Iowa Code 455H.202 – Background standards
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1. Methods to identify background standards shall be adopted by the commission after consideration of the joint recommendations of the department and the technical advisory committee.
Terms Used In Iowa Code 455H.202
- Affected area: means any real property affected, suspected of being affected, or modeled to be likely affected by a release occurring at an enrolled site. See Iowa Code 455H.103
- Background levels: means concentrations of hazardous substances naturally occurring and generally present in the environment in the vicinity of an enrolled site or an affected area and not the result of releases. See Iowa Code 455H.103
- Commission: means the environmental protection commission created under section 455A. See Iowa Code 455H.103
- Department: means the department of natural resources created under section 455A. See Iowa Code 455H.103
- following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute mean the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See Iowa Code 4.1
- Participant: means any person who enrolls property pursuant to this chapter. See Iowa Code 455H.103
2. The demonstration that the affected area meets the background standard shall be documented by the participant in the following manner:
a. Compliance with the background standard shall be demonstrated by collection and analysis of representative samples from environmental media of concern.
b. A final report that documents compliance with the background standard shall be submitted to the department and shall include, as appropriate, all of the following:
(1) A description of procedures and conclusions of the site investigation to characterize the nature, extent, direction, volume, and composition of hazardous substances.
(2) The basis for selecting environmental media of concern, descriptions of removal or decontamination procedures performed in remediation, and summaries of sampling methodology and analytical results which demonstrate that the background standard has been complied with.
(3) The basis for determining the background levels.