Canadian Environmental Quality Guidelines Summary Table

Canadian Environmental Quality Guidelines
SUMMARY TABLE December 2003
Summary of Existing Canadian Environmental Quality Guidelines

These guidelines supersede previously published Canadian environmental quality guidelines (EQGs). The user is strongly advised to consult the appropriate chapter and/or fact sheet in this document for specific information pertaining to each EQG or range of EQGs listed in this table. Guideline values are listed under chemical names, which are cross-referenced with common names, abbreviations, and/or families of chemicals as appropriate. Units for each EQG are as indicated for each column unless otherwise noted in the table.
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8 Tissue Residue
Air Parameter 1 h, 8 h or 24 h, 1 a (gm-3 ) Acenaphthene [See Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs)] Acenaphthylene [See Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs)] Acridine [See Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs)] Aesthetics Aldicarb Aldrin + Dieldrin Algae, blue-green [See Cyanobacteria] Aliphatic chlorinated hydrocarbonsbb (each) Aliphatics nonchlorinated (each) Aluminum Ammonia (total) Ammonia (un-ionized) Aniline Anthracene [See Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs)] Antimony Antimony125 Aquatic plants Aroclor 1254 [See Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)] Arsenic Atrazine Azinphos-methyl Barium Bendiocarb Benz(a)anthracene [See Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs)] Benzene
a
Water: Community MAC, IMAC (gL-1 )

b
Water: Recreation and aesthetics Water: Aquatic life Water: Agriculture Freshwater Marine Irrigation Livestock (gL )
-1
Sediment Freshwater ISQG (gkg-1 )

d
Soil Marine
d
AO (gL-1 )
(gL )
-1
(gL )
-1
(gL )
-1
PEL (gkg-1 )
ISQG (gkg-1 )
PELe (gkg-1 )
Agri.f (mgkg-1 )
Res./Park g (mgkg-1 )
Comm.h (mgkg-1 )
Industrial i (mgkg-1 )
(gkg-1 diet ww)
Narrative 9 0.7 1 No EQG j 0.1y 0.3y 100

