NR 664.0094(2)(b)2.2. The hydrogeological characteristics of the facility and surrounding land. NR 664.0094(2)(b)3.3. The quantity and quality of groundwater, and the direction of groundwater flow. NR 664.0094(2)(b)6.6. The current and future uses of surface waters in the area and any water quality standards established for those surface waters. NR 664.0094(2)(b)7.7. The existing quality of surface water, including other sources of contamination and the cumulative impact on surface water quality. NR 664.0094(2)(b)8.8. The potential for health risks caused by human exposure to waste constituents. NR 664.0094(2)(b)9.9. The potential damage to wildlife, crops, vegetation and physical structures caused by exposure to waste constituents. NR 664.0094(2m)(2m) The department may not establish an alternate concentration limit under sub. (2) that is inconsistent with ch. NR 140. NR 664.0094(3)(3) In making any determination under sub. (2) about the use of groundwater in the area around the facility the department shall consider any identification of underground sources of drinking water and exempted aquifers made under 40 CFR 144.7. NR 664.0094 HistoryHistory: CR 05-032: cr. Register July 2006 No. 607, eff. 8-1-06. NR 664.0095(1)(1) The department shall specify in the facility license the point of standards application at which the groundwater protection standard of s. NR 664.0092 applies and at which monitoring shall be conducted. The point of standards application is a vertical surface located at the hydraulically downgradient limit of the waste management area that extends down into the uppermost aquifer underlying the regulated units. NR 664.0095(2)(2) The waste management area is the limit projected in the horizontal plane of the area on which waste will be placed during the active life of a regulated unit. NR 664.0095(2)(a)(a) The waste management area includes horizontal space taken up by any liner, dike or other barrier designed to contain waste in a regulated unit. NR 664.0095(2)(b)(b) If the facility contains more than one regulated unit, an imaginary line circumscribing the several regulated units describes the waste management area. NR 664.0095 HistoryHistory: CR 05-032: cr. Register July 2006 No. 607, eff. 8-1-06. NR 664.0096(1)(1) The department shall specify in the facility license the compliance period during which the groundwater protection standard of s. NR 664.0092 applies. The compliance period is the number of years equal to the active life of the waste management area (including any waste management activity prior to licensing, and the closure period.) NR 664.0096(2)(2) The compliance period begins when the owner or operator initiates a compliance monitoring program meeting the requirements of s. NR 664.0099. NR 664.0096(3)(3) If the owner or operator is engaged in a corrective action program at the end of the compliance period specified in sub. (1), the compliance period is extended until the owner or operator can demonstrate that the groundwater protection standard of s. NR 664.0092 has not been exceeded for a period of 3 consecutive years. NR 664.0096 HistoryHistory: CR 05-032: cr. Register July 2006 No. 607, eff. 8-1-06. NR 664.0097NR 664.0097 General groundwater monitoring requirements. The owner or operator shall comply with the following requirements for any groundwater monitoring program developed to satisfy s. NR 664.0098, 664.0099 or 664.0100: NR 664.0097(1)(1) The groundwater monitoring system shall consist of a sufficient number of wells, installed at appropriate locations and depths to yield groundwater samples from the uppermost aquifer that do all of the following: NR 664.0097(1)(a)(a) Represent the quality of background water that has not been affected by leakage from a regulated unit. A determination of background quality may include sampling of wells that are not hydraulically upgradient of the waste management area where all of the following conditions are met: NR 664.0097(1)(a)1.1. Hydrogeologic conditions do not allow the owner or operator to determine what wells are hydraulically upgradient. NR 664.0097(1)(a)2.2. Sampling at other wells shall provide an indication of background groundwater quality that is representative or more representative than that provided by the upgradient wells. NR 664.0097(1)(b)(b) Represent the quality of groundwater passing the point of standards application.