(1) GENERAL. Based
on the evaluation and selection of remedial action options required in ss.
NR 722.07 and
722.09, responsible parties shall
document the evaluation and selection in a remedial action options report in
compliance with the requirements of this section. Responsible parties shall
submit the remedial action options report to the department within 60 days
after submitting the site investigation report, unless otherwise specified by
the department.
(2)CONTENTS OF
REPORT. The remedial action options report shall include the following:
(a)
Cover letter.
1. The department's identification number for
the site or facility.
2. The
purpose of the submittal and the desired department action or
response.
3. Month, day and year of
the submittal.
(b)
Executive summary. A brief narrative summarizing the contents
of the report.
(c)
Background information.
1.
Project title, name of the site or facility, its location, the mailing address
and telephone number of the responsible parties, and the name, address and
telephone number of the person who prepared the report.
2. The regulatory status of the site or
facility.
3. A summary of the
nature and extent of contamination at the site or facility, based on the data
gathered during the site investigation.
4. A summary of the geologic and
hydrogeologic characteristics at the site or facility, based on data gathered
during the site investigation.
Note: If a site investigation report required
under ch. NR 716 and a remedial action options report required under this
chapter are prepared as a single submittal, the site investigation information
does not need to be restated in the remedial action options portion of the
combined submittal.
(d)
Remedial action options.
A brief description of each remedial action option that has been evaluated
under s.
NR 722.07, including all of the following information:
1. A physical and operational description of
each remedial action option.
2. The
degree to which each evaluated remedial action option is expected to comply
with the environmental laws and standards under s.
NR 722.09(2).
3. The physical location at the site or
facility where the environmental standards applicable to the site or facility
and the remedial action option are to be complied with.
4. Any local, state or federal licenses,
permits or approvals that are required for each remedial action
option.
5. A comparison of the
expected performance of each remedial action option in relation to the
technical and economic feasibility criteria in s.
NR 722.07(4).
6. A statement on whether or not treatment
was considered and why a treatment option or combination of treatment options
were rejected, if rejected.
(e)
Selected remedial
action. Responsible parties shall document the selected remedial
action in compliance with this section, except where the department is
selecting the remedial action option under s.
NR 722.05(2). The remedial action
options report shall identify the selected remedial action and shall include:
1. A brief summary of the rationale for
choosing the remedial action, based on the evaluation required under s.
NR 722.07.
2.
A proposed schedule for implementing the selected remedial action
option.
3. An estimate of the
approximate total cost of implementing the selected remedial action option,
including the costs listed in s.
NR 722.07(4) (b).
4. An estimate of the time frame needed for
the selected remedial action option to comply with the applicable federal or
state environmental laws and standards, whichever are more stringent.
5. A description of how the performance of
the selected remedial action option will be measured.
6. A description of how treatment residuals
generated in connection with the selected remedial action option will be
managed on-site and, if applicable, off-site.
7. A description of how the criteria in s.
NR 722.09(2m) regarding sustainable
remedial action were addressed.