q, r
0.15
54.9
11
5y
50y
50y
5100 see factsheet s 19s 2.2
5000ff
5000ff
6 (IMAC) 100 BqL-1 k Narrative 25 (IMAC) 5 (IMAC) 20 1000 40 5.0 1.8 12.5 100 10 25 5 5900 17 000 7240 41 600
20y
20y
40y
40y
12
12
12
12
750
500
2000
2000
370
110
0.05
0.5
5 Continued.
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Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Air Parameter
Water: Community AO c (gL-1 )
-1
Sediment Freshwater ISQGd (gkg-1 ) PELe (gkg-1 ) Marine ISQGd (gkg-1 ) PELe (gkg-1 ) Agri.f (mgkg-1 )
Soil Res./Park g (mgkg-1 ) Comm.h (mgkg-1 ) Industrial i (mgkg-1 ) (gkg-1 diet ww)
1 h, 8 h or 24 h, 1 aa MAC, IMAC b (gm-3 ) (gL-1 ) Benzo(b)fluoranthene [See Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs)] Benzo(k)fluoranthene [See Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs)] Beryllium 2,2-Bis(p-chlorophenyl)-1,1-dichloroethane [See DDD] 2,2-Bis(p-chlorophenyl)-1,1,1-trichloroethane [See DDT] Blue-green algae [See Cyanobacteria] Boron Bromacil Bromate Bromoform [See Halogenated methanes, Tribromomethane] Bromoxynil Cadmium Calcium Captan Carbaryl Carbofuran Carbon monoxide
(gL )
-1
(gL )
-1
(gL )
-1
100ff
100ff
4y
4y
8y
8y
5000 (IMAC) 5.0 10 (IMAC)r
5006000ff 0.2
5000ff 1100
2y,z
5 (IMAC) 5
5.0 0.017 1.3 0.20 1.8
0.12
0.33 5.1
90 90 1 h: 15 00035 000 8 h: 600020 000 1 a: no EQG j
0.32
11 80 1 000 000ff 13 1100 45
600
3500
700
4200
1.4
10
22
22
Carbon tetrachloride [See Halogenated methanes, Tetrachloromethane] Cerium141 Cerium144 Cesium134 Cesium137 Chemical characteristics Chloramines [See Reactive chlorine species] Chlordane Chloride Chlorinated benzenes Monochlorobenzene 1,2-Dichlorobenzene 1,3-Dichlorobenzene 1,4-Dichlorobenzene 1,2,3-Trichlorobenzene 1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene
100 BqL-1 k 20 BqL-1 k 7 BqL-1 k 10 BqL-1 k Narrative No EQG j 250 000 30 3 1 100 000 700 000ff 1.3 0.70 150 26 8.0 24 25 42 0.1y 0.1y 0.1y 0.1y 0.05y 0.05y 1y 1y 1y 1y 2y 2y 10y 10y 10y 10y 10y 10y 10y 10y 10y 10y 10y 10y Continued. No EQG j 4.50 8.87 2.26 4.79
80 200 5
5.4
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Air Parameter
Water: Recreation and aesthetics Water: Aquatic life Water: Agriculture Freshwater Marine Irrigation Livestock (gL ) 1.8
-1
Sediment Freshwater ISQGd (gkg-1 ) PELe (gkg-1 ) Marine ISQGd (gkg-1 ) PELe (gkg-1 ) Agri.f (mgkg-1 ) 0.05y 0.05y 0.05y 0.05y 0.05y 0.05y
Soil Res./Park g (mgkg-1 ) 2y 2y 2y 2y 2y 2y Comm.h (mgkg-1 ) 10y 10y 10y 10y 10y 10y Industrial i (mgkg-1 ) 10y 10y 10y 10y 10y 10y (gkg-1 diet ww)
1 h, 8 h or 24 h, 1 aa MAC, IMAC b (gm-3 ) (gL-1 ) 1,3,5-Trichlorobenzene 1,2,3,4-Tetrachlorobenzene 1,2,3,5-Tetrachlorobenzene 1,2,4,5-Tetrachlorobenzene Pentachlorobenzene Hexachlorobenzene Chlorinated ethanes 1,1-Dichloroethane 1,2-Dichloroethane 1,1,1-Trichloroethane 1,1,2-Trichloroethane 1,1,2,2-Tetrachlorethane Chlorinated ethenes Monochloroethene (Vinyl chloride) 1,1-Dichloroethene (Dichloroethylene) 1,2-Dichloroethene 1,1,2-Trichloroethene (Trichloroethylene, TCE) 1,1,2,2-Tetrachloroethene (Tetrachloroethylene, PCE) Chlorinated methanes [See Halogenated methanes] Chlorinated phenols Monochlorophenols Dichlorophenols 2,4-Dichlorophenol Trichlorophenols 2,4,6-Trichlorophenol Tetrachlorophenols 2,3,4,6-Tetrachlorophenol Pentachlorophenol (PCP) Chlorinated propane (1,2-dichloropropane) Chlorinated propene (1,2-dichloropropene (cis and trans)) Chlorine, reactive [See Reactive chlorine species] Chloroform [See Halogenated methanes, Trichloromethane] 4-Chloro-2-methyl phenoxy acetic acid [See MCPA] Chlorothalonil Chlorpyrifos Chromium Trivalent chromium (Cr(III)) Hexavalent chromium (Cr(VI)) Chrysene [See Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs)] 5 (IMAC)
(gL )
-1
(gL )
-1
(gL )
-1
6.0 0.52
100
ff
0.1y 0.1y 0.1y 0.1y 0.1y
5y 5y 5y 5y 5y
50y 50y 50y 50y 50y
50y 50y 50y 50y 50y
2 14 50 30 21 111 50ff
0.1y 0.1y 0.1 0.1
5y 5y 3 0.2
50y 50y 31 0.5
50y 50y 31 0.6
7ff 0.2ff 900 5 100 60 0.3 18ff 2 1ff 1 30 0.5ff
0.05y 0.05y 0.05y 0.05y 0.05y 0.05y 0.05y 7.6 0.1y 0.1y
0.5y 0.5y 0.5y 0.5y 0.5y 0.5y 0.5y 7.6 5y 5y
5y 5y 5y 5y 5y 5y 5y 7.6 50y 50y
5y 5y 5y 5y 5y 5y 5y 7.6 50y 50y
90 50
0.18 0.0035 8.9 1.0
0.36 0.002 56 1.5
5.8
170 24 37 300 90 000 52 300 160 000 64 0.4 64 0.4 87 1.4 87 1.4 Continued. 50 50
4.9 8
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Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Air Parameter
Water: Recreation and aesthetics Water: Aquatic life Water: Agriculture Freshwater Marine Irrigation Livestock (gL ) Narrative 50ff 1000ff
-1
Sediment Freshwater ISQGd (gkg-1 ) PELe (gkg-1 ) Marine ISQGd (gkg-1 ) PELe (gkg-1 ) Agri.f (mgkg-1 ) 40y
Soil Res./Park g (mgkg-1 ) 50y Comm.h (mgkg-1 ) 300y Industrial i (mgkg-1 ) 300y (gkg-1 diet ww)
1 h, 8 h or 24 h, 1 aa MAC, IMAC b (gm-3 ) (gL-1 ) Clarity Cobalt Cobalt60 Coliforms, fecal (Escherichia coli) Coliforms, total
(gL )
-1
(gL )
-1
(gL )
-1
2 BqL Narrative Narrative
-1 k
Narrative
100 per 100 mLff 1000 per 100 mLff
Coliphages Colour Conductivity Copper Cyanazine Cyanide Cyanobacteria (Blue-green algae) Cyanobacterial toxins (as Microcystin - LR) 2,4-D [See 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid] DDAC (Didecyl dimethyl ammonium chloride) DDD (2,2-Bis (p-chlorophenyl)-1,1-dichloroethane; Dichloro diphenyl dichloroethane) DDE (1,1-Dichloro-2,2-bis(p-chlorophenyl)-ethene, Diphenyl dichloro ethylene DDT (2,2-Bis(p-chlorophenyl)-1,1,1-trichloroethane; Dichloro diphenyl trichloroethane) Debris Deltamethrin Deposited bedload sediment [See Total particulate matter] Diazinon Dibenz(a,h)anthracene [See Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs)] Dibromochloromethane [See Halogenated methanes] Di-n-butyl phthalate [See Phthalate esters] Dicamba Dichlorobenzene [See Chlorinated benzenes] Dichlorobromomethane [See Halogenated methanes] 1,1-Dichloro-2,2-bis(p-chlorophenyl)-ethene [See DDE] Dichloro diphenyl dichloroethane [See DDD] Dichloro diphenyl trichloroethane [See DDT] Dichloroethane [See Chlorinated ethanes] 20 10 (IMAC) 200
Narrative 15 TCUm 1000 Narrative Narrative 24

