A. Staffing Requirements 1. Field personnel must have satisfactorily completed forty (40) -hour HAZWOPER safety training. 2. Employ at minimum one (1) Maine Licensed Geologist on staff/payroll. 3. Some tasks may require a Maine Licensed Professional Engineer (e.g., an unusual filter for building system designs); Awarded Bidders who wish to bid on these projects must have either a Maine Licensed Professional Engineer on staff or be able to sub-contract with a Maine Licensed Professional Engineer. 4. Submit environmental data (laboratory data and field data) to the Department in a Department-approved Electronic Data Deliverable (EDD) format for uploading to the Department databases, such as EGAD. For more information on EDDs and EGAD, visit the Department’s website: https://www.maine.gov/dep/maps-data/egad/#ed. 5. Submit totalizer and shed electric meter readings in EDD format, using a template supplied by the Department. B. Project Implementation 1. Initial Meeting Within seven (7) days of the contract start date, meet with the Department to discuss the project in detail. The Department will provide an overview of the history of the projects, provide a list of property owners and sampling locations, templates, other pertinent information, and schedule for upcoming filter monitoring events. 2. Sampling Requirements a. Request access/sampling permission from each property owner, for private drinking water sampling. Outreach methods may include phone calls, letters, emails, use of an online scheduling platform. b. Develop Sampling Analysis Plans i. Before sampling commences, develop a Sampling Analysis Plan (SAP). For each field task during the site investigation, the SAP shall identify and/or discuss: ii. Investigative purpose and data quality objectives (DQO) checklist of sample type(s), attachments, DQO, sample points, regulatory standards/guidelines, sample methods, field screening, and analytical methods. c. Develop Health and Safety Plans i. Develop a Health and Safety Plan (HASP) before sampling commences, which will list personnel health and safety requirements and procedures relative to the project site and the work proposed in the work plan for the project. For each field task during site investigation the HASP shall identify and or discuss: 1) Work objective(s); 2) Anticipated weather conditions; 3) Site emergency response plan; 4) Hazard assessment; 5) Decontamination; 6) Examples of physical hazards; 7) Map of Site.
