Washington Cleanup Standards for Hydrocarbon Contaminated Soil

 

Product

 

Parameter/ Constituent

 

Lab Test Protocol & Number

Detection Level (mg/kg)

 

Notification Level

 

Cleanup Level

Gasoline Range Organics--GRO



 

Benzene

EPA 8021B or 8260B

0.005

*

0.03 mg/kg

Ethylbenzene

EPA 8021B or 8260B

0.005

*

6 mg/kg

Toluene

EPA 8021B or 8260B

0.005

*

7 mg/kg

Xylenes

EPA 8021B or 8260B

0.005

*

9 mg/kg

GRO without benzene and no more than 20% aromatic hydrocarbons between EC 8 and EC 16

 

 

NWTPH-Gx

 

 

5

 

 

*

 

 

100mg/kg

GRO (all other)

NWTPH-Gx

5

*

30 mg/kg

Diesel Range Organics--DRO

DRO

NWTPH-Dx

25

*

2000 mg/kg

Heavy oil

NWTPH-Dx

100

*

2000 mg/kg

Electrical insulating mineral oil (non-PCB)

 

NWTPH-Dx

 

100

 

*

 

4000 mg/kg

Other (depending on source and age of product)

Naphthalenes

EPA 8270

0.5

*

5 mg/kg

MTBE

EPA 8260B

0.005

*

0.1 mg/kg

Total Lead

EPA 6010, 7420 or 7421

0.5

*

250 mg/kg

Total Metals

EPA 6000 and 7000 series

**

*

metal specific

PCBs

EPA 8082

0.04

*

1mg/kg

Volatile Organics

EPA 8021 or 8260B

**

*

analyte specific

PAHs (carcinogenic)

EPA 8100, 8270, or 8310

0.05

*

0.1mg/kg***

*Not specified by contaminant.  See WAC 173-340-300 for release reporting requirements (available on the web site).

** Test Specific.

***  Based on benzo(a)pyrene

Note:  These are Method A cleanup levels for routine sites with unrestricted land use.  Site specific cleanup levels can be calculated for Method B (unrestricted uses) and Method C (restricted uses) including GRO and DRO using a surrogate/fraction approach.   All pathways must be evaluated for Methods B and C including ingestion (plus dermal for TPH), vapor, ground water protection, and ecological.  The user should check the applicable entries and footnotes in the Method A Tables and the Required Testing for Petroleum Releases Table as well as other pertinent sections in WAC 173-340.  NWTPH, hydrocarbon identification (HCID), and surrogate/fraction analytical methods are available in Ecology Publication # ECY 97-602 (available on the web site).  It is important to note that the uses of Methods B and C do not account for some applicable state and federal legal considerations.  These methods also do not account for several health and ecological considerations regarding groundwater, soils and air. 

Contact: Hun Seak Park, Washington Department of Ecology, 360-407-7189

Web Site: www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/tcp/cleanup.html

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