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Screening Quick Reference Tables
These tables were developed for screening purposes only: they do not represent official NOAA policy and do not constitute criteria or clean-up levels.
All attempts have been made to ensure accuracy; however, NOAA is not liable for errors. Values are subject to changes as new data become available.
This set of NOAA Screening Quick Reference Tables, or SQuiRTs, presents Footnotes within each SQuiRT section which appear at the bottom of the page
screening concentrations for inorganic and organic contaminants in various are only to aid in deciphering the nature of specific entries. Due to space
environmental media. Additional reference material, such as guidelines for constraints, notations which relate to the source for individual values are
sample preservation, are also included. explained at the end of the section. Organic chemicals are now listed
alphabetically, without categorization. A few synonyms are provided, but CAS
NOAA identifies potential impacts to coastal resources and habitats likely to be
numbers are also presented to aid in identifying and finding specific analytes.
affected by hazardous wastes. To screen for substances which may threaten
Except as noted, all concentrations in the SQuiRT cards are in parts per billion.
natural resources of concern to NOAA, environmental concentrations are
compared to these screening levels. These tables are intended for preliminary For surface water samples, because releases from hazardous waste sites are
screening purposes only: they do not represent official NOAA policy and do not often continuous and long-term, concentrations are most often compared
constitute criteria or clean-up levels. NOAA does not endorse their use for any directly with chronic benchmarks, when available. Groundwater concentrations
other purposes. Screening levels are reported with the number of significant are also screened against chronic benchmarks. However, suitable site-specific
figures they were originally reported with. dilution factors should be applied to allow for dilution upon migration and
discharge of groundwater to surface water. The SQuiRT cards present U.S.
In this new version, column headings link to OR&Rs web site wherebrief
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Maximum Contaminant Levels (MCLs),
descriptions of the benchmark may be found. However, detailed guidance on the
applicable to drinking water sources and secondary MCLs applicable to
recommended application of various screening guidelines is provided in the
groundwater, supplemented by values from Canada and the United Nations
original sources (listed in each SQuiRT section, with web links for many). Users
World Health Organization.
of the SQuiRT cards are strongly encouraged to review supporting
documentation to determine appropriateness for their specific use. Preference for surface water and groundwater benchmarks is given to U.S. EPA
Ambient Water Quality Criteria (AWQC). This is generally followed by Tier II
The SQuiRT card set has been re-organized from earlier versions to
Secondary Acute Values (SAVs) or available standards and guidelines from
accommodate expansion. Benchmarks from numerous new sources have been
other regulatory agencies. Tier II SAVs are derived using a similar approach to
incorporated, and the list of analytes vastly increased. The SQuiRT cards
AWQC, but do not have sufficient supporting data for full criteria calculation.
present benchmarks representing different degrees of protectiveness. Multiple
Lowest Observable Effect Levels (LOELs) were originally published by EPA with
benchmarks are also provided in many cases: the user is advised to review the
AWQC. Around 2000, EPA stopped publishing these values, however, LOELs
derivation of any particular benchmark before selecting a specific value.
are reproduced here when no other benchmark is available, because in many
Information is still presented in sections, with new sections appearing in this
instances, they formed the basis for state standards.
expanded version:
Inorganics in Sediment Inorganics in Soil For many trace elements, AWQC are now expressed in terms of the dissolved
(freshwater and marine) fraction, which is essentially defined operationally as a filtered fraction. Likewise,
Inorganics in Water Organics in Sediment the toxicity of many trace elements is related to the water hardness, and the
(groundwater and surface water)
values presented are for a default hardness of 100 mg/L CaCO3. Equations are
Organics in Water and Soil PCB Composition
provided in the SQuiRT cards to calculate the exact criteria for a given
Toxic Equivalency Factors Composition by Carbon Range
hardness, or, to convert from unfiltered, total concentrations to dissolved
Guidelines for Sample Collection & Storage
fractions.
Analytical Methods for Inorganics Analytical Methods for Organics
Screening Quick Reference Table for Inorganics in Sediment
Analyte FRESHWATER SEDIMENT MARINE SEDIMENT

All concentrations in parts per ARCS
billion dry weight unless Background 1 TEC 3 TEL 3 LEL 4 PEC 3 PEL 3 SEL 4 UET 1 T20 5 TEL 6 ERL 6 T50 5 PEL 6 ERM 6 AET 7
specified otherwise
H. azteca TEL 2
Predicted Toxicity Gradient: Increasing Increasing
Aluminum (%) Al 0.26% 2.55% 1.8% N
Antimony Sb 160 3,000 M 630 2,400 9,300 E
Arsenic As 1,100 10,798 9,790 5,900 6,000 33,000 17,000 33,000 17,000 I 7,400 7,240 8,200 20,000 41,600 70,000 35,000 B
Barium Ba 700 130,100# 48,000 A
Cadmium Cd 100-300 583 990 596 600 4,980 3,530 10,000 3,000 I 380 680 1,200 1,400 4,210 9,600 3,000 N
Chromium Cr 7,000-13,000 36,286 43,400 37,300 26,000 111,000 90,000 110,000 95,000 H 49,000 52,300 81,000 141,000 160,000 370,000 62,000 N
Cobalt Co 10,000 50,000+ 10,000 N
Copper Cu 10,000-25,000 28,012 31,600 35,700 16,000 149,000 197,000 110,000 86,000 I 32,000 18,700 34,000 94,000 108,000 270,000 390,000 MO
Iron (%) Fe 0.99-1.8 % 18.84% 2% 4% 4% I 22% N
Lead Pb 4,000-17,000 37,000 35,800 35,000 31,000 128,000 91,300 250,000 127,000 H 30,000 30,240 46,700 94,000 112,000 218,000 400,000 B
Manganese Mn 400,000 630,000 460,000 1,100,000 1,100,000 I 260,000 N
Mercury Hg 4-51 180 174 200 1,060 486 2,000 560 M 140 130 150 480 700 710 410 M
Nickel Ni 9,900 19,514 22,700 18,000 16,000 48,600 36,000 75,000 43,000 H 15,000 15,900 20,900 47,000 42,800 51,600 110,000 EL
Selenium Se 290 1,000 A
Silver Ag <500 500 + 4,500 H 230 730 1,000 1,100 1,770 3,700 3,100 B
Strontium Sr 49,000
Tin Sn 5,000 48 * > 3,400 N
Vanadium V 50,000 57,000 N
Zinc Zn 7,000-38,000 98,000 121,000 123,000 120,000 459,000 315,000 820,000 520,000 M 94,000 124,000 150,000 245,000 271,000 410,000 410,000 I
Lead 210 bq/g dw 0.5 ^ < 9.7 ^
Polonium 210 bq/g dw 0.6 ^ < 8.7 ^
Radium 226 bq/g dw 0.1 ^ < 13 ^
Sulfides 130,000 M 4,500 MO
# - Based on SLC approach using sensitive species HC5%; ES&T 2005 39(14):5148-5156. Sources
* - Based upon EQp approach using current AWQC CCC 1 Buchman, M. 1999. NOAA HAZMAT Report 99-1.
^ - Based on SLC approach to derive LEL and SEL; Enval Monitor & Assment 2005 110:71-85 2 EPA 905-R96-008
+ - Carried over from Open Water disposal Guidelines; treated as if LEL for management decisions. 3 Arch ET&C 2000, 39(1)20- TEL and PEL are also known as Canadian ISQGs and PELs
Bioassay endpoints: M Microtox; B Bivalve; E Echinoderm larvae; O Oyster larvae; 4 Guidelines for the protection and management of aquatic sediment quality in Ontario Aug 1993
A Amphipod; N Neanthes; L Larval bioassay; plus, I Infaunal community impacts 5 ET&C 2002, 21(9)1993-
6 Ecotox. 1996, 5(4):253-
7 Chapter 173-204 WAC, 1991/95 as supplemented by WA Dept of Ecology staff with unpublished data.
For more information, email [email protected] Pg 2 OR&R Report 08-1
Screening Quick Reference Table for Inorganics in Soil
ANALYTE BACKGROUND 1 DUTCH STANDARDS 2 Eco-SSL 3
All concentrations in parts per billion dry CAS Number Mean Range Target Intervention Avian Inverts Mammals Plants Microbes 4
weight unless specified otherwise
Aluminum Al 7429905 4.70% 0.5- >10% 50,000 a 600,000

Antimony Sb 7440360 480 bd-8,800 3,000 15,000 78,000 142 v 5,000 a
Arsenic As 7440382 5,200 bd-97,000 900 L 55,000 43,000 60,000 a 5,700 v 18,000 100,000
Barium Ba 7440393 440,000 10,000-0.5% 160,000 625,000 330,000 1,040 v 500,000 a 3,000,000
Beryllium Be 7440417 630 bd-15,000 1,100 30,000 S 40,000 1,060 v 10,000 a
Boron B 7440428 26,000 bd-300,000 500 a 20,000
Bromine Br 7726956 560 bd-11,000 20,000 10,000 a
Cadmium Cd 7440439 800 12,000 770 20,000 a 2.22 v 4,000 a 20,000
Chromium III Cr 7440473 < 37,000 1,000-0.2% < 380 L < 220,000 L 26,000 <400 a 34,000 < 1,000 a < 10,000
Chromium VI Cr 18540299 < 37,000 < 380 L < 220,000 L 400 a 81,000 < 1,000 a < 10,000
Cobalt Co 7440484 6,700 bd-70,000 2,400 L 180,000 L 120,000 140 v 13,000 1,000,000
Copper Cu 7440508 17,000 bd-700,000 3,400 L 96,000 L 28,000 50,000 a 5,400 v 70,000 100,000
Cyanide (total complex) CN 57125 5,000 50,000 (pH>5) 1,330 v
Cyanide (total free) CN 1,000 20,000
Fluorine F 7782414 210,000 bd-0.37% 500,000 200,000 a 30,000
Iodine I 7553562 750 bd-9,600 4,000 a
Iron Fe 7439896 1.80% 0.01- >10% 200,000
Lanthanum La 7439910 30,000 bd-200,000 50,000
Lead Pb 7439921 16,000 bd-700,000 55,000 L 530,000 11,000 500,000 a 53.7 v 50,000 a 900,000
Lithium Li 7439932 20,000 bd-140,000 2,000 a 10,000
Manganese Mn 7439965 330,000 bd-0.7% 4,300,000 450,000 4,000,000 220,000 100,000
Mercury Hg 7439976 58 bd-4,600 300 10,000 100 a v 300 a 30,000
Mercury(methyl) 22967926 37 L 4,000 L < 100 a v 1.58 v < 300 a
Molybdenum Mo 7439987 590 bd-15,000 3,000 190,000 L 2,000 a 200,000
Nickel Ni 7440020 13,000 bd-700,000 260 L 100,000 L 210,000 200,000 a 13,600 v 30,000 a 90,000
Selenium Se 7782492 260 bd-4,300 700 L 100,000 S 1,2000 4,100 630 520 100,000
Silver Ag 7440224 15,000 S 4,200 4,040 v 2,000 a 50,000
Strontium Sr 7440246 120,000 bd-0.3%
Sulfide 18496258 3.58 v
Sulfur S 7704349 0.12% bd-4.8%
Technetium Tc 7440268 200 a
1: bd below detection
2: S serious contamination level; L Environmental Risk Limit

