Env-C 200 shall apply to all administrative fine hearings and adjudication of the total proposed fine shall be in accordance with Env-C 204.24.

1. (202) 272-0167

   610.02(g)(1)

   Practical Guide for Ground-Water Sampling, document identification number EPA/600/2-85/104, September 1985

   No cost to download from:

   http://nepis.epa.gov/Exe/ZyPURL.cgi?Dockey=30000FRY.txt

   610.02(g)(2)

   RCRA Ground-Water Monitoring: Draft Technical Guidance, document identification number PB87107751, US EPA, November 1992

   No cost to download from:

   https://www.epa.gov/sites/default/files/2015-06/documents/rcra_gwm92.pdf

   610.02(g)(5)

   Compendium of Methods for the Determination of Toxic Organic Compounds in Ambient Air, Second Edition, document identification number EPA/625/R-96/010b, US EPA, January 1999

   No cost to download from: https://www.epa.gov/sites/default/files/2019-11/documents/tocomp99.pdf

   610.02(g)(6)

   SW 846 Test Methods for Evaluating Solid Waste, Physical/Chemical Methods, US EPA publication SW‐846, Third Edition, Final Updates I (1993), II (1995), IIA (1994), IIB (1995), III (1997), IIIA (1999), IIIB (2005), IV (2008), V (2015), VI (2017), and VII (2020).

   No cost to download from: https://www.epa.gov/hw-sw846/sw-846-compendium

   614.01(a)

   EPA Method 533, November 2019.

   EPA Document ID Number: 815-B-19-020.

   Determination of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in Drinking Water by Isotope Dilution Anion Exchange Solid Phase Extraction and Liquid Chromatography/Tandem Mass Spectrometry. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC.

   No cost to download from:

   https://www.epa.gov/sites/default/files/2019-12/documents/method-533-815b19020.pdf

   614.01(b)

   EPA Method 537.1 Version 2.0, March 2020. EPA Document ID Number: EPA/600/R-20/006. Shoemaker, J. and Dan Tettenhorst. Method 537.1 Determination of Selected Per- and Polyflourinated Alkyl Substances in Drinking Water by Solid Phase Extraction and Liquid Chromatography/Tandem Mass Spectrometry (LC/MS/MS). U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC.

   No cost to download from:

   https://nepis.epa.gov/Exe/ZyPDF.cgi/P10111J4.PDF?Dockey=P10111J4.PDF

   614.01(c)

   EPA Method 1633A, December 2024. EPA Document ID Number: 820-R-24-007.

   Method 1633, Revision A Analysis of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in Aqueous, Solid, Biosolids, and Tissue Samples by LC-MS/MS U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC.

   No cost to download from:

   https://www.epa.gov/system/files/documents/2024-12/method-1633a-december-5-2024-508-compliant.pdf

   Appendix C: Statutory Definitions

   RSA 310-A:2:

   V. “Engineer of record” means a professional engineer who seals drawings, reports, or documents for a project. The seal shall acknowledge that the professional engineer prepared, coordinated, or had subordinates prepare under the direct supervision of the professional engineer, drawings, reports, or documents for a project. The engineer of record shall not be responsible for engineering work performed and sealed by other professional engineers, including independent consulting engineers who work under the coordination of the engineer of record.

   RSA 485-C:2:

   I. “Ambient groundwater quality standards” means maximum concentration levels for regulated contaminants in groundwater which result from human operations or activities, as delineated in RSA 485-C:6.

   VIII. “Groundwater” means subsurface water that occurs beneath the water table in soils and geologic formations.

   RSA 146-A:2:

   III. "Oil" means petroleum products and their by-products of any kind, and in any form including, but not limited to, petroleum, fuel, sludge, crude, oil refuse or oil mixed with wastes and all other liquid hydrocarbons regardless of specific gravity and which are used as motor fuel, lubricating oil, or any oil used for heating or processing. The term "oil" shall not include natural gas, liquified petroleum gas or synthetic natural gas regardless of derivation or source;

   VI-b. “Surface water” means perennial and seasonal streams, lakes, ponds, and tidal waters within the jurisdiction of the state, including all streams, lakes, or ponds bordering on the state, marshes, watercourses, and other bodies of water, natural or artificial;

   RSA 146-C:1:

   VII-a. "Hazardous substance" means material defined as a regulated substance under 42 U.S.C. 6991(2)(A) in addition to any material designated as a hazardous substance pursuant to RSA 146-C:9, VI-a.

   RSA 147-A:2:

   VII. "Hazardous waste" means a solid, semi-solid, liquid or contained gaseous waste, or any combination of these wastes:

2. (a) Which, because of either quantity, concentration, or physical, chemical, or infectious characteristics may:

   1. (1) Cause or contribute to an increase in mortality or an increase in irreversible or incapacitating reversible illness; or
   2. (2) Pose a present or potential threat to human health or the environment when improperly treated, stored, transported, disposed of or otherwise mismanaged.

