| Item |
Recommendations |
| Authority/reporting |
- Develop a site-specific monitoring plan.
- Define reporting requirements.
- Re-evaluate the plan if the facility expands or changes the design or operating practices.
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| Soils |
- Consider implementing a soil monitoring program (with emphasis on unsurfaced ground) including
- all areas where preservative chemical is routinely stored, processed or handled;
- all freshly treated wood storage areas;
- all treated wood storage areas;
- drainage ditches or areas exposed to surface runoff (including overflow from drip pads and paved/concrete areas).
- Define sampling frequency (e.g. annual), sample type (e.g. surface, core), and required analyses (e.g. constituents, detection levels, quality control) in consultation with the regulatory agency.
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| Surface waters |
- Consider implementing a monitoring program for adjacent water bodies:
- Define monitoring frequencies and required analyses (e.g. constituents, detection levels, quality control) in consultation with the regulatory agency.
- Define concentrations of concern.
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| Groundwater |
- Facilities should implement a groundwater monitoring program using permanent monitoring points down-gradient of process areas and treated wood storage areas:
- Define direction of flow of the aquifer
- Define well construction.
- Define sampling frequencies and required analyses (e.g. constituents, detection levels, quality control).
- Give special attention to on-site wells used for drinking water.
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| Air emissions |
- Conduct a workplace exposure study once at the beginning of plant operations and update if there are any changes in plant design and/or operating practices.
- Identify air emission sources using data provided in the workplace exposure study (see Table 26).
- Monitor air emissions as required by provincial permits or as determined by industrial hygienist if no permits are required.
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| Liquid waste streams |
- Identify liquid waste discharges (including stormwater runoff):
- Determine concentrations of preservative constituents.
- Estimate total mass rates of emissions (suggested).
- Thereafter, monitor as required for all discharges governed by permits.
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