Screening Quick Reference Table for Inorganics in Soil
ANALYTE BACKGROUND 1 DUTCH STANDARDS 2 Eco-SSL 3
All concentrations in parts per billion dry CAS Number Mean Range Target Intervention Avian Inverts Mammals Plants Microbes 4
weight unless specified otherwise
Tellurium Te 13494809 600,000
Thallium Tl 7440280 8,600 2,20-31,000 1,000 15,000 S 56.9 v 1,000 a
19,000
Tin Sn 7440315 890 bd-10,000 900,000 S 7,620 v 50,000 a 2,000,000
background
Titanium Ti 7440326 0.224 % 0.007-2 % 1,000,000
Tin as Triphenyltin 668348 < 2,500
Tungsten W 7440337 400,000
Uranium U 7440611 2,300 290-11,000 5,000 a
Vanadium V 7440622 58,000 bd-500,000 42,000 250,000 S 7,800 1,590 v 2,000 a 20,000
Zinc Zn 7440666 48,000 bd-0.29% 16,000 L 350,000 L 46,000 6,620 v 50,000 a 100,000
Sources
1 USGS Prof. Paper 1270, 1984. Mean is geometric mean of national data.
2 Entry is lower of current VROM Environmental Quality standards or the updated RIVM Environmental Risk Limits. Risk limits are typically divided by 100 to derive the Target value; this
computation has not been done here.
Dutch Target/Intervention: E.M.J. Verbruggen, R. Posthumus and A.P. van Wezel, 2001. Ecotoxicological Serious Risk Concentrations for soil, sediment, and (ground)water: Updated
proposal for first series of compounds. Nat. Inst. Public Health and the Env., and subsequent updates as published elsewhere.
Min. Housing, Spatial Plan. And the Env., 2000. Annexes Circular on target values and intervention values for soil remediations.
3 Entry is lower of either:
EPA Eco-SSLs, www.epa.gov/ecotox/ecossl/
a ORNL Screening benchmark for earthworms and soil microorganisms: ORNL 1997a, ES/ER/TM-126/R2
v EPA R5 Eco Screening levels soil - shrew or vole, www.epa.gov/reg5rcra/ca/
4 - ORNL 1997b, ES/ER/TM-85/R3.
1: bd below detection
2: S serious contamination level; L Environmental Risk Limit

Screening Quick Reference Table for Inorganics in Water
SURFACE WATERS 2
ELEMENT
GROUND WATER 1 Freshwater Marine
All concentrations in parts per billion
unless specified otherwise Acute Chronic Acute Chronic
Aluminum Al 50-200 * pH 750 pH 87

Antimony Sb 6 88 p 30 p 1,500 p 500 p
Arsenic III As+3 <10 190 E 2.3 NZ
Arsenic V As+5 < 10 66 T 3.1 T 2,319 *
Arsenic, Total As 10 340 150 69 36
Barium Ba 2,000 110 T 3.9 E 1,000 BC 200 BC
Beryllium Be 4 35 T 0.66 T 1,500 BC 100 BC
Boron B 5,000 C 30 T 1.6 T 1,200
Cadmium Cd 5 2.0 0.25 40 8.8
Chromium III Cr+3 < 100 570 74 10,300 * 27.4 NZ
Chromium VI Cr+6 < 100 16 11 1,100 50
Chromium, Total Cr 100
Cobalt Co 1,500 T 3.0 E 1 NZ
Copper Cu 1,300 13 9 4.8 3.1
Fluoride F 4,000 200 BC (hardness < 50) 1,500 BC
Gallium Ga 18 NZ use 18 NZ
Iron Fe 300 * 1,000 300 BC 50 BC
Lanthium La 0.04 NZ
Lead Pb 15 65 2.5 210 8.1
Lithium Li 260 T 14 T
Manganese Mn 50 * 2,300 T 80 E 100 BC
Mercury Hg 2 1.4 0.77 1.8 0.94
Methyl Mercury 0.099 T 0.0028 T
Molybdenum Mo 70 W 16,000 T 34 NZ 23 NZ
Nickel Ni 20 W 470 52 74 8.2
Phosphorus P 0.1
Potassium K 373,000 BC
Selenium Se 50 13-186 total 5 total 290 71
Silver Ag 100 * 1.6 () 0.36 T 0.95 ()
Strontium Sr 15,000 T 1,500 T
Thallium Tl 2 110 T 0.03 NZ 2,130 * 17 NZ
Tin as TBT 0.46 0.072 0.42 0.0074
1: * Secondary standard
2: pH criteria is pH dependent ; p - proposed; - hardness dependent; * - EPA LOEL ; () - CMC is halved to compare to 1985 Guideline derivation

SURFACE WATERS 2
ELEMENT
GROUND WATER 1 Freshwater Marine
All concentrations in parts per billion
unless specified otherwise Acute Chronic Acute Chronic
Tin as Di-N-Butyl 0.08 BC
Tin as Triethyl 0.4 BC
Tin as Triphenyl 0.022 BC 34 BC
Titanium Ti 2,000 BC
Uranium U 30 46 T 0.5 NZ 500 BC 100 BC
Vanadium V 280 T 19 E 50 BC
Zinc (Zn) Zn 5,000 * 120 120 90 81
Zirconium Zr 310 T 17 T
Hydrogen Sulfide 2 2
Cyanide, free CN 200 22 5.2 1 1
Freshwater criterion for certain elements () are expressed as a function of hardness (mg/L) in the water column. The values shown assume 100 mg/L. Values for a different hardness may be calculated using
the following equations to arrive at a CMC or CCC for filtered samples. Hardness may range up to 400 mg/L as calcium carbonate. For hardness above this range, use 400 mg/L as the maximum value allowed.
For salinity between 1 and 10 ppt, use the more stringent of either fresh or marine values.
Sources
1 Primary entry is the US EPA MCL value, followed by the WHO drinking water guidelines.
Maximum Contaminant Levels (MCLs): http://www.epa.gov/safewater/index.html
W World Health Organizations (WHO) Drinking water guidelines: http://www.who.int/water_sanitation_health/dwq/en/
C Canadian water Quality Guidelines: http://www.ec.gc.ca/CEQG-RCQE/English/Ceqg/Water/default.cfm
2 Primary entry is the US Ambient Water Quality Criteria, followed by the lowest of Tier II SAVs or available standards and guidelines.
EPA Ambient water Quality Criteria (AWQC): http://www.epa.gov/waterscience/criteria/aqlife.html
T Tier II Secondary Acute Value: http://www.esd.ornl.gov/programs/ecorisk/tools.html
BC British Columbia Water Quality Guidelines (either working or recommended): http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/wat/wq/
NZ Australian & New Zealand ECLs and Trigger values: ANZECC Oct 2000, Volume 1, The Guidelines. www.mfe.govt.nz/publications/
E EcoUpdate: www.epa.gov/oswer/riskassessment/ecoup/
Lowest Observable Effect Levels (LOELs) previously published by EPA are also included since these essentially were the basis for many state standards.
EPA LOELs: EPA Water quality Criteria Summary, Office of Science & Technology, Health & Ecological Criteria Div., Ecological Risk Assessment Branch, 1991.
Full listings appeared in various Fed. Register notices and in EPAs Quality Criteria for Water, 1992.
1: * Secondary standard
2: pH criteria is pH dependent ; p - proposed; - hardness dependent; * - EPA LOEL ; () - CMC is halved to compare to 1985 Guideline derivation

These tables were developed for internal use for screening purposes only: they do not represent official NOAA policy and do not constitute criteria or clean-up levels.
HARDNESS CALCULATIONS UNFILTERED FRESHWATER CRITERIA UNFILTERED TO FILTERED CALCULATIONS

ELEMENT
CMC CCC Fresh water CMC Freshwater CCC Marine CMC / CCC
Arsenic (As) 1 1 1
Cadmium (Cd) CMC = e
1.0166 [ ln(hardness)] - 3.924 CCC = e
0.7409 [ ln(hardness)] 4.719 CF = 1.136672 - 0.041838 [ln(hardness)] CF = 1.101672 - 0.041838 [ln(hardness)] CF = 0.994
Chromium III (Cr+3) CMC = e

0.819 [ ln(hardness)] + 3.7256 CCC = e
0.819 [ ln(hardness)] + 0.6848 CF = 0.316 CF = 0.860
Chromium VI (Cr +6) CF = 0.982 CF = 0.962 CF = 0.993
Copper (Cu) CMC = e

0.9422 [ ln(hardness)] - 1.7 CCC = e
0.8545 [ ln(hardness)] - 1.702 CF = 0.960 CF = 0.960 CF = 0.83
Lead (Pb) CMC = e

1.273 [ ln(hardness)] - 1.46 CCC = e
1.273 [ ln(hardness)] - 4.705 CF = 1.46203 - 0.145712 [ ln(hardness)] SAME AS CMC CF = 0.951
Mercury (Hg) CF = 0.85 CF = 0.85 CF = 0.85
Nickel (Ni) CMC = e

0.846 [ ln(hardness)] + 2.255 CCC = e
0.846 [ ln(hardness)] + 0.0584 CF = 0.998 CF = 0.997 CF = 0.990
Selenium (Se) CF = 0.998
Silver (Ag) CMC = e

1.72 [ ln(hardness)] - 6.52 CCC No criteria CF = 0.85 CF = 0.85 /
Zinc (Zn) CMC = e

0.8473 [ln(hardness)] + 0.884 CCC = e
0.8473 [ ln(hardness) +0.884 CF = 0.978 CF = 0.986 CF = 0.946
Freshwater criterion for certain elements are expressed as a function of hardness (mg/L) in the water column. The values shown assume 100 mg/L. Values for a different hardness may
be calculated using the above equations to arrive at a CMC or CCC for filtered samples. Hardness may range up to 400 mg/L as calcium carbonate. For hardness above this range, use
400 mg/L as the maximum value allowed.
Criteria for most metals are expressed as standards for samples filtered through 0.45 m filter (i.e., "dissolved"). To convert unfiltered concentrations to filtered, multiply the unfiltered
concentration value by the appropriate Conversion Factor (CF) above. For cadmium and lead, the conversion factor itself is hardness-dependent.
CMC: Criteria Maximum Concentration is the highest level for a 1-hour average exposure not to be exceeded more than once every three years, and is synonymous with acute.
CCC: for a 4-day average exposure not to be exceeded more than once every three years, and is synonymous with chronic.
Sources

Screening Quick Reference Tables for Organics Sediment
DUTCH
ANALYTE FRESHWATER SEDIMENT MARINE SEDIMENT
Sediment5 Eco Tox
CAS
EqP 9
All concentrations in parts per billion Number ARCS
dry weight unless specified otherwise UET 4 @1%TOC
Hyalella TEL 2 TEC 2 LEL 3 PEL 2 PEC 2 SEL 3 Target Intervention T20 6 TEL 7 ERL 7 T50 6 PEL 7 ERM 7 AET 8
@1%TOC
TEL1
2,3,7,8-TCDD dioxin TEQs 1746016 0.00085 c 0.0215 c 0.0088H 1S 0.00085 c 0.0215 c 0.0036 N
Acenaphthene 83329 6.71 c 88.9 c 290 M 19 6.71 16 116 88.9 500 130 E
Acenaphthylene 208968 5.87 c 128 c 160 M 14 5.87 44 140 128 640 71 E
Acrylonitrile 107131 0.07 100 S
Aldrin 309002 2 80 40 I 0.06 1,700 LB 9.5 AE
Aldrin + Dieldrin + Endrin na 5 140 L
Anthracene 120127 10 46.9 c 57.2 220 245 c 845 3,700 260 M 39 LB 1,600 LB 34 46.9 85.3 290 245 1,100 280 E
Atrazine 1912249 0.2 710 LB
BCH compounds (sum) na 10 6,400 L
Benz[a]anthracene 56553 15.72 31.7 108 320 385 1,050 14,800 500 I 25 L 2,500 L 61 74.8 261 466 693 1,600 960 E
Benzene 71432 10 1,000 57
Benzo(ghi)perylene 191242 170 3,200 300 M 570 LB 33,000 LB 67 497 670 M
Benzo[a]pyrene 50328 32.4 31.9 150 370 782 1,450 14,400 700 I 52 L 7,000 L 69 88.8 430 520 763 1,600 1,100 E
Benzo[b]fluoranthene 205992 130 1,107 1,800 E I
Benzo[k]fluoranthene 207089 27.2 240 13,400 13,400B 380 LB 38,000 LB 70 537 1,800 E I
Benzoic acid 65850 65 O
Benzyl alcohol 100516 52 B
BHC, alpha (-HCH) 319846 6 100 3 < 2,000
BHC, beta (-HCH) 319857 5 210 9 < 2,000
BHC, delta (-HCH) 319868 < 10 < 2,000
BHC, gamma- (-HCH; Lindane) 58899 0.94 2.37 3 1.38 4.99 10 9I 0.05 1,200 L 0.32 0.99 > 4.8 N 3.7
Biphenyl 92524 17 73 1,100
Bis(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (DEHP) 117817 750 M < 100 10,000 LB 182 2647 1,300 I
Bromoform (Tribromomethane) 75252 75,000 650
Butanol 35296721 30,000 S
Butyl acetate, 1- or 2- na 200,000 S
Butyl benzyl phthalate 85687 < 100 48,000 LB 63 M 1,100
Carbaryl 63252 0.03 450 LB
Carbofuran 1563662 0.02 17 LB
Carbon tetrachloride
56235 170 LB 1,000 1,200
(Tetrachloromethane;Tetra)
4: Entry is lowest, reliable value among AET tests, on 1% TOC basis: I - Infaunal community impact ; M - Microtox bioassay ; H - Hyalella azteca bioassay ; - value on dry weight basis.
5: S Serious Contamination; L Environmental Risk Limit for soil; LB Environmental Risk Limit for soil or bedded sediment
8: Entry is lowest value among AET tests: I - Infaunal community impact ; A - Amphipod ; B - Bivalve ; M- Microtox bioassay ; O - Oyster larvae ; E - Echinoderm larvae ; L - Larvalmax ; or , N - Neanthes bioassay.

