Wis. Admin. Code Department of Natural Resources NR 716.07

Current through October 28, 2024

Section NR 716.07 - Site investigation scoping

Prior to conducting the field component of a site investigation required under s. NR 716.05, responsible parties shall evaluate all of the following relevant items, considering the location of the site or facility, to ensure that the scope and detail of the field investigation are appropriate to the complexity of the site or facility:

(1)History of the site or facility, including industrial, commercial or other land uses that may have been associated with one or more hazardous substance discharges at the site or facility.

(2)Knowledge of the type of contamination and the amount of the contamination.

(3)History of previous hazardous substance discharges or environmental pollution.

(4)Environmental media affected or potentially affected by the contamination.

(5)Location of the site or facility, and its proximity to other sources of contamination.

(6)Need for permission from property owners to allow access to the site or facility and to adjacent or nearby properties.

(7)Potential or known impacts to receptors, including public and private water supplies; buildings and other cultural features; and utilities or other subsurface improvements. This evaluation shall include mapping the location of all water supply wells within a 1,200- foot radius of the outermost edge of contamination.

(8)Potential for impacts to any of the following:

(a) Species, habitat or ecosystems sensitive to the contamination.

(b) Wetlands, especially those in areas of special natural resource interest as designated in s. NR 103.04.

(c) Outstanding resource waters and exceptional resource waters as defined in ss. NR 102.10 and 102.11.

(d) Sites or facilities of historical or archaeological significance.

Note: Information on sites or facilities of historical or archeological significance may be found at the following State Historical Society websites:

Wisconsin National Register of Historic Places: http://preview.wisconsinhistory.org/Content.aspx?dsNav=Nrc:id-4294966367,N:4294966612&dsNavOnly=N:4294966362

Office of the State Archeologist: http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/archaeology/osa/.

(9)Potential interim and remedial actions applicable to the site or facility and the contamination.

(10)Immediate or interim actions already taken or in progress, including any evaluations made of whether an interim action is needed at the site or facility.

(11)Any other items, including climatological conditions and background water or soil quality information, that may affect the scope or conduct of the site investigation.

(12)The need to gather data to determine the hydraulic conductivity of materials where contaminated groundwater is found.

Wis. Admin. Code Department of Natural Resources NR 716.07

Cr. Register, April, 1994, No. 460, eff. 5-1-94; emerg. cr. (12), eff. 5-18-00; cr. (12), Register, January, 2001, No. 541, eff. 2-1-01; CR 12-023: renum. (8) (b) to (e) to (8) (a) to (d), am. (12) Register October No. 694, eff. 11-1-13.