New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Chapter 26F - HEATING OIL TANK SYSTEM REMEDIATION RULES
Subchapter 3 - SOIL AND FREE PRODUCT REMEDIATION REQUIREMENTS
Section 7:26F-3.2 - Free product remediation

Universal Citation: NJ Admin Code 7:26F-3.2

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024

(a) The owner shall, within 60 days after identifying the presence of free product:

1. Initiate the removal of free product; and

2. Treat or remove all free product saturated soil to the extent practicable, or contain free product when treatment or removal is not practicable.

(b) The owner shall:

1. Delineate the horizontal and vertical extent of free product;

2. Determine the thickness of the free product;

3. Remediate free product until either there is no observable sheen, or there is only a discontinuous sheen. A discontinuous sheen is an observable amount of heating oil on the surface of the water in any well or excavation, that is broken or intermittent and does not cover the majority of the water surface;

4. Complete the remediation of free product within one year after its discovery; and

5. After the removal of free product, remediate contaminated ground water pursuant to N.J.A.C. 7:26F-4.

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