Schedule 5

[am. B.C. Regs. 244/99, ss. 18 and 19; 17/2002, s. 29;
324/2004, s. 69; 239/2007, s. 6; 343/2008, s. 14.]

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Arsenic (Chemical Abstract Service # 7440-38-2)

Notes

1. All values in µg/g unless otherwise stated. Substances must be analyzed using methods specified in a director's protocol or alternate methods acceptable to the director.

2. The site-specific factors of human intake of contaminated soil and toxicity to soil invertebrates and plants specified in this matrix apply at all sites.

3. Standard has been derived based on results of clinical studies at sites. Standard represents the rounded sum of the toxicologically-based value plus the soil ingestion clinical study factor. For AL, PL and RL the soil ingestion clinical study factor is 80 µg/g. For CL soil ingestion the clinical study factor is 240 µg/g.

4. Intake pathway of exposure modeled is inadvertent ingestion of soil.

5. Standard has been adjusted based on a reference provincial background soil concentration. Standard represents the rounded sum of the toxicologically-based value plus the reference provincial background soil concentration. For all land uses, the reference provincial background soil concentration is 14.9 µg/g.

6. NS — no standard. Insufficient acceptable scientific data exists, so no standard is calculated.

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Barium (Chemical Abstract Service # 7440-39-3)

Notes

1. All values in ug/g unless otherwise stated. Substances must be analyzed using methods specified in a director’s protocol or alternate methods acceptable to the director.

2. The site-specific factors of human intake of contaminated soil and toxicity to soil invertebrates and plants specified in this matrix apply at all sites.

3. Intake pathway of exposure modeled is inadvertent ingestion of soil.

4. Assumes barium Kd = 100 L/kg.

5. Standard has been adjusted based on a reference provincial background soil concentration. Standard represents the reference provincial background soil concentration.

For all land uses, the reference provincial background soil concentration is 412 ug/g.

6. NS – no standard. Insufficient acceptable scientific data exists, so no standard is calculated.

7. NS – no standard. No appropriate standard, guideline or criterion exists to use to develop a soil quality standard.

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Benzene (Chemical Abstract Service # 71-43-2)

Notes

1. All values in µg/g unless otherwise stated. Substances must be analyzed using methods specified in a director's protocol or alternate methods acceptable to the director.

2. The site-specific factors of human intake of contaminated soil and toxicity to soil invertebrates and plants specified in this matrix apply at all sites.

3. Intake pathway of exposure modeled is inadvertent ingestion of soil.

4. Standard is equivalent to the reference analytical detection limit of 0.04 µg/g. The toxicologically-based value equals the reference analytical detection limit for the substance.

5. NS — no standard. Insufficient acceptable scientific data exists, so no standard is calculated.

6. NS — no standard. No appropriate standard, guideline or criterion exists to use to develop a soil quality standard.

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Benzo[a]pyrene (B[a]P) (Chemical Abstract Service # 50-32-8)

Notes

1. All values in µg/g unless otherwise stated. Substances must be analyzed using methods specified in a director's protocol or alternate methods acceptable to the director.

2. The site-specific factors of human intake of contaminated soil and toxicity to soil invertebrates and plants specified in this matrix apply at all sites.

3. Intake pathway of exposure modeled is inadvertent ingestion of soil.

4. NS — no standard. Model predicts that under the scenario used to derive matrix standards, Canadian Water Quality Guidelines will not be exceeded.

5. Insufficient acceptable environmental data exists, so standards are set equal to the Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment interim soil quality criteria.

6. NS — no standard. Insufficient acceptable scientific data exists, so no standard is calculated.

7. NS — no standard. No appropriate standard, guideline or criterion exists to use to develop a soil quality standard.

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Cadmium (Chemical Abstract Service # 7440-43-9)

Notes

1. All values in µg/g unless otherwise stated. Substances must be analyzed using methods specified in a director's protocol or alternate methods acceptable to the director.

2. The site-specific factors of human intake of contaminated soil and toxicity to soil invertebrates and plants specified in this matrix apply at all sites.

3. If land is used to grow produce for human consumption, the standard is 3 µg/g; if not, the standard is 35 µg/g.

4. The 3 µg/g standard has been derived based on results of clinical studies at sites. It represents the rounded remainder of the toxicologically-based value, 35 µg/g, minus the soil ingestion clinical study factor, 32 µg/g.

5. Intake pathway of exposure modeled is inadvertent ingestion of soil.

6. The pH is the pH of the soil at a site.

7. Standard has been adjusted based on a reference provincial background soil concentration. Standard represents the rounded sum of the toxicologically-based value plus the reference provincial background soil concentration. For all land uses, the reference provincial background soil concentration is 1.3 µg/g.

