The order is for the Adventus Americas, Inc., variance petition (OGC File No. 07-1825), received on October 8, 2007. The petition requested a variance from the zone of discharge (ZOD) prohibition for discharges through wells under rule 62-522.300(3),...

 

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

RULE NO: RULE TITLE
62-522.300: General Provisions for Ground Water Permitting and Monitoring

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT on January 16, 2008, the Department of Environmental Protection has issued an order.

The order is for the Adventus Americas, Inc., variance petition (OGC File No. 07-1825), received on October 8, 2007. The petition requested a variance from the zone of discharge (ZOD) prohibition for discharges through wells under subsection 62-522.300(3), F.A.C., for the use of RemOx® EC Stabilization Reagent to cleanup organic wood preservative contamination at the Koppers superfund site in Gainesville, Florida. Specifically, the variance requested a ZOD for antimony, arsenic, chromium, mercury, beryllium, cadmium, lead, thallium, and selenium within a 150-foot radius from the point of discharge for a duration of 365 days. Notice of receipt of this petition was published in the F.A.W., on November 9, 2007. No public comment was received. The final order granted a variance from the ZOD prohibition because the petitioner demonstrated a substantial hardship, and that the purposes of the underlying statutes would be met with the conditions imposed by the Department. The conditions require that the use of this product must be through a Department-approved remedial action plan, or other Department-enforceable document, and that such approval shall not be solely by a delegated program; that the discharge must be through a Class V, Group 4 underground injection control well which meets all applicable requirements of Chapter 62-528, F.A.C.; that the extent of the ZOD for antimony, arsenic, chromium, mercury, beryllium, cadmium, lead, thallium, and selenium shall be a 150-foot radius from the point of injection and the duration of the zone of discharge shall be one year; that the injection of the product shall be at such a rate and volume that no undesirable migration occurs of the product, its by-products, or the contaminants already present in the aquifer; that the Department-approved remedial action plan shall address appropriate ground water monitoring requirements associated with the use of the in-situ chemical oxidation using RemOx® EC for remediation based on site-specific hydrogeology and conditions; that the sodium permanganate which is used in the RemOx® EC shall be derived from manganese ore; and that this final order only grants approval of RemOx® EC for use at the Koppers Superfund Site in Gainesville, Florida.

A copy of the Order may be obtained by contacting: Cathy McCarty, Department of Environmental Protection, Underground Injection Control Program, MS 3530, 2600 Blair Stone Road, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-2400, [phone].