ff
Narrative 2001000 0.5 5005000 10 0.9 Narrative 0.9 8.0 8.0 35 700 197 000 18 700 108 000 2y [dS/m] 63 2y [dS/m] 63 4y [dS/m] 91 4y [dS/m] 91
2.0 5ff Narrative
1.5 See also Phenoxy herbicides o 1.5 See also Phenoxy herbicides o 3.54 8.51 1.22 7.81 14.0l 14.0l 0.7 0.7 12 12 14.0l
1.42 No EQGj Narrative 0.0004 2.5 No EQGj 1.19
6.75 4.77
2.07 1.19
374 4.77
120
10
0.006
122
Continued.
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Air Parameter
-1
1 h, 8 h or 24 h, 1 aa MAC, IMAC b (gm-3 ) (gL-1 ) Dichloroethene [See Chlorinated ethenes] Dichloroethylene [See Chlorinated ethenes, 1,1-Dichloroethene] Dichloromethane [See Halogenated methanes] Dichlorophenols [See Chlorinated phenols] 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D) [See also Phenoxy herbicides] 1,2-dichloropropane [See chlorinated propane] 1,2-dichloropropene [See chlorinated propene] Diclofop-methyl Didecyl dimethyl ammonium chloride [See DDAC] Dieldrin Dieldrin + Aldrin [See Aldrin + Dieldrin] Diethylene glycol [See Glycols] Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate [See Phthalate esters] Dimethoate Di-n-butyl phthalate [See Phthalate esters] Di-n-octyl phthalate [See Phthalate esters] Dinoseb Diphenyl dichloro ethylene [See DDE] Diquat Dissolved gas supersaturation Dissolved oxygen [See Oxygen, dissolved] Dissolved solids [See Total dissolved solids] Diuron Endosulfan Endrin Enterococci Escherichia coli [See Coliforms, fecal] Ethylbenzene Ethylene glycol [See Glycols] Fecal coliforms [See Coliforms, fecal] Fluoranthene [See Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs)] Fluorene [See Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs)] Fluoride Inorganic fluorides
(gL )
-1
(gL )
-1
(gL )
-1
100 (IMAC)
See also Phenoxy herbicides o
See also Phenoxy herbicides o
6.1
0.18
9 2.85 6.67 0.71 4.30
20 (IMAC)
6.2
10 70
0.05
16
150
Narrative Narrative
150 0.02ff No EQG j Narrative 2.4 90 25 2.4 0.1 1.2 20 20 No EQG j 2.67 62.4 2.67 62.4
1500 120 No EQG

