2025 AIPG Michigan Section Meeting - February 20, 2025

"Michigan Bounty" Buffet Dinner: Chopped Greens with , Dill Pickle Brined Chicken, Stone Ground Grits, Roasted Baby Bakers, Fried Wild Rice, Green Beans, Assorted Rolls, and Fresh Fruit Salad.

Apple Bavarian Cheesecake for dessert.

Cash Bar.

Michigan RBCA: New Guidance for an Old Concept

In the past couple years, 2023 to 2024, EGLE's Remediation and Redevelopment Division (RRD) has made substantial changes to several technical guidance documents to align them with the most recent science with an emphasis on being practical to implement while being protective of the environment. In 2025, the Part 213 program will undergo a fundamental change in its implementation as RRD releases a Michigan-specific risk-based corrective action (RBCA) guidance document, new cover sheets and report forms for Part 213 submittals, and optional computational software to calculate Tier 2 SSTLs. This presentation will provide a background, rationale, and an overview of the major implementation changes.

Steve Beukema is the Part 213 Program Specialist for EGLE's Remediation and Redevelopment Division (RRD). He has been with EGLE RRD since 2006, where he has worked primarily in the Part 213 program as a project manager for many years prior to his current position in program and policy development. Dr. Beukema has a bachelor's degree in piano performance and German from Hope College and in geology from Grand Valley State University. He pursued additional academic work at the University of Freiburg in Germany and at New York University before earning an M.S. and Ph.D. in geology from Western Michigan University.

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