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Table 2: Leachability limits and screening concentrations

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

Concentration in leachate
(mg/L)

Inorganic contaminants

Aluminium

7429-90-5

80

4

Antimony

7440-36-0

1.2

0.06

Arsenic

7440-38-2

10

0.5

Barium

7440-39-3

200

10

Beryllium

7440-41-7

20

1

Boron

7440-42-8

40

2

Cadmium

7440-43-9

2

0.1

Chromium (VI)

18540-29-9

10

0.5

Copper

7440-50-8

10

0.5

Fluoride

16984-48-8

400

20

Lead

7439-92-1

10

0.5

Lithium

7439-93-2

40

2

Mercury

7439-97-6

0.4

0.02

Molybdenum

7439-98-7

20

1

Nickel

7440-02-0

20

1

Selenium

7782-49-2

20

0.11

Silver

7440-22-4

20

0.5

Tin

7440-31-5

2,000

100

Vanadium

7440-62-2

4

0.2

Zinc

7440-66-6

20

1

Aromatic hydrocarbons

Aniline

62-53-3

0.4

0.02

Styrene

100-42-5

12

0.6

Polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons

Naphthalene

91-20-3

20

1

Other halogenated aromatic hydrocarbons

1,2 Dichlorobenzene

95-50-1

0.4

0.02

1,3 Dichlorobenzene

541-73-1

100

5

1,2,3 Trichlorobenzene

87-61-6

100

5

1,2,4 Trichlorobenzene

120-82-1

80

4

BTEX

Benzene

71-43-2

1

0.05

Toluene

108-88-3

200

10

Ethyl benzene

100-41-4

100

5

Xylene (m,o,p)

1330-20-7

200

10

Chlorinated aliphatic hydrocarbons

Vinyl chloride

75-01-4

0.4

0.02

1,2 Dichloroethene

540-59-0

20

1

1,3 Dichloropropene

542-75-6

4

0.2

Dichloromethane

75-09-2

4

0.2

1,1,1, Trichloroethane

71-55-6

400

20

1,1,2 Trichloroethane

79-00-5

1,000

50

1,1,2,2 Tetrachloroethane

79-34-5

100

5

1,2 Dibromo-3-chloropropane

96-12-8

0.4

0.02

1,2 Dichloropropane

78-87-5

2

0.1

Other halogenated aliphatic hydrocarbons

Bromodichloromethane

75-27-4

0.2

0.01

Bromoform

75-25-2

20

1

Dibromochloromethane

124-48-1

20

1

Phenols

2,4,6 Trichlorophenol

88-06-2

0.2

0.01

2 Chlorophenol

95-57-8

0.01

0.005

2,4 Dichlorophenol

120-83-2

0.01

0.005

Phenol

108-95-2

80

4

Pesticides

2,4 Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4 D)

94-75-7

20

1

Aldrin

309-00-2

0.000016

0.000008

Dieldrin

60-57-1

0.8

0.04

Endosulfan

115-29-7

0.6

0.03

Phthalates

Diethylphthalate

84-66-2

200

10

Dimethylphthalate

131-11-3

800

40

Di-n-butylphthlate

84-74-2

600

30

Other organics

Carbon disulphide

75-15-0

6

0.3

Organometallics

Tributyltin oxide (TBTO)

56-35-9

6

0.3

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.

 

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