j
1000
10002000
200y
400y
2000y
2000y Continued.
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Air Parameter
Water: Recreation and aesthetics Water: Aquatic life Water: Agriculture Freshwater Marine Irrigation Livestock (gL ) 192 000 500 000 65
-1
Sediment Freshwater ISQGd (gkg-1 ) PELe (gkg-1 ) Marine ISQGd (gkg-1 ) PELe (gkg-1 ) Agri.f (mgkg-1 ) 960
Soil Res./Park g (mgkg-1 ) 960 Comm.h (mgkg-1 ) 960 Industrial i (mgkg-1 ) 960 (gkg-1 diet ww)
1 h, 8 h or 24 h, 1 aa MAC, IMAC b (gm-3 ) (gL-1 ) Glycols Ethylene glycol Diethylene glycol Propylene glycol Glyphosate Grease and oil [See Oil and grease] Halogenated methanes Monochloromethane (Methyl chloride) Dichloromethane (Methylene chloride) Trichloromethane (Chloroform) Tetrachloromethane (Carbon tetrachloride) Monobromomethane (Methyl bromide) Tribromomethane (Bromoform) Dichlorobromomethane Dibromochloromethane Trihalomethanes (total) HCBD [See Hexachlorobutadiene] Heptachlor (Heptachlor epoxide) Hexachlorobenzene [See Chlorinated benzenes] Hexachlorobutadiene (HCBD) Hexachlorocyclohexane [See Lindane] Hydrogen fluoride 1 h: no EQG j 24 h: 1.1 7 d: 0.5
(gL )
-1
(gL )
-1
(gL )
-1
280 (IMAC)
280ff
50 5
insufficient data 98.1 1.8 13.3
insufficient data 50ff 100ff 5ff 100ff 100ff 100ff
0.1y 0.1y 0.1y
5y 5y 5y
50y 50y 50y
50y 50y 50y
100 (IMAC)
No EQG j 1.3
No EQG j
0.60
2.74
0.60
2.74
Hypochlorous acid [See Reactive chlorine species] Indeno(1,2,3-c,d)pyrene [See Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs)] Inorganic fluorides [See Fluoride] Iodine125 Iodine131 3-Iodo-2-propynyl butyl carbamate [See IPBC] IPBC (3-Iodo-2-propynyl butyl carbamate) Iron Iron59 Lead Lead210 Lindane (Hexachlorocyclohexane) Linuron Lithium
10 BqL-1 k 6 BqL-1 k
300 40 BqL 10
-1 k
1.9 300ff 17ff
5000ff 200ff 100 35 000 91 300 30 200 112 000 70 140 260 600
0.1 BqL-1 k 0.01 7.0 4ff 0.071 2500ff Continued. 0.94 1.38 0.32 0.99 0.01y
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Air Parameter
Water: Community AO c (gL-1 ) 50 200 BqL

