N.J. Admin. Code § 7:14A-10.5

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 19, October 7, 2024

Section 7:14A-10.5 - Ground water monitoring program requirements for hazardous waste facilities

(a) Any owner or operator subject to this subchapter shall conduct a monitoring program as follows:

1. Whenever any hazardous constituent pursuant 7:14A-10.7 from a hazardous waste facility unit is detected at a compliance point established pursuant to 7:14A-10.9, the owner or operator shall institute a compliance monitoring program under 7:14A-10.13. "Detected" is defined as statistically significant evidence of contamination as described in 7:14A-10.12(f);

2. Whenever the ground water protection standard under 7:14A-10.6 is exceeded, the owner or operator shall institute a corrective action program under 7:14A-10.14. "Exceeded" is defined as statistically significant evidence of increased contamination as described in 7:14A-10.13(d);

i. Whenever hazardous constituents under 7:14A-10.7 from a hazardous waste facility unit exceed concentration limits under 7:14A-10.8 in ground water between the relevant point of compliance under 7:14A-10.9 and the downgradient hazardous waste facility property boundary, the owner or operator shall institute a corrective action program under 7:14A-10.14; or

ii. In all other cases, the owner or operator shall institute a detection monitoring program under 7:14A-10.11.

(b) The Department shall specify in the NJPDES-DGW permit the specific elements of the monitoring and response program. The Department may include one or more of the programs identified in (a) above in the NJPDES-DGW permit as may be necessary to protect human health and the environment and shall specify the circumstances under which each of the programs will be required. In deciding whether to require the owner or operator to institute a particular program, the Department shall consider the potential adverse effects on human health and the environment that might occur before final administrative action on a permit modification application to incorporate such a program could be taken.

N.J. Admin. Code § 7:14A-10.5