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NEW!  Memo from SHWB Branch Chief Steven Chang on new EALs

NEW!  Draft: Screening for Environmental Concerns at Sites with Contaminated Soil and Groundwater
            an update to the Department’s 1996 Risk-based Correction Action (RBCA) document.

EPA Hawaii Land Revitalization page (Brownfields)

UST Technical documents:

• New State UST Rules
• Technical Guidance Manual, 2nd Ed. 2000
• UST Data Files

Forms, Rules, Policies and Procedures

• Notification for Underground Storage Tanks Form
  For installation of USTs or piping, removal, change in service, or change in ownership [HRS 11-281-21].  January 28, 2000  (78K)
• Application for an Underground Storage Tank Permit Form No. II (6/99)
  Required by DOH for installation of new UST systems.  (34K)
• Certification of Underground Storage Tank Installation Form III (6/99)
  Required by DOH for installation of new UST systems.  (35K)
  
  
• Notice of Intent to Close Underground Storage Tanks
  Form for use in complying with the requirement to provide at least 30 days prior notice in advance of closing an underground storage tank [HRS CFR 280.71(a)].  April 14, 1997  (78K)
  
  
• Monitored Natural Attenuation for Dissolved Phase Petroleum Hydrocarbons in Groundwater at Concentrations above Hawaii Department of Health Tier 1 Action Levels
  Sets criteria for the use of monitored natural attenuation as a groundwater cleanup remedy for contaminated sites.  October 23, 1998  (1,030K)
  
  
• Requirement for Sampling and Analysis of Methyl tertiary-Butyl Ether on Soil and Groundwater at Underground Storage Tank Closure and Release Investigation Sites
  Sets soil and groundwater action levels, and sampling and analytical requirements, for methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MtBE).  October 16, 1998  (1,443K)
  
  
• Update and Clarification of Recommended Soil and Groundwater Sampling Procedures
  Provides guidance on soil stockpile sampling, PAH analyses for diesel fuel releases, groundwater grab sampling from excavations, the use of vacuum-type (e.g. peristaltic) pumps in groundwater sample acquisition, and filtering of groundwater samples.  September 9, 1996  (1,216K)
  
  
• Checklist for Final Release Response Reports at Leaking Underground Storage Tank Sites
  Provides an NFA checklist to aid in the preparation of final reports.  February 23, 1996  (733K).
  
  
• Reporting, Remediation, and Management of Petroleum-Contaminated Soil
  Sets action levels for total petroleum hydrocarbons (TPH) in soil.  January 4, 1996  (549K)
  
  
• Clarification of Monitoring Well Design Recommendations and Acceptance of Groundwater Samples taken from Small-Diameter Monitoring Wells
  States acceptance of groundwater data from small-diameter monitoring wells (e.g. direct-push wells).  December 21, 1995  (300K)
  
  
• Risk-Based Corrective Action and Decision Making at Sites with Contaminated Soil and Ground Water
  Sets default (Tier 1) soil and groundwater action levels, and a procedure for calculating site-specific (Tier 2) soil action levels. These action levels supersede the recommended interim cleanup criteria presented in the August 1992 Technical Guidance Manual.  December 1995 (Includes addenda dated February 16, 1996, and March 1, 1996)  (15,254K)
  
  
• Risk-Based Corrective Action spreadsheets
  Excel spreadsheets for use in calculating site-specific (Tier 2) soil action levels as per the RBCA Policy.  December 1995  (68K)
  
  
• Determination of Groundwater Utility at Leaking Underground Storage Tank Sites
  Policy on determining groundwater utility (i.e., drinking water resource vs. non drinking water resource) at a given location.  September 19, 1995  (617K)