Utah Admin. Code R315-260-12 - Definitions for Rule R315-101
(a) For
purposes of Rule R315-101 regarding cleanup action and Risk-Based Closure
Standards, the following terms are defined:
(1) "The concentration term, C" is calculated
as the 95% upper confidence limit, UCL, on the arithmetic average for normally
distributed data, or as the 95% upper confidence limit on the arithmetic
average for lognormally distributed data. For normally distributed data, C =
Mean + t x Standard Deviation/n
1/2 , where n is the number of
observations, and t is Student's t distribution (at the 95% one-sided
confidence level and n-1 degrees of freedom), tables of which are printed in
most introductory statistics textbooks. For lognormally distributed data, C =
exp (Mean of lognormal-transformed data + 0.5 x Variance of
lognormal-transformed data + Standard Deviation of lognormal-transformed data x
H/(n - 1)
1/2 ), where n is the number of
observations, and H is Land's H statistic (at the 95% one-sided confidence
level), tables of which are printed in advanced statistics books. For data
which are not normally nor lognormally distributed, appropriate statistics,
such as nonparametric confidence limits, shall be applied.
(2) "Area of contamination" means a hazardous
waste management unit or an area where a release has occurred. The boundary is
defined as the furthest extent where contamination from a defined source has
migrated in any medium at the time the release is first identified.
(3) "Contaminate" means to render a medium
polluted through the introduction of hazardous waste or hazardous constituents
as identified in R315-261, Appendix VIII.
(4) "Hazard index" means the sum of more than
one hazard quotient for multiple substances, multiple exposure pathways, or
both. The Hazard Index is calculated separately for chronic, subchronic, and
shorter duration exposures.
(5)
"Hazard quotient" means the ratio of a single substance exposure level over a
specified time period, e.g. subchronic, to a reference dose for that substance
derived from a similar exposure period.
(6) "Risk-based closure" means closure of a
site where hazardous waste was managed or any medium has been contaminated by a
release of hazardous waste or hazardous constituents, and where hazardous waste
or hazardous constituents remain at the site in any medium at concentrations
determined, under Rule R315-101, to cause minimal levels of risk to human
health and the environment so as to require no further action or monitoring on
the part of the responsible party nor any notice of hazardous waste management
on the deed to the property.
(7)
"Reasonable maximum exposure (RME)" means the highest exposure that is
reasonably expected to occur at a site. The goal of RME is to combine
upper-bound and mid-range exposure factors so that the result represents an
exposure scenario that is both protective and reasonable; not the worst
possible case.
(8) "Release" means
spill or discharge of hazardous waste, hazardous constituents, or material that
becomes hazardous waste when released to the environment.
(9) "Responsible party" means the owner or
operator of a facility, or any other person responsible for the release of
hazardous waste or hazardous constituents.
(10) "Site" means the area of contamination
and any other area that could be impacted by the released contaminants, or
could influence the migration of those contaminants, regardless of whether the
site is owned by the responsible party.
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