New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 20 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Chapter 5 - PETROLEUM STORAGE TANKS
Part 119 - CORRECTIVE ACTION FOR STORAGE TANK SYSTEMS CONTAINING PETROLEUM PRODUCTS
Section 20.5.119.1929 - COMPLETION OF REMEDIATION

Universal Citation: 20 NM Admin Code 20.5.119.1929

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 6, March 26, 2024

A. The department shall consider remediation complete when all of the following criteria are met:

(1) no layer of NAPL greater than one-eighth inch in thickness is present on the water table or in any of the wells;

(2) the EIB standard of 0.1 mg/L for methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) has been met in groundwater and surface water;

(3) all applicable site-specific target levels or risk-based screening levels in soil and WQCC and EIB standards in groundwater have been achieved;
(a) all electrical and mechanical components of the remediation system shall remain shut down during the monitoring period described in this subsection;

(b) the department shall approve the designation of certain monitoring wells as compliance wells; the applicable standards shall be achieved concurrently at all compliance wells for at least eight consecutive quarters unless otherwise as approved by the department; and

(c) for verification of remediation of soil to target concentrations, owners and operators shall install at least four soil borings, at least three of which are distributed throughout the previously most contaminated portion of the vadose zone, as approved by the department;

(4) corrective action requirements for total petroleum hydrocarbons determined in accordance with 20.5.119.1914 NMAC have been met; and

(5) any other conditions which threatened public health, safety and welfare or the environment have been abated or remediated.

B. If any of the conditions of Paragraphs (1) through (5) of Subsection A of this section are not met, the department may require owners and operators to perform additional remediation.

C. Notwithstanding the conditions in Subsection A of this section, owners and operators may continue to operate the mechanical and electrical components of the remediation system when it is effectively reducing contaminant concentrations, as determined and approved by the department.

D. Termination of remediation in accordance with this section does not relieve the owner and operator of any other liability or responsibility they may have under this part or any other federal, state or local law or regulation.

E. Following department approval, owners and operators shall decommission the electrical and mechanical components of the remediation system and properly abandon wells that are no longer needed for remediation or monitoring, in accordance with federal, state and local laws and regulations.

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