Utah Administrative Code
Topic - Environmental Quality
Title R315 - Waste Management and Radiation Control, Waste Management
Rule R315-319 - Coal Combustion Residuals Requirements
Section R315-319-90 - Groundwater Monitoring and Corrective Action - Applicability
Current through Bulletin 2024-06, March 15, 2024
(a) Except as provided for in Subsection R315-319-100 for inactive CCR surface impoundments, all CCR landfills, CCR surface impoundments, and lateral expansions of CCR units are subject to the groundwater monitoring and corrective action requirements under Subsections R315-319-90 through 98.
(b) Initial timeframes
(c) Once a groundwater monitoring system and groundwater monitoring program has been established at the CCR unit as required by Sections R315-319-50 through 107, the owner or operator shall conduct groundwater monitoring and, if necessary, corrective action throughout the active life and post-closure care period of the CCR unit.
(d) In the event of a release from a CCR unit, the owner or operator shall immediately take all necessary measures to control the source(s) of releases so as to reduce or eliminate, to the maximum extent feasible, further releases of contaminants into the environment. The owner or operator of the CCR unit shall comply with all applicable requirements in Subsections R315-319-96, 97, and 98.
(e) Annual groundwater monitoring and corrective action report. For existing CCR landfills and existing CCR surface impoundments, no later than January 31, 2018, and annually thereafter, the owner or operator shall prepare an annual groundwater monitoring and corrective action report and forward the report to the Director by March 1 of each year. For new CCR landfills, new CCR surface impoundments, and all lateral expansions of CCR units, the owner or operator shall prepare the initial annual groundwater monitoring and corrective action report no later than January 31 of the year following the calendar year a groundwater monitoring system has been established for such CCR unit as required by Sections R315-319-50 through 107, and annually thereafter. For the preceding calendar year, the annual report shall document the status of the groundwater monitoring and corrective action program for the CCR unit, summarize key actions completed, describe any problems encountered, discuss actions to resolve the problems, and project key activities for the upcoming year. For purposes of Sections R315-319-90, the owner or operator has prepared the annual report when the report is placed in the facility's operating record as required by Subsection R315-319-105(h)(1). At a minimum, the annual groundwater monitoring and corrective action report shall contain the following information, to the extent available:
(f) The owner or operator of the CCR unit shall comply with the recordkeeping requirements specified in Subsection R315-319-105(h), the notification requirements specified in Subsection R315-319-106(h), and the internet requirements specified in Subsection R315-319-107(h).