DUTCH
Sediment5 Eco Tox
CAS
EqP 9
@1%TOC
TEL1
Catechol (o-Dihydroxybenzene) 120809 3.2 LB 2,600 LB
Chlordane 57749 4.5 3.24 7 8.9 17.6 60 30 I 0.03 4,000 2.26 0.5 4.79 6 2.8 A
Chlordane (alpha) 5103719 < 0.03 < 4,000
Chlordane (gamma) 5103742 < 0.03 < 4,000
Chloro, 4- 2-methyl phenol 1570645 < 15,000 S
Chloro, 4- 2-methylphenoxy acetic acid
94746 0.05 4,000
(MCPA)
Chloro, 4- 3-methyl phenol 59507 < 15,000 S
Chloro, 4- methyl phenols na 15,000 S
Chloroaniline 27134265 5 50,000
Chlorobenzenes (sum) na 30 30,000 820
Chloroform (trichloromethane) 67663 20 10,000
Chloronaphthalene, 1- 90131 57 LB < 10,000
Chloronaphthalene, 2- 91587 250 LB < 10,000
Chlorophenol, 2- 95578 55 LB 7,800 LB 0.333
Chlorophenol, 3- 108430 35 L 14,000 L
Chlorophenol, 4- 106489 20 LB 1,400 LB
Chlorophenols (sum) na 10 10,000
Chrysene 218019 26.83 57.1 166 340 862 1,290 4,600 800 I 8,100 LB 35,000 LB 82 108 384 650 846 2,800 950 E
Cresol [m-] (3-Methyl phenol) 108394 1,600 L 16,000 L
Cresol [o-] (2-Methyl phenol) 95487 500 L 50,000 L 8B
Cresol [p-] (4-Methyl phenol) 106445 5.1 LB 2,600 LB 100 B
Cresols, sum 1319773 50 5,000
Cyclohexanone 108941 100 45,000
DDD, 4,4- (p,p-DDD, TDE) 72548 3.54 4.88 8 8.51 28 60 < 60 I 3.9 LB 34,000 LB 1.22 2 7.81 20 < 16 I
DDE, 4,4- (p,p-DDE) 72559 1.42 3.16 5 6.75 31.3 190 <50 I 5.8 LB 1,300 LB 2.07 2.2 374 27 <9I
DDT, 4,4- (p,p-DDT) 50293 1.19 c 4.16 8 4.77 c 62.9 710 50 I 9.8 LB 1,000 L 1.19 1 4.77 7 < 12 E
DDT+DDE+DDD (sum) na 7 5.28 7 4,450 572 120 50 I 10 4,000 3.89 1.58 51.7 46.1 11 B
Diazinon 333415 1.9
Dibenz[ah]anthracene 53703 10 6.22 c 33 60 135 c 1,300 100 M 19 6.22 63.4 113 135 260 230 OM
Dibenzofuran 132649 5,100 H 110 E 2,000

DUTCH
Sediment5 Eco Tox
CAS
EqP 9
@1%TOC
TEL1
Dichloroaniline, 2,4- 554007 <5 < 50,000 S
Dichlorobenzene, 1,2- 95501 < 30 17,000 LB 13 N 340
Dichlorobenzene, 1,3- 541731 < 30 24,000 LB 1700
Dichlorobenzene, 1,4- 106467 < 30 18,000 LB 110 IM 350
Dichlorobenzenes 25321226 < 30 19,000 LB
Dichloroethane, 1,1- 75343 20 15,000
Dichloroethane, 1,2- 107062 20 4,000
Dichloroethene, 1,1- (vinylidene chloride) 75354 100 300
Dichloroethene, 1,2- (cis or trans) 540590 200 1,000
Dichlorophenol, 2,4- 120832 < 10 8,400 LB 0.2083
Dichlorophenol, 2,6- 87650 < 10 57,000 LB
Dichlorophenols (sum) na < 10 22,000 LB
Dichloropropane, 1,2- (propylene
78875 <2 < 2,000
dichloride)
Dieldrin 60571 2.85 1.9 2 6.67 61.8 910 300 I 0.5 1,900 LB 0.83 0.72 0.02 2.9 4.3 8 1.9 E
Diethyl phthalate 84662 530 L 53,000 L 6 BL 630
Diethylene-glycol 111466 270,000 S
Dihydroxybenzenes, sum na 62 LB 8,000 LB
Di-iso-butyl phthalate 84695 92 LB 17,000 LB
Dimethyl phthalate 131113 1,000 LB 84,000 LB 6B
Dimethylnaphthalene, 2,6- 581420 25 133
Dimethylphenol, 2,4- 105679 18 N
Di-n-butyl phthalate 84742 110 H 7,000 LB 36,000 LB 58 BL 11,000
Di-n-octyl phthalate 117840 < 100 < 60,000 61 BL
Dodecylbenzene 25155300 1,000,000 S
2.9
Endosulfan (a or b) 115297 0.01 4,000
14

DUTCH
Sediment5 Eco Tox
CAS
EqP 9
@1%TOC
TEL1
Endosulfan II 33213659
Endrin 72208 2.67 2.22 3 62.4 207 1,300 500 I 0.04 95 L
Ethyl acetate 141786 75,000 S
Ethyl benzene 100414 30 50,000 4 EL 3,600
Ethylene glycol 107211 100,000 S
Fluoranthene 206440 31.46 111 423 750 2,355 2,230 10,200 1,500 M 1,000 LB 260,000 119 113 600 1,034 1,494 5,100 1,300 E
Fluorene 86737 10 21.2 c 77.4 190 144 c 536 1,600 300 M 19 21.2 19 114 144 540 120 E 540
Formaldehyde 50000 100 S
Guthion (Azinphos-methyl) 865000 0.005 2,000 S
Heptachlor 76448 10 I 0.7 4,000 0.3 B
Heptachlorepoxide 1024573 0.6 2.47 5 2.74 16 50 30 I 0.0002 4,000 0.6 c 2.74 c
Hexachlorobenzene 118741 20 240 100 I 1.4 LB 2,000 LB 6B
Hexachlorobutadiene (HCBD) 87683 1.3 E
Hexachlorocyclohexane (BHC) 608731 3 120 100 I
Hexachloroethane 67721 73 BL 1,000
Hydroquinone (p-dihydroxybenzene) 123319 50 43,000 LB
Indeno[1,2,3-cd]pyrene 193395 17.32 200 3,200 330 M 31 LB 1,900 LB 68 488 600 M
Linar alkylbenzene sulfonates (LAS) na <12,800 >62,000
Malathion 121755 0.67
Maneb 12427382 2 22,000 L
Methanol 67561 30,000 S
Methoxychlor 72435 19
Methyl ethyl ketone (MEK; 2-Butanone) 78933 35,000 S
Methyl naphthalene, 2- 91576 21 20.2 70 128 201 670 64 E
Methylene chloride (Dichloromethane,
75092 18 LB 3,900 L
DCM)
Methylnaphthalene, 1- 90120 21 94
Methylphenanthrene, 1- 832699 18 112
Methyl-tert-butyl ether (MTBE) 1634044 100,000 S
Mirex 2385855 7 1,300 800 I

DUTCH
Sediment5 Eco Tox
CAS
EqP 9
@1%TOC
TEL1
Monochloroaniline (3 isomers) na 5 50,000
Monochlorobenzenes 108907 < 30 15,000 LB 820
Monochloronaphthalenes na 120 LB 10,000
Monochlorophenols (sum) na < 10 5,400 L
Naphthalene 91203 14.65 34.6 c 176 391 c 561 600 I 120 LB 17,000 LB 30 34.6 160 217 391 2,100 230 E 480
Nitrobenzene 98953 21 N
Nitrosodiphenylamine, N- 86306 28 I
Nonylphenol 25154523 1,400 c 1,000 c
PAHs, Low MW na 76.42 5,300 M < 1,000 < 40,000 312 552 1,442 3,160 1,200 E
PAHs, High MW na 193 6,500 M < 1,000 < 40,000 655 1,700 6,676 9,600 7,900 E
PAHs, Total na 264.1 1,610 4,000 22,800* 100,000* 12,000 M 1,000 40,000 1,684 4,022 16,770 44,792
PCB 105 32598144 1.5 LB < 1,000
PCB 126 57465288 0.0025 LB 920 LB
PCB 77 32598131 0.42 LB < 1,00
PCB-Aroclor 1254 na 60 c 60 340 c 340 63.3 c 709 c
PCBs (sum) 1336363 31.62 34.1 59.8 70 277 676 5,300 26 M 0.3 LB 1,000 35 21.6 22.7 368 189 180 130 M
Pentachloroaniline 527208 10,000 S
Pentachlorobenzene 608935 15 LB 16,000 LB 690
Pentachlorophenol [PCP: at ph 7.8] 87865 < 10 8,000 LB 17 B
Perylene 198550 74 453
Phenanthrene 85018 18.73 41.9 204 560 515 1,170 9,500 800 I 3,300 LB 31,00 LB 68 86.7 240 455 544 1500 660 E
Phenol 108952 48 H 50 14,000 LB 130 E
Phthalates (sum) na 100 60,000
Propanol, 2- (Isopropanol) 67630 220,000 S
Pyrene 129000 44.27 53 195 490 875 1,520 8,500 1,000 i 125 153 665 932 1,398 2,600 2,400 E
Pyridine 110861 100 500
Resorcinol (m-dihydroxybenzene) 108463 34 LB 4,600 LB
Styrene (Vinyl benzene) 100425 200 LB 86,000 LB
Tetrachloroaniline, 2,3,5,6- 3481207 < 30,000 S
Tetrachlorobenzene, 1,2,3,4- 634662 160 L 16,000 L
Tetrachlorobenzene, 1,2,3,5- 634902 6.5 L 650 L