-1 k
-1
Malathion Manganese Manganese54 MCPA (4-Chloro-2-methyl phenoxy acetic acid; 2-Methyl-4-chloro phenoxy acetic acid) Mercury Inorganic mercury Methylmercury Methoxychlor Methyl bromide [See Halogenated methanes, Monobromomethane] Methyl chloride [See Halogenated methanes, Monochloromethane] 2-Methyl-4-chloro phenoxy acetic acid [See MCPA] Methylene chloride [See Halogenated methanes, Dichloromethane] 2-Methylnaphthalene [See Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs)] Methyl tertiary-butyl ether [See MTBE] Metolachlor Metribuzin Molybdenum Molybdenum99 Monobromomethane [See Halogenated methanes] Monochloramine [See Reactive chlorine species] Monochlorobenzene [See Chlorinated benzenes] Monochloroethene [See Chlorinated ethenes] Monochloromethane [See Halogenated methanes] Monochlorophenols [See Chlorinated phenols] MTBE (Methyl tertiary-butyl ether) Naphthalene [See Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs)] Nickel Niobium95 Nitrate Nitrate + Nit rite Nitrilotriacetic acid (NTA) Nitrite Nitrite + Nitrate [See Nitrate + Nitrite]
1 h, 8 h or 24 h, 1 aa MAC, IMAC b (gm-3 ) (gL-1 ) 190
(gL )
-1
(gL ) 200ff
-1
(gL )
-1
2.6 1 0.026 0.004gg 900

gg
4.2
0.025
25 3ff 170 486 130 700 6.6 6.6 24 50

see Methylmercury
0.016
gg
33.0s
50 (IMAC) 80 70 BqL-1 k
7.8 1.0 73
28 0.5 1050ff
50 80 500ff 5y 10y 40y 40y
10 000 25150ff 200 BqL 45 000

-1 k
5 000 200ff 16 000hh 100 000ff 1000ff 50 50 50 50
13 000hh
400 3200
60ff
10 000ff Continued.
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Air Parameter
-1
Nitrogen dioxide
1 h, 8 h or 24 h, 1 aa MAC, IMAC b (gm-3 ) (gL-1 ) 1 h: 4001000 24 h: 200300 1 a: 60100
(gL )
-1
(gL )
-1
(gL )
-1
Nonylphenol and its ethoxylates NTA [See Nitrilotriacetic acid] Nuisance organisms Odour Oil and grease Organotins Tributyltin Tricyclohexyltin Triphenyltin Oxygen, dissolved Ozone
1.0cc
0.7cc
1.4dd mgkg-1 dwee
1.0dd mgkg-1 dwee
5.7
5.7
14
14
Narrative Inoffensive Narrative See Canada wide Standard
0.008 0.022 55009500 1 h: 100300 24 h: 3050 1 a: 30 10 (IMAC) 50 1 h: no EQG j 24 h: 15 1 a: no EQG j 1 h: no EQG j 24 h: 25 1 a: no EQG j Narrative
0.001
250ff 250ff 820ff
>8000
PAHs [See Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs)] Paraquat (as dichloride) Parathion Particulate matter <2.5 m (PM <2.5)
Particulate matter <10 m (PM <10)
Pathogens (aquatic) PCBs [See Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)] PCDD/Fs [See Polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins/dibenzo furans PCE [See Chlorinated ethenes, 1,1,2,2-Tetrachloroethene] PCP [See Chlorinated phenols, Pentachlorophenol] Pentachlorobenzene [See Chlorinated benzenes] Pentachlorophenol [See Chlorinated phenols] pH Phenanthrene [See Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs)] Phenolic compounds, nonchlorinatedaa Phenols Phenoxy herbicides Phorate
6.58.5n
5.09.0n
6.59.0n
7.08.7n
+narrative
6 to 8y
6 to 8y
6 to 8y
6 to 8y
0.1y 4.0 4ff 2 2 100ff 3.8
1y 3.8
10y 3.8
10y 3.8
Continued.
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Air Parameter
-1
Sediment Freshwater ISQGd (gkg-1 ) PELe (gkg-1 ) Marine ISQGd (gkg-1 ) PELe (gkg-1 ) Agri.f (mgkg-1 ) 30y
1 h, 8 h or 24 h, 1 aa MAC, IMAC b (gm-3 ) (gL-1 ) Phthalic acid esters (each) Phthalate esters Di-n-butyl phthalate Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate Di-n-octyl phthalate Picloram PM <2.5 [See Particulate matter <2.5 m] PM <10 [See Particulate matter <10 m] Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) 190 (IMAC)
(gL )
-1
(gL )
-1
(gL )
-1
19 16
29
190ff
No EQGj No EQGj
34.1
277
21.5
189
0.5
1.3
33
33
mammalian: 0.79 ng TEQkg-1 diet wwt avian: 2.4 ng TEQkg-1 diet wwu
Aroclor 1254 Polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins/dibenzo furans (PCDD/Fs) No EQGj No EQGj
60v 0.85 ng TEQ.kg-1 dws,w
340v 21.5 ng TEQ.kg-1 dws,w
63.3v 0.85 ng TEQ.kg-1 dws,w
709v 21.5 ng TEQ.kg-1 dws,w 4 ng 4 ng TEQ.kg- 4 ng TEQ.kg1 1 TEQ.kg-1

