Appendix D POLLUTION STANDARDS This chapter... ------------------------------- Zero tolerance Banned Undefined tolerance Candidate substances Proposed list Tables Substances with zero tolerance limits (liquid discharges) in Ontario15 DDT and metabolites (DDE and DDD) Declorane (Mirex) Mercury Polybrominated biphenyls (PBBs) Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) Banned substances in Ontario16 Aldrin Chlordane Chlordecone (Photo-mirex, Kepone) Dieldrin Endrin Polychlorinated terphenyls Toxaphene Substances with undefined tolerance limits (liquid discharges) in Ontario17 Metals: Aluminum Antimony Barium Boron Cesium Cobalt Manganese Molybdenum Strontium Thallium Tin Vanadium Organic Compounds: Acrylonitrile Alkyl amines Aryl amines Aryl chlorides Aryl sulfonic acids Azo and diazo compounds Benzene and aliphatic compounds Furfural Haloforms Mercaptans Nitrosamines Nitro aromatics Phenols and derivatives Polycyclic aromatics Hydrocarbons: Carbon tetrachloride Chlorinated ethylenes Chlorophenols Quinoline Styrene Sulphonates Pesticides: Alochlor (Lasso) Amitrole Atrazine Bayer ’73 Benomyl (Benilate) Cutrine Cyanazine Dichlorobenil Disulfoton (Disyston) Glyphosphate Kelthane (Dicofol) Methyl parathion Naled (Dibrom) Paraquat PMA and TFM Rotenone Trifluralin (Treflan) 2,4,5-T Primary list of candidate substances for bans or phase-outs (liquid discharges) in Ontario18 Alpha-hexacholocyclohexane (alpha-HCH) Anthracene Arsenic Benzo(a)anthracene Benzo(a)pyrene Benzo(g,h,i)perylene DDT and metabolites (DDE and DDD) 1,4-Dichlorobenzene 3,3-Dichlorobenzidine Dieldrin Hexachlorobenzene Gamma-hexacholocyclohexane (gamma-HCH) Mercury Mirex Pentachlorophenol Perylene Phenanthrene Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) Polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and furans (PCDD/Fs) Toxaphene Proposed interim list of Level 1 air contaminants in Ontario19 4-Aminobiphenyl Arsenic Arylonitrile Asbestos Benzene Benzidine Beryllium Bis(chloromethl)ether Cadmium Carbon tetrachloride Chloroform Chloromethyl methyl ether Chromium Diethylsulfate Dimethylcarbomoyl chloride Dimethyl sulfate Epichlorohydrin Ethylene dibromide Ethylene oxide Formaldehyde Hexachlorobenzene Lead 4,4N-Methylenebis (2-chloroaniline) N-methyl-N-nitrosourea 2-Naphthylamine Nickel Nickel carbonyl N-nitrosodimethylamine Perchloroethylene Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) Polychlorinated dibenzo dioxins/furans (PCDD/Fs) Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) Propylene oxide Silica (respirable) Styrene oxide Vinyl bromide Vinyl chloride The following charts are available in .pdf format. To download your free copy of Acrobat Reader, visit the Adobe website. Table 6 Water quality benchmarks Table 7 Sediment quality benchmarks Table 8 Soil quality benchmarks Table 9 Units of measurement and Common prefixes

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