MTCA Cleanup Regulation Update and MTCA/SMS Integration > Issue Summaries

MTCA Cleanup Regulation Update and MTCA/SMS Integration

ISSUE SUMMARIES

The Issue Summaries, listed below by topic, include descriptions of the issue, background, and some early consideration of possible options. We are interested in your comments.  Here are the comments we have received.

MTCA CLEANUP REGUATION (Overview)

• Making Method A easier to use
• Eliminating the Modified Method B and Method C
• Integrating the Terrestrial Ecological Evaluation (TEE)
• Clarifying Remedy Selection requirements
• Better protecting human health
• Evaluating exposure to lead
• Vapor Intrusion Protection
• Revising Fish Consumption Rates
• Updating data analysis methods

LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE REVISIONS

• Institutional Controls and Periodic Reviews

COORDINATING MTCA AND SMS

• Providing clear and predictable standards for freshwater sediments
• Developing clear and protective sediment cleanup standards for bioaccumulative contaminants
• Clarifying cleanup decision-making between MTCA and SMS
• Glossary of Terms
• Determining background contaminant concentrations for sediment cleanups
• Updating MTCA and SMS to further address cleaning up toxic, radioactive, biological, and deleterious substances
• Addressing human health risks in setting sediment cleanup standards