Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 38, September 20, 2024
a) Except as provided in subsection (b)
below, upon completion of the Remedial Action Plan, the RA shall prepare a
Remedial Action Completion Report. The report shall demonstrate whether the
remedial action was completed in accordance with the approved Remedial Action
Plan and whether the remediation objectives, as well as any other requirements
of the plan, have been attained. [415 ILCS
5/58.6(e)(1)] The report shall
include, but not be limited to:
1) Executive
summary. This chapter shall identify the overall objectives of the remedial
action and the technical approach utilized to meet those objectives, including:
A) A brief description of the remediation
site, including the recognized environmental conditions, the contaminants of
concern, the contaminated media, and the extent of contamination;
B) The major components of the Remedial
Action Completion Report;
C) The
scope of the problems corrected or mitigated by the proposed remedial
action(s); and
D) The anticipated
post-remediation uses of the remediation site and areas immediately adjacent to
the remediation site;
2)
Field activities. This chapter shall provide a narrative description of the:
A) Field activities conducted during the
investigation;
B) Remedial actions
implemented at the remediation site and the performance of each remedial
technology utilized; and
C)
Measures that were taken to ensure compliance with the requirements for soil
management zones under Section
740.535
of this Part, if a soil management zone was used;
3) Special conditions. This chapter shall
provide a description of any:
A) Engineered
barriers utilized in accordance with 35 Ill. Adm. Code 742 to achieve the
approved remediation objectives;
B)
Institutional controls accompanying engineered barriers or
industrial/commercial property uses in accordance with Section
740.450 of
this Part and 35 Ill. Adm. Code 742, including a legible copy of any such
controls, as appropriate;
C)
Post-remedial monitoring, including:
i)
Conditions to be monitored;
v) Contingencies in the event of an
exceedence; and
D) Other
conditions, if any, necessary for protection of human health and the
environment that are related to the issuance of a No Further Remediation
Letter;
4) Results. This
chapter shall analyze the effectiveness of the remedial actions by comparing
the results of the confirmation sampling with the remediation objectives
prescribed in the Agency-approved Remedial Action Plan. The data shall state
the remediation objectives or reference the Remediation Objectives Report and
be presented in an appropriate format (e.g., tabular and graphical displays)
such that all information is organized and presented logically and that
relationships between the different investigations for each medium are
apparent;
5) Conclusion. This
chapter shall identify the success of the remedial action in meeting
objectives. This chapter shall assess the accuracy and completeness of the data
in the report and, if applicable, future work;
6) Appendices. References, data sources, and
a completed environmental notice form as provided by the Agency shall be
incorporated into the appendices. Field logs, well logs and reports of
laboratory analyses shall be organized and presented logically with reports of
laboratory analyses of samples collected on or after January 1, 2003, including
the following:
A) Accreditation status of the
laboratory performing the quantitative analyses;
B) Certification by an authorized agent of
the laboratory that all analyses have been performed in accordance with the
requirements of 35 Ill. Adm. Code 186 and the scope of the accreditation;
and
7) Licensed
Professional Engineer affirmation in accordance with Section
740.410
of this Part.
b) If the
approved remediation objectives for the regulated substances of concern
established under Sections
740.440
and
740.445
of this Part are equal to or above the levels existing at the site prior to any
remedial action, notification and documentation of such, including a
description of any engineered barriers, institutional controls, and
post-remedial monitoring, shall constitute the entire Remedial Action
Completion Report for purposes of this Part. [415 ILCS
5/58.6(e)(2)]