3. (b) Or which has been identified as a hazardous waste by the department using the criteria established under RSA 147-A:3, I or as listed under RSA 147-A:3, II. Such wastes include, but are not limited to, those which are reactive, toxic, corrosive, ignitable, irritants, strong sensitizers or which generate pressure through decomposition, heat or other means. Such wastes do not include radioactive substances that are regulated by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, or household pharmaceutical wastes collected pursuant to RSA 318-E.

   RSA 147-B:2:

   VII. "Hazardous waste" means a solid, semi-solid, liquid or contained gaseous waste, or any combination of these wastes:

4. (a) Which, because of either quantity, concentration, or physical, chemical, or infectious characteristics may:

   1. (1) Cause or contribute to an increase in mortality or an increase in irreversible or incapacitating reversible illness; or
   2. (2) Pose a present or potential threat to human health or the environment when improperly treated, stored, transported, disposed of or otherwise mismanaged.

5. (b) Or which has been identified as a hazardous waste by the department using the criteria established under RSA 147-A:3, I or as listed under RSA 147-A:3, II. Such wastes include, but are not limited to, those which are reactive, toxic, corrosive, ignitable, irritants, strong sensitizers or which generate pressure through decomposition, heat or other means. Such wastes do not include radioactive substances that are regulated by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended.

   VIII. "Hazardous materials" means those substances or materials in such quantity and form which may pose an unreasonable risk to health and safety or property when transported in commerce, by all modes which may include, but are not limited to, explosives, radioactive materials, etiologic agents, flammable liquids or solids, combustible liquids or solids, poisons, oxidizing or corrosive materials, and compressed gases which are listed by the Materials Transportation Bureau of the United States Department of Transportation in Title 49 of the Code of Feder.

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Appendix A: State Statutes Implemented

Rule Section(s)

State Statute Implemented

Env-Or 600 (see below for additional statutes)

RSA 146-A:3-a; RSA 146-C:11; RSA 147-A:9; RSA 147-B:10; RSA 147-F:11-13, 15 & 18; RSA 485-C:1, 4, 6, 6-a, & 6-b

Env-Or 601

RSA 146-A:11-c; RSA 146-C:9; RSA 147-A:3; RSA 147-B; RSA 147-F:18; RSA 485:3-b; RSA 485-C:4; RSA 485-H:13

Env-Or 602

RSA 146-A:2, III; RSA 146-A:11-c; RSA 146-C:1, VII-a; RSA 146-C:9; RSA 147-A:2, VII; RSA 147-A:3; RSA 147-B:2, VII & VIII; RSA 147-F:18; RSA 485-C:2, XIII; RSA 485-C:4; RSA 485-H:13

Env-Or 603

RSA 485-C:4, III; RSA 485-C:4, VIII; RSA 485-C:6; RSA 485:16-e

Env-Or 604 (see also specific section below)

RSA 146-A:4; RSA 146-A:5; RSA 146-A:11-c; RSA 146-C:9, X, XI; RSA 146-C:11, I-a; RSA 147-A:3, VII; RSA 147-A:11, I; RSA 147-B:10, I; RSA 485:3, X; RSA 485-C:4, VIII; RSA 485-C:6, IV

Env-Or 604.04

RSA 147-A:11

Env-Or 605.01

RSA 146-A:11-c, V-a; RSA 146-C:9-X; RSA 146-C:9, XI;

RSA 147-A:3, VII; RSA 485-C:4, VIII

Env-Or 605.02

RSA 147-A:3

Env-Or 605.03

RSA 146-A:11-c, V-a; RSA 146-C:9, X; RSA 146-C:9, XI

Env-Or 605.04 - 605.09

RSA 146-A:11-c, V-a; RSA 146-C:9, X; RSA 146-C:9, XI;

RSA 147-A:3, VII; RSA 485-C:4, VIII

Env-Or 605.10

RSA 146-A:11-c, V-a; RSA 146-C:9, X; RSA 146-C:9, XI

Env-Or 606 (see also specific sections listed below)

RSA 146-A:11-c, V-a; RSA 146-C:9, X; RSA 147-A:3, IV

RSA 485-C:4, VIII; RSA 147-F:11

Env-Or 606.10 - 606.21

RSA 147-F:12; RSA 147-F:13

Env-Or 606.19

RSA 146-A:11-c, V-a; RSA 146-C:9, X; RSA 147-A:3, IV; RSA 147-B:10, I; RSA 485-C:4, VIII; RSA 485-H:13; RSA 147-F:11; RSA 147-F:12; RSA 147-F:13; RSA 147-F:18

Env-Or 607.01 – Env-Or 607.04

RSA 485-C:4, VIII; RSA 485-C:4, X; RSA 485-C:4, RSA 485-C:6-a; XI; RSA 149-M:30

Env-Or 607.02(b)

