Ariz. Admin. Code § 18-12-261.02

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 50, December 13, 2024

Section R18-12-261.02 - Free Product

A. Free product investigation. An owner or operator shall investigate for free product if site specific information indicates the potential existence for free product, and if discovered, determine its extent.

B. Free product removal. If free product is discovered, the owner or operator shall:

1. Begin removal as soon as practicable;

2. Remove free product in a manner minimizing the spread of contamination using recovery and disposal techniques based on site-specific hydrologic, geologic, and demographic conditions;

3. Comply with local, state, and federal laws or regulations when treating, discharging, or disposing recovery byproducts;

4. Use abatement of free product migration as a minimum objective for the design of the free product removal system; and

5. Handle any flammable product in a safe and competent manner to prevent fire and explosion.

C. Forty-five day free product report. If free product is discovered, the owner or operator shall submit a status report, on a Department provided form, within 45 calendar days of free product discovery and with subsequent reports required by the Department. The status report shall contain the following information known at the time of the report:

1. The name of the person(s) responsible for implementing the free product removal measures;

2. The estimated quantity, type, extent and thickness of free product observed or measured in wells, boreholes, and excavations;

3. A description of free product removal measures taken;

4. A description of any discharge that will take place during the recovery operation and where this discharge will be located;

5. A description of the type of treatment applied to and the effluent quality expected from any discharge;

6. The steps that have been or are being taken to obtain necessary permits for any discharge; and

7. The disposition of the recovered free product.

Ariz. Admin. Code § R18-12-261.02

New Section made by final rulemaking at 8 A.A.R. 3894, effective August 20, 2002 (Supp. 02-3). Amended by final rulemaking at 25 A.A.R. 3123, effective 1/1/2020.