Section R. 299.28 - Cleanup criteria for contaminated environmental media based on other injury which requires considerationRule 28.
(1) To assure that hazardous substances in contaminated environmental media do not pose unacceptable risks not accounted for by other rules in this part, the concentration of a hazardous substance in a given environmental medium shall meet cleanup criteria based on sound scientific principles and determined by the department to be necessary to protect the public health, safety, and welfare and the environment from any of the following: (a) Food chain contamination.(b) Damage to soil or biota in the soil that impairs the use of such soil for agricultural purposes.(e) Nonsystemic or acute toxicity.(f) Injury that may result from the direct transport or runoff of hazardous substances in soil into surface water.(g) Injury to the groundwater resource which may impair its use for other purposes that are determined by the department to be reasonable and relevant considerations at a facility.(h) Other injury that requires consideration.(2) The basis for and information used by the department to develop cleanup criteria under this rule shall be made available to the public upon request.Mich. Admin. Code R. 299.28