information. The fact that a site is included in ECSI has no regulatory significance per se, because neither Oregon Revised Statutes nor Oregon Administrative Rules refer to ECSI. Two Cleanup Program lists, the CRL and Inventory, do carry regulatory significance and should not be confused with ECSI. Criteria for listing sites on the CRL or Inventory are different from the criteria for adding sites to ECSI. In addition, the CRL/Inventory listing process includes a formal notification and comment period before sites are actually listed. Furthermore, sites can be delisted from the CRL and Inventory following cleanups, but are not removed from ECSI. (When remediated sites no longer pose risks to human health or the environment, ECSI shows their No Further Action status; retaining such sites in ECSI benefits those seeking historical or “case-study” information on sites that have been through th