8. NS — no standard. Insufficient acceptable scientific data exists, so no standard is calculated.

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Chloride Ion (Cl-) (Chemical Abstract Service # 7647-14-5)

Notes

1. All values in ug/g unless otherwise stated. Substances must be analyzed using methods specified in a director’s protocol or alternate methods acceptable to the director.

2. The site-specific factors of human intake of contaminated soil and toxicity to soil invertebrates and plants specified in this matrix apply at all sites.

3. Intake pathway of exposure modeled is inadvertent ingestion of soil.

4. Standard established based on toxic reference dose (tolerable daily intake) derived for NaCl. Toxicity attributed primarily to cation (Na+) not anion (Cl-).

5. Standard varies with Kd for chloride ion in the soil of a site. Standard is appropriate to a chloride:soil Kd range of 0 to 0.1 mL/g. Consult Director for further advice.

6. NS – no standard. No appropriate standard, guideline or criterion exists to use to develop a soil quality standard.

7. NS – no standard. Insufficient acceptable scientific data exists, so no standard is calculated.

8. Standard to protect freshwater aquatic life.

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Chromium (Chemical Abstract Service # 7440-47-3)

Notes

1. All values in µg/g unless otherwise stated. Substances must be analyzed using methods specified in a director's protocol or alternate methods acceptable to the director.

2. The site-specific factors of human intake of contaminated soil and toxicity to soil invertebrates and plants specified in this matrix apply at all sites.

3. Intake pathway of exposure modeled is inadvertent ingestion of soil.

4. Standard is for chromium (+6).

5. Standard is for chromium (total).

6. Standard has been adjusted based on a reference provincial background soil concentration. Standard represents the rounded sum of the toxicologically-based value plus the reference provincial background soil concentration. For all land uses and chromium species, the reference provincial background soil concentration is 58.9 µg/g.

7. Standard is for chromium (+3).

8. Standard is set equal to the Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment, 1999 — Nutrient and energy cycling check value.

9. Standard is applicable to both chromium (+3) and chromium (+6).

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Copper (Chemical Abstract Service # 7440-50-8)

Notes

1. All values in µg/g unless otherwise stated. Substances must be analyzed using methods specified in a director's protocol or alternate methods acceptable to the director.

2. The site-specific factors of human intake of contaminated soil and toxicity to soil invertebrates and plants specified in this matrix apply at all sites.

3. Intake pathway of exposure modeled is inadvertent ingestion of soil.

4. The pH is the pH of the soil at a site.

5. Standard has been adjusted based on a reference provincial background soil concentration. Standard represents the rounded sum of the toxicologically-based value plus the reference provincial background soil concentration. For all land uses, the reference provincial background soil concentration is 74.0 µg/g.

6. Standard is applicable to livestock other than sheep. Consult director for further advice.

7. NS — no standard. Insufficient acceptable scientific data exists, so no standard is calculated.

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Dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane (DDT) ² (Chemical Abstract Service # 50-29-3)

Notes

1. All values in µg/g unless otherwise stated. Substances must be analyzed using methods specified in a director's protocol or alternate methods acceptable to the director.

2. Includes DDT metabolites.

3. The site-specific factors of human intake of contaminated soil and toxicity to soil invertebrates and plants specified in this matrix apply at all sites.

4. Intake pathway of exposure modeled is inadvertent ingestion of soil.

5. NS — no standard. Substance is sufficiently hydrophobic to render it essentially insoluble and therefore immobile in aqueous media.

6. NS — no standard. Insufficient acceptable scientific data exists, so no standard is calculated.

7. Standard is set equal to the Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment, 1999 - Nutrient and energy cycling check value.

8. NS — no standard. No appropriate standard, guideline or criterion exists to use to develop a soil quality standard.

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Ethylbenzene (Chemical Abstract Service # 100-41-4)

Notes

1. All values in µg/g unless otherwise stated. Substances must be analyzed using methods specified in a director's protocol or alternate methods acceptable to the director.

2. The site-specific factors of human intake of contaminated soil and toxicity to soil invertebrates and plants specified in this matrix apply at all sites.

3. Intake pathway of exposure modeled is inadvertent ingestion of soil.

4. Insufficient acceptable data exists, so standards are set equal to the Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment 1999 provisional soil quality criteria.

5. NS — no standard. Insufficient acceptable scientific data exists, so no standard is calculated.

6. Standard would generate leachate concentrations at source in excess of solubility limit for substance. Substance would be present as NAPL in groundwater at soil concentrations greater than 1 000 µg/g.

7. NS — no standard. No appropriate standard, guideline or criterion exists to use to develop a soil quality standard.

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Ethylene Glycol (Chemical Abstract Service # 107-21-1)

Notes

1. All values in µg/g unless otherwise stated. Substances must be analyzed using methods specified in a director's protocol or alternate methods acceptable to the director.

