310 CMR 40.0318 - Limited Removal Actions
(1) Limited Removal
Actions may be undertaken by RPs, PRPs or Other Persons prior to notification
to the Department of those "120-day Notification" releases described in
310
CMR 40.0315.
(2) Limited Removal Actions shall not be
initiated or continued:
(3) RPs, PRPs or Other Persons who undertake
Limited Removal Actions shall conform to the Response Action Performance
Standard specified in
310
CMR 40.0191.
(4) Limited Removal Actions shall be
restricted to the excavation and off-site recycling, reuse, treatment, and/or
disposal of not more than the following cumulative volumes of soil removed from
a disposal site with measured concentrations of oil or hazardous material equal
to or greater than an applicable Reportable Concentration:
(a) not more than 100 cubic yards of soil
contaminated solely by a release of oil, oil blends containing fuel oil
additives registered in accordance with the regulations at 40 CFR 79, or waste
oil; and
(b) not more than 20 cubic
yards of soil contaminated by a release of hazardous material or a mixture of
oil or waste oil and hazardous material.
(5) All excavation activities conducted by an
RP, PRP or Other Person as a Limited Removal Action shall occur within 120 days
of obtaining knowledge of a release described in
310
CMR 40.0315.
(6) All contaminated soil generated as a
result of a Limited Removal Action shall be stockpiled, stored, characterized,
transported, and recycled, reused, treated, or disposed of as set forth in
310
CMR 40.0030.
(7) Records documenting:
(a) the concentrations of oil and/or
hazardous material in soil at the disposal site following a Limited Removal
Action; and
(b) the chemical
characterization and volume of soil removed from a disposal site as part of a
Limited Removal Action, shall be maintained by the RP, PRP or Other Person
undertaking the Limited Removal Action for a minimum of five years or for so
long as is required under
310
CMR 40.0014, whichever is longer.
(8) Limited Removal Actions
conducted in compliance with the provisions of 310 CMR 40.0318 shall not
require oversight by a Licensed Site Professional, except for Limited Removal
Actions that involve the use of the Bill of Lading soil management process
described in
310
CMR 40.0030.
(9) In those cases where volumes of
contaminated soil encountered unexpectedly exceed initial estimates and the
volumetric excavation limits specified in 310 CMR 40.0318(4), persons required
to notify under
310
CMR 30.0331 shall notify the Department of
the release at the disposal site within the allowable time period for
notification, and the person conducting the Limited Removal Action shall
either:
(a) cease remedial actions;
or
(b) continue removal actions at
the disposal site as a Release Abatement Measure, as specified in
310
CMR 40.0443.
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(1) Limited Removal Actions may be undertaken by RPs, PRPs or Other Persons prior to notification to the Department of those "120-day Notification" releases described in 310 CMR 40.0315.
(2) Limited Removal Actions shall not be initiated or continued:
(3) RPs, PRPs or Other Persons who undertake Limited Removal Actions shall conform to the Response Action Performance Standard specified in 310 CMR 40.0191.
(4) Limited Removal Actions shall be restricted to the excavation and off-site recycling, reuse, treatment, and/or disposal of not more than the following cumulative volumes of soil removed from a disposal site with measured concentrations of oil or hazardous material equal to or greater than an applicable Reportable Concentration:
(a) not more than 100 cubic yards of soil contaminated solely by a release of oil, oil blends containing fuel oil additives registered in accordance with the regulations at 40 CFR 79, or waste oil; and
(b) not more than 20 cubic yards of soil contaminated by a release of hazardous material or a mixture of oil or waste oil and hazardous material.
(5) All excavation activities conducted by an RP, PRP or Other Person as a Limited Removal Action shall occur within 120 days of obtaining knowledge of a release described in 310 CMR 40.0315.
(6) All contaminated soil generated as a result of a Limited Removal Action shall be stockpiled, stored, characterized, transported, and recycled, reused, treated, or disposed of as set forth in 310 CMR 40.0030.
(7) Records documenting:
(a) the concentrations of oil and/or hazardous material in soil at the disposal site following a Limited Removal Action; and
(b) the chemical characterization and volume of soil removed from a disposal site as part of a Limited Removal Action, shall be maintained by the RP, PRP or Other Person undertaking the Limited Removal Action for a minimum of five years or for so long as is required under 310 CMR 40.0014, whichever is longer.
(8) Limited Removal Actions conducted in compliance with the provisions of 310 CMR 40.0318 shall not require oversight by a Licensed Site Professional, except for Limited Removal Actions that involve the use of the Bill of Lading soil management process described in 310 CMR 40.0030.
(9) In those cases where volumes of contaminated soil encountered unexpectedly exceed initial estimates and the volumetric excavation limits specified in 310 CMR 40.0318(4), persons required to notify under 310 CMR 30.0331 shall notify the Department of the release at the disposal site within the allowable time period for notification, and the person conducting the Limited Removal Action shall either:
(a) cease remedial actions; or
(b) continue removal actions at the disposal site as a Release Abatement Measure, as specified in 310 CMR 40.0443.