NR 724.09 Note
Note: An operation and maintenance plan prepared in accordance with s.
NR 724.13 (2) will satisfy the requirements of s.
NR 724.09 (8) and
(9), if submitted with the design report. In this case, the operation and maintenance plan should provide a complete, rather than a preliminary, discussion of the topics described in s.
NR 724.09 (8) and
(9).
NR 724.09(10)
(10) A proposed schedule for implementation of the remedial or interim action, which identifies timing for initiation and completion of all tasks. The proposed dates for completion of the remedial or interim action and major milestones shall be specified. The schedule shall include deadlines for all reports, plans and submittals required by the department.
NR 724.09(11)
(11) Discussion of any other relevant technical factors.
NR 724.09 History
History: Cr.
Register, April, 1995, No. 472, eff. 5-1-95.
NR 724.11
NR 724.11
Design plans and specifications. Unless otherwise directed by the department, responsible parties shall submit to the department design plans and specifications for each remedial action and any of the interim actions specified in
s. NR 724.02 (1). Plans and specifications shall:
NR 724.11(1)
(1) Be consistent with the concepts presented in the design report prepared under
s. NR 724.09.
NR 724.11(2)
(2) Provide a general correlation between drawings and technical specifications.
NR 724.11(3)
(3) Include technical specifications and requirements necessary for all the components of the remedial or interim action.
NR 724.11(4)
(4) Include detailed drawings of the proposed design, including general component arrangements, equipment layout, process flow diagram, piping and instrumentation diagrams, cross sections, sampling locations and instrumentation locations.
NR 724.11(5)
(5) Show sufficient detail for construction, according to customary industrial and professional standards.
NR 724.11(6)
(6) Unless otherwise directed by the department, include legible visual aids, including maps, plan sheets, drawings, isometrics, cross sections and aerial photographs, which:
NR 724.11(6)(a)
(a) Are no larger than 24 inches by 36 inches and no smaller than 81/2 inches by 11 inches.
NR 724.11(6)(b)
(b) Are of appropriate scale to show all required details in sufficient clarity.
NR 724.11(6)(c)
(c) Are numbered, titled, have a legend of all symbols used, contain horizontal and vertical scales where applicable, and specify drafting or origination dates and current drawing revision or issue status.
NR 724.11(6)(f)
(f) Use national geodetic survey data as the basis for all elevations.
NR 724.11(6)(g)
(g) Show dimensions for location and placement of features or units and elevations that are based on permanent, retrievable surveying control monuments or stations.
NR 724.11(6)(h)
(h) Additionally, for solid or hazardous waste disposal facilities or, when directed by the department, for other land-based features being constructed at the site or facility as part of the response action:
NR 724.11(6)(h)1.
1. Display a survey grid based on monuments established in the field which are referenced to state plane coordinates.
NR 724.11(6)(h)2.
2. Show the survey grid location and reference major plan sheets on all cross sections.
NR 724.11 Note
Note: Examples of land-based features include covers, waste or soil piles, soil treatment piles, liners, landfills and features created by earth moving and regrading.
NR 724.11(6)(h)3.
3. Include a reduced plan-view map on all sheets with cross sections indicating the location of the cross section.
NR 724.11(7)
(7) Include descriptions, specifications and performance criteria necessary for procurement, construction and start up of all features and units, including key components and all instrumentation. Performance curves or criteria published by equipment suppliers or manufacturers may be utilized if they provide sufficient information.
NR 724.11 History
History: Cr.
Register, April, 1995, No. 472, eff. 5-1-95.
NR 724.13
NR 724.13
Operation and maintenance. NR 724.13(1)(a)(a) Unless otherwise directed by the department, responsible parties shall conduct all necessary operation and maintenance activities in accordance with this section and in compliance with all applicable state or federal public health and environmental laws, whichever are more stringent, until all applicable public health and environmental laws are complied with as required in
chs. NR 700 to
726.
NR 724.13(1)(b)
(b) Unless otherwise directed by the department, responsible parties shall operate and maintain any final covers, liners, physical hydraulic containment systems, leachate collection systems and gas collection, extraction and management systems at sites or facilities for which they are responsible, for at least 30 years.
