Środowisko i energia · 12/30/1994

Draft Soil Screening Guidance

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has developed and is requesting public comment on a draft Soil Screening Guidance. This guidance presents a framework for developing soil screening levels (SSLs), including simple equations and generic levels. The guidance, when finalized, will serve as a tool to expedite the evaluation of contaminated soils at sites addressed under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), commonly known as Superfund. While the guidance is intended to be used as a screening tool to determine if further study is warranted at a site, it is not intended to have the force of a regulation and does not represent cleanup standards for a site. The Draft Soil Screening Guidance, on which EPA seeks comment, is presented in a Fact Sheet and supported by the Technical Background Document, which presents the technical foundation for calculation of the SSLs. Along with these EPA is providing an Issues Document which reviews comments that have been made in outreach discussions of the Soil Screening Guidance. These three documents are available from the National Technical Information Service at the addresses listed below. Add