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Addition of a Subsurface Intrusion Component to the Hazard Ranking System

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identifier: "/us/fr/2018-01971"
source: "fr"
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title: "Addition of a Subsurface Intrusion Component to the Hazard Ranking System"
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title_name: "Federal Register"
section_number: "2018-01971"
section_name: "Addition of a Subsurface Intrusion Component to the Hazard Ranking System"
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currency: "2018-01-31"
last_updated: "2018-01-31"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
agency: "Environmental Protection Agency"
document_number: "2018-01971"
document_type: "rule"
publication_date: "2018-01-31"
agencies:
  - "Environmental Protection Agency"
cfr_references:
  - "40 CFR Part 300"
fr_citation: "83 FR 4430"
fr_volume: 83
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#  Addition of a Subsurface Intrusion Component to the Hazard Ranking System

**CFR Correction**

In Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Parts 300 to 399, revised as of July 1, 2017, on page 110, in the Table of Contents to Appendix A to Part 300, revise the following headings:

**Appendix A to Part 300—The Hazard Ranking System**

**Table of Contents**

7.1.1 Observed release/observed contamination/observed exposure.

7.1.2 Potential to release/potential for exposure.

7.2.3 Persistence/degradation.

7.3.3 Weighting of targets within an area of subsurface contamination.

**List of Figures, Figure number**

5-1 Overview of the soil exposure and subsurface intrusion pathway.

**List of Tables, Table number**

5-1 Soil exposure component scoresheet.

5-2 Hazardous waste quantity evaluation equations for soil exposure component.

5-11 Subsurface intrusion component scoresheet.

5-12 Structure containment.

5-13 Depth to contamination.

5-14 Effective porosity/permeability of geological materials.

5-15 Vertical migration factor values.

5-16 Values for vapor pressure and Henry's constant.

5-17 Vapor migration potential factor values for a hazardous substance.

5-18 Degradation factor value table.

5-19 Hazardous waste quantity evaluation equations for subsurface intrusion component.

5-20 Health-based benchmarks for hazardous substances in the subsurface intrusion component.

5-21 Weighting factor values for populations within an area of subsurface contamination.