New York Cleanup Standards for Hydrocarbon Contaminated Groundwater

Product Parameter/ Constituent Lab Test Protocol & Number Detection Level Notification Level Action Level Cleanup Level
Gasoline Benzene EPA 8021, 8020

1µg/L

any amount

1.0µg/L

*
Ethylbenzene EPA 8021, 8020

1µg/L

any amount

5µg/L

*
Toluene EPA 8021, 8020

1µg/L

any amount

5µg/L

*
Xylene EPA 8021, 8020

2µg/L

any amount

5µg/L

*
MTBE EPA 8021, 8020

1µg/L

any amount

10µg/L

*
other compounds listed in STARS #1 EPA 8021

compound specific

any amount

compound specific

Action Level, or when not achievable, site specific
Diesel



 

 Naphthalene EPA 8021, 8020

1µg/L or 6µg/L

any amount

10µg/L

*
Anthracene EPA 8270

8µg/L

any amount

50µg/L

*
Fluorene EPA 8270

8µg/L

any amount

50µg/L

*
Pyrene EPA 8270

8µg/L

any amount

50µg/L

*
other compounds listed in STARS #1 EPA 8021 or 8270

compound specific

any amount

compound specific

Action Level, or when not achievable, site specific
Waste Oil PCBs EPA 8270

compound specific

      
Halogenated Organics EPA 8021

compound specific



 

  



 
see Diesel parameter        



 

* Action Level or, when not achievable, site specific.

Note: Standards applied for offsite reuse.

Contact: Frank Peduto, New York Department of Environmental Conservation, 518-457-9412



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