Remediation Standards (Archive)

Remediation Standard N.J.A.C. 7:26D [Date last amended: September 18, 2017 / Posted: September 18, 2017]

Notice of Remediation Standards readoption without change [Posted: April 28, 2015]

Notice of Administrative Change to Remediation Standards [Posted: September 18, 2017]

Notice of Administrative Correction to Remediation Standards [Posted: September 18, 2017] [Publication Date: 10/16/2017]

Soil Remediation Standard Updates (September 18, 2017)

• Implementation of Updated Soil Remediation Standards [pdf 248 Kb]
• PowerPoint presentation: IRIS Updates - Soil Remediation Standards [pdf 654 Kb]

Basis & Background Documents

• Ingestion-Dermal Exposure Pathway [pdf 242 Kb]  Updated 2 June 2008
• Inhalation Exposure Pathway [pdf 555 Kb]  Updated 4 June 2008

Phase In/Order of Magnitude Guidance

The Department has developed the following guidance documents that will help remediating parties comply with the new soil remediation standards and with the development of  alternative soil remediation standards:  

NOTE: Links to the documents below will be added as online versions become available.

• Phase in period guidance (Updated 14 May 2010) - with the Soil Cleanup Criteria (SCC)
• Order of magnitude guidance (10 August 2009) [pdf 30 Kb] Posted 11 August 2009

Ingestion-Dermal Guidance

• Ingestion-dermal alternative remediation standards and compliance guidance [pdf 47 Kb]

Inhalation Guidance

• Inhalation Standards Compliance and Development of Alternative Remediation Standards for the Inhalation Pathway [pdf 332 Kb]
• Inhalation Exposure Pathway Alternative Remediation Standards Calculation Spreadsheet
  To work properly, the spreadsheet must be first saved to your computer. Macros must be enabled in your spreadsheet software.
  • Excel file [xls 447 Kb]
  • Zipped Excel file [zip 176 Kb]
• Directions to Determine 95 Percent Upper Confidence Level of the Mean Using USEPA ProUCL Version 4.0 Software Package [pdf 58 Kb]

Impact to Ground Water Guidance

• Introduction to Impact to Ground Water Guidance Updated 25 january 2009
• Frequently Asked Questions for the Impact to Ground Water Pathway in Soil Remediation Standards [pdf 133 Kb] (Version 2.0, March, 2014) - Posted 25 March 2014
• SPLP Guidance - Version 3.0
  
  
  • Synthetic Precipitation Leachate Procedure (SPLP) [pdf 555 Kb]
    Issued November 2013 - [Updated version posted December 2013]
• SPLP Spreadsheet - Version 3.1
  
  
  • SPLP spreadsheet [xls 319 Kb]
    Issued November 2013 - [Updated version posted December 2013] To work properly, Microsoft Office 2010 or later must be used and the spreadsheet
    must first be saved to your computer. Macros must be enabled in your spreadsheet software.
• Partition Guidance - Version 2.0
  
  
  • Soil Water Partition Equation [pdf 638 Kb]
    Issued November 2013 - [Updated version posted December 2013]
• Partition Spreadsheet - Version 2.1
  
  
  • Soil Water Partition Equation spreadsheet [xls 212 Kb]
    Issued November 2013 - [Updated version posted December 2013] To work properly, Microsoft Office 2010 or later must be used and the spreadsheet
    must first be saved to your computer. Macros must be enabled in your spreadsheet software.
• DAF Guidance - Version 2.0
  
  
  • Dilution Attenuation Factor (DAF) [pdf 277 Kb]
    Issued November 2013 - [Updated version posted December 2013]
• DAF Calculator Spreadsheet - Version 2.1
  
  
  • DAF spreadsheet [xls 101 Kb]
    Issued November 2013 - [Updated version posted December 2013] To work properly, Microsoft Office 2010 or later must be used and the spreadsheet
    must first be saved to your computer. Macros must be enabled in your spreadsheet software.
• Immobile chemicals [pdf 27 Kb]
• Site Soil And Ground Water Analytical Data Evaluation
  • Metals & Semi-Volatile Organic Compounds Contamination
    Updated 25 January 2009
• SESOIL (vadose zone modeling) [pdf 70 Kb] Updated 19 March 2009
• SESOIL/AT123D (vadose zone/saturated zone modeling) [pdf 1,568 Kb]
  (Version 2.1 - May 2014) - Posted 8 May 2014

Petroleum Hydrocarbons (PHC) Guidance Documents

• EPH Method [pdf 601 Kb] Version 3.0, Posted 9 August 2010

The Extractable Petroleum Hydrocarbon Ingestion-Dermal Exposure Pathway Calculator:

• Extractable Petroleum Hydrocarbon Ingestion-Dermal Exposure Pathway Calculator [xlsm] (Version 1.0 May 2021)

Miscellaneous Guidance Documents

• Chemical Properties Table [pdf 37 Kb]
• USEPA Lloyd Kahn Method for determination of soil organic carbon [pdf 49 Kb]
  [posted December 2013]

Related Links

• Remediation Standards Overview presentation slides [pdf 578 Kb]
• Administrative Requirements for the Remediation of Contaminated Sites (ARRCS) Rules N.J.A.C. 7:26C
• Brownfields
• DEP Rules & Regulations

Notes

To obtain official copies of these regulations consult the DEP's How to Get Copies of Departmental Rules page.

This is a "courtesy copy" of the rules. For more information, see the NJ Office of Administrative Law's Rules page.

IMPORTANT NOTE ABOUT THE SPREADSHEETS

To work properly, the spreadsheet files have to be downloaded or saved to your computer first. Your spreadsheet software also needs to have macros enabled for most of the spreadsheets linked from this page.

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