Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 360 CMR - MASSACHUSETTS WATER RESOURCE AUTHORITY › Title 360 CMR 10.00 - Sewer Use › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 10.008 - Monitoring, Sampling and Reporting

Current through Register 1525, July 5, 2024
(1)
Monitoring Devices
. When required by the Authority, any
						Person who directly or indirectly discharges Wastewater to the Authority Sewerage
						System shall install at his expense suitable control or measuring devices and
						such manholes, chambers, meters
(e.g.,
flow, pH), and other
						appurtenances, necessary for the observation, sampling and measurement of Waste,
						Pollutants, and/or water being discharged. Such control or measuring devices and
						manholes, chambers, or meters and other appurtenances shall be installed at a
						safe location acceptable to the Authority, shall be accessible to the Authority's
						staff and monitoring equipment, and where required by the Authority, shall be
						compatible with the Authority's monitoring equipment. The control or measuring
						devices and related appurtenances shall be designed and constructed according to
						applicable engineering standards and shall be properly maintained and calibrated
						so as to ensure accurate measurement. The Authority may require that the control
						or measuring devices and related appurtenances be subject to Authority
						approval.
(2)
Sampling,
						Analysis, and Reporting Procedures
.
(a) All measurements, tests, and analyses of
						the characteristics of Wastewater that are required by 360 CMR 10.000 or any
						permit or order issued thereunder shall be conducted according to applicable EPA
						approved procedures in 40 CFR Part 136, unless otherwise authorized or required
						by the Authority or EPA. If there is no applicable EPA approved procedure, the
						Authority may specify a procedure to be used.
(b) Any sample analysis required by 360 CMR
						10.000 or any permit or order issued thereunder shall be performed by an
						independent laboratory with DEP certification or NELAP accreditation for the
						parameters being analyzed. The use of a laboratory with provisional DEP
						certification is prohibited for the parameters for which it has provisional
						certification, unless the Authority determines that the factors resulting in the
						provisional certification should not adversely affect the quality of the analyses
						the laboratory may submit. A sample analysis performed by a laboratory without
						DEP certification or NELAP accreditation for the parameter may be submitted with
						the approval of the Authority. The Authority may grant such approval where DEP
						does not certify and NELAP does not accredit for the parameter to be analyzed,
						there is no DEP certified or NELAP accredited laboratory in Massachusetts or an
						adjoining state that performs the required test method, or in other extraordinary
						circumstances. The Authority may require a Person to submit a copy of the
						"Massachusetts Certification for Chemical Analysis of Waters" or the NELAP
						Certification of Accreditation, whichever is applicable, for each laboratory that
						performs an analysis submitted to the Authority by or on behalf of the Person.
						The Authority may limit the laboratories a Person may use for any report required
						by the Authority. The Authority may specify the quality assurance/quality control
						methods to be performed by a laboratory for any report required by the
						Authority.
(c) The sampling required
						by the Authority shall be performed by a DEP certified or NELAP accredited
						independent laboratory unless otherwise specified or approved by the Authority.
						The Authority may by permit or order require sample collection to be performed by
						specified personnel at specified location(s).
(d) The Authority may require a Person to
						submit Blind Performance Evaluation samples for analysis, along with its required
						samples, to the laboratory the Person uses.
(e) The Authority may require a Person to
						submit a complete data package, including chain of custody records, raw data, and
						quality assurance/quality control related results, with a report required by the
						Authority.
(f) The Authority may
						require that reports be submitted to it on paper copy, and/or by electronic
						means.
(g) The Authority may require
						that analytical data and reports, including a complete data package, be submitted
						to it directly by the laboratory that performed the analyses.