Arizona Administrative Code › Title 18 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 16 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY - WATER QUALITY ASSURANCE REVOLVING FUND PROGRAM › Article 4 - REMEDY SELECTION › Section R18-16-404 - Community Involvement Requirements

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 28, July 12, 2024
A. The Department or any person who conducts
				remedial action work at a site on the registry shall conduct community
				involvement activities in accordance with the requirements of this
				Section.
B. If the Department has
				prepared a community involvement plan under subsection (C) or adopted a plan
				under subsection (D)(1), the Department or any person conducting remedial
				action work at a site on the registry shall conduct community involvement
				activities at the site according to the community involvement plan. If the
				Department has issued a notice under A.R.S. §
									49-287.03
				for a site, a person may conduct community involvement activities only under a
				written agreement with the Department. However, a person who submits a notice
				of remediation under
				R18-16-415(A)
				may conduct community involvement activities for the soil remediation described
				in the notice according to the community involvement plan prepared or adopted
				by the Department for the site without a written agreement.
C. Unless the Department determines that the
				necessary remedy at a site can be completed within 180 calendar days, the
				Department shall prepare and implement a community involvement plan prior to
				initiating or approving a work plan to implement the remedial investigation or
				a feasibility study under A.R.S. §
									49-287.03.
				The community involvement plan shall: Unless the Department determines that the
				necessary remedy at a site can be completed within 180 calendar days, the
				Department shall prepare and implement a community involvement plan prior to
				initiating or approving a work plan to implement the remedial investigation or
				a feasibility study under A.R.S. §
									49-287.03.
				The community involvement plan shall:
1. Be
				updated annually and shall provide information, if applicable, regarding the
				establishment of a selection committee and community advisory board. The plan
				also shall provide for the following required activities:
a. Notification to interested persons of the
				availability of the work plan developed under
				R18-16-406(B) to
				implement the remedial investigation and the solicitation of information from
				interested persons under
				R18-16-406(D)
				regarding the current and reasonably foreseeable uses of the land and waters of
				the state.
b. Notice to the public
				of the opportunity to comment on the draft remedial investigation report
				developed under
				R18-16-406(F)
				and public meetings to establish remedial objectives under
				R18-16-406(I).
c. Notice to the
				public of the opportunity to comment on remedial objectives proposed under
				R18-16-406(I)(5)
				and the availability of the final remedial investigation report prepared by the
				Department under
				R18-16-406(J).
d. Notification to interested persons of the
				availability of the work plan developed under
				R18-16-407(B)
				to implement the feasibility study.
e. Notice to the public and notification to
				interested persons of the availability of the proposed remedial action plan
				prepared under
				R18-16-408(A)
				and of the opportunity to comment on the proposed remedial action
				plan.
f. Notice to the public of
				the availability of the record of decision and responsiveness summary prepared
				by the Department under
				R18-16-410.
g. Notice to the public and notification to
				interested persons of availability of and opportunity to comment on the
				operation and maintenance plan prepared under
				R18-16-411(E).
h. Notice to the public and notification to
				interested persons of a request for approval of work under
				R18-16-413.
i. Newsletters to be distributed to residents
				and interested persons regarding the status of the remedial action and other
				pertinent information.
j. Notice
				within the community involvement area regarding public meetings to provide and
				discuss information regarding sites on the registry.
k. The location of and types of information
				contained in a public document repository.
l. Notice to the public and notification to
				interested persons of a request for a waiver under A.R.S. §
											49-290.
m. Notice to the public of field work that is
				conducted to remove contaminants of concern or that may result in noise, light,
				odor, dust or other adverse impacts off of the site.
n. Notice to the public of a determination
				under R18-16-416(B).
o. Notice to
				the public of community advisory board meetings.