PURPOSE: This rule requires spilled, free product to be collected immediately.

1. (1) At sites where the investigation reveals free product under 10 CSR 20-10.062(1)(F), owners and operators must remove as much free product as practicable as determined by the department. Any actions initiated under 10 CSR 20-10.061—10 CSR 20-10.063 or preparation for actions required under 10 CSR 20-10.065—10 CSR 20-10.066 must also be continued. In meeting the requirements of this rule, owners and operators must—

   1. (A) Remove free product to minimize the spread of contamination into previously uncontaminated zones. The recovery and disposal techniques must be appropriate to the hydrogeologic conditions at the site. Recovered by-products must be treated, discharged or disposed in compliance with applicable local, state and federal regulations;
   2. (B) Use abatement of free-product migration as a minimum objective for free product removal;
   3. (C) Handle any flammable products in a safe and competent manner to prevent fires or explosions; and

   4. (D) Prepare and submit to the department a free-product removal report, within fortyfive (45) days after confirming a release, unless otherwise directed by the department. The report shall provide at least the following information:

      1. 1. The name of the person(s) responsible

for implementing the free product removal measures;

1. 2. The estimated quantity, type and

thickness of free product observed or measured in wells, boreholes and excavations;

1. 3. The type of free-product recovery sys-

tem used;

1. 4. Whether any discharge will take place

on-site or off-site during the recovery operation and the location of this discharge;

1. 5. The type of treatment applied to, and

the effluent quality expected from, any discharge;

1. 6. The steps that have been or are being

taken to obtain necessary permits for any discharge; and

1. 7. The disposition of the recovered free

product.

AUTHORITY: sections 319.109, RSMo Supp. 1989 and 644.026, RSMo Supp. 1993.* Original rule filed April 2, 1990, effective Sept. 28, 1990. *Original authority: 319.109, RSMo 1989 and 644.026, RSMo 1972, amended 1973, 1987, 1993.