Guidance Documents
Remediation Standard Regulations
- Guidance Document for Pollutant Mobility Criteria Exception for Groundwater Infiltration (Nov 2013)
- Guidance Document for Exemptions for Incidental Sources (Nov 2013 Rev.March 2023)
- Guidance for Calculating the 95% Upper Confidence Level for Demonstrating Compliance with the Remediation Standard Regulations (May 2014)
- Groundwater Compliance Monitoring Factsheet (Nov 2014, rev. Oct 2015)
- Regulatory Clarification: Asphalt Millings are Not Clean Fill (Oct 2006)
- Environmental Use Restrictions
- Engineered Control Guidance Document (Feb 2009, rev. Nov 2010, rev. Jan 2013)
- Guidance Document for Rendering Soil Inaccessible Using Pavement (Nov 2013)
- Technical Impracticability Variance (draft Feb 2014)
- Green Remediation
Site Characterization
- Site Characterization Guidance Document (Sept 2007, rev. Dec 2010)
- Water Supply Well Receptor Guidance Document (Sept 2009, rev. Jan 2015)
- Use of Filters for Groundwater Sampling Technical Memorandum and Guidance (May 2012)
- Ecological Risk Assessment
- Trichloroethylene (TCE) Developmental Risks - joint guidance from DPH and DEEP (Feb 2015)
- Polychlorinated Biphenyls
- Emerging Contaminants
- Guidance for Collecting and Preserving Soil and Sediment Samples for Laboratory Determination of Volatile Organic Compounds (Feb 2006)
- General Guidance on Development of Former Agricultural Properties (March 1999)
- Quality Assurance and Quality Control
- Laboratory Quality Assurance and Quality Control Guidance (May 2009, rev. Dec 2010, rev. April 2024)
- Reasonable Confidence Protocols Guidance (Nov 2007, rev. Dec 2010, rev. March 2024)
- Reasonable Confidence Protocols (Dec 2006, May 2024)
Licensed Environmental Professional (LEP) Program
- Verification Report Guidance Document (Aug 2008, rev. Dec 2013, rev. Jun 2017)
Brownfields
- Targeted Brownfield Remedy Guidance Document (Feb 2012)
- Revitalizing Contaminated Lands: Addressing Liability Concerns (exit to EPA’s website) - The Revitalization Handbook assists developers, local governments, and the public understand how the EPA’s cleanup enforcement program facilitates the redevelopment and reuse of contaminated and potentially contaminated land.
- The PREPARED Municipal Workbook - virtual guide for Brownfields redevelopment
Property Transfer Program and Voluntary Remediation Program
- Guidance for Utility Company Excavation (Jan 2001)
RCRA Closure and Corrective Action Program
- Considerations for Assessing Ecological Risks (EPA, RCRA, March 2015)
- RCRA Corrective Action Ecological Receptor Exposure Pathway Scoping Checklist (Nov 2013)
- Remediation Stewardship Permits
Underground Storage Tank Clean-up
- Residential Home Heating Oil Tanks
- Sampling and Analytical Methods for Underground Storage Tank Closure (July 2012, rev. Dec 2023)
DEEP Concurrence with ITRC Technical Guidance Documents
- DEEP Concurrence with ITRC Technical and Regulatory Guidance for In Situ Chemical Oxidation of Contaminated Soil and Groundwater, Second Edition, January 2005 (Oct 2016)
- DEEP Concurrence with ITRC Technical and Regulatory Guidance titled
Vapor Intrusion Pathway: A Practical Guideline, January 2007 (Oct 2017) - DEEP Concurrence with ITRC Technical and Regulatory Guidance titled Integrated DNAPL Site Strategy (IDSS-1); November 2011 and Integrated DNAPL Site Characterization and Tools Selection (ISC-1); April 2015 (Mar 2018)