DUTCH
Sediment5 Eco Tox
CAS
EqP 9
@1%TOC
TEL1
Tetrachlorobenzene, 1,2,4,5- 95943 10 L 1,000 L
Tetrachlorobenzenes na 22 L 2,200 L
Tetrachloroethylene (Tetrachloroethene;
127184 2 4,000 57 I 530
PCE; PER)
Tetrachlorophenol, 2,3,4,5- 4901513 < 10 < 10,000
Tetrachlorophenol, 2,3,4,6- 58902 < 10 < 10,000
Tetrachlorophenols (sum) 25167833 < 10 < 10,000
Tetrahydrofuran 109999 100 2,000
Tetrahydrothiophene 110010 100 8,800 LB
Toluene 108883 10 47,000 L 670
Toxaphene 8001352 0.1 c 0.1 c 28
Tributyltinoxide 56359 < 10 < 2,500
Trichloroaniline (multiple isomers) na 10,000 S
Trichloroaniline, 2,4,5- 636306 < 10,000 S
Trichlorobenzene, 1,2,3- 87616 < 11 L 5,000 L
Trichlorobenzene, 1,2,4- 120821 11 LB 5,100 LB > 4.8 E 9,200
Trichlorobenzenes 12002481 38 L 11,000 L
Trichloroethane, 1,1,1- 71556 70 15,000 170
Trichloroethane, 1,1,2- 79005 400 10,000
Trichloroethene (TCE) na 7.8 L 2,500 L 41 N 1,600
Trichlorophenol, 2,3,5- na < 10 4,500 L
Trichlorophenol, 2,4,5- 95954 < 10 22,000 LB 3I
Trichlorophenol, 2,4,6- 88062 < 10 110,000 LB 6I
Triclorophenols, (sum) na < 10 22,000 L
Vinyl chloride 75014 10 100
Xylene 1330207 130 LB 17,000 LB 4 BL
Xylene, m- 108383 110 LB 18,000 LB 25
Xylene, o- 95476 89 LB 9,300LB

Sources
1 Assessment & Remediation of Contaminated Sediments (ARCS) Program, Sept 1996. EPA 905-R96-008.
2 MacDonald et al, 2000. Arch ET&C 39(1):20-
C Canadian Sediment Quality Guidelines for the Protection of Aquatic Life, Summary Tables Update 2002, www.ccme.ca/publications/ceqg_rcqe.html
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Nat. Inst. Public Health and the Env., and subsequent updates as published elsewhere.
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Screening Quick Reference Tables for Organic in Water and Soil
ANALYTE GROUND WATER SURFACE WATERS SOIL

CAS
All concentrations in parts per billion Number Dutch 1 Fresh Marine
MCL 2 Invertebrates 4 Mammals 5 Plants 6 Other 7
unless specified otherwise Target Intervention Acute 3 Chronic 3 Acute 3 Chronic 3
2,3,7,8-TCDD (dioxin TEQs) 1746016 0.001 ng/L S 0.00003 <0.01 * <0.00001 * 0.000199
2,4,5-Trichlorphenoxyacetic acid (2,4,5-T) 93765 9W 36 NZ 596
2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D) 94757 70 4.0 CA 27.2
Acenaphthene 83329 1,700 * 5.8 CA 970 * 40 Eco 682,000 20,000
Acenaphthylene 208968 4,840 V 300 *C 682,000
Acetone 67641 28,000 T 1,500 T 2,500
Acetonitrile 75058 160 NZ 1,370
Acetophenone 98862 300,000
Acetylaminofluorene, 2- 53963 596
Acridine 260946 4.4 CA
Acrolein 107028 68 * 0.01 NZ 55 * 0.1 NZ 5,270
1,000,000 M
Acrylonitrile 107131 0.08 5S 7,550 * 2,600 * 23.9
0.007 D
Alcohol ethoxylated surfactants (AE) na 140 NZ
Alcohol ethoxyolated sulfate (AES) na 650 NZ
Aldicarb 116063 9C 1 CA 0.15 CA
Aldrin 309002 0.009 ng/L < 0.1 1.5 () 0.017 V 0.65 () 3.32 V 0.06 D
Aldrin+Dieldrin+Endrin na 0.1 <0.03 W 5D
Allyl chloride 107051 13.4
Aminobiphenyl, 4- 92671 3.05
Aminomethylphosphonic acid (AMPA) 1066519 0.797 L
Amitrole 61825 22 NZ
Aniline 62533 2.2 CA 56.8
0.73 T
Anthracene 120127 0.0007 5 13 T 300 *C 1.48E6
0.012 CA
Aramite 140578 16,600
Atrazine 1912249 29 ng/L 76 L 3 1.8 CA 10 BC 0.2 D
Benz[a]anthracene 56553 0.0001 0.5 0.49 T 0.027 T 300 *C 5,210
Benzene 71432 0.2 30 5 2,300 T 46 Eco 5,100 * 110 CA 255 10 D
Benzidine 92875 70 T 3.9 T
Benzo(ghi)perylene 191242 0.0003 0.05 7.64 V 300 *C 119,000
Benzo[a]pyrene 50328 0.0005 0.05 0.2 0.24 T 0.014 T Eco 300 *C 1,520
1: L Environmental Risk Limit; S Serious Contamination Level

3: p - proposed; * - LOEL; C - value for chemical class; S - value for summation of isomers; () - CMC is halved to compare to 1985 Guideline derivation; x 0.1 chronic value derived by division of acute value by 10
7: M microbes; A avian


CAS
Benzo[b]fluoranthene 205992 9.07 V 300 *C 59,800

Benzo[k]fluoranthene 207089 0.0004 0.05 300 *C 148,000
Benzoic acid 65850 740 T 42 T
Benzyl alcohol 100516 150 T 8.6 T 65,800
BHC, alpha (-HCH) 319846 33 ng/L <1 39 T 2.2 T 99.4 3D
2.2 T
BHC, beta (-HCH) 319857 8 ng/L <1 39 T 3.98 V 9D
0.495 V
BHC, delta -HCH) 319868 < 0.05 <1 39 T 2.2 T 9,940 < 10 D
BHC, gamma- (-HCH; Lindane) 58899 9 ng/L <1 0.2 0.95 0.08 0.08 () 5V 0.05 D
BHC (sum) na 0.05 1 < 0.95 < 0.08 < 0.08 10 D
Biphenyl 92524 14 T Eco 60,000
Bis(2-chloroethoxy) methane 111911 11,000 *C 12,000 *C 6,400 *C 302
Bis(2-chloroethyl) ether 111444 1,900 V 23,700
32 Eco
Bis(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (DEHP) 117817 1.9 ng/L L <5 6 400 p 16 CA 400 p 360 p 925 < 100 D
0.3 V
Bis-2-chloro-1-methylethylether 108601 19,900
Bromocil 314409 5 CA
Bromodichloromethane
75274 60 W 11,000 *C 12,000 *C 6,400 *C 540
(Dichlorobromomethane)
Bromoform (Tribromomethane) 75252 630 2,300 T 320 T Eco 15,900
Bromoxynil 1689845 5C 5 CA
Butanol 35296721 5,600 S
Butyl acetate, 1- or 2- na 6,300 S
Butyl benzyl phthalate 85687 2.9 ng/L L <5 940 *C 19 T Eco 2,944 *C 3.4 *C 239 < 100 D
Captan 133062 1.3 CA
Carbaryl 63252 2 ng/L 41 L 90 C 0.2 CA 0.32 CA
Carbofuran 1563662 9 ng/L 6.5 L 40 1.8 CA 0.06 NZ
Carbon disulfide 75150 17 T 0.92 T 94.1
Carbon tetrachloride 1,000,000 M
56235 0.01 10 5 180 T 9.8 T 50,000 * 5,000 x 0.1 2,980
(Tetrachloromethane;Tetra) 400 D
Catechol (o-Dihydroxybenzene) 120809 0.2 630 L 50 D



CAS
Chlordane 57749 0.02 ng/L 0.2 2 1.2 () 0.00215 () 0.045 () 0.002 () 224 V 0.03 D
ng
Chlordane (alpha) 5103719 < 0.02 /L < 0.2 < 224 V < 0.03 D
Chlordane (gamma) 5103742 < 0.02 ng/L < 0.2 < 224 V < 0.03 D
Chlorfenvinphos 470906 0.1 EU 0.1 EU
Chloroacetamide 79072 2,000 5D
Chloroaniline 27134265 30 <5D
Chloroaniline, 3- 108429 < 30 30,000 20,000 <5D
Chloroaniline, 4- 106478 < 30 250 *C 50 *C 160 *C 129 *C 1,100 < 30 D
130 Eco
Chlorobenzenes (sum) na <7 < 180 100 < 40,000 < 13,100 30 D
<47 V
Chlorobenzilate 510156 5,050 20 D
Chloroform (trichloromethane) 67663 6 400 200 W 490 T 1.8 CA 1,190
Chloro, 4- 2-methyl phenol 1570645 < 350 S
Chloro, 4- 3-methyl phenol 59507 < 350 S 7,950
Chloro, 4- methyl phenols na 350 S < 7,950
Chloro, 4- 2-methylphenoxy acetic acid
94746 0.02 50 2W 2.6 CA 4.2 CA 0.05 D
(MCPA)
Chloronaphthalene, 1- 90131 3.7 ng/L L <6
Chloronaphthalene, 2- 91587 0.016 L <6 1,600 * C 0.396 V 7.5 * C 12.2
490 NZ
Chlorophenol, 2- 95578 < 0.3 < 100 4,380 * 243 < 10 D
24 V
Chlorophenol, 3- 108430 < 0.3 < 100 10,000 7,000 < 10 D
Chlorophenol, 4- 106489 < 0.3 < 100 220 NZ < 10 D
Chlorophenols (sum) na 0.3 100 < 24 V < 10,000 < 243 < 7,000 < 10 D
Chloroprene 126998 2.9
Chlorothalonil 1897456 200 BC 0.18 CA 0.36 CA
Chlorpyrifos 2921882 30 W 0.083 0.041 0.011 0.0056
Chrysene 218019 0.003 0.2 300 *C 4,730
Cresol [m-] (3-Methyl phenol) 108394 < 0.2 < 200 3,490 < 50 D
Cresol [o-] (2-Methyl phenol) 95487 < 0.2 <200 230 T 13 T 40,400 < 50 D
Cresol [p-] (4-Methyl phenol) 106445 < 0.2 < 200 163,000 < 50 D
Cresols, sum 1319773 0.2 200 < 230 T < 13 T < 3,490 50 D
Cyclohexanone 108941 0.5 15,000 100 D


CAS
DDD, 4,4- (p,p-DDD, TDE) 72548 <0.004 ng/L < 0.01 <1W 0.19 T 0.011 T 3.6 * 0.36 x 0.1 758 < 10 D
ng
DDE, 4,4- (p,p-DDE) 72559 <0.004 /L < 0.01 <1W 1,050 * 105 x 0.1 14 * 1.4 x 0.1 596 < 10 D
DDT, 4,4- (p,p-DDT) 50293 <0.004 ng/L < 0.01 <1W 0.55 () 0.0005 () 0.065 () 0.0005 () 3.5 < 10 D
93 A
DDT+DDE+DDD (sum) na 0.004 ng/L 0.01 1W <0.55 () <0.0005 () <0.065 () <0.0005 () 21 EPA
10 D
Decane 124185 880 T 49 T
Deltamethrin 52918635 0.0004 CA
Demeton 8065483 0.1 0.1
Diallate 2303164 452
Diazinon 333415 20 C 0.17 0.17 0.82 0.82
Dibenz[ah]anthracene 53703 300 *C 18,400
Dibenzofuran 132649 66 T 3.7 T
Dibromo, 1,2- 3-chloropropane (DBCP) 96128 0.2 35.2
Dibromochloromethane
124481 100 W 11,000 *C 12,000 *C 6,400 *C 2,050
(Chlorodibromomethane)
Dibromoethane, 1,2- 106934 0.4 W 1,230
Dicambia 1918009 120 C 10 CA
Dichloro, 1,4- 2-butene (cis) 1476115 1,000,000 M
Dichloro, 1,4- 2-butene (trans) 110576 1,000,000 M
Dichloroaniline, 2,4- 554007 < 100 S 7 NZ 100,000 <5D
Dichloroaniline, 3,4- 95761 < 100 S 3 NZ 150 NZ 20,000 <5D
Dichlorobenzene, 1,2- 95501 <3 < 50 600 260 T 0.7 CA < 1,970 *S 42 CA 2,960 < 30 D
71 T Eco
Dichlorobenzene, 1,3- 541731 <3 < 50 630 T < 1,970 *S 37,700 < 30 D
38 V
15 T Eco
Dichlorobenzene, 1,4- 106467 <3 < 50 75 180 T 60 NZ < 1,970 *S 129 *C 20,000 546 < 30 D
9.4 V
Dichlorobenzenes 25321226 3 50 < 75 < 180 T < 0.7 CA 1,970 *S < 20,000 < 548 < 30 D
Dichlorobenzidine, 3,3- 91941 4.5 V 646
Dichlorodifluoromethane 75718 39,500
Dichloroethane, 1,1- 75343 7 900 830 T 47 T Eco 20,100 20 D
Dichloroethane, 1,2- 107062 7 400 5 8,800 T 100 CA 113,000 * 11,300 x 0.1 21,200 20 D



