Pennsylvania Code › Title 25 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Part I - Department of Environmental Protection › Subpart D - Environmental Health and Safety › Article VIII - Municipal Waste › Chapter 273 - MUNICIPAL WASTE LANDFILLS › Subchapter C - OPERATING REQUIREMENTS › WATER QUALITY MONITORING › Section 273.284 - Sampling and analysis

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
A person or municipality operating a municipal waste
							 landfill shall conduct sampling and analysis from each monitoring point for the
							 following parameters at the following frequencies:
(1) Quarterly, for ammonia-nitrogen,
						  bicarbonate, calcium, chloride, fluoride, chemical oxygen demand,
						  nitrate-nitrogen, pH, specific conductance, sulfate, total alkalinity, total
						  organic carbon, total phenolics, total dissolved solids, iron, magnesium,
						  manganese, potassium and sodium.
(2) Quarterly, for the following volatile
						  organic compounds: tetrachloroethene, trichloroethene, 1,1,1-trichloroethane,
						  1,2-dibromoethane, 1,1-dichloroethene, 1,2-dichloroethene (cis and trans
						  isomers), vinyl chloride, 1,1-dichloroethane, 1,2-dichloroethane, methylene
						  chloride, toluene, ethyl benzene, benzene and xylene.
(3) Quarterly, for groundwater elevations in
						  monitoring wells recorded as a distance from the elevation at the well head
						  referenced to mean sea level based on United States Geological Survey
						  datum.
(4) Annually, for total and
						  dissolved concentrations of the following: arsenic, barium, cadmium, chromium,
						  copper, lead, mercury, selenium, silver and zinc.
(5) Annually, for the following volatile
						  organic compounds: 1,1,1,2-tetrachloroethane, 1,1,2,2-tetrachloroethane,
						  1,1,2-trichloroethane, 1,2,3-trichloropropane, 1,2-dichlorobenzene,
						  1,3-dichlorobenzene, 1,4-dichlorobenzene, 2-dichloropropane,
						  3-chloro-1-propene, 4-methyl-2-pentanone, bromomethane, carbon tetrachloride,
						  chlorobenzene, chlorodibromomethane, chloroethane, chloromethane,
						  cis-1,3-dichloropropene, trans-1,3-dichloropropene, dichlorodifluoromethane,
						  methyl ethyl ketone, tribromomethane and trichlorofluoromethane.
(6) Annually, for ten volatile organic
						  compounds not otherwise identified in this section, based on those compounds
						  showing the greatest apparent concentration from the peaks of a mass spectra of
						  each sample. These ten compounds shall be identified but their concentration
						  does not require measurement.
This section cited in 25 Pa. Code §
															271.113 (relating to closure
								plan); 25 Pa. Code §
															273.152 (relating to water quality
								monitoring plan); 25 Pa. Code §
															273.255 (relating to leachate
								detection zone); 25 Pa. Code §
															273.281 (relating to general
								requirements); 25 Pa. Code §
															273.322 (relating to closure); 25
								Pa. Code §
															279.233 (relating to soil and
								groundwater monitoring); 25 Pa. Code §
															281.254 (relating to soil and
								groundwater monitoring); 25 Pa. Code §
															283.233 (relating to soil and
								groundwater monitoring); 25 Pa. Code §
															285.112 (relating to design and
								operation); and 25 Pa. Code §
															285.123 (relating to
								impoundments-general).