49-287.03. Remedial investigation and feasibility study
A. The department may conduct a remedial investigation and feasibility study of a scored site or portion of the site to assess conditions on the site or portion of the site and to evaluate alternative potential remedies to the extent necessary to select a final remedy in a manner consistent with the rules and procedures adopted pursuant to section 49-282.06.
B. Unless the director determines that the necessary remedial action can be completed within one hundred eighty days, before the department begins a remedial investigation and feasibility study for a site or a portion of a site, the department shall prepare a scope of work, a fact sheet and an outline of a community involvement plan. The scope of work shall generally describe the proposed scope of the remedial investigation and feasibility study. The outline of the community involvement plan shall address all of the elements of the community involvement plan requirements of section 49-289.03.
C. The department shall provide written notice to each person who, according to information available to the department, may be liable under this article that the scope of work is available for inspection and that any person by agreement with the department may develop and implement a work plan for the remedial investigation and the feasibility study. The department shall publish in a newspaper of general circulation in the county where the site is located a notice of the availability of the scope of work, fact sheet and outline of a community involvement plan for public comment. The notice shall provide an opportunity for a public meeting.
D. The department shall prepare a responsiveness summary before implementing the scope of work. Before the director implements a remedial investigation, unless the director determines that the necessary remedial action can be completed within one hundred eighty days, the department shall prepare and implement the community involvement plan based upon the outline and after considering the public comments, consistent with the requirements of section 49-289.03. The department shall update the community involvement plan at least every two years.
E. The remedial investigation shall collect the data necessary to adequately characterize the site or the portion of the site for the purpose of developing and evaluating effective remediation alternatives pursuant to the feasibility study requirements prescribed by subsection F of this section.
F. The feasibility study shall be fully integrated with the results of the remedial investigation and shall include an alternative screening step to select a reasonable number of alternatives in a manner consistent with the rules and procedures adopted pursuant to section 49-282.06.
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