The Waste Management & Remediation Division is responsible for:

• Overseeing investigation and cleanup activities at state and federal Superfund sites
• Reclaiming abandoned mine lands
• Implementing corrective actions at sites with leaking underground storage tanks (LUSTs)
• Overseeing groundwater remediation at sites where agricultural and industrial chemical spills have caused groundwater contamination

The purpose of these activities is to:

• Protect human health and the environment
• Prevent exposure of human and ecological receptors to hazardous or deleterious substances released to:
  • air
  • groundwater
  • soil
  • sediment [or]
  • surface water
• Ensure compliance with applicable state and federal regulations