020-1 Wyo. Code R. §§ 1-41 - Soil Environmental Fate and Transport Evaluation
A soil environmental fate and transport evaluation shall be completed. The evaluation shall estimate the potential for soil to contaminate groundwater at levels exceeding STP groundwater restoration standards.
Equation 7:
Kd = (foc)(Koc)
where:
foc | = | Site-specific fraction of organic carbon, mg organic carbon/mg soil in the uncontaminated subsurface site soil. Normal range of foc in Wyoming soils is 0.1-3%. If a site-specific foc value is not determined, use a default value of 0.1%. |
Koc | = | Chemical specific organic carbon partition coefficient, mL/gm. |
Equation 8:
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where:
t= | Time for contaminant(s) to travel from the bottom of the contaminated zone to the groundwater table, yrs. |
d= | Depth to the groundwater table from the bottom of the contaminated zone(s), cm. |
[THETA]= | Volumetric soil moisture content(s) at field capacity, mL/cm3. |
0.5 = | 50% infiltration rate for precipitation (worst case). |
[ALPHA]= | Average annual precipitation, cm/yr. |
[RHO]= | Bulk soil density, gm/cm3. |
Equation 9:
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where:
Z = | Thickness of soil containing 3 percent or greater organic carbon, cm. |
K'd= Kd= | Adsorption coefficient in the top 2 feet of soil, which is equal to the measured fraction of organic carbon, foc, times the Koc value. Soil adsorption coefficient in the remaining soil column calculated |
[THETA] '= | from Equation 7, mL/gm. Bulk soil density of soil containing 3 percent or greater organic carbon, gm/cm3. |
[RHO] '= | Volumetric soil moisture content at field capacity of soil containing 3 percent or greater organic carbon, mL/cm3. |
The parameter, Z, takes into account natural organic carbon that may be present at the ground surface, and it may extend for a limited vertical distance [0-60 cm (0-24 inches)] into the ground. Development of site-specific soil adsorption coefficient isotherms may be required for complex surface environments where foc is greater than 3 percent. If the uppermost 2-foot zone contains less than 3 percent natural organic carbon, the Z portion of the time of travel calculation drops out, leaving Equation 8 to apply for the time of travel calculation. This portion of the calculation provides a mechanism to account for higher surface contaminant adsorption by naturally occurring organic carbon within this zone.
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where:
k= | Biodegradation rate constant, 0693/T½, 1/yr |
T½ = | Half-life for the specific chemical substance in groundwater in years |
t= | Contaminant travel time to reach groundwater table, yrs |
Cst,org = | Organic compound drinking water MCL, or state DWEL, mg/L |
Cs,org = | Soil cleanup concentration for organic chemical compound, mg/kg |
Kd = | Soil adsorption coefficient calculated from Equation 7, mL/gmWhere more than one Kd value is used for two or more different organic carbon soil types, use the lowest individual Kd value |
Equation 10 establishes the site soil remediation concentration for each organic chemical compound that could be allowed to remain in soil without threatening degradation of groundwater quality even if groundwater seasonally passes through the contaminated zone.
Equation 11:
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The conceptual model for metals, inorganic compounds, and total petroleum hydrocarbons (TPH) assumes that these substances are distributed in subsurface soils around, or below, the level of a storage tank that had contained leaded regular gasoline or a hazardous substance. Some of these substances will be mobilized in percolating rainfall or snow melt and may be transported to the groundwater table as a leachate. That portion of these substances that remains adsorbed to the soil particles is determined by the adsorptive properties of both the substance and soil. It is calculated using the adsorption coefficient, Kd. The factor, e[LAMBDA]t is used as a leaching rate factor in this model to determine the rate at which leachate is released from the contaminated soil.
The conceptual model for metals, inorganic compounds, and TPH is represented by the following series of equations:
Equation 12:
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where:
[LAMBDA] = | Leaching rate constant, 1/yr. |
[ALPHA](alpha) = | Average annual precipitation, cm/yr. |
[THETA] = | Volumetric soil moisture content at field capacity, mL/cm3. |
[RHO] = | Bulk soil density, gm/cm3. |
Kd= | Soil metal, inorganic compound, or TPH adsorption coefficient, mL/gm. |
[TAU] = | Thickness of contaminated soil seam, cm. |
If more than one soil type exists at a contaminated site where the organic carbon content differs by 0.5% or more and the different soil type is one foot or greater in thickness, individual specific soil type values for Kd, [THETA] and [RHO] shall be used in the leaching rate constant calculation for each soil type. The final leaching rate constant, [LAMBDA], is the sum of the individual soil type segments.
Subsurface soil contamination separated from the groundwater table by more than 1 foot is handled in the following way:
Because subsurface organic carbon content below 1 foot is expected to approach a very low number in Wyoming soils, contaminant travel time is calculated by:
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where:
t | = | Time for contaminant to travel from the bottom of the contaminated zone to the groundwater table, yrs. |
d | = | Depth to the groundwater table from the bottom of the contaminated zone, cm. |
[THETA] | = | Volumetric soil moisture content at field capacity, mL/cm3. |
0.5 | = | 50% infiltration rate for precipitation (worst case). |
[ALPHA] | = | Average annual precipitation, cm/yr. |
[RHO] | = | Bulk soil density, gm/cm3. |
If more than one soil type exists at a contaminated site where the organic carbon content differs by 0.5% or greater and the different soil type is 1 foot or greater in thickness, individual soil type specific values for , Kd , [THETA], and [RHO] shall be used in the time of travel calculation for each soil type. Further, the individual values for depth, d, to the groundwater table from the bottom of each contaminated soil-type zone shall be used in the calculation. If the depth, d, from the bottom of the contaminated soil-type zone to the groundwater table is less than 12 inches or groundwater travel fluctuates this distance, this method for determining contaminated soil remediation concentrations is not valid. In these cases, cleanup of contaminated groundwater will govern the satisfactory remediation of contaminated soil within this 12-inch interval. The final time of travel, t, is the sum of the individual soil type segments.
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where:
Cs,inorg= | Soil cleanup concentration due to metal, inorganic compound, or TPH leaching potential, mg/kg. |
Cstm= | Environmental standard concentration, primary MCL, or state DWEL, mg/L. |
= | Chemical leaching rate, 1/yr. |
t= | Contaminant travel time to reach groundwater table, yrs. |
Kd= | Soil metal, inorganic compound, or TPH adsorption coefficient, ml/gm. |
The soil cleanup concentration for metals, inorganic compounds, or TPH is determined by evaluating the above calculations and the natural background concentration. Information concerning the natural subsurface concentration may be available from either:
Notes
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