Florida Contaminant Cleanup Target Levels (Chapter 62-777)

Chapter 62-777, F.A.C., is the Florida rule titled Contaminant Cleanup Target Levels. The Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) posts two tables for it: Table I, groundwater and surface water cleanup target levels, and Table II, soil cleanup target levels. This is not a list of sites. It is the set of numbers the cleanup programs in this section refer to. This page says what the tables are and where DEP posts them. It does not repeat any value from them; the values are on this handbook's Florida cleanup levels pages, one per substance.

In a Phase I ESA

When a Florida record says a site was closed, the next question is which target levels it was measured against, and when.

• Two tables, by medium. Table I covers groundwater and surface water. Table II covers soil. DEP lists both under the heading "Tables for 62-777".
• The chapter was last amended in 2005. DEP's rules page gives April 17, 2005 as the date of the chapter's latest rulemaking. DEP's technical report on how the levels were developed is dated February 2005.
• There was an earlier set, from 1999. DEP posts two comparison tables of the May 26, 1999 and April 17, 2005 cleanup target levels, one for groundwater and surface water and one for soil. Check the date of a closure against those dates, because an earlier closure may have been measured against earlier levels.
• Before the rule there was guidance. DEP keeps a list of older documents, among them groundwater guidance concentrations from 1986, 1989 and 1994 and soil cleanup goals from 1995 and 1996. It says they have been partly or completely replaced by Chapter 62-777 and other rules, are provided for historical reference only, and generally do not apply to current cleanups. For the applicability of superseded target levels it points to rule 62-780.150(4), F.A.C.
• A site can close on other numbers. DEP's pages describe alternative cleanup target levels, which a risk assessment may propose for groundwater or soil. DEP notes that use of an alternative scenario for risk-based closure may also require institutional or engineering controls. A closure that left contamination above a table level is a reason to check the Institutional Controls Registry.
• Check the value against the rule. DEP files each table's page as a guidance document and posts the table as a workbook. The rule text is in the Florida Administrative Code, which DEP links from its rules pages. Confirm a value against the rule before citing it in a report.

Where the programs use it

• Chapter 62-780, which DEP's rules pages list beside this chapter, is on the Contaminated Site Cleanup Criteria page.
• DEP gives deriving appropriate cleanup target levels as one of the primary goals of the Brownfields Redevelopment Act, behind the Brownfields Program.
• The Waste Site Cleanup Section, whose page covers the State-Lead Cleanup Program and the Drycleaning Solvent Cleanup Program, lists Chapter 62-777 among its rules. The Site Investigation Section page links the chapter too.
• DEP's corrective action and cleanup guidance page for Hazardous Waste Management lists the chapter among its rule links.
• On a solid waste guidance page, DEP notes that an older report reflects cleanup target levels from before 2005 and sends the reader to the tables associated with Chapter 62-777 for the current target levels.

Where to read the rule and the numbers

These pages hold the rule and the numbers, not sites.

• Guidance Documents Referenced in Waste Management Rules, where both tables are listed under "Tables for 62-777" and the technical report is linked.
• Table I - Groundwater and Surface Water Cleanup Target Levels and Table II - Soil Cleanup Target Levels. Each page posts one workbook.
• Technical Report: Development of Cleanup Target Levels (CTLs) for Chapter 62-777, FAC (Feb. 2005), posted as a PDF.
• Waste Management Rules, the District Support Program page that links the chapter, the technical report and the two comparison tables.
• Division of Waste Management Rules, which links each chapter in the Florida Administrative Code and gives the date of its latest rulemaking.
• Waste Cleanup Program Guidance, with the historical guidance.

Sources

Florida Department of Environmental Protection pages, read October 6, 2026:

• District Support Program, no modified date shown.
• Table I - Groundwater and Surface Water Cleanup Target Levels, last modified July 9, 2025.
• Table II - Soil Cleanup Target Levels, last modified July 9, 2025.
• Technical Report: Development of Cleanup Target Levels (CTLs) for Chapter 62-777, FAC (Feb. 2005), last modified October 1, 2026.
• Waste Management Rules, last modified October 1, 2026.
• Waste Cleanup Program Guidance, last modified October 1, 2026.
• Risk Assessment: References & Scenarios, last modified October 1, 2026.
• Documents and Reports for Contaminated Sites, last modified August 5, 2025.
• Division of Waste Management Rules, last modified April 21, 2026.
• Guidance Documents Referenced in Waste Management Rules, last modified April 8, 2026.
• Brownfields Program, last modified May 28, 2026.
• Waste Site Cleanup Section, last modified July 9, 2026.
• Site Investigation Section, last modified July 1, 2026.
• Corrective Action and Cleanup Guidance, last modified December 9, 2025.
• Beneficial Uses of Wastes and Old Landfills, last modified October 29, 2019.