mammalian: 4 ng -1 TEQ.kg-1 0.71 ng TEQkg s,t diet ww avian: 4.75 ng TEQkg-1 diet wws,u
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) Acenaphthene Acenaphthylene Acridine Anthracene Benzo(a)anthracene Benzo(a)pyrene Benzo(b)fluoranthene Benzo(k)fluoranthene Chrysene Dibenz(a,h)anthracene Fluoranthene Fluorene Indeno(1,2,3-c,d)pyrene 2-Methylnaphthalene Naphthalene Phenanthrene Pyrene Quinoline Propylene glycol [See Glycols] Pyrene [See Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs)]
5.8 4.4 0.012 0.018 0.015
6.71 5.87 46.9 31.7 31.9
88.9 128 245 385 782
6.71 5.87 46.9 74.8 88.8
88.9 128 245 693 763
0.01
0.1y 0.1 0.1y 0.1y 0.1y
1y 0.7 1y 1y 1y
10y 0.7 10y 10y 10y
10 y 0.7 10y 10y 10y
0.04 3.0
57.1 6.22 111 21.2 20.2 34.6 41.9 53.0
862 135 2355 144 201 391 515 875
108 6.22 113 21.2 20.2 34.6 86.7 153
846 135 1494 144 201 391 544 1398
0.1y 1.1 0.4 0.025 3.4 1.4 0.1 0.1y 0.1y 0.1y
1y 0.6 5y 10y
10y 22 50y 100y
10y 22 50y 100y
Continued.
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Air Parameter
-1
1 h, 8 h or 24 h, 1 aa MAC, IMAC b (gm-3 ) (gL-1 ) Quinoline [See Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs)] Radium224 Radium226 Radium228 Reactive chlorine species (Hypochlorous acid and monochloramine) Chloramines Ruthenium103 Ruthenium106 Salinity Selenium Silver Simazine Sodium Sodium adsorption ratio Streambed substrate [See Total particulate matter] Strontium90 Styrene Sulphate Sulphide (asH2S) Sulphur dioxide 2 BqL-1 k 0.6 BqL-1 k 0.5 BqL-1 k
(gL )
-1
(gL )
-1
(gL )
-1
0.5 3000 100 BqL-1 k 10 BqL-1 k
0.5
Narrative 10 1.0ff 0.1ff 10 200 000 5y 5 BqL-1 k 72 500 000 50 1 h: 450900 24 h: 150800 1 a: 3060 500y 1 000 000
ff
2050ff
50ff
1 20y
1 20y
3.9 40y
3.9 40y
10 (IMAC)
0.5
10 5y 12y 12y
0.1y
5y
50y
50y
Sulphur (elemental) Suspended particulates [See Total suspended particulates] Suspended sediments [See Total particulate matter] Taste TCE [See Chlorinated ethenes, 1,1,2-Trichloroethene] Tebuthiuron Temperature Terbufos Tetrachlorobenzene [See Chlorinated benzenes] Tetrachloroethane [See Chlorinated ethanes] Tetrachloroethene [See Chlorinated ethenes] Tetrachloroethylene [See Chlorinated ethenes, 1,1,2,2-Tetrachloroethene] Tetrachloromethane [See Halogenated methanes] Tetrachlorophenols [See Chlorinated phenols] 1 (IMAC)
Inoffensive 1.6 15C Narrative Narrative Narrative 0.27 130
Continued.
10
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Air Parameter
Water: Recreation and aesthetics Water: Aquatic life Water: Agriculture Freshwater Marine Irrigation Livestock (gL ) 0.8
-1
Sediment Freshwater ISQGd (gkg-1 ) PELe (gkg-1 ) Marine ISQGd (gkg-1 ) PELe (gkg-1 ) Agri.f (mgkg-1 ) 1 0.1y
1 h, 8 h or 24 h, 1 aa MAC, IMAC b (gm-3 ) (gL-1 ) Thallium Thiophene Thorium228 Thorium230 Thorium232 Thorium234 Tin Toluene Total dissolved solids Total particulate matter Deposited bedload sediment Streambed substrate Suspended sediments Turbidity Total petroleum hydrocarbons [See oil and grease] Total suspended particulates
(gL )
-1
(gL )
-1
(gL )
-1
2 BqL-1 k 0.4 BqL-1 k 0.1 BqL-1 k 20 BqL-1 k 5y 0.1 50y 0.8 300y 0.8 300y 0.8
24 500 000
2.0
215 500 000 3 500 000
24 3 000 000
1 NTU
5 NTU
Narrative
Narrative Narrative Narrative Narrative
Narrative Narrative Narrative Narrative
1 h: no EQG j 24 h: 120400 1 a: 6070 No EQG j No EQG j 0.24 No EQG j 230ff 0.1x 0.1x 6.3
Toxaphene Triallate Tribromomethane [See Halogenated methanes] Tributyltin [See Organotins] Trichlorobenzene [See Chlorinated benzenes] Trichloroethane [See Chlorinated ethanes] Trichloroethene [See Chlorinated ethenes] Trichloroethylene [See Chlorinated ethenes, 1,1,2-Trichloroethene] Trichloromethane [See Halogenated methanes] Trichlorophenol [See Chlorinated phenols] Tricyclohexyltin [See Organotins] Trifluralin Trihalomethanes [See Halogenated methanes] Triphenyltin [See Organotins] Tritium Turbidity [See Total particulate matter] Uranium Uranium234 Uranium235 Uranium238
45 (IMAC)
0.20
45
7000 BqL-1 k 20 (IMAC) 4 BqL-1 k 4 BqL-1 k 4 BqL-1 k 10ff 200ff
Continued.
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Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Air Parameter
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Sediment Freshwater ISQGd (gkg-1 ) PELe (gkg-1 ) Marine ISQGd (gkg-1 ) PELe (gkg-1 ) Agri.f (mgkg-1 ) 130
1 h, 8 h or 24 h, 1 aa MAC, IMAC b (gm-3 ) (gL-1 ) Vanadium Vinyl chloride [See Chlorinated ethenes, Monochloroethene] Waterborne pathogens Xylene Zinc Zinc65 Zirconium95
a
(gL )
-1
(gL ) 100ff
-1
(gL ) 100ff
-1
Narrative 300 5000 40 BqL-1 k 100 BqL-1 k

