310 CMR 40.0446
Release Abatement Measure Completion Report
(1) A Release Abatement Measure Completion Report shall be submitted to the Department no
later than 60 days following the completion of those remedial actions proposed in the Release
Abatement Measure Plan and/or approved by the Department pursuant to 310 CMR 40.0443.
(2) A Release Abatement Measure shall be considered complete when the objectives of the
Release Abatement Measure Plan have been met, and when all active and ongoing remedial
actions related to the Release Abatement Measure have been terminated.
(3) Unless otherwise specified in writing by the Department, a Release Abatement Measure
Completion Report shall not be required for sites where a Permanent Solution Statement, as
described in 310 CMR 40.1000, is submitted to the Department within 120 days following
receipt by the Department of the complete initial Release Abatement Measure Plan to conduct
the Release Abatement Measure or, in the case of a Release Abatement Measure conducted at
a site already subject to a Permanent Solution Statement in accordance with 310 CMR 40.1067,
a revised Permanent Solution Statement is submitted.
(4)
A Release Abatement Measure Completion Report shall contain, at a minimum, the
following:
(a)
a description of the release or threat of release, site conditions, and surrounding
receptors;
(b)
a description of the Release Abatement Measure completed at the disposal site,
including work undertaken in response to any conditions of approval imposed by the
Department;
(c) all investigatory and monitoring data obtained during the implementation of the Release
Abatement Measure;
(d) a succinct statement of findings and conclusions resulting from implementation of the
Release Abatement Measure, including a statement as to whether the objectives of the
Release Abatement Measure have been met;
(e) details and documentation on the management of any Remediation Waste, Remedial
Wastewater and/or Remedial Additives managed at the site as part of the Release Abatement
Measure; and
(f) a description of any ongoing activities related to the Release Abatement Measure that
will be conducted at the disposal site, including monitoring activities, and the maintenance
of fences, caps and other passive systems.
(5) Release Abatement Measure Completion Reports shall be submitted to the Department
appended to a Completion Statement form established bythe Department for such purposes. The
Completion Statement form shall contain:
(a)
an LSP Opinion on whether the Release Abatement Measure was conducted in
accordance with 310 CMR 40.0440, any approval conditions specified by the Department,
and, where submitted, the Release Abatement Measure Plan; and
(b) the certification of the submittal required by 310 CMR 40.0009.
(6) Except as provided in 310 CMR 40.0446(7), a Release Abatement Measure shall not be
considered complete until all stockpiled/stored Remediation Waste generated, as a result of the
Release Abatement Measure, is removed from the site pursuant to the provisions of 310 CMR
40.0030.
(7) Remediation Waste may be stored, treated, managed, disposed, recycled or reused at a site
following the submission to the Department of a Release Abatement Measure Completion Report
and Completion Statement only if:
(a) such actions are conducted in conformance with the provisions of 310 CMR 40.0030;
and
(b) a Remedy Implementation Plan pursuant to the provisions of 310 CMR 40.0870 is
submitted to the Department as an attachment to the Release Abatement Measure
Completion Statement.
(8) Unless otherwise directed by the Department, Release Abatement Measure Completion
Reports are not subject to approval by the Department.