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" Return to the Site Cleanup home_page DEPARTMENT OF ECOLOGY _ ,_v,.,_^ _/_.,_ Return to the PQL/MCL Index Table November 24, 1993 Implementation Memo No. 3 TO: Interested Staff FROM: Steve Robb Toxics Cleanup Program SUBJECT: PQLs as Cleanup Standards ISSUES Two issues have been raised with regard to the use of practical quantitation limits (PQLs) in setting cleanup levels: • The "legal" issue of PQLs as cleanup levels and whether or not PLPs have any long=term liability for sites cleaned up to the PQL level rather than the risk-based level. Can PLPs receive a covenant not to sue in these situations? Are they required to utilize institutional controls and conduct long-term monitoring? • When risk-based compliance values are less than PQLs, what value is used in the risk summation calculation, the risk-based value or the PQL? I. LONG-TERM LIABIL/TY The Model Toxics Control Act (MTCA) states, "Where cleanup levels are below the PQL, compliance with cleanup standards will be based upon the PQL" (WAC 173-340-700(6) Measuring compliance). Also stated in the rule, "If those situations arise and the practical quantitation limit is higher than the cleanup level for that substance, the cleanup level shall be considered to have been attained, subject to subsection (4) of this section..." (WAC 173-340-707(2) Analytical considerations). Therefore, the PQL becomes the compliance value, and PLPs who attain the PQL are eligible for a covenant not to sue. WAC 173-340-707(4) places one additional burden, however, and that is a requirement for periodic review of the…

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