Maryland 2003 Cleanup Standards for Hydrocarbon Contaminated Groundwater

Note: There are no promulgated cleanup standards for groundwater.

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

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

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

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 Maryland 2003 Cleanup Standards for Hydrocarbon Contaminated Soil

Product Parameter/ Lab Test Protocol & Notification Level (1) Action Level Cleanup Level (2)
Constituent Number
Gasoline EPA 602, 8020, 8240,
BTEX, any amount >background site specific
8260*
EPA 602, 8020, 8240,
MTBE any amount >background site specific
8260*
site specific or
TPH EPA 8015M GRO any amount >background
230mg/kg
Diesel Fuel/ site specific or
TPH EPA 8015M DRO any amount >background
#2 Heating Oil 230mg/kg
BTEX EPA 8020 any amount >background site specific
EPA 602, 8020, 8240,
MTBE any amount >background site specific
8260*
Naphthalene EPA 8020 any amount >background site specific
site specific or
TPH EPA 1664 any amount >background
Heavy Oil #4, 230mg/kg
5, 6, Bunker C PAH EPA 8270 any amount >background site specific
Used Oil site specific or
TPH EPA 1664 any amount >background
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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