APPENDIX I 



CCAMP ENHANCED GROUNDWATER PROTECTION IN LANDFILL PROGRAMS RECOMMENDATIONS 



December 1986 Page 1-3 



potential threats, as well as new landfills. 



Standard procedures and a minimum acceptable program should be estab- 

 lished for the following: 



a. Well placement and installation. 



b. Sampling protocol and chain of custody procedures. 



c. Sampling frequency and parameter selections. 



d. Format for the management of the collected data. 



e. Statistical analysis of the monitoring data. 



f. DEQE review of submitted data. 



g. Threshold standards which trigger certain action, including 

 notification of other Divisions and mandatory further monitoring. 



h. Oversight/Enforcement of monitoring program. 



(More detailed monitoring recommendation are stated on p. 5.) 



4. DEQE should assess the potential threat to groundwater from junkyards, 

 stump dumps and abandoned landfills. DEQE should then re-examine its 

 own regulation of these activities based on these findings. DEQE 

 should provide information to the local Boards of Health concerning 

 the degree of threat from these activities and should provide assis- 

 tance to communities seeking to upgrade their regulation of these 

 sources . 



5. The definition of Significant Groundwater Aquifer used by DSHW in 

 their regulations should be consistent with the definition used by DWS 

 and the other Divisions. Significant should be defined as any actual, 

 planned or potential public water supply. A "potential" supply is 

 defined as any aquifer capable of yielding greater than 100 gpm of 

 water. 



6. DEQE landfill siting policy should be consistent with DEQE's groundwa- 

 ter protection goals. 



7. DEQE policy relating to landfills should reflect that, while landfills 

 may be necessary for certain types of waste (e.g. demolition materi- 

 als, tree stumps and ash), there are alternative methods of waste 

 disposal such as resource recovery and source reduction which should 

 be considered. 



8. DEQE, through the auspices of its Groundwater Protection Committee, 

 should develop an action plan to implement the recommendations made in 

 this report. Specific tasks with milestone and completion dates 

 should be included. 



