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Table 1: Leachability limits and screening concentrations

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  CAS no.1
Class A landfills
Screening criteria2
(mg/kg)

Concentration in leachate
(mg/L)

Inorganic contaminants

Aluminium

7429-90-5

800

405

Antimony

7440-36-0

12

0.64

Arsenic

7440-38-2

100

53

Barium

7440-39-3

2,000

1003

Beryllium

7440-41-7

200

104,6

Boron

7440-42-8

400

206

Cadmium

7440-43-9

20

13,6

Chromium (VI)

18540-29-9

100

53

Copper

7440-50-8

100

55

Fluoride

16984-48-8

4,000

2005,6

Lead

7439-92-1

100

53

Lithium

7439-93-2

400

204

Mercury

7439-97-6

4

0.23,6

Molybdenum

7439-98-7

200

105

Nickel

7440-02-0

200

105,6

Selenium

7782-49-2

200

13,6

Silver

7440-22-4

200

53

Tin

7440-31-5

20,000

10004,6

Vanadium

7440-62-2

40

25

Zinc

7440-66-6

200

105

Aromatic hydrocarbons

Aniline

62-53-3

4

0.25

Styrene

100-42-5

120

65,6

Polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons

Naphthalene

91-20-3

200

105,6

Other halogenated aromatic hydrocarbons

1,2 Dichlorobenzene

95-50-1

4

0.25,6

1,3 Dichlorobenzene

541-73-1

1000

505,6

1,2,3 Trichlorobenzene

87-61-6

1000

505,6

1,2,4 Trichlorobenzene

120-82-1

800

405,6

BTEX

Benzene

71-43-2

10

0.53

Toluene

108-88-3

2000

1005,6

Ethyl benzene

100-41-4

1000

504,6

Xylene (m,o,p)

1330-20-7

2000

1004,6

Chlorinated aliphatic hydrocarbons

Vinyl chloride

75-01-4

4

0.23

1,2 Dichloroethene

540-59-0

200

104,6

1,3 Dichloropropene

542-75-6

40

24,6

Dichloromethane

75-09-2

40

24,6

1,1,1, Trichloroethane

71-55-6

4,000

2004,6

1,1,2 Trichloroethane

79-00-5

10,000

5005,6

1,1,2,2 Tetrachloroethane

79-34-5

1,000

505,6

1,2 Dibromo-3-chloropropane

96-12-8

40

0.24

1,2 Dichloropropane

78-87-5

20

14

Other halogenated aliphatic hydrocarbons

Bromodichloromethane

75-27-4

20

14

Bromoform

75-25-2

200

104

Dibromochloromethane

124-48-1

200

104

Phenols

2,4,6 Trichlorophenol

88-06-2

2

0.14,6

2 Chlorophenol

95-57-8

0.1

0.054,6

2,4 Dichlorophenol

120-83-2

0.1

0.054,6

Phenol

108-95-2

800

405

Pesticides

2,4 Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4 D)

94-75-7

200

103,6

Aldrin

309-00-2

0.00016

0.000085

Dieldrin

60-57-1

8

0.45,6

Endosulfan

115-29-7

6

0.35,6

Phthalates

Diethylphthalate

84-66-2

2,000

1005

Dimethylphthalate

131-11-3

8,000

4005

Di-n-butylphthlate

84-74-2

6,000

3005

Other organics

Carbon disulphide

75-15-0

60

35

Organometallics

Tributyltin oxide (TBTO)

56-35-9

60

34

  1. Chemical Abstracts Service Registry Number - a unique identifier that tells you, for example, that acetone and dimethyl ketone are the same substance.
  2. Screening criterion = 20 x TCLP criteria; where contaminant concentration is below the screening criteria, no TCLP test is necessary.
  3. Adopted from the US EPA TCLP numbers.
  4. Derived using a constituent specific dilution attenuation factor and the Drinking-water Standards for New Zealand (Ministry of Health, 1995).
  5. Derived using a constituent specific dilution attenuation factor and the Australian and New Zealand Guidelines for Fresh and Marine Water Quality (ANZECC and ARMCANZ, 2000).
  6. Concentration exceeds the limit in the New Zealand Standard Trade Waste By-law (NZS 9201).

 

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