La. Admin. Code tit. 33 § V-3321

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024

Section V-3321 - Corrective Action Program

An owner or operator required to establish a corrective action program under this Subpart must, at a minimum, discharge the following responsibilities:

A. the owner or operator must take corrective action to ensure that regulated units are in compliance with the groundwater protection standard under LAC 33:V.3305. The administrative authority will specify the groundwater protection standard in the facility permit, including:

1. a list of the hazardous constituents identified under LAC 33:V.3307;

2. concentration limits under LAC 33:V.3309 for each of those hazardous constituents;

3. the compliance point under LAC 33:V.3311; and

4. the compliance period under LAC 33:V.3313;

B. the owner or operator must implement a corrective action program that prevents hazardous constituents from exceeding their respective concentration limits at the compliance point by removing the hazardous waste constituents or treating them in place. The permit will specify the specific measures that will be taken;

C. the owner or operator must begin corrective action within a reasonable time period after the groundwater protection standard is exceeded. The administrative authority will specify that time period in the facility permit. If a facility permit includes a corrective action program in addition to a compliance monitoring program, the permit will specify when the corrective action will begin and such a requirement will operate in lieu of LAC 33:V.3319.I.2;

D. in conjunction with a corrective action program, the owner or operator must establish and implement a groundwater monitoring program to demonstrate the effectiveness of the corrective action program. Such a monitoring program may be based on the requirements for a compliance monitoring program under LAC 33:V.3319 and must be as effective as that program in determining compliance with the groundwater protection standard under LAC 33:V.3305 and in determining the success of a corrective action program under LAC 33:V.3321.E, where appropriate;

E. in addition to the other requirements of this Section, the owner or operator must conduct a corrective action program to remove or treat in place any hazardous constituents under LAC 33:V.3307 that exceed concentration limits under LAC 33:V.3309 in groundwater:

1. between the compliance point under LAC 33:V.3311 and the downgradient facility property boundary; and

2. beyond the facility boundary, where necessary to protect human health and the environment, unless the owner or operator demonstrates to the satisfaction of the administrative authority that, despite the owner's or operator's best efforts, the owner or operator was unable to obtain the necessary permission to undertake such action. The owner/operator is not relieved of all responsibility to clean up a release that has migrated beyond the facility boundary where off-site access is denied. On-site measures to address such releases will be determined on a case-by-case basis;

3. corrective action measures under this Subsection must be initiated and completed within a reasonable period of time considering the extent of contamination;

4. corrective action measures under this Subsection may be terminated once the concentration of hazardous constituents under LAC 33:V.3307 is reduced to levels below their respective concentration limits under LAC 33:V.3309;

F. the owner or operator must continue corrective action measures during the compliance period to the extent necessary to ensure that the groundwater protection standard is not exceeded. If the owner or operator is conducting corrective action at the end of the compliance period, he must continue that corrective action for as long as necessary to achieve compliance with the groundwater protection standard. The owner or operator may terminate corrective action measures taken beyond the period equal to the active life of the waste management area (including the closure period) if he can demonstrate, based on data from the groundwater monitoring program under LAC 33:V.3321.D, that the groundwater protection standard of LAC 33:V.3305 has not been exceeded for a period of three consecutive years;

G. the owner or operator must report in writing to the Office of Environmental Services on the effectiveness of the corrective action program. The owner or operator must submit these reports semiannually; and

H. if the owner or operator determines that the corrective action program no longer satisfies the requirements of this Section, he must, within 90 days, submit to the Office of Environmental Services an application for a permit modification to make any appropriate changes to the program.

La. Admin. Code tit. 33, § V-3321

Promulgated by the Department of Environmental Quality, Office of Solid and Hazardous Waste, Hazardous Waste Division, LR 16:614 (July 1990), amended LR 17:658 (July 1991), amended by the Office of Environmental Assessment, Environmental Planning Division, LR 26:2485 (November 2000), amended by the Office of the Secretary, Legal Affairs Division, LR 31:2465 (October 2005), LR 33:2116 (October 2007).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 30:2180 et seq.