NR 724.13(2)
(2) Operation and maintenance plan. Unless otherwise directed by the department, responsible parties shall submit to the department an operation and maintenance plan when on-site maintenance activities are necessary to implement, monitor or ensure the effectiveness of a remedial or interim action. The plan shall outline all operation, monitoring and maintenance activities, from design through case closure under
ch. NR 726, including all of the following information:
NR 724.13(2)(b)
(b) A description of normal operation and maintenance, including a schedule showing the frequency of each operation and maintenance task.
NR 724.13(2)(c)
(c) A contingency plan for any anticipated or potential operation and maintenance problems, including a description of techniques or activities to be conducted by the responsible parties to resolve operation and maintenance problems.
NR 724.13(2)(d)
(d) A description of routine monitoring and analysis, including:
NR 724.13(2)(d)2.
2. Laboratory or field tests, test methods and sampling methods; and
NR 724.13(2)(e)
(e) A description of any site-specific or facility-specific record-keeping and reporting requirements to document operation and maintenance activities, including:
NR 724.13(2)(e)1.
1. Mechanisms for reporting system failures, discharges of hazardous substances, environmental pollution and other emergencies; and
NR 724.13(2)(e)2.
2. Reports to be submitted to the department, including the results of system and environmental monitoring and the results of the monitoring well inspections meeting the requirements of
s. NR 716.13 (7).
NR 724.13(3)
(3) Progress reports. Unless otherwise directed by the department, for sites or facilities classified as complex under
s. NR 700.09 (2) and for sites or facilities where a responsible party chooses to proceed with the complex site process, responsible parties shall submit quarterly progress reports to the department in accordance with this subsection. Progress reports shall be sequentially numbered, starting with the first report which is due no later than 3 months after the remediation system begins operation, and shall include all of the following:
NR 724.13(3)(a)
(a) A brief discussion of the progress of the remediation system, including:
NR 724.13(3)(a)1.
1. As applicable to the site or facility, total contaminant extraction and destruction to date in pounds of contaminant removed.
NR 724.13(3)(a)2.
2. A discussion of any system operational problems, periods of shutdown, equipment malfunctions and any potential problems.
NR 724.13(3)(a)3.
3. An overall evaluation of the effectiveness of the system, including an evaluation of whether or not any active remediation should be modified or turned off, based upon actual and projected contaminant destruction data, whether or not natural attenuation can be relied upon to effectively complete the remediation, whether or not natural attenuation monitoring will be required, and whether or not the site or facility is ready to apply for case closure under
ch. NR 726.
NR 724.13(3)(b)
(b) A site map that indicates the location of pertinent equipment and sampling points at the site or facility.
NR 724.13(3)(c)
(c) Sufficient tables, graphs and figures to efficiently and concisely summarize and portray relevant data and pertinent field measurements.
NR 724.13(3)(d)
(d) Laboratory reports and chain-of-custody for any laboratory data, unless otherwise directed by the department.
NR 724.13(3)(e)
(e) A completed remediation system operation and maintenance reporting form supplied by the department, to be submitted semi-annually for those sites or facilities with active engineered remediation systems or annually for those sites or facilities with passive remediation systems.
NR 724.13 Note
Note: Copies of remediation system operation and maintenance reporting forms may be obtained from any regional office of the department, or by writing to the Department of Natural Resources, Bureau for Remediation and Redevelopment, P.O. Box 7921, Madison, Wisconsin 53707.
NR 724.13(4)
(4) Plan revisions. When warranted by changes in the design, operation or maintenance of the interim or remedial action, or when requested by the department, responsible parties shall revise the appropriate section of the operation and maintenance plan. Plan revisions shall be submitted to the department and shall:
NR 724.13(4)(c)
(c) Document any changes in the time of anticipated case closure and any conditions the department may place on case closure under
ch. NR 726.
NR 724.13(4)(d)
(d) Document any changes in the design, operation, maintenance or monitoring of the interim or remedial action.
NR 724.13 History
History: Cr.
Register, April, 1995, No. 472, eff. 5-1-95; am. (3) (a) 1., 2. and 3., renum. (3) (e) to be (3) (f) and cr. (3) (e),
Register, October, 1996, No. 490, eff. 11-1-96; correction in (4) made under s. 13.93 (2m) (b) 1., Stats.,
Register, October, 1999, No. 526.
