Institutional Control

The Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) defines institutional controls (IC) as non-engineering measures, such as administrative and/or legal controls, that help to minimize the potential for human exposure to contamination and/or to protect the integrity of a remedy by limiting land or resource use. ICs are used when contamination is first discovered, when remedies are ongoing, and when residual contamination remains onsite at a level that does not allow for unrestricted use and unlimited exposure after cleanup. Please note that while ICs will be defined in administrative or legal terms that must generally be filed, they should be expected to change if warranted by changes in the levels of residual contamination to decrease or increase the area with ICs.

• Institutional Control Data Standard