Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 33 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
Part V - Hazardous Wastes and Hazardous Materials
Subpart 1 - Department of Environmental Quality-Hazardous Waste
Chapter 43 - Interim Status
Subchapter L - Land Treatment
Section V-4485 - Unsaturated Zone (Zone of Aeration) Monitoring

Universal Citation: LA Admin Code V-4485

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024

A. The owner or operator must have in writing, and must implement, an unsaturated zone monitoring plan which is designed to:

1. detect the vertical migration of hazardous waste and hazardous waste constituents under the active portion of the land treatment facility; and

2. provide information on the background concentrations of the hazardous waste and hazardous waste constituents in similar but untreated soils nearby. This background monitoring must be conducted before or in conjunction with the monitoring required in Paragraph A.1 of this Section.

B. The unsaturated zone monitoring plan must include, at a minimum:

1. soil monitoring using soil cores; and

2. soil-pore water monitoring using devices such as lysimeters.

C. To comply with Paragraph A.1 of this Section, the owner or operator must demonstrate in his unsaturated zone monitoring plan that:

1. the depth at which soil and soil-pore water samples are to be taken is below the depth to which the waste is incorporated into the soil;

2. the number of soil and soil-pore water samples to be taken is based on the variability of:
a. the hazardous waste constituents as identified in LAC 33:V.4481.A.1 and 2, in the waste and in the soil; and

b. the soil type(s); and

3. the frequency and timing of soil and soil-pore water sampling is based on the frequency, time, and rate of waste application, proximity to groundwater, and soil permeability.

D. The owner or operator must keep at the facility his unsaturated zone monitoring plan, and the rationale used in developing this plan.

E. The owner or operator must analyze the soil and soil-pore water samples for the hazardous waste constituents that were found in the waste during the waste analysis under LAC 33:V.4481.A.1 and 2.

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 30:2180 et seq.

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