South Carolina Cleanup Standards for Hydrocarbon Contaminated Groundwater

Product

Parameter/ Constituent

Lab Test Protocol & Number

Detection Level

Notification Level

Action Level

Cleanup Level

Gasoline, Diesel, Kerosene

 

BTEX

EPA 5030B or 8260B

5µg/L

any amount

*

site specific/risk

Naphthalene

EPA 5030B or 8260B

5µg/L

any amount

25µg/L

site specific/risk

MTBE

EPA 5030B or 8260B

5µg/L

any amount

40µg/L

site specific/risk

EDB

EPA 5030B or 8260B

5µg/L

any amount

5µg/L

site specific/risk

Total PAHs

EPA 3510C w/ 8100, 8270C or 8310C

10µg/L

any amount

25µg/L

site specific/risk

Waste Oil

 

same as gasoline

 

 

 

 

 

TPH

EPA 9070

10mg/L

any amount

**

**

Pb

EPA 7421

5µg/L

any amount

***

site specific/risk

Hg

EPA 7470

0.2µg/L

any amount

***

site specific/risk

As

EPA 7060A

5µg/L

any amount

***

site specific/risk

Ba

EPA 6010B

50µg/L

any amount

***

site specific/risk

Cd

EPA 7131A

0.1µg/L

any amount

***

site specific/risk

Cr

EPA 7191

5µg/L

any amount

***

site specific/risk

Se

EPA 7740

5µg/L

any amount

***

site specific/risk

Ag

EPA 7761

5µg/L

any amount

***

site specific/risk

* EPA Maximum Contaminant Level

** No action or cleanup levels. TPH is used solely to determine necessity of performing expanded analyses.

***Best obtainable reporting level, necessity of action based on comparison with background.

Contact: Read Miner, South Carolina Department of Health & Environmental Control, 803-898-4349

E-mail: minerrs@columb26.dhec.state.sc.us

Web Site: http://www.state.sc.us/dhec/usthome



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