CAS
Dichloroethene, 1,1- (vinylidene chloride) 75354 0.01 10 7 450 T 25 T 224,000 *S 8,280 100 D
Dichloroethene, 1,2- (cis or trans) 540590 0.01 20 70 cis 1,100 T 590 T 224,000 *S 200 D
Dichloroethene, 1,2- (trans) 156605 100 11,600 *S 1,160 x 0.1 224,000 *S 784
160 NZ
Dichlorophenol, 2,4- 120832 < 0.2 < 30 900 C 2,020 * 87,500 < 10 D
11 V
Dichlorophenol, 2,6- 87650 < 0.2 < 30 < 0.2 CA 1,170 < 10 D
Dichlorophenol, 3,4- 95772 < 0.2 < 30 < 0.2 CA 20,000 20,000 < 10 D
Dichlorophenol, 3,5- 591355 < 0.2 < 30 < 0.2 CA < 10 D
Dichlorophenols (sum) na 0.2 30 < 900 C <2,020 * 0.2 CA < 20,000 < 1,170 < 20,000 < 10 D
Dichloropropane, 1,2-
78875 < 0.08 < 80 5 23,000 *S 5,700 *S 10,300 *S 3,040 *S 700,000 32,700 <2D
(propylene dichloride)
Dichloropropene, 1,3- 542756 20 W 0.99 T 0.055 T 790 *S
Dichloropropene, 1,3- (cis) 10061015 < 20 W < 0.99 T < 0.055 T 398
Dichloropropene, 1,3- (trans) 10061026 < 20 W < 0.99 T < 0.055 T 398
Diclofop-methyl 51338273 9C 6.1 CA
Dicofol 115322 0.5 NZ 0.1 NZ
Didecyl dimethyl ammonium chloride
7173515 1.5 CA
(DDAC)
ng
Dieldrin 60571 0.1 /L < 0.1 0.24 0.056 0.355 () 0.00095 () 2.38 22 A
210 T
Diethyl phthalate 84662 < 0.5 <5 1,800 T 2,944 *C 3.4 *C 24,800 100,000 < 100 D
110 V
Diethylene-glycol 111466 13,000 S
Dihydroxybenzenes, sum na 0.24 L
Di-iso-butyl phthalate 84695 < 0.5 <5 < 100 D
6.2 CA
Dimethoate 60515 6W 218
0.15 NZ
Dimethyl aminoazobenzene [p-] 60117 40
Dimethyl benz(a)anthracene, 7,12- 57976 16,300
Dimethyl benzidine, 3,3- 119937 104
Dimethyl naphthalene, 2,6- 581420
Dimethyl phenethylamine [alpha,alpha] 122098 300
Dimethyl phenol, 2,4- 105679 2,120 * 100 V 10 V
Dimethyl phthalate 131113 < 0.5 <5 940 *C 3 *C 2,944 *C 3.4 *C 200,000 734,000 < 100 D



CAS
19 CA
Di-n-butyl phthalate 84742 < 0.5 <5 190 T 2,944 *C 3.4 *C 150 200,000 < 100 D
9.7 V
Dinitrobenzene, 1,3- 99650 655
45 NZ
Dinitrophenol, 2,4- 51285 230 *C 4,850 *C 60.9
19 V
65 NZ
Dinitrotoluene, 2,4- 121142 330 * 590 * S 370 *S 1,280
44 V
Dinitrotoluene, 2,6- 606202 32.8
Di-n-octyl phthalate 117840 < 0.5 <5 940 *C 3 *C 2,944 *C 3.4 *C 709,000 < 100 D
Dinoseb 88857 7 0.05 CA 21.8
Dioxane, 1,4- 123911 2,050
Dioxins (sum of PCDDs) na 0.001 ng/L S 0.000199
Diphenlyhydrazine 1,2- 122667 270 * 27 x 0.1
Diphenylamine 122394 1,010
Diquat 85007 20 1.4 NZ
Disulfoton 298044 19.9
Diuron 330541 150 C 0.1EU 0.1EU
Dodecylbenzene 25155300 0.02 S
Endosulfan (or or 115297 0.2 ng/L 5 0.11 () 0.028 () 0.017 () 0.00435 () 119 0.01 D
Endosulfan sulfate 1031078 2.22 V 35.8
Endrin 72208 0.04 ng/L < 0.1 2 0.086 0.036 0.0185 () 0.00115 () 10.1 0.04 D
Endrin aldehyde 7421934 0.15 V 10.5
Esfenvalerate 66230044 0.001 NZ
Ethanol 64175 1,400 NZ
7.3 T
Ethyl benzene 100414 4 150 700 130 T 430 * 25 CA 5,160 30 D
14 V
Ethyl methacrylate 97632 30,000
Ethylene glycol 107211 5,500 S 192,000 CA
Famphur 52857 49.7
Fenitrothion 122145 0.2 NZ
Fluoranthene 206440 0.003 1 3,980 * 0.04 CA 40 * 11 Eco 122,000
Fluorene 86737 70 T 3.9 T Eco 300 *C 30,000 122,000



CAS
Formaldehyde 50000 50 S 900 W

Furan 110009 600,000
Glyphosate 1071836 280 C 65 CA
0.01
Guthion (azinphos-methyl) 865000 0.1 ng/L 2S 20 C 0.01 0.005 D
0.02 NZ
ng
Heptachlor 76448 0.005 /L 0.3 0.4 0.26 () 0.0019 () 0.0265 () 0.0018 () 5.98 0.7 D
Heptachlor epoxide 1024573 0.005 ng/L 3 0.2 0.26 () 0.0019 () 0.0265 () 0.0018 () 152 0.0002 D
3.68 p
Hexachlorobenzene 118741 2.1E-7 L 0.5 1 6p 160 *C 129 *C 199 1,000,000 M
0.0003 V
1.3 CA
Hexachlorobutadiene (HCBD) 87683 0.6 W 90 * 32 * 3.2 x 0.1 39.8
0.053 V
Hexachlorocyclohexane (BHC) 608731 100 * 10 x 0.1 0.34 * 0.034 x 0.1
Hexachlorocyclopentadiene 77474 50 7* 5.2 * 7* 0.7 x 0.1 755 10,000
12 T Eco
Hexachloroethane 67721 210 T 940 * 94 x 0.1 596
8V
Hexachlorophene 70304 199
Hexane 110543 10 T 0.58 T
Hexanone, 2- (methyl butyl ketone) 591786 1,800 T 99 T 12,600
Hydroquinone (p-dihydroxybenzene) 123319 0.2 800 50 D
Indeno[1,2,3-cd]pyrene 193395 0.0004 0.05 4.31 V 300 *C 109,000
lodo, 3- 2-propynl butyl carbamate (IPBC) 55406536 1.9 CA
Isodrin 465736 3.32 V
1,170 x 0.1
Isophorone 78591 117,000 * 12,900 * 1,290 x 0.1 139,000
920 V
Isoproturon 34123596 9W 0.1 EU 0.1 EU
Isosafrole 120581 9,940
Kepone 143500 32.7
Linar alkylbenzene sulfonates (LAS) na 280 NZ
Linuron 335502 7.0 CA
Malathion 121755 190 C 0.1 0.1
Maneb 12427382 0.05 ng/L 0.1 2D
Methacrylonitrile 126987 57
Methanol 67561 24,000 S



CAS
Methanol 67561 24,000 S

Methapyrilene 91805 2,780
Methomyl 16752775 3.5 NZ
Methoxychlor 72435 40 0.03 0.03 19.9
Methyl bromide 74839 16 V 235
Methyl chloride 74873 10,400
Methyl cholanthrene, 3- 56495 77.9
Methyl, 2- 4,6-dinitrophenol 534521 144
Methyl ethyl ketone (MEK; 2-Butanone) 78933 6,000 S 240,000 T 14,000 T 89,600
Methyl iodide 74884 1,230
Methyl methacrylate 80626 984,000
Methyl methanesulfanate 66273 315
Methyl naphthalene, 1- 90120 37 T 2.1 T
Methyl naphthalene, 2- 91576 330 V 300 *C 3,240
Methyl parathion 298000 0.292
Methyl, 4- 2-pentanone 108101 2,200 T 170 T 443,000
Methyl-tert-butyl ether (MTBE) 1634044 9,200 S 10,000 CA 5,000 CA
Methylene bromide (Dibromomethane) 74953 11,000 *C 12,000 *C 6,400 *C 65,000
Methylene chloride (Dichloromethane, 2,200 T
75092 0.01 1,000 5 26,000 T 12,000 *C 6,400 *C 4,050 400 D
DCM) 98.1 CA
Metolachlor 51218452 10 W 7.8 CA
Metribuzin 21087649 80 C 1 CA
Mineral oil (Operationally defined) 8012951 50 600 50,000 D
Mirex 2385855 0.001 0.001
Molinate 2212671 6W 3.4 NZ
Monochloroaniline (3 isomers) na 30 5D
Monochlorobenzenes 108907 7 180 100 1,100 T 1.3 CA 160 *C 25 CA 40,000 13,100 < 30 D
Monochloronaphthalenes 7.7 ng/L L 6 120 L
Monochlorophenols (sum) na 0.3 100 7 CA < 10 D
Naphthalene 91203 0.01 70 190 T 1.1 CA 2,350 * 1.4 CA 99.4
Naphthoquinone, 1,4- 130154 1,670



CAS
Naphthylamine, 1- 134327 9,340

Naphthylamine, 2- 91598 3,030
Nitroaniline [m-] 99092 3,160
Nitroaniline [p-] 100016 21,900
Nitroaniline, 2- 88744 74,100
550 NZ
Nitrobenzene 98953 27,000 * 6,680 * 668 x 0.1 40,000 1,310 1,000,000 M
220 V
Nitro-o-toluidine, 5- 99558 8,730
Nitrophenol, 2- 88755 1,600
300 T
Nitrophenol, 4- 100027 1,200 T 4,850 *C 7,000 5,120
60 V
Nitroquinoline, 4- 1-oxide 56575 122
Nitrosodiethylamine, N- 55185 768 V 69.3
Nitrosodimethylamine, N- 62759 0.0321
Nitroso-di-n-butylamine, N- 924163 267
Nitroso-di-n-propylamine, N- 621647 544
Nitrosodiphenylamine, N- 86306 3,800 T 210 T 3,300,000*C 20,000 545
Nitrosomethylethylamine, N- 10595956 1.66
Nitrosomorpholine, N- 59892 70.6
Nitrosopiperidine, N- 100754 6.65
Nitrosopyrrolidine, N- 930552 12.6
Nonylphenol 25154523 28 6.6 7 1.7
O,O-diethyl O-2-
297972 799,000
pyrazinylphosphorothioate
Octanone, 2- 111137 150 T 8.3 T
PAHs, High MW na 300 *C 29,000 EPA 100,000 EPA < 1,000 D
PAHs, Low MW na 300 *C 18,000 EPA 1,100 EPA < 1,000 D
PAHs, Total na 300 *C 1,000 D
Paraquat 4685147 0.5 NZ
Parathion 56382 50 C 0.065 0.013 0.34 V
0.6 T
PCBs (sum) 1336363 0.01 0.01 0.5 0.014 0.033 T 0.03 0.332 40,000 < 20 D
0.03 NZ
Pentachloroaniline 527208 1S 100,000



