15A NCAC 02L .0508      ASSESSMENT AND remediation procedures

Assessment and remediation of soil contamination shall be addressed as follows:

(1)           At the time that the Department determines the risk posed by the discharge or release, the Department shall also determine, based on site-specific information, whether the site is "residential" or "industrial/commercial." For the purposes of this Section, a site is presumed residential, but may be classified as industrial/commercial if the Department determines based on site-specific information that exposure to the soil contamination is limited in time due to the use of the site and does not involve exposure to children. For the purposes of this Item, "site" means both the property upon which the discharge or release occurred and any property upon that soil has been affected by the discharge or release.

(2)           For a discharge or release the responsible party shall submit a report to the Department assessing the vertical and horizontal extent of soil contamination.

(3)           For a discharge or release classified by the Department as low risk, the responsible party shall submit a report demonstrating that soil contamination has been remediated to either the residential or industrial/commercial maximum soil contaminant concentration established by the Department pursuant to Rule .0511 of this Section, whichever is applicable.

(4)           For a discharge or release classified by the Department as high or intermediate risk, the responsible party shall submit a report demonstrating that soil contamination has been remediated to the lower of:

(a)           the residential or industrial/commercial maximum soil contaminant concentration, whichever is applicable, that has been established by the Department pursuant to Rule .0511 of this Section; or

(b)           the "soil-to-groundwater" maximum soil contaminant concentration that has been established by the Department pursuant to Rule .0511 of this Section.

History Note:        Authority G.S. 143-215.3(a)(1); 143-215.84; 143-215.104AA; 143B-282;

Eff. March 1, 2016;

Readopted Eff. June 1, 2019.