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Appendix E: New Zealand Guideline Values for Soil, Surface Water, Groundwater and Sediment

Soil (sediment)

Timber treatment (Ministry for the Environment and Ministry of Health, 1997)
Media:   Soil, water
Contaminants: Arsenic, boron, chromium III & VI, copper, PCPs
Acceptable risk level: 10-5
Protective of: Human health, stock health, plant life
Land uses: Agricultural, residential, industrial / unpaved
Gasworks (Ministry for the Environment, 1997)
Media: Soil, water, air
Contaminants: Phenol, creosol, total petroleum hydrocarbons (TPH), BTEX, PAH, cyanide (free, complex)
Acceptable risk level:  10-5
Protective of:    Human health, plant life, groundwater uses
Land uses: Residential (50%, 10%, high density), agricultural/horticultural, commercial/industrial, parkland/recreational
Oil industry (Ministry for the Environment, 1999b)
Media: Soil, water, air
Contaminants:  Total petroleum hydrocarbons (TPH), BTEX, PAH
Acceptable risk level: 10-5
Protective of: Human health, groundwater uses
Land uses: Residential, commercial/industrial, agricultural
Sheep dips – draft (Ministry for the Environment, 2006a)
Media: Soil, water
Contaminants:  Arsenic, dieldrin, lindane, ∑DDTs
Acceptable risk level: 10-5
Protective of: Human health
Land uses:   Lifestyle block, standard residential, high-density urban residential, parks/recreation, commercial/industrial (unpaved)
Lead-exposed persons (Ministry of Health, 1998)
Media: Soil
Contaminants: Lead
Acceptable risk level: NA
Protective of: Human health
Land uses: Residential

Water

Australian and New Zealand Guidelines for Fresh and Marine Water Quality (ANZECC and ARMCANZ, 2000)
Media: Water, sediment
Contaminants:   81 contaminants
Acceptable risk level:   NA
Protective of: Ecosystem health, stock health, human health
Land uses: NA
Drinking-water Standards for New Zealand, 2005 (Ministry of Health, 2005)
Media: Water
Contaminants: Approx. 140 contaminants
Acceptable risk level:  10-5
Protective of: Human health,
Land uses: NA
Gasworks (Ministry for the Environment, 1997)
Media: Soil, water, air
Contaminants: Phenol, creosol, total petroleum hydrocarbons (TPH), BTEX, PAH, cyanide (free, complex)
Acceptable risk level:  10-5
Protective of: Human health, plant life, groundwater uses
Land uses: Residential (50%, 10%, high density), agricultural/horticultural, commercial/industrial, parkland/recreational
Oil industry (Ministry for the Environment, 1999b)
Media: Soil, water, air
Contaminants:  Total petroleum hydrocarbons (TPH), BTEX, PAH
Acceptable risk level: 10-5
Protective of: Human health, groundwater uses
Land uses: Residential, commercial/industrial, agricultural

Air     

Ambient Air Quality Guidelines (Ministry for the Environment, 2002a)
Media:   Air
Contaminants:   Carbon monoxide, fine particles (PM10), nitrogen dioxide, sulphur dioxide, ozone, hydrogen sulphide, lead, benzene, 1,3-butadiene, formaldehyde, acetaldehyde, benzo(a)pyrene, mercury (inorganic), mercury (organic), chromium VId, chromium metal & chromium III, arsenic (inorganic), arsine
Acceptable risk level: Various
Protective of: Human health,
Land uses: Agricultural, residential, industrial / unpaved
Gasworks (Ministry for the Environment, 1997)
Media: Soil, water, air
Contaminants: Phenol, creosol, Total petroleum hydrocarbons (TPH), BTEX, PAH, cyanide (free, complex)
Acceptable risk level: 10-5
Protective of: Human health, plant life, groundwater uses
Land uses: Residential (50%, 10%, high density), agricultural/horticultural, commercial/industrial, parkland/recreational
Oil Industry (Ministry for the Environment, 1999b)
Media: Soil, water, air
Contaminants: Total petroleum hydrocarbons (TPH), BTEX, PAH
Acceptable risk level: 10-5
Protective of: Human health, groundwater uses
Land uses:   Residential, commercial/industrial, agricultural
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