Michigan Administrative Code
Department - Environmental Quality
Remediation and Redevelopment Division
Environmental Contamination Response Activity
CLEANUP CRITERIA REQUIREMENTS FOR RESPONSE ACTIVITY
Section R. 299.28 - Cleanup criteria for contaminated environmental media based on other injury which requires consideration
Universal Citation: MI Admin Code R. 299.28
Current through Vol. 25-4, March 15, 2025
Rule 28.
(1) To assure that hazardous substances in contaminated environmental media do not pose unacceptable risks not accounted for by other rules in this part, the concentration of a hazardous substance in a given environmental medium shall meet cleanup criteria based on sound scientific principles and determined by the department to be necessary to protect the public health, safety, and welfare and the environment from any of the following:
(a) Food chain contamination.
(b) Damage to soil or biota in the soil that
impairs the use of such soil for agricultural purposes.
(c) Phytotoxicity.
(d) Physical hazards.
(e) Nonsystemic or acute toxicity.
(f) Injury that may result from the direct
transport or runoff of hazardous substances in soil into surface
water.
(g) Injury to the
groundwater resource which may impair its use for other purposes that are
determined by the department to be reasonable and relevant considerations at a
facility.
(h) Other injury that
requires consideration.
(2) The basis for and information used by the department to develop cleanup criteria under this rule shall be made available to the public upon request.
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