2. The site-specific factors of human intake of contaminated soil and toxicity to soil invertebrates and plants specified in this matrix apply at all sites.

3. Intake pathway of exposure modeled is inadvertent ingestion of soil.

4. NS — no standard. No appropriate standard, guideline or criterion exists to use to develop a soil quality standard.

5. NS — no standard. Insufficient acceptable scientific data exists, so no standard is calculated.

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Lead (Chemical Abstract Service # 7439-92-1)

Notes

1. All values in µg/g unless otherwise stated. Substances must be analyzed using methods specified in a director's protocol or alternate methods acceptable to the director.

2. The site-specific factors of human intake of contaminated soil and toxicity to soil invertebrates and plants specified in this matrix apply at all sites.

3. Intake pathway of exposure modeled is inadvertent ingestion of soil.

4. Standard has been derived based on clinical studies at sites. Standard represents the rounded sum of the toxicologically-based value, 115 µg/g, plus the soil ingestion clinical study factor, 385 µg/g. For CL soil ingestion the clinical study factor is 650 µg/g.

5. The pH is the pH of the soil at a site.

6. Standard has been adjusted based on a reference provincial background soil concentration. Standard represents the rounded sum of the toxicologically-based value plus the reference provincial background soil concentration. For all land uses, the reference provincial background soil concentration is
108.6 µg/g.

7. NS - no standard. Insufficient acceptable scientific data exists, so no standard is calculated.

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Mercury (Inorganic) (Chemical Abstract Service # 7439-97-6)

Notes

1. All values in µg/g unless otherwise stated. Substances must be analyzed using methods specified in a director's protocol or alternate methods acceptable to a director.

2. The site-specific factors of human intake of contaminated soil and toxicity to soil invertebrates and plants specified in this matrix apply at all sites.

3. Intake pathway of exposure modeled is inadvertent ingestion of soil.

4. NS — no standard. Insufficient acceptable scientific data exists, so no standard is calculated.

5. Standard is set equal to the Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment, 1999 — Nutrient and energy cycling check value.

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Pentachlorophenol (Chemical Abstract Service # 87-86-5)

Notes

1. All values in µg/g unless otherwise stated. Substances must be analyzed using methods specified in a director's protocol or alternate methods acceptable to the director.

2. The site-specific factors of human intake of contaminated soil and toxicity to soil invertebrates and plants specified in this matrix apply at all sites.

3. Intake pathway of exposure modeled is inadvertent ingestion of soil.

4. The pH is the pH of the soil at a site.

5. NS — no standard. Insufficient acceptable scientific data exists, so no standard is calculated.

6. Standard varies with temperature of surface water used by aquatic life; 20°C is assumed. Consult director for further advice.

7. NS — no standard. No appropriate standard, guideline or criterion exists to use to develop a soil quality standard.

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Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) ² (Chemical Abstract Service # 1336-36-3)

Notes

1. All values in µg/g unless otherwise stated. Substances must be analyzed using methods specified in a director's protocol or alternate methods acceptable to the director.

2. Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) include Arochlor mixtures 1242, 1248, 1254 and 1260.

3. The site-specific factors of human intake of contaminated soil and toxicity to soil invertebrates and plants specified in this matrix apply at all sites.

4. Intake pathway of exposure modeled is inadvertent ingestion of soil.

5. NS — no standard. No appropriate standard, guideline or criterion exists to use to develop a soil quality standard.

6. Insufficient acceptable environmental data exists, so standards are set equal to the Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment interim soil quality criteria.

7. NS — no standard. Insufficient acceptable scientific data exists, so no standard is calculated.

8. NS — no standard. No appropriate model to calculate environmental transport of complex mixtures exists.

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Polychlorinated Dioxins and Furans (PCDDs and PCDFs) (Chemical Abstract Service # 1746-01-6) ²  

Notes

1. All values in µg/g unless otherwise stated. Substances must be analyzed using methods specified in a director's protocol or alternate methods acceptable to the director.

2. Polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs) and polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDFs) expressed in 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (2,3,7,8-TCDD) toxicity equivalents NATO International Toxicity Equivalency Factors (I-TEFs) for congeners and isomers of PCDDs and PCDFs are as follows:

Polychlorinated Dioxins and Furans (PCDDs and PCDFs)

Notes

3. The site-specific factors of human intake of contaminated soil and toxicity to soil invertebrates and plants specified in this matrix apply at all sites.

4. Intake pathway of exposure modeled is inadvertent ingestion of soil.

5. NS — no standard. No appropriate standard, guideline or criterion exists to use to develop a soil quality standard.

6. Insufficient acceptable environmental data exists, so AL, PL, and RL standards are set equal to the Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment interim soil quality criteria.

