Minnesota Administrative Rules
Agency 120 - Commerce Department
Chapter 2890 - PETROLEUM TANK RELEASES
Part 2890.1300 - MAXIMUM PRELIMINARY LABOR CHARGES
Universal Citation: MN Rules 2890.1300
Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 13, September 23, 2024
Subpart 1. General.
When a task listed in this part is performed during the limited site investigation or full remedial investigation step of services or as part of excavation and soil disposal oversight before the investigation, the cost is prima facie unreasonable when it exceeds the amount specified for it in the proposal for consultant services or the maximum cost specified for it in this part when the task was started, whichever is less.
Subp. 2. Administrative tasks.
A. Agency status update has a maximum cost of
$116 per field work event.
B.
Applicant status update has a maximum cost of:
(1) $629 per drilling event; or
(2) $169 per quarterly sampling
event.
C. Background
review has a maximum cost of $678 per leak site.
D. Drum disposal management has a maximum
cost of $339 per disposal.
E. Field
work notification and scheduling has a maximum cost of $230 per field work
event for which notification and scheduling are necessary.
F. Health and safety plan has a maximum cost
of $303 per leak site.
G.
Nonspecific administration has a maximum cost of $242 per step of
services.
H. Off-site access time
has a maximum cost of $1,210 per off-site property to which access is
required.
I. Sample shipping and
transportation has a maximum cost of $109 per shipping event.
J. State duty officer emergency contact has a
maximum cost of $116 per call.
Subp. 3. Consultant drilling and excavation activities.
A. Drilling oversight, field log preparation,
and soil sampling have a maximum cost of:
(1)
$182 for a 25-foot or shallower boring; or
(2) $8 per foot for a boring deeper than 25
feet.
B. Free product
recovery through hand bailing or portable pump has a maximum cost of $128 per
well per event.
C. Hydraulic
conductivity field test has a maximum cost of $169 per monitoring well for
which the performance of a hydraulic conductivity field test is
necessary.
D. Monitoring well
installation oversight and development has a maximum cost of $339 per well,
plus $169 per well that requires more than two hours for monitoring well
development.
E. Monitoring well
sealing oversight has a maximum cost of $85 per well.
F. Surveying and surveying equipment has a
maximum cost of:
(1) $230 per surveying event
for which a licensed professional surveyor is not necessary; or
(2) the reasonable actual cost up to $908 per
surveying event for which a licensed professional surveyor is
necessary.
G. Temporary
well installation oversight has a maximum cost of:
(1) $182 for a 25-foot or shallower well;
or
(2) $8 per foot for a well
deeper than 25 feet.
H.
Utility backfill investigation has a maximum cost of $85 per hand-auger
boring.
I. Utility clearance has a
maximum cost of:
(1) the reasonable actual
cost up to $242 for each utility clearance event for which a private utility
locator is not necessary; and
(2)
the reasonable actual cost up to $605 for each utility clearance event for
which a private utility locator is necessary.
Subp. 4. Field and receptor surveys.
A. Karst field survey has a
maximum cost of $2,396.
B. Surface
water receptor survey and risk evaluation has a maximum cost of $169 per leak
site.
C. Vapor receptor survey and
risk evaluation has a maximum cost of $847 per leak site, plus:
(1) $21 per citizen contact beyond eight;
and
(2) $43 per subsurface
monitoring point beyond eight.
D. Water well receptor survey and risk
evaluation has a maximum cost of $911 per leak site, plus $43 per citizen
contact or property surveyed beyond 15.
Subp. 5. Sampling.
A. AST soil sampling has a maximum cost of
$43 per sample that is listed on the chain-of-custody form received by the
laboratory.
B. Composted soil
sampling has a maximum cost of $85 per sampling event.
C. Contaminated stockpile soil sampling has a
maximum cost of $43 per sample that is listed on the chain-of-custody form
received by the laboratory.
D.
