Draft Methodology for Deriving Soil Guideline Values Protective of Human Health
- Acknowledgements
- Status of this Document
- Executive Summary
- 1 Introduction
- 2 General Approach to Generic Guideline Derivation
- 3 Exposure Scenarios
- 4 Derivation Equations
- 5 Exposure Parameters
- 6 Soil Guideline Values for Selected Priority Contaminants
- 7 Summary of Soil Guideline Values
- Appendix 1
- Appendix 2
- Appendix 3
- Appendix 4
- Appendix 5
- Abbreviations and Glossary
- References
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Draft Methodology for Deriving Soil Guideline Values Protective of Human Health
This technical report outlines a risk-based methodology for deriving soil contaminant concentrations protective of human health. Together with the Draft Toxicological Intake Values for Priority Contaminants in Soil, this document serves as a technical reference in support of the Proposed National Environmental Standard for Assessing and Managing Contaminants in Soil, and should be read in conjunction with it.
This document has been superseded by Methodology for Deriving Standards for Contaminants in Soil to Protect Human Health.
Acknowledgements
This report was prepared for the Ministry for the Environment by Graeme Proffitt (Pattle Delamore Partners Limited). The sections of the report relating to plant bioconcentration factors for each contaminant, and produce consumption (Appendix 3), were derived from reports prepared by Jo-Anne Cavanagh (Landcare Research).
The advice and assistance of the Ministry’s Technical Advisory Group for this report is acknowledged. The members were:
Natalia Foronda – Ministry of Health
Marcus Hermann – Auckland City Council
Nick Kim – Environment Waikato
Murray Parrish – Carter Holt Harvey
John Reeves – New Zealand Food Safety Authority
Martin Robertson – Shell Oil
Gerald Rys – Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
Jim Waters – Environmental Risk Management Authority New Zealand
Status of this Document
Together with the Draft Toxicological Intake Values for Priority Contaminants in Soil, this document serves as a technical reference in support of the Ministry for the Environment’s Discussion Document: Proposed National Environmental Standard for Assessing and Managing Contaminants in Soil.
Final versions of these documents will be published when work is completed on the National Environmental Standard.
Comments are invited on the content of this document, and in particular, the noting of any errors would be appreciated. Since this document is in draft form, changes may be made following the receipt of comments.
Please send comments by 19 April 2010, either electronically to cmlg@mfe.govt.nz, or by post to:
SGVs for Contaminants in Soil
Ministry for the Environment
PO Box 10362
Wellington 6143
The Ministry contacts for further information are James Court and Howard Ellis, phone (04) 439 7400.
