The Code of Miami-Dade County, Florida, Chapter 24 was amended on March 8, 2001 to implement “Risk Based Corrective Action” (RBCA) principles for the cleanup of contaminated properties within the County.
This ordinance applies to properties not eligible for State of Florida cleanup provisions identified in 62-770, 777, 782, and 785, Florida Administrative Code (Petroleum, Dry-cleaning, and Brownfields Cleanup Programs), yet required to conduct pollution remediation.
The code, as amended, establishes cleanup target levels for soil, groundwater, and surface waters and sets forth the requirements and procedures for site rehabilitation in: discovery, notification, assessment, natural attenuation, risk assessment, remediation, no further action with conditions, and related issues.
The Miami-Dade County RBCA Ordinance
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Flow Chart  - helps to understand the "Risk Based Corrective Action" process as amended in Chapter 24. This is for information only, please refer to the approved ordinance for the actual rules and requirements.
Guidance Documents DERM Technical Report:
Development of Cleanup Target Levels (CTLs) for Chapter 24, Code of Miami-Dade County, Florida (October 20, 2001)
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Tables 1-2  (2.8 MB) Cleanup Target Levels for groundwater, surface water and soil.
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Tables 3-8  (4.3 MB) Default parameters, chemical specific values, Sources and Derivation of Toxicity Values Used in Calculations for Carcinogens, Chemicals Sorted by Target Organ, Contaminant Name and CAS# Cross Reference, Soil Saturation (Csat) Limits
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Supporting Information for the Implementation of the Risk Based Corrective Action Provisions for Miami-Dade County (March 2003)
Comfort Letter Policy for Contaminated Sites
For questions regarding the RBCA ordinance, please contact the Pollution Remediation Section of DERM at 305-372-6700.
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