OFFICIAL SITE OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY

Remediation Standards (Archive)

• Remediation Standard N.J.A.C. 7:26D [pdf] [Date last amended: September 18, 2017 / Posted: September 18, 2017]
• Notice of Remediation Standards readoption without change [pdf] [Posted: April 28, 2015]
• Notice of Administrative Change to Remediation Standards [pdf] [Posted: September 18, 2017]
• Notice of Administrative Correction to Remediation Standards [pdf] [Posted: September 18, 2017 / Publication Date: 10/16/2017]

Soil Remediation Standard Updates (September 18, 2017)

• Implementation of Updated Soil Remediation Standards [pdf]
• PowerPoint presentation: IRIS Updates – Soil Remediation Standards [pdf]

Basis & Background Documents

• Ingestion-Dermal Exposure Pathway [pdf] Updated 2 June 2008
• Inhalation Exposure Pathway [pdf] 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] Posted 11 August 2009

Ingestion-Dermal Guidance

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

Inhalation Guidance

• Inhalation Standards Compliance and Development of Alternative Remediation Standards for the Inhalation Pathway [pdf]
• 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]
• Directions to Determine 95 Percent Upper Confidence Level of the Mean Using USEPA ProUCL Version 4.0 Software Package [pdf]

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] (Version 2.0, March, 2014) – Posted 25 March 2014
• SPLP Guidance – Version 3.0
  • Synthetic Precipitation Leachate Procedure (SPLP) [pdf]
    Issued November 2013 – [Updated version posted December 2013]
• SPLP Spreadsheet – Version 3.1
  • SPLP spreadsheet [xls]
    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]
    Issued November 2013 – [Updated version posted December 2013]
• Partition Spreadsheet – Version 2.1
  • Soil Water Partition Equation spreadsheet [xls]
    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]
    Issued November 2013 – [Updated version posted December 2013]
• DAF Calculator Spreadsheet – Version 2.1
  • DAF spreadsheet [xls]
    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]
• Site Soil And Ground Water Analytical Data Evaluation
  • Metals & Semi-Volatile Organic Compounds Contamination
    Updated 25 January 2009
• SESOIL (vadose zone modeling) [pdf] Updated 19 March 2009
• SESOIL/AT123D (vadose zone/saturated zone modeling) [pdf] (Version 2.1 – May 2014) – Posted 8 May 2014

Petroleum Hydrocarbons (PHC) Guidance Documents

• EPH Method [pdf] 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]
• USEPA Lloyd Kahn Method for determination of soil organic carbon [pdf] – Posted December 2013