Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 44, November 2, 2024
(a)
Environmental statutes. This chapter applies to facilities
that test or analyze environmental samples in the matrices listed in subsection
(b) for the purpose of complying with the following environmental statutes:
(1) 58 Pa.C.S. Chapter 32 (relating to
development).
(2) The Clean Streams
Law (35 P.S. §§ 691.1-691.1001).
(3) The Hazardous Sites Cleanup Act
(35
P.S. §§ 6020.101-6020.1305).
(4) The Land Recycling and Environmental
Remediation Standards Act (35 P.S. §§ 6026.101-6026.908).
(5) The Pennsylvania Safe Drinking Water Act
(35
P.S. §§ 721.1-721.17).
(6) The Solid Waste Management Act
(35
P.S. §§ 6018.101-6018.1003).
(7) The Storage Tank and Spill Prevention Act
(35
P.S. §§ 6021.101-6021.2104).
(8) The Bituminous Coal Mine Safety Act
(52
P.S. §§ 690-101-690-708).
(9) The Surface Mining Conservation and
Reclamation Act (52 P.S. §§ 1396.1-1396.19b).
(10) The Coal Refuse Disposal Control Act
(52
P.S. §§ 30.51-30.66).
(11) The Bituminous Mine Subsidence and Land
Conservation Act (52 P.S. §§ 1406.1-1406.21).
(12) The Noncoal Surface Mining Conservation
and Reclamation Act (52 P.S. §§ 3301-3326).
(b)
Matrix. The following
matrices are included:
(1) Drinking
water.
(2) Nonpotable
water.
(3) Solid and chemical
materials.
(c)
Exclusions. The following testing and analysis are
specifically excluded from the requirements of this chapter:
(1) Corrosion protection system testing or
testing of a storage tank system for tightness or structural soundness under
Chapter 245 (relating to administration of the storage tank and spill
prevention program).
(2) Routine
release detection monitoring under §§ 245.442-245.445, 245.543 and
245.613.
(3) Analyses to determine
the acceptability of soils for protective, daily, intermediate and final cover
material, subbase, clay liner, clay cap, attenuating soil base and liner system
construction material under Chapters 260a, 261a, 262a, 263a, 264a, 265a, 266a,
266b, 268a, 269a, 270a, 271-273, 275, 277, 279, 281, 283-285, 287-289, 291,
293, 295 and 297-299.
(4) Testing
or analysis of the physical, chemical, mechanical and thermal properties of
liners, liner systems, leachate detection zones and barriers under Chapters
260a, 261a, 262a, 263a, 264a, 265a, 266a, 266b, 268a, 269a, 270a, 271-273, 275,
277, 279, 281, 283-285, 287-289, 291, 293, 295 and 297-299.
The provisions of this § 252.3 amended under
27 Pa.C.S. §
4105(a); and section 1920-A
of The Administrative Code of 1929 (71 P.S. §
510-20).
This section cited in 25 Pa. Code §
252.4 (relating to general
requirements); and 25 Pa. Code §
252.201 (relating to application
and supporting documents).