CAS
0.47 T
Pentachlorobenzene 608935 0.003 1 8.4 T 160 *C 129 *C 20,000 497 < 30 D
0.019 V
Pentachloroethane 76017 7,240 * 1,100 * 390 * 281 * 10,700
Pentachloronitrobenzene 82688 7,090
Pentachlorophenol [PCP: at pH 7.8] 87865 0.04 3 1.0 19 ph 15 Ph 13 7.9 6,000 119 3,000 2,100 A
Pentanol, 1- 71410 2,000 T 110 T
Permethrin 52645531 0.004 CA 0.001 CA
Phenacetin 62442 11,700
6.3 p Eco
Phenanthrene 85018 0.003 5 30 p 7.7 p 4.6 p 45,700
3.6 V
320 NZ 1,000,000 M
Phenol 108952 0.2 2,000 10,200 * 5,800 * 400 NZ 30,000 120,000 70,000
180 V 500 D
Phenylenediamine [p-] 106503 6,160
Phorate 298022 2C 0.496
Phthalates (sum) na 0.5 5 100 D
Picloram 1918021 500 29 CA
Picoline, 2- 109068 9,900
Polychlorinated dibenzofurans 51207319 0.0386
Pronamide 23950585 13.6 v
Propanol, 2- (Isopropanol) 67630 31,000 S 130 T 7.5 T
Propionitrile 107120 49.8
Propylene glycol 57556 500,000 CA
Pyrene 129000 0.025 CA 300 *C 78,500
Pyridine 110861 0.5 30 1,030 100 D
Quinoline 91225 3.4 CA
Resorcinol (m-dihydroxybenzene) 108463 0.2 600 50 D
Safrole 94597 404
Silvex (2,4,5-TP) 93721 50 109 v
10 CA
Simazine 122349 4 1 EU
3.2 NZ
72 CA
Styrene (Vinyl benzene) 100425 6 300 100 4,690 300,000 300 D
32 V



CAS
1.6 CA
Tebuthiuron 34014181 490 BC
2.2 NZ
Temephos 3383968 0.05 NZ 0.05 NZ
Tetrachloroaniline, 2,3,5,6- 3481207 < 10 S 20,000 20,000
Tetrachlorobenzene, 1,2,3,4- 634662 < 0.01 < 2.5 250 *C 1.8 CA 160 *C 129 *C 10,000 < 30 D
Tetrachlorobenzene, 1,2,3,5- 634902 < 0.01 < 2.5 250 *C 160 *C 129 *C < 30 D
50 *C
Tetrachlorobenzene, 1,2,4,5- 95943 < 0.01 < 2.5 250 *C 160 *C 129 *C 2,020 < 30 D
3V
Tetrachlorobenzenes na 0.01 2.5 250 *C <3V 160 *C 129 *C < 10,000 < 2,020 < 30 D
Tetrachloroethane, 1,1,1,2- 630206 225,000
Tetrachloroethane, 1,1,2,2- 79345 2,100 T 111 CA 9,020 * 902 x 0.1 127
Tetrachloroethylene 98 T
127184 0.01 40 5 830 T 10,200 * 450 * 9,920 2D
(Tetrachloroethene; PCE; PER) 45 V
Tetrachlorophenol, 2,3,4,5- 4901513 < 0.01 < 10 < 1 CA 20,000 < 10 D
Tetrachlorophenol, 2,3,4,6- 58902 < 0.01 < 10 100 C 20 NZ 440 * 44 x 0.1 199 < 10 D
Tetrachlorophenols (sum) 25167833 0.01 10 1 CA < 20,000 < 199 < 10 D
Tetraethyldithiopyrophosphate 3689245 596
Tetrahydrofuran 109999 0.5 300 100 D
Tetrahydrothiophene 110010 0.5 5,000 100 D
Thiobencarb 28249776 2.8 NZ
Thiram 137268 0.2 NZ 0.01 NZ
Toluene 108883 7 1,000 1,000 120 T 9.8 T 2 CA 6,300 * 215 CA 5,450 200,000 10 D
Toluidine [o-] 95534 2,970
Toxaphene 8001352 3 0.73 0.0002 0.21 0.0002 119
Triallate 2303175 0.24 CA
<0.05E-16
Tributyltinoxide 56359 ng < 0.7 0.46 0.072 0.42 0.0074 <1D
/L
Trichloroaniline (multiple isomers) na 10 S
Trichloroaniline, 2,4,5- 636306 < 10 S 20,000 20,000
Trichlorobenzene, 1,2,3- 87616 < 0.10 < 10 8.0 CA 20,000 < 30 D
Trichlorobenzene, 1,2,4- 120821 < 0.10 < 10 70 700 T 24 CA 160 *C 5.4 CA 20,000 11,100 < 30 D
Trichlorobenzenes 12002481 0.01 10 < 70 < 700 T < 8 CA 160 *C <5.4 CA < 20,000 < 11,100 < 30 D



CAS
Trichloroethane, 1,1,1- 71556 0.01 300 200 200 T 11 T 31,200 * 3,120 x 0.1 29,800 70 D
1,200 T
Trichloroethane, 1,1,2- 79005 0.01 130 5 5,200 T 1,900 NZ 28,600 400 D
500 V
Trichloroethene (TCE) 24 500 5 21 CA 2,000 * 200 x 0.1 12,400 100 D
Trichloroethene, 1,1,1- 71556 < 24 < 500 <5 < 440 T < 21 CA < 100 D
Trichloroethene, 1,1,2- 79016 < 24 < 500 <5 < 440 T < 21 CA < 100 D
Trichlorofluoromethane 75694 11,000 *C 12,000 *C 6,400 *C 16,400
Trichlorophenol, 2,3,5- < 0.03 < 10 < 18 CA < 10 D
Trichlorophenol, 2,4,5- 95954 < 0.03 < 10 100 p 63 p 240 p 11 p 9,000 14,100 4,000 < 10 D
20 NZ
Trichlorophenol, 2,4,6- 88062 < 0.03 < 10 5C 10,000 9,940 < 10 D
4.9 V
Triclorophenols, (sum) na 0.03 10 18 CA < 9,000 <9,940 < 4,000 < 10 D
Trichloropropane, 1,2,3- 96184 3,360
Triethylphosphorothioate [O,O,O-] 126681 818
Trifluralin 1582098 20 W 0.2 CA 0.1EU
Trinitrobenzene, 1,3,5- 99354 376
Trinitrotoluene, 2,4,6- 118967 140 NZ
Vinyl acetate 108054 280 T 16 T 12,700
Vinyl chloride 75014 0.01 5 2 930 V 646 10 D
Xylene, m- 108383 < 0.2 < 70 32 T 1.8 T Eco < 100
Xylene, o- 95476 < 0.2 < 70 350 NZ < 100
Xylene, p- < 0.2 < 70 < 100
Xylenes 1330207 0.2 70 10,000 230 T 13 T 10,000 V 100 D


These tables were developed for internal use for screening purposes only: they do not represent official NOAA policy and do not constitute criteria or clean-up levels.
Sources
1 Entry is lower of current VROM Environmental Quality standards or the updated RIVM Environmental Risk Limits. Risk limits are typically divided by 100 to derive the Target value; this computation has been done here.
Dutch Target/Intervention: E.M.J. Verbruggen, R. Posthumus and A.P. van Wezel, 2001. Ecotoxicological Serious Risk Concentrations for soil, sediment, and (ground)water: updated proposal for first series of compounds. Nat.
Inst. Public Health and the Env., and subsequent updates as published elsewhere.
2 Primary entry is the US EPA MCL value, followed by the lower of appropriate WHO, Canadian, or British Columbia guidelines.
Maximum Contaminant Levels (MCLs): http://www.epa.gov/safewater/index.html
W World Health Organizations (WHO) Drinking water guidelines: http://www.who.int/water_sanitation_health/dwq/en/
C Canadian Environmental Quality Guidelines for Community Water, Summary Table Update 2002: http://www.ccme.ca
3 Primary entry is the US Ambient Water Quality Criteria, followed by the lowest of Tier II SAVs or available standards or guidelines.
Lowest Observable Effect Levels (LOELs) previously published by EPA are also included since these essentially were the basis for many state standards.
T Tier II Secondary Acute Value: http://www.esd.ornl.gov/programs/ecorisk/tools.html
Eco EPA EcoUpdate, Ecotox Thresholds, EPA 540/F-95/038
CA Canadian water Quality Guidelines: http://www.ec.gc.ca/CEQG-RCQE/English/Ceqg/Water/default.cfm
EU European Union (EU) Environmental Quality Standards: COM(2006) 397 and 398 final.
V US EPA Region V Ecological Screening Levels: http://www.epa.gov/reg5rcra/ca/edql.htm
4 Toxicological Benchmarks for Effects on Earthworms: http://www.esd.ornl.gov/programs/ecorisk/tools.html
EPA Eco-SSL for Invertebrates: http://www.epa.gov/ecotox/ecossl/
Region V Ecological Screening Level for Invertebrates: http://www.epa.gov/reg5rcra/ca/
Region V Ecological Screening Level for shrew or vole: http://www.epa.gov/reg5rcra/ca/
EPA Eco-SSL for Mammals: http://www.epa.gov/ecotox/ecossl/
6 Toxicological Benchmarks for Effects on Terrestrial Plants: http://www.esd.ornl.gov/programs/ecorisk/tools.html
V EPA Region V Ecological Screening Level for Plants: http://www.epa.gov/reg5rcra/ca/
M Toxicological Benchmarks for Effects on Microbes: http://www.esd.ornl.gov/programs/ecorisk/tools.html
A Eco-SSL for Avian Receptors: http://www.epa.gov/ecotox/ecossl/
D Entry is lower of current VROM Environmental Quality standards or the updated RIVM Environmental Risk Limits. See #1 above for sources.

Screening Quick Reference Table for PCB Composition
A1221 A1232 A1016 A1242 A1248 A1254 A1260 A1262

Degree of Chlorination
Wt % Wt % Wt % Wt % Wt % Wt % Wt % Wt %
Biphenyl 11.7 a 6.2 a
1 Cl 65.5 31.3 Tr (#1, 3) Tr (#1, 3)
2 Cl 30.0 26.1 15.2 11.5 Tr (#7, 8)
3 Cl 3.5 21.7 58.2 51.0 21.8 2.1
4 Cl Tr 15.0 26.5 29.0 60.2 14.3 Tr (#52, 70, 74) Tr (#52, 70, 74)
5 Cl Tr (#95) 5.8 Tr (#91, 95, 102) 8.5 17.1 53.2 8.2 3.5
6 Cl Tr (#136, 138) 0.8 26.6 47.2 31.6
7 Cl Tr 3.8 37.6 45.8
8 Cl Tr (#202) 6.3 17.7
9 Cl 0.7 1.3
Total 99.1% 99.94% 99.95% 100% 99.93% 99.95% 100.01% 99.98%
Prominent congeners b 1 3 8 4 15 6 1 8 3 4 15 28 18 28 8 31 33 16 18 28 31 8 33 16 66 70 64 28 52 60 118 110 101 95 138 153 180 138 149 187 174 170 180 153187 149 174 203
Unique congener #11 Tr #137 #189 Tr
Peak Range c 1-48 1-74 2-50 2-82 8-106 8-107 31.1-117 31.1-117
Ratio #118:203 d Neither No #203 Neither No #203 73 370 - 1230 0.3 0.5 0.1
Ratio #31:118 e No #118 4.3 No #118 8.5 - 9.2 2.1 0.01 0.04 0.1 No #31
Wt % of #153 f 0.1 - 0.14 Tr - 0.52 4.7-6.1 11.0 12.2
Additional Information ~ 1:1 mix of 1221-1242 Distillation of 1242
Notes
Commercial PCBs were manufactured by chlorination of biphenyl to produce complex mixtures (Aroclors in the USA and Great Britain, Clophens in Germany, or Kanechlors in Japan), each containing 60 to 90 different molecular
species (congeners) and a specified weight percent of chlorine (for example, 54% in Aroclor 1254). There are 209 distinct congener structures possible, of which about 140 to 150 have been detected at significant levels in
commercial PCBs.
Congener distributions in environmental samples roughly resemble those of the parent commercial mixtures, but are often modified due to evaporation, water extraction, microbial oxidation or dechlorination, photochemical
dechlorination or differential biological uptake and metabolism. Compositional modification from original Aroclor patterns increases in biotic samples with trophic level. Still, it is often useful or necessary to attempt distinguishing the
parent mixture released. The following information is presented to provide assistance with initial, preliminary evaluation of Aroclor. Aroclor assignment should be conducted only by qualified chemists.
Total PCBs can be characterized by two primary methods the sum of congeners, or, the sum of estimates of individual Aroclor concentrations. In lower trophic level samples, these two methods provide approximately equal
estimates of total PCBs. At higher trophic levels, analyses of samples tend to overestimate total PCBs by as much as 2-fold using the sum of Aroclor method, due to an overestimation of Aroclor 1254.
Tr - Individual congeners are at trace levels - 0.05 to 0.5% each - and are not included in totals. e This ratio is often used as an indicator for Aroclor 1248.
# - Refers to IUPAC congener number. IUPAC #s 107, 108, 109, 199, 200, 201 correspond to BZ#s f Congener 153 is persistent in biota and abundantly present in higher chlorinated Aroclors and so provides a degree of
108, 109, 107, 201, 199, and 200, respectively. modification estimate for biotic samples (increasing modification with decreasing PD values):
a Biphenyl figures are not reflected in congener weight percentages.
#153 theory #153 sample
b The six most prominent peaks listed by IUPAC congener number. PD153 * 100
c In the 118 peak numbering system, peak 1 is biphenyl. #153 sample
d This ratio is often used as an indicator for Aroclor 1260.

