310 CMR, § 40.0971 - Applicability of Method 1
(1) Method 1 may be
used to characterize the risk of harm to health, public welfare and the
environment at disposal sites where assessments conducted in accordance with
310 CMR 40.0000 have determined that the presence of oil and/or hazardous
material is limited to soil and/or groundwater.
(2) If contamination is present in one or
more environmental media other than soil or groundwater, Method 1 shall not be
used, except as described in
310
CMR 40.0942(1)(b).
Persistent odors in ambient or indoor air resulting from a release of oil
and/or hazardous material to the environment shall prohibit the use of Method
1, except as described in
310
CMR
40.0942(1)(b)1.
(3) If oil or hazardous material that are
known to bioaccumulate are present within two feet of the ground surface, and
Environmental Receptors have been identified pursuant to
310
CMR 40.0922, then Method 1 shall not be used,
except as described in
310
CMR 40.0942(1)(c).
(4) The documentation of the Risk
Characterization shall affirm and document the applicability of Method 1 to the
disposal site.
(5) A Method 1 Risk
Characterization shall be conducted in combination with a separate
characterization of the risk of harm to safety, as described in
310
CMR 40.0960.
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