Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 250 - Department of Environmental Management › Chapter 150 - Water Resources › Subchapter 05 - Water Quality › Part 4 - Groundwater Discharge Rules (Rules for the Discharge of Non-Sanitary Wastewater and Other Fluid to or Below the Ground Surface) (250-RICR-150-05-4) › Section 250-RICR-150-05-4.14 - Compliance Monitoring of a Groundwater Discharge

Current through June 14, 2024
A. The
				  owner of a facility subject to compliance monitoring requirements that include
				  measurements, reports or characterization of a groundwater discharge or
				  groundwater quality shall submit to the Director, the information required by a
				  Groundwater Discharge System Registration, Approval, Temporary Approval or
				  other Department requirement, no later than 30 days after the sampling
				  collection date, unless otherwise specified by the Director.
B. Analytical Characterization: A
				  representative sample collected for analytical characterization of a
				  groundwater discharge, groundwater quality or other matrixes, as a condition of
				  a Groundwater Discharge System Registration, Approval, Temporary Approval or
				  other Department requirement, shall be analyzed by a laboratory certified by
				  the Rhode Island Department of Health pursuant to the Rules and Regulations for
				  Licensing Clinical Laboratories and Stations or by the National Environmental
				  Laboratory Accreditation Program (NELAP), as appropriate.
C. Proper Operation and Maintenance: The
				  owner shall at all times operate and maintain in good working order, a
				  groundwater discharge system, groundwater monitoring well or other device or
				  system of treatment and control and related appurtenance installed or used to
				  achieve compliance with a Groundwater Discharge System Registration, Approval,
				  Temporary Approval or other Department requirement. The owner shall submit any
				  update to the approved Operation and Maintenance Plan to the Director, as
				  appropriate.
D. Groundwater
				  Monitoring Wells: Any required groundwater monitoring well shall be designed,
				  constructed, installed and decommissioned pursuant to the RIDEM Groundwater
				  Quality Rules Part 3 of this Subchapter. The owner shall operate and maintain
				  all groundwater monitoring wells, piezometers and other measurement, sampling
				  and analytical devices in a manner to ensure the performance of design
				  specifications throughout the life of the monitoring program.
E. Monitoring and Reporting of Groundwater
				  Discharge: All monitoring and reporting of a groundwater discharge shall be
				  performed in accordance with the Groundwater Discharge System Registration,
				  Approval, Temporary Approval or other Department requirement. An analytical
				  monitoring report subsequently submitted to the Director shall include:
1. Sample description(s);
2. Identification of the specific location of
				  the sample collection point(s). Any modification to a sampling location
				  identified in a Groundwater Discharge System Registration, Approval, Temporary
				  Approval or other Department requirement shall require prior approval from the
				  Director and shall be noted in the monitoring report;
3. The name of the individual who performed
				  the sampling or measurement and the sample collection method used;
4. The exact date, time and place of each
				  sampling or measurement;
5. The
				  date the analysis was performed and the analytical technique or method
				  used;
6. The performing laboratory
				  certification number issued by Rhode Island Department of Health;
7. Documentation of the proper chain of
				  custody for the required sample(s); and,
8. The Certificate of Analysis from the
				  performing laboratory and the results of such analysis (laboratory reporting
				  sheets).