SITE INFORMATION AND CORRESPONDENCE_1992

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-8- A statement of qualifications of the responsible lead professionals shall be included in all plans and reports submitted by the discharger; 7. Prescribe cleanup levels which are consistent with appropriate levels set by the Regional Water Board for analogous discharges that involve similar wastes , site characteristics , and water quality considerations ; B. The Regional Water Board may identify investigative and cleanup and abatement activities that the discharger could undertake without Regional Water Board oversight, provided that these investigations ano cleanup and abatement activities Shall be consistent with the policies and procedures established herein; 111 . The Regional Water Board shall 4mplement the following procedures to ensure that dischargers shall have the opportunity to select cost- effective methods for detecting discharges or threatened discharges and methods for cleaning up or abating the effects thereof. The Regional Water Board shall : A. Concur with any investigative and cleanup and abatement proposal which the discharger demonstrates and the Regional Board finds to have a substantial likelihood to achieve compliance, within a reasonable time frame, with cleanup goals and objectives that implement the applicable Water Quality Control Plans and Policies adopted by the State Water Board and Regional Water Boards , and which implement permanent cleanup and abatement solutions which do not require ongoing maintenance , wherever feasible; B. Consider whether the burden, including costs, of reports required of the discharger during,the investigation and cleanup and abatement of a discharge bears a reasonable relationship to the need for the reports and the benefits to be obtained from the reports ; C. Require the discharger to consider the effectiveness , feasibility, and relative costs of applicable alternative methods for investigation , cleanup, ana abatement. Such comparison may rely on previous analysis of analogous sites, and shall include supporting rationale for the selected methods ; D. Ensure that the discharger is aware of and considers techniques which provide a cost-effective basis for initial assessment of a discharge. a 1 . The following techniques may be applicable: a. Use of available current and historical photographs and site records to focus investigative activities on locations and wastes or materials handled at the site; b. Soil gas surveys;