Screeni ng Qui ck Ref erence Tabl e f or Toxi c Equi val ency Factors
Compound 2005 Mammals / human TEF 1998 Fish TEF 1998 Avian TEF It has been well established that 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD), and other
chlorinated dioxins, furans, and even PCBs with a similar planar chemical structures
CHLORINATED DIBENZO-P-DIOXINS
are capable of inducing similar toxicity, such as carcinogenicity. Since these
2,3,7,8-TCDD 1 1 1 compounds generally are observed in mixtures, it is desirable to be able to express the
1,2,3,7,8-PeCDD 1 1 1 cumulative, overall toxicity of the mixture. However, since each of these congeners
does not exhibit the same degree, or potency, of toxicity, some manipulations of raw
1,2,3,4,7,8-HxCDD 0.1 0.5 0.05
concentrations are required to express total toxicity.
1,2,3,6,7,8-HxCDD 0.1 0.01 0.01
1,2,3,7,8,9-HxCDD 0.1 0.01 0.1 A number of systems have been developed to express the total, overall toxicity from
mixtures of these chemicals. Most commonly, the potency of each congener is
1,2,3,4,6,7,8-HpCDD 0.01 0.001 <0.001
weighted relative to a standard, generally the most potent congener. For dioxins and
OCDD 0.0003 <0.0001 < 0.0001 furans, 2,3,7,8-TCDD is the common standard which is given a reference value of one.
The weighting, or potency factor, is called a Toxic Equivalency Factor (TEF). When
cumulative results are reported, the absolute concentration of each congener is
CHLORINATED DIBENZOFURANS
multiplied by its corresponding TEF to derive a TCDD-equivalency. These values are
2,3,7,8-TCDF 0.1 0.05 1 then summed together to give a total Toxic Equivalency Quotient, or TEQ.
1,2,3,7,8-PeCDF 0.03 0.05 0.1
The TEQ scheme refers only to adverse effects (e.g., cancer) following interactions
2,3,4,7,8-PeCDF 0.3 0.5 1 with certain cellular enzyme systems (the Ah receptors). Other toxic effects of dioxins
1,2,3,4,7,8-HxCDF 0.1 0.1 0.1 and dioxin-like compounds are not quantified by this method. Because they involve
1,2,3,6,7,8-HxCDF 0.1 0.1 0.1 potency to specific enzyme systems, TEF values vary for different animal species.
1,2,3,7,8,9-HxCDF 0.1 0.1 0.1 There are two main schemes:
2,3,4,6,7,8-HxCDF 0.1 0.1 0.1
The two most common systems for determining TEQs are:
1,2,3,4,6,7,8-HpCDF 0.01 0.01 0.01
1,2,3,4,7,8,9-HpCDF 0.01 0.01 0.01 1) I-TEF and I-TEQ: The older International Toxic Equivalent (I-TEQ) scheme by the
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) initially set up in 1989 and later
OCDF 0.0003 <0.0001 0.0001
extended and updated.
NON-ORTHO-SUBSTITUTED PCBS 2) WHO-TEF and WHO-TEQ (also referred to as TEF or TEQ): More recently, the
World Health Organization (WHO) suggested modified Toxic Equivalency Factor
3,3#,4,4#-tetraCB (PCB 77) 0.0001 0.0001 0.05 (TEF) values for human risk assessment.
3,4,4#,5-tetraCB (PCB 81) 0.0003 0.0005 0.1
ITEQs are most common in North America, while Asia and Europe tend to use WHO-
3,3#,4,4#,5-pentaCB (PCB 126) 0.1 0.005 0.1
TEQs. On average, the result of TEQ-calculations is about 10% higher when I-TEFs
3,3#,4,4#,5,5#-hexaCB (PCB 169) 0.03 0.00005 0.001 are used compared to when WHO-TEFs are used.
Potency in fish reflects mainly rainbow trout: potency for birds is mainly derived from
MONO-ORTHO-SUBSTITUTED PCBs chickens.
2,3,3#, 4,4#-pentaCB (PCB 105) 0.00003 <0.000005 0.0001
Sources
2,3,4,4#,5-pentaCB (PCB 114) 0.00003 <0.000005 0.0001
2,3#,4,4#,5-pentaCB (PCB 118) 0.00003 <0.000005 0.00001 Van den Berg, M., and others. 1998. Toxic Equivalency Factors (TEFs) for PCBs,
2# ,3,4,4# ,5-pentaCB (PCB 123) 0.00003 <0.000005 0.00001 PCDDs, and PCDFs for Humans and Wildlife. Environmental Health Perspectives.
Volume 106. Pages 775 - 792.
2,3,3#, 4,4#,5-hexaCB (PCB 156) 0.00003 <0.000005 0.0001
2,3,3#,4,4#,5#-hexaCB (PCB 157) 0.00003 <0.000005 0.0001 Van den Berg, M., and others. 2006. The 2005 World Health Organization Re-
evaluation of Human and Mammalian Toxic Equivalency Factors for Dioxins and
2,3#,4,4#,5,5#-hexaCB (PCB 167) 0.00003 <0.000005 0.00001
Dioxin-like Compounds. Toxicological Sciences 93(2):223-241.
2,3,3#, 4,4#, 5,5#-heptaCB (PCB 189) 0.00003 <0.000005 0.00001
For more information, email SQuiRT@N OA A .gov Pg 29 OR& R Report 08-1

Screening Quick Reference Tables for Composition by Carbon Range
Carbon ranges are approximate: actual carbon ranges for a specific product are dependent upon the distillation process of the exact source.
Analytic Methods generally refer to EPA SW-846 methods (www.epa.gov/SW-846/index.htm)

Screening Quick Reference Tables for Sample Collection and Storage
MATERIAL CONTAINER PRESERVATION MAXIMUM HOLDING TIME SAMPLE SIZE

INORGANICS
Chromium+6 (Cr+6) P,G Cool, 4C 24 hours 400 mL/200 g
Mercury (Hg) P,G HNO3, to pH <2 28 days 400 mL/200 g
Metals, except Cr+6 and Hg P,G HNO3, to pH <2 6 months 600 mL/200 g
Cyanide by method no. 9010 P,G Cool 4C, pH >12 See method 9010 14 days 1,000 mL
Alpha, Beta, and Radium Radiation P,G HNO3 to pH <2 6 months 1,000 mL
ORGANICS
Benzidines G, TLC Cool, 4C 7 days until extraction, 40 days after extraction 1,000 mL
Chlorinated Hydrocarbons G, TLC Cool, 4C3 7 days until extraction, 40 days after extraction 1,000 mL
Dioxins and Furans G, TLC Cool, 4C3 30 days until extraction, 45 days after extraction 1,000 mL
Haloethers G, TLC Cool, 4C3 7 days until extraction, 40 days after extraction 1,000 mL
Nitrites G, TLC Cool, 4C3 14 days
Nitrosamines G, TLC Cool, 4C3 7 days until extraction, 40 days after extraction 1,000 mL
Nitroaromatics and Cyclic Ketones G, TLC Cool, 4C3 7 days until extraction, 40 days after extraction 1,000 mL
OIL And GREASE G Cool, 4C2 28 days 1,000 mL
TOTAL Organic Carbon, By Method No. 9060 P,G Cool, 4C2 store in the dark 28 days 100 mL
TOTAL Organic Halides By Method No. 9020/9021 G, TLC Cool, 4C2 28 days 500 mL
PCBs G, TLC Cool, 4C 7 days until extraction, 40 days after extraction 1,000 mL/250 mL
Pesticides G, TLC Cool 4C, 7 days until extraction, 40 days after extraction 1,000 mL/250 mL
Phenols G, TLC Cool, 4C3 7 days until extraction, 40 days after extraction 1,000 mL
Phthalate Esters G, TLC Cool, 4C 7 days until extraction, 40 days after extraction 1,000 mL
Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbons G, TLC Cool, 4C3 store in the dark 7 days until extraction, 40 days after extraction 1,000 mL/250 mL
Purgeable Aromatic Hydrocarbons VOA Cool, 4C2,3 14 days 40 mL
Purgeable Halocarbons VOA Cool, 4C3 14 days 40 mL
Sources
EPA SW846
1 P - Polyethylene; G - Amber glass containers; TLC - Teflon-lined cap; VOA - Volatile organic analyte vial of amber glass with teflon-lined septum.
2 Adjust to pH <2 with H2SO4, HCI, or solid NaHSO4
3 Free chlorine must be removed before addition of HCI by exact addition of Na2S2O3

