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HRS Rule, Section 2.4.2.1.1, page 51590
2.4.2.1.1:Hazardous constituent quantity. Evaluate hazardous constituent quantity for the source (or area of observed contamination) based solely on the mass of CERCLA hazardous substances (as defined in CERCLA section 101(14), as amended) allocated to the source (or area of observed contamination), except:
- For a hazardous waste listed pursuant to section 3001 of
the Solid Waste Disposal Act, as amended by the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 (RCRA), 42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.,
determine its mass for the evaluation of this measure as follows:
- If the hazardous waste is listed solely for Hazard Code
T (toxic waste), include only the mass of constituents
in the hazardous waste that are CERCLA hazardous
substances and not the mass of the entire hazardous waste.
- If the hazardous waste is listed for any other Hazard Code (including T plus any other Hazard Code), include the mass of the entire hazardous waste.
- If the hazardous waste is listed solely for Hazard Code
T (toxic waste), include only the mass of constituents
in the hazardous waste that are CERCLA hazardous
substances and not the mass of the entire hazardous waste.
- For a RCRA hazardous waste that exhibits the
characteristics identified under section 3001 of RCRA, as amended, determine
its mass for the evaluation of this measure as follows:
- If the hazardous waste exhibits only the characteristic
of toxicity (or only the characteristic of EP toxicity),
include only the mass of constituents in the hazardous
waste that are CERCLA hazardous substances and not the
mass of the entire hazardous waste.
- If the hazardous waste exhibits any other characteristic identified under section 3001 (including any other characteristic plus the characteristic of toxicity [or the characteristic of EP toxicity]), include the mass of the entire hazardous waste.
- If the hazardous waste exhibits only the characteristic
of toxicity (or only the characteristic of EP toxicity),
include only the mass of constituents in the hazardous
waste that are CERCLA hazardous substances and not the
mass of the entire hazardous waste.
Based on this mass, designated as C, assign a value for hazardous constituent quantity as follows:
- For the migration pathways, assign the source a value
for hazardous constituent quantity using the Tier A equation of
Table 2-5.
- For the soil exposure pathway, assign the area of observed contamination a value using the Tier A equation of Table 5-2 (section 5.1.2.2).
If the hazardous constituent quantity for the source (or area of observed contamination) is adequately determined (that is, the total mass of all CERCLA hazardous substances in the source and releases from the source [or in the area of observed contamination] is known or is estimated with reasonable confidence), do not evaluate the other three measures discussed below. Instead assign these other three measures a value of 0 for the source (or area of observed contamination) and proceed to section 2.4.2.1.5.
If the hazardous constituent quantity is not adequately determined, assign the source (or area of observed contamination) a value for hazardous constituent quantity based on the available data and proceed to section 2.4.2.1.2.
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