RSA 485-C:4, VIII; RSA 485-C:4, X; RSA 485-C:4, XI

Env-Or 607.03

RSA 485-C:4, VIII; RSA 485-C:4, X; RSA 485-C:4, XI; RSA 149-M:30

Env-Or 607.05

RSA 485-C:4, VIII; RSA 485-C:6-a; RSA 149-M:30

Env-Or 607.06

RSA 485-C:4, VIII; RSA 485-C:4, IX; RSA 485-C:4, X; RSA 485-C:4, XI

Env-Or 607.07

RSA 485-C:4, VIII; RSA 485-C:4, X; RSA 485-C:4, XI

Env-Or 607.08

RSA 485-C:4, IX

Env-Or 607.09

RSA 485-C:6-b

Env-Or 607.10 – Env-Or 607.12

RSA 485-C:4, VIII

Env-Or 608

RSA 146-A:11-c, V-a; RSA 146-C:9, X; RSA 147-A:3, IV;

RSA 147-F:15

Env-Or 609

RSA 146-A:11-c, V-a; RSA 146-C:9, X; RSA 147-A:3, IV;

RSA 485-C:4, VIII; RSA 147-F:11; RSA 147-F:13

Env-Or 610

RSA 146-A:11-c, V-a; RSA 146-C:9, X; RSA 147-A:3, IV;

RSA 485-C:4, VIII; RSA 147-F:11; RSA 147-F:13

Env-Or 611

RSA 146-A:11-c,V-a; RSA 146-C:9, X; RSA 147-A:3, IV;

RSA 147-F:11

Env-Or 612

RSA 541-A:22, IV

Env-Or 613

RSA 485:3-b, I

Env-Or 614

RSA 485-H:13

Env-Or 615

RSA 146-A:15; RSA 146-C:10; RSA 147-A:17-a; RSA 485-C:18

Appendix B: Incorporated References

Rule (Env-Or)

Reference

Obtain At:

ASTM International

100 Barr Harbor Drive

PO Box C700

West Conshohocken, PA 19428-2959

1-877-909-2786 (USA & Canada)

http://www.astm.org/

606.04(d)

611.03(d)(2)

611.03(e)

611.04(d)

Standard Practice for Environmental Site Assessments: Phase 1 Environmental Site Assessment Process (ASTM E1527-21), 2021

PDF $108, Hardcopy $108 S/H

606.05(a)(1)c.

Standard Practice for Classification of Soils for Engineering Purposes (Unified Soil Classification System) (ASTM D2487-17 (2025))

PDF $69, Hardcopy $69 + S/H

606.05(a)(1)d.

Standard Practice for Description and Identification of Soils (Visual-Manual Procedures) (ASTM D2488-17e1), 2018

PDF $76, Hardcopy $76 + S/H

606.05(a)(3)

Standard Test Method for Standard Penetration Test (SPT) and Split-Barrel Sampling of Soils (ASTM D1586/D1586M – 18e1), 2022

PDF $99, Hardcopy $99 + S/H

606.13(a)(5)

606.19(c)

606.19(d)(2)&(3)

Standard Guide for Risk Based Corrective Action (ASTM E2081-22), 2022

PDF $125; Hardcopy $125 + S/H

610.02(g)(3)

Standard Guide for Sampling Ground-Water Monitoring Wells (ASTM D4448 – 01 (2019))

PDF $76, Hardcopy $76 + S/H

610.02(g)(4)

Standard Guide for Selection of Passive Techniques for Sampling Groundwater Monitoring Wells (ASTM D7929–20), 2020

PDF $76, Hardcopy $76 + S/H

610.02(g)(7)

Standard Guide for Sampling Waste and Soils for Volatile Organic Compounds (ASTM D4547–20), 2020

PDF $76, Hardcopy $76 + S/H

610.04(a)(1)

Standard Guide for Decommissioning of Groundwater Wells, Vadose Zone Monitoring Devices, Boreholes, and Other Devices for Environmental Activities (ASTM D5299/D5299M–18), 2018

PDF $76, Hardcopy $76 + S/H

610.04(a)(2)

Standard Practice for Design and Installation of Groundwater Monitoring Wells (ASTM D5092/D5092M–16 (2024))

PDF $99, Hardcopy $99 + S/H

610.04(a)(3)

Standard Guide for Development of Groundwater Monitoring Wells in Granular Aquifers (ASTM D5521/D5521M–18 (2025))

PDF $76, Hardcopy $76 + S/H

610.04(a)(4)

Standard Guide for Maintenance and Rehabilitation of Groundwater Monitoring Wells (ASTM D5978/D5978M–16 (2024))

PDF $69, Hardcopy $69 + S/H

610.04(a)(5)

Standard Guide for Installation of Direct Push Groundwater Monitoring Wells (ASTM D6724/D6724M–16 (2024)e1),

PDF $76, Hardcopy $76 + S/H

610.04(a)(6)

Standard Practice for Direct Push Installation of Prepacked Screen Monitoring Wells in Unconsolidated Aquifers (ASTM D6725/D6725M–16 (2024)e1)

PDF $76, Hardcopy $76 + S/H

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