Long-term monitoring

Long-term monitoring. (1) General. Responsible parties shall conduct all necessary and appropriate long-term monitoring at a site or facility in accordance with all of the requirements of this section and any other applicable public health and environmental laws. (2) Long-term monitoring plan. Unless otherwise directed by the department, the responsible parties shall submit a long-term monitoring plan to the department that specifies: (a) The parameters to be monitored; (b) The sampling and analytical methods to be used, consistent with the sampling and analysis requirements in s. NR 716.13 ; (c) The interval at which monitoring is to be performed; and (d) The public health and environmental laws, including standards, to be complied with. (3m) Long–term monitoring results. Unless otherwise directed by the department, responsible parties shall submit a monitoring results report to the department after any sampling. Responsible parties shall submit the monitoring results report, including results from private and public wells, within 10 business days of receiving the sample results. Monitoring results shall be submitted in accordance with s. NR 716.14 . The report shall include all of the following information: (a) The information specified under s. NR 724.05 (2) (e) . (b) Sampling results. (c) Monitoring results in tabular and graph form, including the current monitoring results and all previous results, so as to provide a concise summary of the monitoring program. (d) Laboratory analytical reports and sample chain–of–custody forms, unless otherwise directed by the department. (e) Identification of any specific environmental standards that have been attained or exceeded and an indication on a site or facility map of the location where the standards have been attained or exceeded. (f) A preliminary analysis of the cause and significance of any concentrations that attain or exceed specific environmental standards and any increases in concentrations of substances that previously attained or exceeded specific environmental standards, including the factors specified in s. NR 140.24 (1) (c) 1. to 10. for groundwater. (4) Department review. (a) The department shall review and respond to the results [of monitoring] data, if requested to do so by the responsible parties, to evaluate the effectiveness of the remedial action in achieving the environmental and public health laws. (b) The department may review long-term monitoring results at other times at its discretion. (c) The department may require additional remedial action, pursuant to ch. 292 , Stats., based on the evaluation of monitoring results.