7. NS — no standard. Insufficient acceptable scientific data exists, so no standard is calculated.

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Sodium Ion (Na+) (Chemical Abstract Service # 7440-23-5)

Notes

1. All values in ug/g unless otherwise stated. Substances must be analyzed using methods specified in a director’s protocol or alternate methods acceptable to the director.

2. The site-specific factors of human intake of contaminated soil and toxicity to soil invertebrates and plants specified in this matrix apply at all sites.

3. Intake pathway of exposure modeled is inadvertent ingestion of soil.

4. NS – no standard. Insufficient acceptable scientific data exists, so no standard is calculated.

5. NS – no standard. No appropriate standard, guideline or criterion exists to use to develop a soil quality standard.

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Tetrachloroethylene (PERC) (Chemical Abstract Service # 127-18-4)

Notes

1. All values in µg/g unless otherwise stated. Substances must be analyzed using methods specified in a director's protocol or alternate methods acceptable to the director.

2. The site-specific factors of human intake of contaminated soil and toxicity to soil invertebrates and plants specified in this matrix apply at all sites.

3. Intake pathway of exposure modeled is inadvertent ingestion of soil.

4. NS — no standard. No appropriate standard, guideline or criterion exists to use to develop a soil quality standard.

5. Insufficient acceptable environmental data exists, so standards are set equal to the Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment interim soil quality criteria.

6. NS — no standard. Insufficient acceptable scientific data exists, so no standard is calculated.

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Toluene (Chemical Abstract Service # 108-88-3)

Notes

1. All values in µg/g unless otherwise stated. Substances must be analyzed using methods specified in a director's protocol or alternate methods acceptable to the director.

2. The site-specific factors of human intake of contaminated soil and toxicity to soil invertebrates and plants specified in this matrix apply at all sites.

3. Intake pathway of exposure modeled is inadvertent ingestion of soil.

4. Insufficient acceptable environmental data exists, so standards are set equal to the Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment 1999 provisional soil quality criteria.

5. NS - no standard. Insufficient acceptable scientific data exists, so no standard is calculated.

6. Standard comes into effect January 1, 2002. Until that date, applicable standard is 300 µg/g.

7. NS - no standard. No appropriate standard, guideline or criterion exists to use to develop a soil quality standard.

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Trichloroethylene (TCE) (Chemical Abstract Service # 79-01-6)

Notes

1. All values in µg/g unless otherwise stated. Substances must be analyzed using methods specified in a director's protocol or alternate methods acceptable to the director.

2. The site-specific factors of human intake of contaminated soil and toxicity to soil invertebrates and plants specified in this matrix apply at all sites.

3. Intake pathway of exposure modeled is inadvertent ingestion of soil.

4. Insufficient acceptable environmental data exists, so standards are set equal to the Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment interim soil quality criteria.

5. NS - no standard. Insufficient acceptable scientific data exists, so no standard is calculated.

6. NS - no standard. No appropriate standard, guideline or criterion exists to use to develop a soil quality standard.

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Xylene (Chemical Abstract Service # 1330-20-7)

Notes

1. All values in µg/g unless otherwise stated. Substances must be analyzed using methods specified in a director's protocol or alternate methods acceptable to the director.

2. The site-specific factors of human intake of contaminated soil and toxicity to soil invertebrates and plants specified in this matrix apply at all sites.

3. Intake pathway of exposure modeled is inadvertent ingestion of soil.

4. Insufficient acceptable environmental data exists, so standards are set equal to the Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment interim soil quality criteria.

5. NS — no standard. Insufficient acceptable scientific data exists, so no standard is calculated.

6. NS — no standard. No appropriate standard, guideline or criterion exists to use to develop a soil quality standard.

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Zinc (Chemical Abstract Service # 7440-66)

Notes

1. All values in µg/g unless otherwise stated. Substances must be analyzed using methods specified in a director's protocol or alternate methods acceptable to the director.

2. The site-specific factors of human intake of contaminated soil and toxicity to soil invertebrates and plants specified in this matrix apply at all sites.

3. Intake pathway of exposure modeled is inadvertent ingestion of soil.

4. The pH is the pH of the soil at a site.

5. Standard has been adjusted based on a reference provincial background soil concentration. Standard represents the rounded sum of the toxicologically-based value plus the reference provincial background soil concentration. For all land uses, the reference provincial background soil concentration is 138.1 µg/g.

6. Standard is set equal to the Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment, 1999 - Nutrient and energy cycling check value.

7. Standard varies with receiving water hardness (H). H = 100 — < 200 mg/L as CaCO₃ is assumed. Consult director for further advice.

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