The Wise Report
Henry M. Wise, P.G.
December 20, 2015
The TCEQ has announced updates to the Texas Risk Reduction Program (TRRP) Tier 1 Protective Concentration Levels (PCLs) are now available. You can access these tables at: http://www.tceq.state.tx.us/remediation/trrp/trrppcls.html.
The 2015 PCL table update is a single Microsoft Excel workbook with each table on a separate worksheet. The updates are availabl as a print only Adobe Acrobat portable document format (PDF) file. The Excel file and the PDF file each contain PCL tables 1 through 10 and the supporting tables in the following order:
- Summary of Updates
- Table 1 – Tier 1 Residential Soil PCLs
- Table 2 – Tier 1 Commercial/Industrial Soil PCLs
- Table 3 – Tier 1 Groundwater PCLs, Residential and Commercial/Industrial
- Table 4 – Tier 1 Residential Total Soil Combined PCLs
- Table 5 – Tier 1 Commercial/Industrial Total Soil Combined PCLs
- Table 6 – Tier 1 Individual Residential Soil PCLs
- Table 7 – Tier 1 Individual Commercial/Industrial Soil PCLs
- Table 8 – Tier 1 Individual Residential and Commercial/Industrial Groundwater PCLs
- Table 9 – Individual Risk-Based Exposure Limits (RBELs), Residential
- Table 10 – Individual Risk-Based Exposure Limits (RBELs), Commercial/Industrial
- Toxicity Factors
- Chemical/Physical Properties
- Organic Carbon-Water Partition Coefficient (Koc) Values for Ionizing Organic COCs as a Function of pH
- Gastrointestinal and Dermal Absorption Fractions (ABSGI and ABD.d Values)
- 2011 List of Updates
The PCL tables updated in November 2014 were the most recent tables prior to this release. A guide to the correct interpretation and use of the Tier 1 PCL tables can be accessed at the following link: http://www.tceq.texas.gov/publications/rg/rg-366_trrp_23.html
For additional information on the PCL tables, contact Mike Aplin at mike.aplin@tceq.texas.gov
Henry M. Wise, P.G.
The Wise Report
12/20/2015