California 2003 Cleanup Standards for Hydrocarbon Contaminated Groundwater Product
Parameter/ Constituent
Gasoline
TPH
Diesel
Lab Test Protocol & Number *
Detection Level
Notification Level Action Level
Cleanup Level
test specific
any amount
site specific
site specific
Benzene
*
test specific
any amount
1µg/L (MCL)
site specific
Toluene
*
test specific
any amount
150µg/L (MCL)
site specific
Ethylbenzene
*
test specific
any amount
300µg/L (MCL)
site specific
Xylene
*
test specific
any amount
1750µg/L (MCL)
site specific
HVOs
*
test specific
any amount
site specific
site specific
Oxygenates
*
test specific
any amount
site specific
site specific
TPH
*
test specific
any amount
site specific
site specific
TRPH
*
test specific
any amount
site specific
site specific
* There is no statewide requirement for a specific laboratory test. Contact the lead agency for guidance. Note: Soil and water analyses must be conducted by a California Department of Health Services (DHS) accredited Laboratory. Contact the California DHS Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Program (ELAP) at 510-540-2800. Note: California does not have statewide standard cleanup levels. Values shown are maximum contaminant levels (MCLs). Cleanup levels are site specific and may be applied differently from region to region. California has 9 Regional Water Quality Control Boards and 104 local agencies throughout the state. The Regional Water Quality Control Board is generally the lead on complex unauthorized UST releases, groundwater cases and cases referred to them by the local agency. Larger implementing local agencies with staff, expertise, and Regional Water Quality Control Board concurrence may be the lead in overseeing corrective action to these cases. The jurisdiction or Regional Water Quality Control Board enforces site specific cleanup levels, detection levels, etc. If groundwater is contaminated, often times, drinking water standards or MCLs are imposed. Contact information for the 9 Regional Water Quality Controls Boards can be found on the SWRCB website. Contact: Diane Trommer, California State Water Resources Control Board 916-341-5787 E-mail:
[email protected] Web Site: http://www.swrcb.ca.gov
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California 2003 Cleanup Standards for Hydrocarbon Contaminated Soil Product
Parameter/ Constituent
Gasoline
TPH Benzene Toluene Xylene Ethylbenzene HVOs Oxygenates TPH TRPH
Diesel
Lab Test Protocol & Number * * * * * * * * *
Detection Level
test specific test specific test specific test specific test specific test specific test specific test specific test specific
Notification Level Action Level
**any amount **any amount **any amount **any amount **any amount **any amount **any amount **any amount **any amount
Cleanup Level
10 to 1,000mg/kg ***NA to 1mg/kg ***NA to 50mg/kg ***NA to 50mg/kg ***NA to 50mg/kg
site specific site specific site specific site specific site specific
100 to 10,000mg/kg
site specific site specific
* There is no statewide requirement for a specific laboratory test. Contact the lead agency for guidance. Note: Soil and water analyses must be conducted by a California Department of Health Services (DHS) accredited laboratory. Contact California DHS Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Program (ELAP) at (510-540-2800) ** Notification is required for all unauthorized releases unless the operator is able to clean up the release within 8 hours, the release did not escape from a secondary containment, or from primary containment if no secondary containment exists, does not increase hazard of fire or explosion and did not deteriorate secondary containment of UST. *** If BTEX levels are detectable, even though TPH concentration is below 10mg/L (gasoline) or 100mg/L (diesel), proceed from site investigation to the general risk appraisal. Note: California does not have statewide standard cleanup levels. Values shown are recommended action levels from the LUFT Field Manual. Cleanup levels are site specific and may be applied differently from region to region. California has 9 Regional Water Quality Control Boards and 104 local agencies throughout the state. The Regional Water Quality Control Board is generally the lead on complex unauthorized UST releases, groundwater cases and cases referred to them by the local agency. Larger implementing local agencies with staff, expertise, and Regional Water Quality Control Board concurrence may be the lead in overseeing corrective action to these cases. The jurisdiction or Regional Water Quality Control Board enforces site specific cleanup levels, detection levels, etc. Contact information for the 9 Regional Water Quality Controls Boards can be found on the SWRCB website. Contact: Diane Trommer, California State Water Resources Control Board, 916-341-5787 E-mail:
[email protected] Web Site: http://www.swrcb.ca.gov
Copyright © 2009 Association for Environmental Health and Sciences Foundation, Inc. 150 Fearing Street · Amherst, MA 01002 Phone: 413.549.5170 Fax: 413.549.0579 E-mail:
[email protected]