Code of Maine Rules › 06 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › 096 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION - GENERAL › Chapter 691 - RULE FOR UNDERGROUND OIL STORAGE FACILITIES › Appendix 096-691-S - Department Approved Laboratory Analytical Methods and Performance Standards for Analyses of Oil and Oil Constituents in Water, Soil, Soil Gas and Indoor Air

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
1. All chemical laboratory analyses of soil, water and indoor
				  air or soil gas samples required by these rules must meet the requirements of
				  this appendix. Sampling and analyses will be conducted in accordance with
				  quality assurance procedures approved by the Commissioner. The Commissioner may
				  require test methods and parameters other than those listed in this appendix to
				  address site specific circumstances.
2. Soil and water analyses. Acceptable laboratory methods for
				  the analysis of soil and water for oil contamination include those listed
				  below.
A. For soil and water samples of weathered diesel, weathered
				  #1 and #2 fuel oils, weathered jet fuel, and heavy oils - Extractable Petroleum
				  Hydrocarbons (EPH) Analysis by Massachusetts Department of Environmental
				  Protection, Division of Environmental Analysis; Method for Determination of
				  Extractable Petroleum Hydrocarbons (EPH), Version 1.1,2004.
B. For soil and water samples of fresh diesel fuel, #2
				  heating oil, jet fuels, kerosene #1 heating oil -Volatile Petroleum
				  Hydrocarbons (VPH) Analysis by Massachusetts Department of Environmental
				  Protection, Division of Environmental Analysis Method for the Determination of
				  Volatile Petroleum Hydrocarbons (VPH), Version 1.1,2004 or after April 30, 2019
				  the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection, Method for the
				  Determination of Volatile Petroleum Hydrocarbons (VPH) by Gas
				  Chromatography/Photoionization Detector/Flame Ionization Detector, Revision
				  2.1, February 2018, in conjunction with EPH analysis.
C. Waste oil in soil or water that is not suspected of being
				  a hazardous waste is to be analyzed using the Massachusetts Department of
				  Environmental Protection EPH and VPH laboratory methods above, and the waste
				  oil parameters in
Waste Oil Management Rules
, 06-096 C.M.R.
				  ch. 860, §
									4.
D. Water samples of unleaded gasoline and gasoline
				  constituents - Volatile Petroleum Hydrocarbons (VPH) Analysis by Massachusetts
				  Department of Environmental Protection, Division of Environmental Analysis
				  Method for the Determination of Volatile Petroleum Hydrocarbons (VPH), Version
				  1.1,2004 or after April 30, 2019 the Massachusetts Department of Environmental
				  Protection, Method for the Determination of Volatile Petroleum Hydrocarbons
				  (VPH) by Gas Chromatography/Photoionization Detector/Flame Ionization Detector,
				  Revision 2.1, February 2018.
E. Water and soil samples of leaded gasoline. Leaded gasoline
				  must be sampled for VPH, 1, 2 dichloroethane (1,2 DCA), Ethylene dibromide
				  (EDB), and lead. Racing fuels must be sampled for VPH, lead and EPH. Aviation
				  fuels must be sampled for VPH, 1,2 DCA, EDB, lead and EPH. The following
				  laboratory methods must be used:
(1) In water:
(a) VPH method in Appendix S(2)(B);
(b) 1,2 DCA in ground water or drinking water -EPA Method
				  524.2 (1995) or 8260C (2006);
(c) EDB in ground water or drinking water -EPA Method 504.1
				  (1995) or 8011(1992);
(d) Lead in ground water or drinking water -EPA Methods 200.7
				  (1994), 200.8 (1994), 200.9 (1994), 6020B (2014), or 7010 (2007); and
(e) EPH method in Appendix S(2)(A).
(2) In soils:
(a) VPH method in Appendix S(2)(B);
(b) 1, 2 DCA and EDB -EPA Method 8260;
(c) Lead -EPA Method 6010C:
(d) Lead -EPA Method 1311/6010C; and
(e) EPH method in Appendix S(2)(A),
F. Soil samples of gasoline and gasoline constituents -
				  Volatile Petroleum Hydrocarbon (VPH) Analysis by the Massachusetts Department
				  of Environmental Protection, Division of Environmental Analysis, Method for the
				  Determination of Volatile Petroleum Hydrocarbons (VPH), Version 1.1,2004 or
				  after April 30, 2019 the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection,
				  Method for the Determination of Volatile Petroleum Hydrocarbons (VPH) by Gas
				  Chromatography/Photoionization Detector/Flame Ionization Detector, Revision
				  2.1, February 2018.
G. Other laboratory methods for testing for the presence and
				  concentrations of oil and its constituents in soil or water, approved by or
				  required by the Commissioner, such as indicator parameters for specific site
				  conditions or circumstances.
3. Indoor air and soil gas analyses.
A. Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection
				  Method for the Determination of Air Phase Petroleum Hydrocarbons (APH), 2008 in
				  conjunction with U.S. EPA Method TO-15 SIM, Determination of Volatile Organic
				  Compounds (VOCs) In Air Collected In Specially-Prepared Canisters And Analyzed
				  By Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry (GC/MS), 1999.
B. Other laboratory methods for testing for the presence and
				  concentrations of petroleum hydrocarbons in the air phase approved by or
				  required by the Commissioner for a specific site or circumstance.
4. Other analytes. When testing for analytes other than those
				  listed in Appendix S(2) and (3) above, the laboratory methods must be approved
				  by the Commissioner prior to the collection of samples.
5. Performance standards.
A. For water analyses by the Massachusetts Department of
				  Environmental Protection Methods for EPH or VPH, laboratories must be certified
				  to perform the method by the Maine Department of Health and Human Services at
				  the time an analysis is performed and meet quality control standards set forth
				  in section
				  10 of the analytical method.
B. For soil analyses by the Massachusetts Department of
				  Environmental Protection Methods for EPH or VPH, laboratories must be certified
				  to perform the method by the Maine Department of Health and Human Services at
				  the time an analysis is performed and meet quality control standards set forth
				  in section 10 of the analytical method.
C. For water analyses, other than EPH and VPH methods, the
				  Estimated Quantitation Limit (EQL), as determined by EPA guidelines, SW-846, is
				  to be equal to or lower than the Maximum Contaminant Level (MCL) or primary
				  drinking water standard, and in the absence of a MCL, is to be less than the
				  Maine Department of Health and Human Services published Maximum Exposure
				  Guideline (MEG) or site remediation target approved by the Commissioner for
				  that test parameter.
D. For soil analyses by methods other than EPH and VPH
				  methods, the Estimated Quantitation Limit (EQL), as determined by EPA
				  guidelines SW-846, is to be equal to or less than EPA MCL and applicable
				  remediation target.
E. All laboratory analytical data submitted to the
				  Commissioner pursuant to this Chapter must come from a laboratory certified
				  under the applicable requirements of the Maine Department of Health and Human
				  Services rules.