NR 724.15
NR 724.15
Documentation of construction and completion. NR 724.15(1)(1) Unless otherwise directed by the department, responsible parties shall submit to the department a construction documentation or as-built report within 60 days after the date that construction of a remedial action or any interim action specified in
s. NR 724.02 (1) is completed or determined to be essentially complete by the department.
NR 724.15(2)
(2) The report shall document that the completed final remedial or interim action meets or exceeds all design criteria and the plans and specifications developed in accordance with all of the requirements of this chapter.
NR 724.15(3)
(3) Unless otherwise directed by the department, the construction documentation report shall include all of the following information:
NR 724.15(3)(b)
(b) As-built maps, plan sheets, drawings, isometric drawings and cross sections.
NR 724.15(3)(c)
(c) A synopsis of the remedial or interim action and a certification that the design and construction was carried out in accordance with the plans and specifications.
NR 724.15(3)(d)
(d) An explanation of any minor changes to the plans and why these were necessary for the project.
NR 724.15(3)(e)
(e) Results of all pilot and field tests or studies and site monitoring conducted during construction.
NR 724.15(3)(f)
(f) A brief description of the public health and environmental laws applicable to the contamination and the interim or remedial action selected, including the physical location where the environmental laws shall be complied with for all media of concern.
NR 724.15(3)(g)
(g) The information required in
ch. NR 516 for documenting the construction at the site or facility of any final covers, liners, leachate collection systems and gas collection, extraction and management systems.
NR 724.15(3)(h)
(h) A revised operations and maintenance plan in accordance with
s. NR 724.13 (4), unless the cover letter indicates that there are no revisions to the operations and maintenance plan.
NR 724.15 History
History: Cr.
Register, April, 1995, No. 472, eff. 5-1-95.
NR 724.17(1)
(1)
General. Responsible parties shall conduct all necessary and appropriate long-term monitoring at a site or facility in accordance with all of the requirements of this section and any other applicable public health and environmental laws.
NR 724.17(2)
(2) Long-term monitoring plan. Unless otherwise directed by the department, the responsible parties shall submit a long-term monitoring plan to the department that specifies:
NR 724.17(2)(b)
(b) The sampling and analytical methods to be used, consistent with the sampling and analysis requirements in
s. NR 716.13;
NR 724.17(2)(c)
(c) The interval at which monitoring is to be performed; and
NR 724.17(2)(d)
(d) The public health and environmental laws, including standards, to be complied with.
NR 724.17(3)(a)(a) Unless otherwise directed by the department, responsible parties shall submit a written monitoring results report to the department after any sampling. The report shall include all of the following information:
NR 724.17(3)(a)2.
2. Sampling results on forms provided by the department or in an alternate format approved in advance by the department. The department recommends that groundwater monitoring results be submitted to the department in an electronic (i.e., computer disk) format. However, hard copy (i.e., paper) forms may be used for the submittal of groundwater monitoring results.
NR 724.17 Note
Note: Hard copy forms may be obtained from any district office of the department, or by writing the Department of Natural Resources, Bureau for Remediation and Redevelopment, P.O. Box 7921, Madison, WI 53707.
NR 724.17(3)(a)3.
3. Monitoring results in tabular and graph form, including the current monitoring results and all previous results, so as to provide a concise summary of the monitoring program.
NR 724.17 Note
Note: Long term monitoring for groundwater includes groundwater table elevation data. This data is used for the system effectiveness reporting required by s.
NR 724.13 as well as for the assessment used to determine what attenuation processes are occurring at the site.
NR 724.17(3)(a)4.
4. Laboratory analytical reports and sample chain-of-custody forms, unless otherwise directed by the department.
NR 724.17(3)(a)5.
5. Identification of any specific environmental standards that have been attained or exceeded and an indication on a site or facility map of the location where the standards have been attained or exceeded.
NR 724.17(3)(a)6.
6. A preliminary analysis of the cause and significance of any concentrations that attain or exceed specific environmental standards and any increases in concentrations of substances that previously attained or exceeded specific environmental standards, including the factors specified in
s. NR 140.24 (1) (c) 1. to
9. for groundwater.
NR 724.17(3)(b)
(b) Responsible parties shall submit the monitoring results report to the department within 60 days of the date any sampling is completed, except as provided in
par. (c).
