6 NYCRR PART 375 - New York State Department of ...

1 Department of Environmental Conservation Division of Environmental Remediation6 NYCRR part 375 Environmental Remediation ProgramsSubparts 375-1 to 375- 4 & 375-6 Effective December 14, 2006 New York State Department of Environmental ConservationNYSDECD ivision of Environmental Remediation- Statewide Contacts - DEC HeadquartersDivision of Environmental Remediation625 BroadwayAlbany, NY 12233-7011(518) 402-9706 DEC Region 1(Counties: Nassau, Suffolk)SUNY Campus Building 40 Stony Brook, NY 11790(631) 444-0240 DEC Region 2(Counties: Bronx, Kings, New York,Queens, Richmond)1 Hunter's Point Plaza47-40 21st StreetLong Island City, NY 11101(718) 482-4599 DEC Region 3(Counties: Dutchess, Orange, Putnam,Rockland, Sullivan, Ulster, Westchester)21 South Putt Corners RoadNew Paltz, NY 12561(845) 256-3146 DEC Region 4(Counties: Albany, Columbia, Delaware,Greene, Montgomery, Otsego, Rensselaer,Schenectady, Schoharie)1150 North Westcott RoadSchenectady, NY 12306(518) 357-2045 DEC Region 5(Counties: Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Hamilton)Route 86, PO Box 296 Ray Brook, NY 12977(518) 897-1242 DEC Region 6(Counties: Herkimer, Jefferson, Lewis,Oneida, St.)

2 Lawrence)317 Washington StreetWatertown, NY 13601(315) 785-2513 DEC Region 7 (Counties: Broome, Cayuga, Chenango,Cortland, Madison, Onondaga, Oswego,Tioga, Tompkins)615 Erie Boulevard WestSyracuse, NY 13204-2400(315) 426-7550 DEC Region 8 (Counties: Chemung, Genesee, Livingston,Monroe, Ontario, Orleans, Schuyler, Seneca,Steuben, Wayne, Yates)6274 East Avon-Lima RoadAvon, NY 14414-9519(585) 226-5349 DEC Region 9 (Counties: Allegany, Cattaraugus,Chautauqua, Erie, Niagara, Wyoming)270 Michigan AvenueBuffalo, NY 14203-2999(716) 851-7220 -i-TABLE OF CONTENTSS ubpart 375-1 General Remedial Program 1-1 ; applicability; construction; abbreviations; 1-1 1-2 1-7 1-7 Orders/Agreements/ State assistance 1-7 Work plans and 1-10 1-12 1-13 Certificate of 1-21 Citizen 1-22 1-23 1-25 Subpart 375-2 Inactive Hazardous Waste Disposal Site Remedial 2-1 ; 2-1 2-1 eligibility for State 2-2 for municipal 2-4 and State assistance 2-4.

3 2-6 threat and Registry 2-6 2-11 of 2-13 participation.. 2-14 2-15 2-17 Subpart 375-3 Brownfield Cleanup 3-1 ; applicability; 3-1 3-1 3-2 3-3 site cleanup 3-4 plans and 3-5 threat and Registry 3-5 3-6 of 3-12 participation.. 3-13 3-15 3-16-ii-Subpart 375-4 Environmental Restoration 4-1 ; 4-1 4-1 4-2 4-4 assistance 4-6 4-8 threat and Registry 4-8 4-8 of 4-10 participation.. 4-10 4-11 4-11 Subpart 375-5 Reserved Subpart 375-6 Remedial Program Soil Cleanup 6-1 ; 6-1 6-1 use soil cleanup .6-1 use soil cleanup objectives for the protection of public 6-1 cleanup objectives for the protection of 6-2 cleanup objectives for the protection of ecological 6-3 considerations and 6-4 cleanup objective 6-6 or modification of soil cleanup 6-141-1 6 nycrr part 375 Environmental Remediation Programs(Statutory Authority: Environmental Conservation Law (ECL) article 1, section 0101; ECL article 27, titles 13and 14; ECL article 52, title 3; ECL article 56, title 5; ECL article 71, title 36; ECL article 3, section 0301;chapter 1, laws of 2003; chapter 577, laws of 2004 and State Finance Law article 6, section 97-b )Effective December 14, 2006 Subpart 375-1 General Remedial Program ; applicability; construction; abbreviations.

4 And Orders, agreements, and State assistance Work plans and Certificate of Citizen ; applicability; construction; abbreviations; and severability.(a)The purpose of this part is to provide for the orderly and efficient administration of ECL article27, titles 13 and 14; ECL article 52, title 3; ECL article 56, title 5; ECL article 71, title 36; ECL article 3,section 0301 and SFL article 6, section 97-b. The requirements set forth in this part apply to any order,agreement, stipulation or State assistance contract entered into by the Department after the effective date of thisPart and all work plans, reports, certificates, and other remedial program documents approved, accepted, orissued by the Department on or after the effective date of this part . (b)This part applies to the following:(1)The development and implementation of remedial programs for inactive hazardous wastedisposal sites, specifically under subpart 375-2, including, but not limited to, sites listed in the Registry whichare either on the national priorities list (NPL) or are being addressed by the Department of defense or thedepartment of energy.

