Section 258.80 Closure Reporting

Section 258

Section 258.80  Closure

Reporting

a)         A Closure Report must be submitted to the Department within 60

days after receipt of analytical results associated with closure sampling

required under subsection (b) (1) of this Section.

b)         The

Closure Report shall

include the following information:

1)         Analytical results, including the mean and standard deviation

for each analyte, from the soil sampling of the land application area:

A)        conducted no later than two months prior to planting of the

following crop; or

B)        in the case of field access lanes or farmland currently

enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program, conducted no later than six

months

after the application of contaminated soil or groundwater ;

2)         Documentation of the actual amounts of contaminated soil or

groundwater

that was land applied and calculations indicating that the

application rates were equal to or less than those authorized by the

Department;

3)         Documentation of how the contaminated soil or groundwater was incorporated

into the soils in the land application area.

c)         Upon receipt of a Closure Report, the Department shall review

the submittal and evaluate whether the report indicates that agrichemical

levels in the soil at the proposed time of closure are below the soil closure

objective concentrations listed in Appendix C of this Part.

1)         If the submittal indicates that agrichemical concentrations in

the land application area are below the soil closure objective concentrations

listed in Appendix C of this Part, the Department shall issue a Notice of

Closure within 45 days after receipt.  The Notice of Closure shall indicate the

applicant has land applied contaminated soil or groundwater to the application

area in accordance with the Authorization and all requirements of this Part.

An applicant that has been issued a Notice of Closure shall no longer be

subject to the requirements of this Part

Part, the Department shall issue a Notice of

Closure within 45 days after receipt.  The Notice of Closure shall indicate the

applicant has land applied contaminated soil or groundwater to the application

area in accordance with the Authorization and all requirements of this Part.

An applicant that has been issued a Notice of Closure shall no longer be

subject to the requirements of this Part.

2)         If the submittal indicates that agrichemical concentrations in

the land application area are not below the soil closure objective

concentrations as listed in Appendix C of this Part, the Department shall,

within 45 days from the date of receipt of the Closure Report, notify the

applicant in writing as to why a Notice of Closure was not issued. The

Department may require additional sampling and analyses of samples of the land

application area and prescribe remedial measures to be conducted by the

applicant to reduce the concentrations of agrichemicals in the land application

area or to mitigate any potential adverse effects on crops or the environment.

The applicant must conduct the prescribed activities and must prepare and

submit a Closure Report detailing the results of the additional sampling and

other measures as prescribed by the Department.

3)         The Department shall send a copy of the notice of closure or

the denial of the Notice of Closure to the owners of the land application area.