Advisories & Guidance
- Preliminary Endangerment Assessment Guidance Manual– Revised October 2015; January 1994
- Advisory: Active Soil Gas Investigations – July 2015
- Well Design and Construction for Monitoring Groundwater at Contaminated Sites – June 2014
- Drilling, Logging, and Sampling at Contaminated Sites – June 2013
- Guidelines for Planning & Implementing Groundwater Characterization of Contaminated Sites – June 2012
- Evaluation of Biogenic Methane – March 2012
- Arsenic Strategies Determination of Arsenic Remediation Development of Arsenic Cleanup Goals – January 2009
- Interim Guidance for Sampling Agricultural Fields (3rd Revision) – August 2008
- Representative Sampling of Ground Water for Hazardous Substances – February 2008
- Interim Guidance Evaluation of School Sites with Potential Contamination from Lead Based Paint, Termiticides, and Electrical Transformers – June 2006
- Final Report: Residential Pesticide Study – May 2006
- Appendix A – Technical Memorandum, Proposed Weemes Elementary School Playground Addition
- Appendix B – Technical Memorandum, Proposed Cherokee Point Elementary School
- Appendix C – Technical Memorandum, Proposed Jones Elementary School
- Appendix D – Equations for Intake of Soil Contaminants
- Data Validation Memorandum , Summary of Level II Data Validation – May 2006
- Protocol for Reporting Environmental Findings During School Construction Hazardous Waste Disposal Procedures and Imported Fill Material at School Sites – January 2006
- Operation and Maintenance (O&M) Plan Template Naturally Occurring Asbestos Response Actions At Schools – October 2005
- Standard Practice for Environmental Site Assessments: Phase I Environmental Site Assessment Process, American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) Standard E1527-05 – (outside source) – November 2005
- Interim Guidance Naturally Occurring Asbestos (NOA) at School Sites – September 2004
- PCBs in Schools Voluntary Lighting Retrofits Can Address Hidden Dangers and Liabilities – February 2003
- Phase I Environmental Site Assessment Advisory: School Property Evaluations – September 2001
- DTSC Site Cleanup Publications
- Guide to Selecting a Consultant – June 2001
- Reporting Hydrogeologic Characterization Data at Hazardous Substance Release Sites
- Protocol for Burn Dump Site Investigation and Characterization
- DTSC Memorandum: Removal Action Workplan (RAWs)
- Transportation Plans, Preparation Guidance for Site Remediation
- DTSC Human and Ecological Risk Division – Assessing Risk
- DTSC Public Participation Program