5 (2)The development and implementation of remedial programs for brownfield sites,specifically under subpart 375-3.(3) The development and implementation of remedial programs for environmentalrestoration sites, specifically under subpart 375-4.(4) The soil cleanup objectives for remedial programs, specifically under subpart 375-6.(c) This part is intended to promote the public good consistent with the policy of this State set out atECL 1-0101 and accordingly this part shall be construed so as to achieve that objective. As used herein, the1-2 singular includes the plural. Any reference herein to a particular provision of any State statute or regulationshall be deemed a reference to such provision as it may hereafter be amended or redesignated.(d)This subpart sets forth the general requirements that are common to the implementation ofremedial programs under subparts 375-2, 375-3 and 375-4.

6 Specific requirements which apply in addition tothese general requirements are set forth in subparts 375-2, 375-3 and 375-4. If there is a conflict, this subpart issuperceded by any inconsistent provision of subparts 375-2, 375-3 and 375-4.(e)Abbreviations:(1)Statutes:(i) CERCLA means the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensationand Liability Act of 1980, as amended, 42 USC section 9601, et seq.;(ii) CPLR means the Civil Practice Law and Rules;(iii) ECL means the Environmental Conservation Law;(iv) EL means the Executive Law; (v) GML means the General Municipal Law;(vi) GOL means the General Obligations Law;(vii) NL means the Navigation Law;(viii) NPCL means the Not-for-Profit Corporation Law;(ix) PHL means the Public Health Law;(x) RPL means the Real Property Law;(xi) SFL means the State Finance Law;(xii) SARA means the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986, PL 99-499 Stat 1613, et seq.

7 ;(xiii) USC or USCA means United States Code.(2) Regulations:(i) 6 NYCRR means title 6 of the Official Compilation of New York Codes, Rulesand Regulations;(ii) 10 NYCRR means title 10 of the Official Compilation of New York Codes,Rules and Regulations;(iii) 19 NYCRR means title 19 of the Official Compilation of New York Codes,Rules and Regulations.(f) If any provision of this part or its application to any particular person or circumstance is heldinvalid, the remainder of this part and its application to other persons and circumstances shall not be affectedthereby.(g)The following documents have been incorporated by reference and filed with the Department ofState. The documents are also available for inspection and copying at the Department of EnvironmentalConservation office at 625 Broadway, Albany, New York, 12233-7010:(1)Standards E1527-05 (2005) and E1527-97 (1997), published by ASTM International,Post Office Box C700, West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, 19428-2959; and(2)The National Contingency Plan (NCP), Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations(CFR) part 300, which is available from the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on itswebsite at definitions set forth in ECL 27-1301; ECL 27-1405; and ECL 56-0502, some of which are clarified in thissection, and the additional definitions set forth in this section, shall apply to these regulations.

8 Certaindefinitions which apply only to the individual programs are set forth in subparts 375-2, 375-3, 375-4 and 375-6of this part (a) All appropriate inquiry means, for purposes of ECL (c):(1)Compliance with the procedures of ASTM Standard 1527-05 for acquisitions completedon or after the effective date of this rule; (2)Compliance with the procedures of ASTM Standard 1527-97 for acquisitions after May 31, 1997 and before the effective date of this rule; or (3)Compliance with the industry standards and guidance on or before May 31, 1997.(b) Brownfield site means any real property, the redevelopment or reuse of which may becomplicated by the presence or potential presence of a contaminant. Such term shall not include real propertyidentified in subdivision (b).(c) Brownfield site remedial program means a remedial program, as defined in subdivision (ap), at a brownfield site.

9 (d) Certificate holder means the remedial party set forth in the certificate of completion issued bythe Department , as well as such party s successors and assigns who have received a transfer of such certificatein accordance with subdivision (f).(e) Commissioner means the Commissioner of the New York State Department of EnvironmentalConservation or such individual s designee.(f) Concentrated solid or semi-solid hazardous wastes means solid or semi-solid hazardous wastespresent in surface or subsurface soil, surface water, sediment or groundwater in a concentrated form, such asprecipitated metallic salts, metal oxides, or chemical sludges.(g) Contaminant means hazardous waste and/or petroleum as such terms are defined insubdivisions (w) and (ah) respectively below. (h) Contaminated or contamination means the presence of a contaminant in any environmentalmedia, including soil, surface water, sediment, groundwater, soil vapor, ambient air or indoor air.

10 (i) Days means calendar days.(j) Department means the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.(k) Disposal means the abandonment, discharge, deposit, injection, dumping, spilling, leaking orplacing of any contaminant so that such contaminant or any related constituent thereof may enter theenvironment. Disposal also means the thermal destruction of a contaminant and the burning of a contaminant asfuel for the purpose of recovering usable energy.(l) Document repository means a repository of site remedial program documents approved by theDepartment or released for public comment established in a publicly accessible building near the location ofsuch site.(m) Ecological resources means all flora and fauna and the habitats that support them, excludingsuch biota as pets, livestock, agricultural and horticultural crops.