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Instructions for Preparation of a Biennial Certification Monitoring Report for a Classification Exception Area (CEA)

II. CEA Protectiveness Evaluation

 

Note: Please review this sample document thoroughly in order to assist you in completing the biennial certification monitoring report correctly. Guidance and examples are identified in bold and italics.

 
       
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I. Site Background Information  
 
  A.  Inspection and Evaluation of the CEA
  (The appropriate box on the left must be checked for each of the following items.)
   
   

1. Changes to Laws and Regulations

  1. Are there any subsequently promulgated or modified laws or regulations, which apply to the remedial action, which includes the CEA? Complete Columns 1 and 2 of Attachment 1: Comparison of Applicable Laws and Regulations.

    Yes ____No __X__ (If No, proceed to #2 below)

    If Yes, complete Column 3 of Attachment 1: Comparison of Applicable Laws and Regulations providing the actions taken to demonstrate how the remedial action, which includes the CEA, conforms to current statutes and regulations.

2. Evaluation of Future Water Uses

  1. Are there any planned changes within the 25-year water use planning horizon for the aquifer(s), in which the CEA is located, since the Department established the CEA or the last completed biennial review, whichever is more recent? Ensure that all sources in Attachment 2: Results of the 25-Year Water Use Planning Review have been reviewed and are checked off.

    Yes __X__ No ____ (If No, please proceed to #3)

    If Yes, provide details of the changes in Attachment 2: Results of the 25-Year Water Use Planning Review.

  2. Will any of the proposed changes in the ground water use, identified
    above, possibly influence the protectiveness of the remedial action that
    includes the ground water CEA?

    Yes ____ No __X__

    Provide explanations in Attachment 2: Results of the 25-Year Water Use Planning Review.

  3. Is there a need to reevaluate the fate and transport of the ground water contamination plume and to revise the CEA to ensure that the remedial action remains protective of the public health and safety and the environment?

    Yes ____No __X__ (If No, proceed to #3)

    If Yes, provide a brief explanation below and attach the revised CEA model prepared in accordance with N.J.A.C. 7:26E-8.6(b) 10. Provide calculations and a scaled map including delineation of the plume extent and all Blocks and Lots that are within the extent of the CEA and include this in Attachment 3: Revised CEA.

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3. Well Search

  1. Have there have been any actual changes in ground water use, pursuant to N.J.A.C. 7:26E-8.6(a)3., since the Department established the ground water CEA or the last completed biennial review, whichever is more recent? Provide results of well searches in Attachment 4: Well Search

    Yes __X__ No ____ (If No proceed to #4, below)

  2. Have any of the actual changes in the ground water use, identified above, influenced or may influence the protectiveness of the remedial action that includes the ground water CEA?

    Yes ____ No _X__ (If No, proceed to #4, below)

    If Yes, provide explanations in Attachment 4: Well Search.

4. Ground Water Monitoring Wells associated with the CEA

  1. During inspections was the physical integrity of each well acceptable and the security measures adequate as documented in an inspection log? Include the inspection logs in Attachment 5: Maintenance Records for Monitoring Wells.

    Yes ____ No __X__ (If Yes, proceed to #5, below)

    If No, describe the associated problem(s) and how each of the situations was corrected.

    Example: Monitoring well MW-3 was inadvertently covered during paving activities. The well was uncovered, inspected, and resurveyed to ensure that the well elevation was maintained to the common datum point.

  2. Include in Attachment 6: Well Abandonment Forms copies of the well abandonment forms for all monitoring well(s) used to establish the ground water CEA that have been decommissioned since the previously submitted biennial certification or establishment of the CEA, whichever is later.

5. Land Use Disturbance

  1. Has there been any land use disturbance, such as the installation of a detention basin that intercepted the water table within the area of the ground water CEA?
    Yes __X__ No ____ (If No proceed to #6, below)

    If Yes, present the data and evaluation required in accordance with N.J.A.C. 7:26E-8.6(a) 5 and 8.6(b)7. Present the sampling results, and the associated reduced laboratory data deliverables Quality Assurance/Quality Control package as per N.J.A.C. 7:26E-2.1 (a) 13ii. and evaluation in Attachment 7: Results of Land Use Disturbance Analysis.

6. CEA Status (check the appropriate box below )

 

   

Present the sampling results, the associated reduced laboratory data deliverables Quality Assurance/Quality Control package pursuant to N.J.A.C. 7:26E-2.1 (a) 13ii and evaluation in Attachment 8: Results of Ground Water Analysis for the appropriate situation, as necessary.

 

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The currently effective termination date of the CEA has not passed and no ground water sampling has been conducted.

 

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The currently effective termination date of the CEA has passed and the required ground water samples were collected and evaluated in accordance with N.J.A.C. 7:26E-8.6(a) 7ii, or reference 8.6(a) 8. Do the sampling results confirm that the contaminant concentrations are at or below the applicable Ground Water Quality Standards throughout the entire ground water CEA?

 

      Yes __X__ No ____   

If Yes provide the results of the analysis in Attachment 8: Results of Ground Water Analysis and then proceed to III. Certification, below.

If No, present the data, an explanation of why ground water contamination is still present and a re-evaluation of the ground water quality standards pursuant to N.J.A.C. 7:26E-8.3(b), 8.6(b) 10 and 8.6(b) 13. Present this information in Attachment 8: Results of Ground Water Analysis

 

      __X__ The currently effective termination date of the CEA has not passed, however ground water samples have been voluntarily collected and evaluated in accordance with N.J.A.C. 7:26E-8.6(a) 7ii or 8.6(a) 6ii.

 

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