y
30
10005000ff
50 000ff
123 000
315 000
124 000
271 000
0.1 200
1 200
17 360
20 360
1 h, 8 h or 24 h, 1 a: 1-hour, 8-hour, or 24-hour, and 1-year averaging times. For hydrogen fluoride, a 7-day averaging time was used instead of annual averaging. MAC: Maximum acceptable concentration. IMAC: Interim maximum acceptable concentration. The guideline listed is the MAC unless otherwise noted in parentheses. c AO: Aesthet ic objective. d ISQG: Interim sediment quality guideline. e PEL: Probable effect level. f Agri.: Agricultural land uses. g Res./Park: Residential/Parkland uses. h Comm.: Commercial land uses. iIndustrial: Industrial land uses. j No EQG: No environmental quality guideline is recommended; see environmental quality guidelines for other media where appropriate. k BqL-1: Becquerels per litre. l The tissue residue guideline is for total DDT, which is equal to DDD + DDE + DDT. m TCU: True colour units. n No units for pH. o The aquatic life guideline of 4.0 gL-1 for phenoxy herbicides is based on data for ester formulations of 2,4-dicholorophenoxyacetic acid. p NTU: Nephelometric turbidity units. q A health-based guideline for aluminium in drinking water has not been established. However, water treatment plants using aluminium -based coagulants should optimize their operations to reduce residual aluminium levels in treated water to the lowest extent possible as a precautionary measure. Operational guidance values of less than 100 gL-1 total aluminium for conventional treatment plants and less than 200 gL-1 total aluminium for other types of treatment systems are recommended. Any attempt to minimize aluminium residuals must not compromise the effectiveness of disinfection processes or interfere with the removal of disinfection by -product precursors. r Guideline modified / released: April 1999 s Guideline modified / released: March 2001 t Values are expressed as toxic equivalency (TEQ) units, based on WHO 1998 TEF values for mammals. u Values are expressed as toxic equivalency (TEQ) units, based on WHO 1998 TEF values for birds. v Sediment quality guideline for Aroclor 1254: Provisional; 1% TOC; adoption of severe effect level of 34 gg-1 TOC from Ontario (Persaud et al. 1993). w Values are expressed as toxic equivalency (TEQ) units, based on WHO 1998 TEF values for fish. x Sediment quality guideline for Toxaphene: Provisional; 1% TOC; adoption of the chronic sediment quality criterion of 0.01 gg-1 TOC of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC 1994).
b
This interim remediation criterion (CCME1991) was put in place prior to development of the soil protocol (CCME1996). The criterion should be used until superseded by a full guideline. For more information consult Chapter 7:Soil, especially Table 1 Canadian Soil Quality Guidelines and Table 2 Historical record of interim remediation criteria for soil and soil quality guidelines. z Hot water soluble boron. aa Guidelines are for each chemical and include: 2,4-dimethylphenol 2,4-dinitrophenol 2-methyl 4,6-dinitrophenol nitrophenol (2-,4-) cresol bb Aliphatic chlorinated hydrocarbons include: chloroform dichloroethane (1,1- 1,2-), dichloroethene (1,1- 1,2-) dichloromethane 1,2-dichloropropane, 1,2-dichloropropene (cis and trans) 1,1,2,2-tetrachloroethane, carbon tetrachloride trichloroethane (1,1,1- 1,1,2-) cc Expressed on a TEQ basis using NP TEFs, see nonylphenol factsheet in Table 2. dd Provisional; use of equillibrium partitionin g approach. ee Expressed on a TEQ basis using NP TEFs; assumes 1% TOC.
ff
No fact sheet created. For more information on this guideline, please refer to Canadian Water Quality Guidelines (CCREM 1987), available electronically on the accompanying CEQG CD.
gg
May not protect fully high trophic level fish, and may not prevent accumulation of methylmercury in aquatic life, therefore, may not protect wildlife that consume aquatic life; see factsheet for details. Consult also the appropriate Canadian Tissue Residue Guideline for the Protection of Wildlife Consumers of Aquatic Biota.
hh
For protection from direct toxic effects; the guidelines do not consider indirect effects due to eutrophication.
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Chapter 8 Tissue Residue

Water: Community MAC, IMAC (gL-1 )

Sediment Freshwater ISQG (gkg-1 )

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Narrative 9 0.7 1 No EQG j 0.1y 0.3y 100

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