South Carolina Cleanup Standards for Hydrocarbon Contaminated Soil

Product

Parameter/ Constituent

Lab Test Protocol & Number

Detection Level

Notification Level

Action Level

Cleanup Level

Gasoline, Diesel, Kerosene



Benzene

EPA 5035 or 8260B

5µg/kg

any amount

5µg/kg

site specific/risk

Toluene

EPA 5035 or 8260B

5µg/kg

any amount

478µg/kg

site specific/risk

Ethylbenzene

EPA 5035 or 8260B

5µg/kg

any amount

364µg/kg

site specific/risk

Xylenes

EPA 5035 or 8260B

5µg/kg

any amount

4119µg/kg

site specific/risk

Naphthalenes

EPA 5035 or 8260B

10µg/kg

any amount

52µg/kg

site specific/risk

Benzo(a)anthracene

EPA 8270

.66mg/kg

any amount

17,687mg/kg

site specific/risk

Benzo(b)fluoranthene

EPA 8270

.66mg/kg

any amount

7042mg/kg

site specific/risk

Benzo(k)fluoranthene

EPA 8270

 .66mg/kg

any amount

55,930mg/kg

site specific/risk

Chrysene

EPA 8270

660µg/kg

any amount

3146µg/kg

site specific/risk

Dibenz(a,h)anthracene

EPA 8270

660µg/kg

any amount

21,265mg/kg

site specific/risk

Waste Oil

same as gasoline

 

 

 

 

 

TPH

EPA 9071

10mg/kg

any amount

NA*

site specific/risk

Pb

EPA 7421

250µg/kg

**

site specific/risk

Hg

EPA 7471A

10µg/kg

**

site specific/risk

As

EPA 7060A

250µg/kg

**

site specific/risk

Ba

EPA 6010B

2500µg/kg

**

site specific/risk

Cd

EPA 7131A

250µg/kg

**

site specific/risk

Cr

EPA 7191

250µg/kg

**

site specific/risk

Se

EPA 7740

250µg/kg

**

site specific/risk

Ag

EPA 7761

250µg/kg

**

site specific/risk

Note: Action levels are for impacted soil located less than 5 feet from groundwater. For depths to groundwater exceeding 5 feet, action levels are higher.

*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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