Documentation of environmental monitoring

Documentation of environmental monitoring. Documentation of environmental monitoring. The owner or operator of a solid waste disposal facility shall document all sampling and analysis activities in accordance with this section. (1) Field records. Field records of all monitoring activities shall be prepared in sufficient detail to document whether the sampling plan has been followed. The facility owner or operator shall retain all field records in an operating record at the facility or in an alternative location approved by the department until the end of the long-term care period for the facility. Field records shall be available for department inspection on request. (2) Water supply well sampling results. (a) The owner or operator shall report to the department the results of all water supply well sampling required by the department in accordance with sub. (3) and ch. 160 , Stats. The results shall be accompanied by a copy of the laboratory results and a cover letter that includes the location address of each water supply well, the water supply well owner name and mailing address, and the occupant’s name and mailing address, if different from the water supply well owner. (am) When the results of any water supply well sampling attain or exceed a preventive action limit or enforcement standard in s. NR 140.10 Table 1 or 140.12 Table 2, the owner or operator shall submit to the department a copy of the laboratory results and cover letter required under par. (a) within 10 days after the results are received. The cover letter shall include a summary of values that attain or exceed a preventive action limit or enforcement standard, the wells at which the preventive action limit or enforcement standard was attained or exceeded, and a preliminary analysis of the cause and significance of each concentration in accordance with s. NR 140.24 (1) (a) or 140.26 (1) (a) . (b) If the owner or operator is unable to sample a water supply well because the property owner refuses access, the responsible parties shall notify the department within 30 days after the refusal, and shall document in writing within 60 days, the efforts undertaken to gain access when requested by the department. (3) All other environmental monitoring results. The owner or operator shall submit all sampling results and water elevation data to the department within 90 days of the end of the sampling period or of obtaining in-field gas sampling results, unless otherwise directed by the department in writing. An explanation of any deviation from the approved sampling plan or analytical procedures shall be submitted at the same time subject to all of the following requirements: (a) Data submittal format. The owner or operator shall submit results of all environmental monitoring in an electronic format specified by the department. (b) Sampling results. The owner or operator shall report all sampling results at or above the limit of detection as values. Results below the limit of detection shall be reported as less than the limit of detection. In addition, the owner or operator shall submit all of the following information for each sampling event: 1. The limit of detection and the limit of quantitation for each parameter with a groundwater standard in s. NR 140.10 , Table 1 or 140.12, Table 2. The limit of detection and the limit of quantitation shall be determined in accordance with a method specified by the department as required in s. NR 149.48 (2) and (3) . 2. A “J” flag result qualifier for each detected parameter with a reported value at or above the limit of detection but below the limit of quantitation: LOD ≤ Result < LOQ. 3. The analytical method used with each parameter for each sample. 4. Quality control flags identified as I, II, and III to indicate all of the following: a. Report an “F” for quality control flag I if the parameter is detected in the sample at or above the limit of detection and is also detected in its associated method blank, trip blank, or field blank at a concentration that exceeds the highest of any of the following: the limit of detection; 5 percent of the PAL or lowest applicable regulatory limit; or 10 percent of the measured concentration in the sample. Otherwise, report an “M”. b. Report an “F” for quality control flag II if the sample failed to meet the analytical method’s preservation or holding time requirements. Otherwise, report an “M”. c. Report an “F” for quality control flag III if the parameter failed any quality control requirements specified by the analytical method or ch. NR 149 . Otherwise, report an “M”. 5. Laboratory certification identification number as specified in ch. NR 149 . (c) Notification. The owner or operator shall notify the department of values which have attained or exceeded groundwater standards in accordance with s. NR 507.30 .