(a) The department shall grant a waiver if it determines that:

1. (1) The requirement to be waived is not established by statute, unless the statute that establishes the requirement expressly authorizes the department to grant waivers of the requirement;
2. (2) Granting a waiver will not result in any adverse effect on human health or the environment; and
3. (3) The aspect of facility siting or operations to which the waiver relates will be consistent with the purpose of the release detection program.

(c) The department shall issue a written response to a request for a waiver within 60 days of receipt of the request. If the request is denied, the written response shall specify the reason(s) for the denial.

Source. #8812, eff 2-1-07; ss by #10832, eff 6-1-15 (from Env-Or 705.04); ss by #14420, eff 11-4-25, EXPIRES: 11-4-35

Appendix A

Rule Section(s)

State Statute(s) Implemented

Env-Or 700

RSA 485-C:13

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Appendix B: Incorporation by Reference Information

Env-Or Rule

Title (Document ID #) -- Date

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/

703.05(d)(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

703.05(d)(1)d.

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

PDF $76; Hardcopy $76 + S/H

703.05(d)(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

704.01(i)(3)

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

PDF $76; Hardcopy $76 + S/H

704.01(i)(4)

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

PDF $76; Hardcopy $76 + S/H

704.01(i)(6)

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

PDF $76; Hardcopy $76 + S/H

704.02(a)(1)

“Standard Practice for Design and Installation of Groundwater Monitoring Wells” (ASTM D5092/D5092M-16, (2024))

PDF $99; Hardcopy $99 + S/H

704.02(a)(2)

“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

704.02(a)(3)

“Standard Guide for Installation of Direct Push Groundwater Monitoring Wells” (ASTM D6724/D6724M-16 (2024))

PDF $76; Hardcopy $76 + S/H

704.02(a)(4)

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

PDF $69; Hardcopy $69 + S/H

704.02(a)(5)

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

PDF $76; Hardcopy $76 + S/H

704.02(a)(6)

“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

Environmental Protection Agency

1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.

Washington, DC 20460

(202) 272-0167

704.01(i)(1)

“Practical Guide for Ground-Water Sampling”, , EPA/600/S2-85/104, US EPA, Sept. 1985

No cost to download from:

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

704.01(i)(2)

“RCRA Ground-Water Monitoring: Draft Technical Guidance”, PB87107751, US

EPA, -- Nov. 1992

No cost to download from:

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

704.01(i)(5)

“SW 846 Test Methods for Evaluating Solid Waste, Physical/Chemical Methods”, US EPA, 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 Phase II (2021).

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

704.01(i)(7)

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

704.01(i)(7)

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 Polyfluorinated 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://cfpub.epa.gov/si/si_public_file_download.cfm?p_download_id=539984&Lab=CESER

704.01(i)(8)

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 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.

XI. “Person” means any individual, partnership, company, public or private corporation, political subdivision or agency of the state, department, agency or instrumentality of the United States, or any other legal entity.

XIII. “Regulated contaminant” means any physical, chemical, biological, radiological substance or other matter, other than naturally occurring substances at naturally occurring levels, in water which adversely affects human health or the environment.

XVIII. “Wellhead protection area” means the surface and subsurface area surrounding a water well or wellfield, supplying a public water system, through which contaminants are reasonably likely to move toward and reach such water well or wellfield.

RSA 146-A:2:

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;