(1) GENERAL. Unless
otherwise directed by the department, in cases where a site investigation is
required under s.
NR 716.05, responsible parties shall submit a work plan
to the department within 60 days of receiving notification that a site
investigation is required, describing the intended scope and conduct of a field
investigation. One paper copy and one electronic copy of the plan shall be
submitted to the department, unless otherwise directed by the department, in
accordance with s.
NR 700.11(3g).
Note: Guidance for Electronic Submittals for
the GIS Registry outlines how electronic copies should be submitted in the
Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) on optical disk media. This guidance can
be accessed at http://dnr.wi.gov/files/PDF/pubs/rr/RR690.pdf.
(2)CONTENTS. The work plan shall
include all of the following information, unless otherwise directed by the
department:
(a) Site name, address, and
location by quarter-quarter section, township, range and county, and the
location information specified in s.
NR 716.15(5)
(d).
Note: Section
NR 716.15(5)
(d) requires submittal of Wisconsin
Transverse Mercator (WTM) coordinates.
(b) Name and address of the responsible party
or parties, and name and address of all consultants or contractors involved in
the response action.
(c) Site
location map, consisting of the applicable portion of a 1:24,000-scale
topographic quadrangle published by the United States geological survey with
the name of the quadrangle indicated, and a site layout map to approximate
scale depicting the layout of buildings, roads, discharge location and other
relevant features of the site.
(d)
Information gathered during scoping of the project, including the applicable
items in s.
NR 716.07.
(e) Basic information on the physiographical
and geological setting of the site necessary to choose sampling methods and
locations, including:
1. The existing
topography, including prominent topographic features.
2. The surface water drainage patterns and
significant hydrologic features, such as surface waters, springs, surface water
drainage basins, divides, wetlands and whether the site lies within a
floodplain or floodway.
3. Texture
and classification of surficial soils.
4. General nature and distribution of
geologic materials, including the thickness and type of unconsolidated
materials and the type and nature of bedrock.
5. General hydrogeologic
information.
6. Potential hazardous
substance migration pathways.
(f) Sampling and analysis strategy to be used
during the field investigation, including:
1.
A description of the investigative techniques to be used to characterize the
site or facility.
2. Identification
on a site layout map of the locations, both planimetric and vertical, from
which samples of environmental media will be obtained. Where locations cannot
be specified in advance, the work plan shall include a description of the
strategy to be used for determining these locations in the field.
3. A description of sampling methods to be
used, including methods for collecting, preserving and delivering samples, and
leak detection methods.
4. An
itemization of the parameters for which samples will be analyzed, as well as
the analytical methods to be used and their method detection limits.
5. A description of quality control and
quality assurance procedures to be used per sampling method, including the
items specified in s.
NR 716.13.
6.
A description of the procedures to be used to prevent cross-contamination among
samples.
7. A description of the
type of investigative wastes that will be generated during the site
investigation and how they will be collected, stored, transported and treated
or disposed of.
8. A discussion of
how the sampling and analysis results will be related to results of any
previous investigations at the site or facility, and how the results will be
used to determine the degree and extent of the contamination and the selection
of a remedial action option including, where appropriate, natural
attenuation.
(g) A
description of other procedures to be used for site management, including
erosion control and repair of structural, soil, or ground
disturbance.
(h) A schedule for
conducting the field investigation and reporting the results to the
department.
(3)DEPARTMENT REVIEW OF SUBMITTED WORK PLANS.
(a) The department may instruct responsible
parties to proceed without departmental review of work plans submitted under
this section.
(b) Responsible
parties that are not instructed to proceed under par. (a) shall wait before
initiating the field investigation until the department has approved or
conditionally approved the work plan, except that if the department has not
reviewed the work plan within 30 days after its receipt by the department, the
responsible parties shall proceed with the field investigation.
(c) If the department disapproves a work plan
submitted under this section, the department shall provide to the responsible
parties, in writing, the basis for disapproval and a deadline for providing a
revised work plan.
(d) The lack of
a response from the department, after the department's receipt of a work plan,
may not be construed to mean that the department has approved the work
plan.
The department will only provide an approval if a review
was requested, and the appropriate fee was submitted.
