N.M. Code R. § 20.11.65.19 Contaminated Soils and Groundwater Treatment

• Library: New Mexico Administrative Code
• Edition: 2023
• Currency: Current through Register Vol. 34, No. 24, December 19, 2023
• Citation: N.M. Code R. § 20.11.65.19
• Year: 2023

A. Applicability:

(1) Existing decontamination facilities shall comply with the provisions of this subsection no later than June 1 1991.

(2) New decontamination facilities; which are authorized by an authority-to-construct permit issued by the department, shall comply with the provisions of this subsection immediately upon startup.

B. VOC emission controls required: No person shall strip or extract VOC's from contaminated soils or water or regenerate or reactivate a VOC collecting material used within a pollution control device such that emissions to the ambient air be in excess of Albuquerque - Bernalillo County Air Quality Control Board, Ambient Air Quality Standards.

C. VOC emission controls - exceptions: Site excavation to examine tanks and other underground conditions shall be exempt from this provision. Aeration of wastewater at sewage treatment facilities shall be exempt from this subsection.

D. Testing and reporting:

(1) Emission testing shall be performed by the operator of the stripper/extracting operation to insure pollution control device efficiency. Performance testing shall be performed and reported within 30 days from startup and quarterly thereafter throughout the active life of the project. This provision may be suspended, with the director's approval, upon receipt of the operator's petition demonstrating emissions have declined to negligible quantities. Testing shall quantify the emissions of VOC from each emission point of the pollution control device using EPA Method 25 - Determination of Total Gaseous Non-methane Organic Emissions as Carbon as published in 40 CFR 60 Appendix A, or an equivalent method approved by the director. In addition, testing shall quantify all hazardous air pollutants as listed in 40 CFR 40Lists of pollutants and applicability of part 6161.01(a) and (b). This emissions testing shall...