Screening Quick Reference Table
Options for Selection of Analytical Methods: Inorganics
EXTRACTION METHODS
TRACE ELEMENT OTHER 1 FLAME AA FURNANCE AA ICP
WATER SOIL/SEDIMENT
Aluminum (Al) 6800 7020 6010B 6020A 3005A 3010A 3015A 3050B 3051A
Antimony (Sb) 6200(55) 6800 7040 7041 7062 3 6010B 6020A 3005A 3015A 3050B 3051A
Arsenic (As) 6200(60) 7063 7061A 3 7060 7062 3 6010B 6020A 3005A 3010A 3015A 7063 3050B 3051A
Barium (Ba) 6200(60) 6800 7080A 7081 3 6010B 6020A 3005A 3010A 3015A 3050B 3051A
Beryllium (Be) 7090 7091 6010B 6020A 3005A 3010A 3015A 3020A 3050B 3051A
Cadmium (Cd) 6200 6800 7130 7131A 6010B 6020A 3005A 3010A 3015A 3020A 3050B 3051A
Calcium (Ca) 6200 6800 7140 6010B 6020A 3005A 3010A 3015A 3050B 3051A
Chromium (CR), total 6200(200) 6800 7190 7191 6010B 6020A 3005A 3010A 3015A 3020A 3050B 3051A
Chromium+6 (Cr+6) 7195 7199 3 7195 - 7199 3060A
Cobalt (Co) 6200(330) 7200 7201 6010B 6020A 3005A 3010A 3015A 3020A 3050B 3051A
Copper (Cu) 6200(85) 6800 7210 7211 3 6010B 6020A 3005A 3010A 3015A 3050B 3051A
Iron (Fe) 6200 6 800 7380 7381 3 6010B 6020A 3005A 3010A 3015A 3050B 3051A
Lead (Pb) 6200(45) 6800 7420 7421 6010B 6020A 3005A 3010A 3015A 3020A 3051A
Magnesium (Mg) 6800 7450 6010B 6020A 3005A 3010A 3015A 3050B 3051A
Manganese (Mn) 6200(240) 7460 7461 6010B 6020A 3005A 3010A 3015A 3050B 3051A
Mercury (Hg) 4500(0.5) 6200 6800 7470A 7471B 7472 7473 7474 3 6020A 7470A 7472 3015A 3051A 7471B 7473 7474
Molybdenum (Mo) 6200(25) 6800 7480 7481 6010B 3005A 3010A 3015A 3020A 3050B 3051A
Nickel (Ni) 6200(100) 6800 7520 7521 6010B 6020A 3005A 3010A 3015A 3050B 3051A
Potassium (K) 6200 6800 7610 6010B 6020A 3005A 3010A 3015A 3050B 3051A
Selenium (Se) 6200 6800 7741A 7742 3 7740 6010B 6020A 3005A 3010A 3015A 3050B 3051A
Silver (Ag) 6200 6800 7760A 7761 3 6010B 6020A 3005A 3015A 3051A 7760 7761
Sodium (Na) 7770 6010B 6020A 3005A 3010A 3015A 3050B 3051A
Strontium (Sr) 6200(30) 6800 7780 6010B 3015A 3050B 3051A
Thallium (Tl) 6200 6800 7840 7841 6010B 6020A 3005A 3010A 3015A 3020A 3050B 3051A
Tin (Sn) 6200(85) 7870
Vanadium (V) 6200 6800 7910 7911 6010B 6020A 3005A 3010A 3015A 3020A 3050B 3051A
Zinc (Zn) 6200(80) 6800 7950 7951 3 6010B 6020A 3005A 3010A 3015A 3050B 3051A
Cyanide (HCN) 9010B 9014 3
Sources
All method numbers refer to EPA SW-846, Volume III with changes as proposed for Volume IV.
ICPs advantage is that it allows simultaneous or rapid sequential determination of many elements, but suffers from interferences. AA determinations are normally completed as single element analyses. ICP and Flame AA have
comparable detection limits (within a factor of 4), but ICP-MS (6020A) can drastically improve the detection limits (e.g., an order of magnitude lower). Furnace AA generally exhibits lower detection limits than ICP or Flame-AA, and
offers more control over unwanted matrix components. X-RAY and immunoassays allow field determinations.
1 Method 6200 is Portable X-Ray; 6800 is Elemental/Isotope Mass Spec.; 4500 is Immunoassay; 7063 is ASV; where available, soil detection limits in ppm are in parentheses.
2 Except as noted, most individual procedures are proposed to be integrated into Method 7000B or 7010.
3 Includes various methods. Follow the extraction procedure detailed in the individual determinative method.

Screening Quick Reference Table
Options for Selection of Analytical Methods: Organics
FIELD OC/MS SPECIFIC HPLC EXTRACTION METHODS CLEANUP
COMPOUNDS DETECTION
METHODS METHOD METHOD WATER SOIL/SEDIMENT METHOD
METHOD
Aromatic and Halogenated Volatiles 8260B 8021B 5021 5030B 5032 5021 5032 5035
Carbamates 8318 8321B 8318 8321B 8318 8321B 8318
Chlorinated Dioxins and Furans 8280B 8290A 8280B 8290A 8280B 8290A 3545A 8280B 8290A
Chlorinated Hydrocarbons 8270D 8121 3510C 3520C 3535A 3540C 3550B 3620B 3640A
Chlorinated Phenoxyacids 4015 (0.1 ppm) 8270D 2 8151A 8321B 8151A 8321B 3535A 8321B 8151A 3545A 3580A 8151A 3620B
Haloethers 8270D 8111 3510C 3520C 3540C 3545 3550B 3620B 3640A
Nitriles and Amides 8260B 8031 8032A 8033 8315 8316 5030B 5032 8031 8032A 8316 5031 5032 5035 8032A
Nitroaromatics and Ketones 8270D 8091 8330A 3510C 3520C 3535A 3540C 3545 3550B 3620B 3640A
4050 (0.5 ppm) 4051
Nitroaromatics (Explosives) 8330A - 8332 8330A 8332 8330A 8332 8330A 8332 3620B
8515 (1 ppm)
Nitrosamines 8270D 8070A 3510C 3520C 8070A 3540C 3545 3550B 8070A 3610B 3620B 3640A 8070A
Non-Halogenated Volatiles 8260B 8015B 5030B 5032 5021 5031 5032 5035
4040 4042
Organochlorines 8270D 2 8081B 8275A 3510C 3520C 3535A 3540C 3545A 3550B 3562 3620B 3630C 3640A 3660
(0.2 to 20 ppm)
Organophosphates 8270D 2 8141B 8321B 3510C 3520C 3535A 3540C 3545A 3550B 3620B
PAHs 4035 (1 ppm) 8270D 8100 8275A 8310 3510C 3520C 3540C 3545 3550B 3561 3610B 3630 3640A 3650B
4020 (5 ppm)
PCBs 8270D 2 8082A 8275A 3510C 3520C 3535A 3540C 3545A 3550B 3665A 3562 3620B 3630C 3640A 3660 3665A
9078 (2 ppm)
Phenolics 4010A (0.5 ppm) 8270D 8041 3510C 3520C 3540C 3545 3550B 3630 3640A 3650B 8041
Phthalates 8270D 8061A 3510C 3520C 3535A 3540C 3545 3550B 3610B 3620B 3640A
Semi-Volatile Organics 8270D 3510C 3520C 3535A 3540C 3545A 3550B 3640A 3650B 3660
Total Organic Halides (TOX) 9020B 9022 9020B 9022
Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons 4030 (5 ppm) 9074 8015B
Volatile Organics 8260B 8015B 8021B 5030B 5032 5021 5031 5032 5035
Sources
All method numbers refer to EPA SW-846, Update III, with changes as proposed in Update IV.
Options shown are generally for chemical classes; more detailed information may be available for specific compounds
GC/MS methods allow for scanning a broad range of volatile and semi-volatile compounds, but suffer from interference and higher detection limits.
Specific determination methods and HPLC methods allow for more precise determinations of specific compounds of interest.
1 Series 4000 are immunoassays and are for specific compounds within these classes (i.e., 2,4-D, TNT, RDX, and PCP). Soil detection limits are in parentheses.
2 This is not a method of choice, but rather a confirmatory method.

Screening Quick Reference Tables
Because trace elements are naturally occurring compounds, concentrations marine AET endpoints. The UETs for organic contaminants are generally listed
reflective of non-anthropogenically impacted, or background, are provided in for a sediment containing 1% TOC.
addition to toxicological benchmarks. For screening, trace element levels may This version of the SQuiRT cards adds a section on the composition of PCBs.
be compared to the geometric mean (and range) observed in natural soils in the A characterization of Aroclors by their degree of chlorination and congener
U.S. Further comparisons to regional values is encouraged. patterns may aid in preliminary exploration of source type. Definitive Aroclor
Promulgated criteria or standards for sediments or soils are generally not assignment should only be conducted by a qualified chemist.
available in the U.S. For screening purposes, contaminant levels in solids To express cumulative toxicity from mixtures of dioxins and furans, Toxic
(sediment or soil) may be compared to benchmarks representative of different Equivalency Factors are included in this version of the SQuiRT cards. Absolute
characterizations of ecological risk. They should not be applied without a concentrations can be multiplied by the TEF potency factors and the products
reasonable understanding of their development, their performance, and their then summed to derive total toxicity.
limitations.
Every effort has been made to ensure accuracy in these SQuiRT cards.
The NOAA SQuiRTs include multiple sediment screening values to help portray However, NOAA is not liable for errors in original sources or revision of values.
a spectrum of concentrations which have been associated with various These screening values are subject to change as new data become available.
probabilities of adverse biological effects. This spectrum ranges from The SQuiRT cards may be freely reproduced and distributed, if they are
presumably nearly non-toxic to toxic levels. For instance, if all analytes screen distributed in their entirety, without modification, and properly credited to NOAA.
below lower-threshold values (for example, TELs), this suggests, with a high
degree of confidence, that a sample with these levels of contaminants has a low
The SQuiRT cards should be cited as:
probability of being toxic, as tested through standard bioassays. Conversely,
exceeding lower thresholds does not necessarily predict toxicity. Comparison to Buchman, M. F., 2008. NOAA Screening Quick Reference Tables,
higher toxicity thresholds (for example, PELs) identifies compounds which are NOAA OR&R Report 08-1, Seattle WA, Office of Response and
more probably present at elevated, toxic levels. Restoriation Division, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, 34 pages.
Sources of benchmarks for sediment were chosen primarily on the basis of
representing a fairly unique approach for their derivation. A major exception is
the Consensus TEC/PEC values: these values are simply averages of other
existing benchmarks (mostly those appearing in the SQuiRT cards). The
consensus TEC/PECs are provided here merely as a service.
For soil- and sediment-associated contaminants, dry weight concentrations are
screened directly against published benchmarks. Some benchmarks are
available only on a Total Organic Carbon (TOC) normalized basis, and are
footnoted as such. Separate values are provided for either freshwater and
estuarine or marine sediments.
For freshwater sediments, the Upper Effects Threshold (UET) was derived by
NOAA as the lowest AET from a compilation of endpoint analogous to the

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Screening Quick Reference Tables

Analyte FRESHWATER SEDIMENT MARINE SEDIMENT

ANALYTE BACKGROUND 1 DUTCH STANDARDS 2 Eco-SSL 3

Aluminum Al 7429905 4.70% 0.5- >10% 50,000 a 600,000

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ANALYTE BACKGROUND 1 DUTCH STANDARDS 2 Eco-SSL 3

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Aluminum Al 50-200 * pH 750 pH 87

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HARDNESS CALCULATIONS UNFILTERED FRESHWATER CRITERIA UNFILTERED TO FILTERED CALCULATIONS

Chromium III (Cr+3) CMC = e

Copper (Cu) CMC = e

Lead (Pb) CMC = e

Mercury (Hg) CF = 0.85 CF = 0.85 CF = 0.85

Nickel (Ni) CMC = e

Selenium (Se) CF = 0.998

Silver (Ag) CMC = e

Zinc (Zn) CMC = e

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ANALYTE GROUND WATER SURFACE WATERS SOIL

1: L Environmental Risk Limit; S Serious Contamination Level

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ANALYTE GROUND WATER SURFACE WATERS SOIL

Benzo[b]fluoranthene 205992 9.07 V 300 *C 59,800

1: L Environmental Risk Limit; S Serious Contamination Level

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ANALYTE GROUND WATER SURFACE WATERS SOIL

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ANALYTE GROUND WATER SURFACE WATERS SOIL

1: L Environmental Risk Limit; S Serious Contamination Level

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ANALYTE GROUND WATER SURFACE WATERS SOIL

1: L Environmental Risk Limit; S Serious Contamination Level

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ANALYTE GROUND WATER SURFACE WATERS SOIL

1: L Environmental Risk Limit; S Serious Contamination Level

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ANALYTE GROUND WATER SURFACE WATERS SOIL

Formaldehyde 50000 50 S 900 W

1: L Environmental Risk Limit; S Serious Contamination Level

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ANALYTE GROUND WATER SURFACE WATERS SOIL

Methanol 67561 24,000 S

1: L Environmental Risk Limit; S Serious Contamination Level

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ANALYTE GROUND WATER SURFACE WATERS SOIL

Naphthylamine, 1- 134327 9,340

1: L Environmental Risk Limit; S Serious Contamination Level

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ANALYTE GROUND WATER SURFACE WATERS SOIL

1: L Environmental Risk Limit; S Serious Contamination Level