New York Cleanup Standards for Hydrocarbon Contaminated Soil

Product

Parameter/ Constituent

Lab Test Protocol & Number

Detection Level

Notification Level

Action Level*

Cleanup Level

Gasoline

Benzene

EPA 8021 or 8020

2µg/kg

any amount

20µg/kg

site specific

Ethylbenzene

EPA 8021 or 8020

2µg/kg

any amount

100µg/kg

site specific

Toluene

EPA 8021 or 8020

2µg/kg

any amount

100µg/kg

site specific

Xylene

EPA 8021 or 8020

2µg/kg

any amount

100µg/kg

site specific

MTBE

EPA 8021 or 8020

1µg/kg

any amount

200µg/kg

site specific

Other Compounds Listed in STARS #1

EPA 8021

compound specific

any amount

compound specific

site specific

Diesel

Naphthalene

EPA 8021

1µg/kg

any amount

200µg/kg

site specific

Anthracene

EPA 8270

330µg/kg

any amount

1000µg/kg

site specific

Fluorene

EPA 8270

330µg/kg

any amount

1000µg/kg

site specific

Pyrene

EPA 8270

330µg/kg

any amount

1000µg/kg

site specific

Other Compounds Listed in STARS #1

EPA 8021 or 8270

compound specific

any amount

compound specific

site specific

Waste Oil

 

PCBs

EPA 8270

compound specific

compound specific

compound specific

compound specific

Halogenated Organics

EPA 8021

compound specific

compound specific

compound specific

compound specific

see Diesel parameters above











* These levels are based upon the highest concentration in the soil, which if analyzed by TCLP extraction method, would not yield a value in excess of the GW action level.

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



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