Georgia
Hazardous Site Inventory (HSI)
Georgia Hazardous Site Inventory (HSI)
Georgia's state Superfund list is the Hazardous Site Inventory (HSI), kept by the Response and Remediation Program of the Georgia Environmental Protection Division (EPD). EPD calls the Hazardous Site Response Act, enacted in 1992, Georgia's state superfund statute, and labels the inventory the state superfund list. A site goes on the inventory when EPD finds that a release exceeding a reportable quantity has occurred, and EPD may also list a site that otherwise poses a threat to human health or the environment.
In a Phase I ESA
The inventory is the Georgia form of the state equivalent to the federal Superfund lists, which ASTM E1527-21 names as a standard source. The general reading of a state Superfund listing is on the state Superfund equivalent page. Five Georgia details shape how to read a listing.
- Listing follows a score. EPD scores each reported release with its reportable quantities screening method, and a score above the threshold for soil or for groundwater leads to a recommendation to list. The reporting and scoring step is on the Hazardous Site Response Act release notifications page.
- A listed site owes a compliance status report. After listing, EPD asks the responsible parties for a compliance status report (CSR). It documents the investigation: the responsible parties, the source areas, the full horizontal and vertical extent of contamination in soil and groundwater, and which contaminated areas do not meet the Risk Reduction Standards. Where areas do not comply, a corrective action plan (CAP) is required, with the proposed cleanup technologies and a schedule.
- Coming off the list takes a certification. To remove a site, the responsible parties must submit a CSR certifying that the site complies with Georgia's cleanup standards. EPD says it may decide that the site, or individual properties that make up the site, meet or do not meet the standards. Check which properties a decision covers.
- Controls can stay behind. EPD says deed notices or environmental covenants are required for HSI sites where it has determined that corrective action is warranted, where properties comply with the non-residential standards, and where control measures must be used because removal or decontamination is not feasible. See Uniform Environmental Covenants.
- The state may do the work. If the responsible parties cannot fulfill the CSR or CAP requirements, EPD says enforcement action may be taken and the state may pay for the investigation or cleanup from the Hazardous Waste Trust Fund.
When a CSR is submitted, the responsible parties must publish a notice in the legal organ of the county where the site is located and give written notice to the local governments there.
The rules are the Rules for Hazardous Site Response, which EPD lists as 391-3-19. EPD cites the Hazardous Site Response Act as O.C.G.A. 12-8-90.
What the record shows
EPD posts the inventory in several forms on one page, each marked revised July 2026.
| Item | What EPD says about it |
|---|---|
| Introduction | How the inventory is developed and the class system used to differentiate the sites |
| Site lists | The sites sorted by name, by county, by site number and by class. EPD says to use a list to find the site number, then read the site summary with that number. |
| Site summaries | Summaries for each site currently listed on the inventory |
| Table and map | A workbook and an interactive map, each with site profile information and links to the individual site summaries |
The class system is explained in the introduction document. Read a site's class against it; do not infer a meaning from the label. The summaries cover sites currently listed, so ask EPD about a site that was listed earlier and has since been removed.
EPD says it does not guarantee the accuracy, reliability or completeness of the inventory data, which may change without notice.
Where to look a site up
- EPD's Hazardous Site Inventory page carries the lists, the summaries, the table and the map.
- The Response and Remediation Program is at 404.657.8600.
Getting the file
EPD says historical release notifications, and its listing or non-listing decision on each, are available for public review at its downtown office, 2 Martin Luther King, Jr. Dr., Suite 1058, East Tower, Atlanta. File reviews there are by appointment, requested by email at the address on EPD's Land Branch Open Records Requests page. Requests under the Georgia Open Records Act go through EPD's Open Records Request Portal.
Sources
Georgia Environmental Protection Division pages, read October 7, 2026:
- Hazardous Site Inventory, last modified July 1, 2026.
- Hazardous Site Response Act Guidance, last modified September 19, 2019.
- HSRA Notification 391-3-19-.04 Frequently Asked Questions, no modified date in the saved page.
- Compliance Status Report 391-3-19-.06(3), last modified August 14, 2026.
- Corrective Action Plan 391-3-19-.06(6), last modified January 14, 2022.
- Hazardous Site Response Release Notifications, last modified August 14, 2026.
- Brownfield, last modified August 14, 2026.
- LPB Program and Units, last modified June 30, 2026.
- Existing Rules and Corresponding Laws, last modified September 26, 2024.
- Land Branch Open Records Requests, last modified July 29, 2026.