Maryland Cleanup Standards for Hydrocarbon Contaminated Soil

Product

Parameter/ Constituent

Lab Test Protocol & Number

Notification Level (1)

Action Level

Cleanup Level (2)

Gasoline

 

BTEX,

EPA 602, 8020, 8240, 8260*

any amount

>background

site specific

MTBE

EPA 602, 8020, 8240, 8260*

any amount

>background

site specific

TPH

EPA 8015M GRO

any amount

>background

site specific or 230mg/kg

Diesel Fuel/
#2  Heating Oil



 

TPH

EPA 8015M DRO

any amount

>background

site specific or 230mg/kg

BTEX

EPA 8020

any amount

>background

site specific

MTBE

EPA 602, 8020, 8240, 8260*

any amount

>background

site specific

Naphthalene

EPA 8020

any amount

>background

site specific


Heavy Oil #4, 5, 6, Bunker C

TPH

EPA 1664

any amount

>background

site specific or 230mg/kg

PAH

EPA 8270

any amount

>background

site specific

Used Oil

TPH

EPA 1664

any amount

>background

site specific or 230mg/kg

Full Volatiles

EPA 8260

any amount

>background

site specific

TCLP Metals

EPA 6010

any amount

>background

site specific

PAH

EPA 8270

any amount

>background

site specific

Note: There are no promulgated cleanup standards. All decisions on "how clean is clean" are made via site-specific risk characterization. For groundwater there are no promulgated cleanup standards.

If more than one of the suspected products listed above may be present in an excavation area, then analyses for all applicable constituents should be used to assess the soil. Test methods may be altered on a site-specific basis by an MDE representative. Sampling of a listed hazardous material storage system will be agreed upon on a site-specific basis. Soil treatment facilities and disposal sites may require further or different analyses.

*Full volatile 8260 may be required in domestic well areas.

Contact: Mick Butler, Maryland Department of the Environment, 410-537-3442

Web Site: http://www.mde.state.md.us

E-mail: mbutler@mde.state.md.us

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