Table: Alternative approaches to waste acceptance criteria
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| Jurisdiction |
Leachability Target concentration |
DAF6 |
Screening |
Total concentration |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Target concentration |
DAF |
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|
This guideline |
USDWS/NZDWS/ANZECC |
Cont specific |
20 x leach |
Solubility |
None |
|
USEPA |
USDWS7 |
100 |
NA |
NA |
NA |
|
NSW EPA |
USEPA/Aus DWS8 |
100 |
20 x leach |
Various |
None |
|
WA EPA |
Aus DWS |
100 |
20 x leach |
NEPM9 |
None |
|
South Africa |
NA |
NA |
NA |
LC5010 |
Site specific |
|
Hydrocarbons11 |
NZDWS/ANZECC |
Site specific |
NA |
Total mass |
1-2% of total waste |
|
Timber treatment12 |
NZDWS/ANZECC |
Site Specific |
NA |
Timber treatment |
Site specific |
6. DAF = Dilution Attenuation Factor.
7. US Drinking Water Standards (National Primary Drinking Water Standards).
8. Australian Drinking Water Standard.
9. National Environmental Protection (Assessment of Site contamination) Measure, NEPC 1999. Industrial/ commercial land use.
10. LC50 = Lethal Concentration 50, the concentration of a chemical which kills 50% of a sample population
11.Landfill Classification and WAC for Hydrocarbon Contaminated Soil, Report for SMF Project 4153 (unpublished), March 2001.>
12. Health and Environmental Guidelines for Selected timber Treatment Chemicals, Ministry for the Environment and Ministry of Health, 1997.
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