Section Env-Or 704.01 - Water Quality Sampling, Analysis, and Reporting(a) The permittee shall monitor groundwater quality to ensure compliance with the terms of the permit and these rules.(b) The permittee shall monitor surface water points and water supply wells as specified in the permit to ensure that water quality is in compliance with applicable water quality standards and the terms of the permit.(c) The permittee shall install at least one hydraulically up-gradient groundwater monitoring well to monitor ambient groundwater quality.(d) The permittee shall operate and maintain the monitoring wells, piezometers, and other measurement, sampling, and analytical devices so that they perform to design specifications throughout the life of the monitoring program.(e) The parameters to be monitored shall be determined on a site-specific basis depending on the regulated contaminants associated with the permitted activity.(f) The frequency and location of water quality monitoring shall be determined on a site-specific basis depending on the hydrogeologic characteristics of the site and predicted rates of groundwater flow.(g) The permittee shall submit the results of all sampling and analysis, including quality assurance and quality control results, required under a groundwater release detection permit to the department no later than the 45 days after the sampling date, except as provided for in Env-Or 703.15 and Env-Or 703.16.(h) Analyses shall be performed by a laboratory certified by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) or accredited by the department pursuant to Env-C 300.(i) Sampling shall be performed in accordance with:(1) "Practical Guide for Ground-Water Sampling," EPA number /600/S2-85/104, US EPA, dated September 1985, available as noted in Appendix B;(2) "RCRA Ground-Water Monitoring: Draft Technical Guidance," document identification number PB87107751, US EPA, dated November 1992, available as noted in Appendix B;(3) "Standards Related to Environmental Sampling", 5th Edition, document identification number ASTM SAMP14, ASTM, dated 2014 (ASTM SAMP14), available as noted in Appendix B;(4) "SW 846 Test Methods for Evaluating Solid Waste, Physical/Chemical Methods", US EPA, dated February 2007 (Revision 6), available as noted in Appendix B; and(5) "Standard Guide for Sampling Waste and Soils for Volatile Organic Compounds" document identification number ASTM D 4547-09, dated 2009, available as noted in Appendix B.N.H. Admin. Code § Env-Or 704.01
(See Revision Note at chapter heading for Env-Or 700) #8812, eff 2-1-07
Amended by Volume XXXV Number 23, Filed June 11, 2015 , Proposed by #10832, Effective 6/1/2015, Expires6/1/2025.