Excavation soil sampling has a maximum cost of:
(1) $85 per tank that is removed or abandoned
plus $4.24 per cubic yard excavated when a tank is being removed or abandoned;
plus
(2) $1.70 per cubic yard
excavated when a tank is not being removed or abandoned; plus
(3) $85 per test pit.
E. Groundwater sampling (permanent monitoring
well) has a maximum cost of $149 per well per sampling event.
F. Groundwater sampling (other than permanent
monitoring well) has a maximum cost of $43 per sampling point from which a
sample is taken and delivered to a laboratory for analysis.
G. Land-treated soil sampling has a maximum
cost of $85 per sampling event.
Subp. 6. Submissions to agency.
A. Annual monitoring report preparation has a
maximum cost of $1,863 per report, plus:
(1)
$43 per well beyond three;
(2)
$169, if follow-up vapor monitoring is performed;
(3) $9 per subsurface monitoring point beyond
eight that had to be plotted on a site map; and
(4) $9 per property beyond 16 that had to be
added to a property table.
B. Composting monitoring worksheet
preparation has a maximum cost of $85 per worksheet.
C. Composting site application preparation
has a maximum cost of $678 per composting site.
D. Excavation report preparation has a
maximum cost of $593 per report.
E.
Free product recovery report worksheet preparation has a maximum cost of $169
per site.
F. Investigation report
preparation (full RI) has a maximum cost of:
(1) for a report recommending closure,
additional vapor monitoring, or additional groundwater monitoring, $5,739,
plus:
(a) $1,597 for the karst field survey
attachment;
(b) $182 per soil
boring beyond five;
(c) $237 per
well beyond three;
(d) $9 per
subsurface monitoring point beyond eight that had to be plotted on a site map;
and
(e) $9 per property beyond 16
that had to be added to a property table;
(2) for a report recommending active
remediation, $5,908, plus:
(a) $1,597 for the
karst field survey attachment;
(b)
$182 per soil boring beyond five;
(c) $237 per well beyond three;
(d) $9 per subsurface monitoring point beyond
eight that had to be plotted on a site map; and
(e) $9 per property beyond 16 that had to be
added to a property table; or
(3) for a full remedial investigation report
submitted in response to a documented special request made by the agency after
a limited site investigation report was submitted to the agency, the maximum
cost for investigation report preparation (LSI only), plus:
(a) $1,355;
(b) $1,597 for the karst field survey
attachment, if it was prepared in response to the documented special request
made by the agency after a limited site investigation report was submitted to
the agency;
(c) $182 per soil
boring drilled in response to the documented special request made by the agency
after a limited site investigation report was submitted to the agency;
and
(d) $237 per well installed in
response to the documented special request made by the agency after a limited
site investigation report was submitted to the agency.
G. Investigation report
preparation (LSI only) has a maximum cost of $4,208, plus:
(1) $1,597 for the karst field survey
attachment;
(2) $152 per soil
boring beyond five;
(3) $9 per
subsurface monitoring point beyond eight that had to be plotted on a site map;
and
(4) $9 per property beyond 16
that had to be added to a property table.
H. Land treatment application preparation has
a maximum cost of $169 per application.
I. Land treatment monitoring worksheet
preparation has a maximum cost of $128 per worksheet.
J. Land treatment site application
preparation has a maximum cost of $678 per land treatment site.
K. Land treatment spreading notification form
preparation has a maximum cost of $85 per notification.
L. Quarterly monitoring report preparation
has a maximum cost of $466 per report, plus:
(1) $43 per well beyond three;
(2) $85, if follow-up vapor monitoring is
performed;
(3) $9 per subsurface
monitoring point beyond eight that had to be plotted on a site map;
and
(4) $9 per property beyond 16
that had to be added to a property table.
M. Thermal treatment application preparation
has a maximum cost of $169 per application.
Statutory Authority: MS s 115C.07
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