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LEACHATE QUALITY CRITERIA and Paper Fiber Biosolids

Regulation 347, Schedule 4 Atlantic Packaging Scarborough PFB Atlantic Packaging Whitby PFB
Contaminant Concentration (mg/L) Concentration (mg/L) result value qualifier Concentration (mg/L) result value qualifier
Aldicarb 0.9 0.09 <MDL 0.09 <MDL
Aldrin + Dieldrin 0.07 0.007 <MDL 0.007 <MDL
Arsenic 2.5 0.25 <MDL 0.25 <MDL
Atrazine + N-dealkylated metabolites (Weedex) 0.5 0.05 <MDL 0.05 <MDL
Azinphos-methyl 2 0 <SQ 0 <SQ
Barium 100 0.22 0.291
Bendiocarb 4 0.4 <MDL 0.4 <MDL
Benzene 0.5 0.05 <MDL 0.05 <MDL
Benzo(a)pyrene 0.001 0.0001 <MDL 0.0001 <MDL
Boron 500 50 <MDL 50 <MDL
Bromoxynil 0.5 0.05 <MDL 0.05 <MDL
Cadmium 0.5 0.005 <MDL 0.005 <MDL
Carbaryl/Sevin/1-Naphthyl-N methyl carbamate 9 0.9 <MDL 0.9 <MDL
Carbofuran 9 0.9 <MDL 0.9 <MDL
Carbon tetrachloride (Tetrachloromethane) 0.5 0.05 <MDL 0.05 <MDL
Chlordane 0.7 0.07 <MDL 0.07 <MDL
Chlorobenzene (Monochlorobenzene) 8 0.04 <MDL 0.04 <MDL
Chloroform 10 0.05 <MDL 0.05 <MDL
Chlorpyrifos 9 0 <SQ 0 <SQ
Chromium 5 0.015 <MDL 0.025 <MDL
Cresol (Mixture - total of all isomers, when isomers cannot be differentiated) 200 see individual isomers see individual isomers
m-Cresol 200 0 <SQ 0 <SQ
o-Cresol 200 0 <SQ 0 <SQ
p-Cresol 200 0 <SQ 0 <SQ
Cyanazine 1 0.1 <MDL 0.1 <MDL
Cyanide 20 2 <MDL 2 <MDL
2,4-D / (2,4-dichlorophenoxy)acetic acid 10 1 <MDL 1 <MDL
2,4-DCP (2,4-Dichlorophenol) 90 9 <MDL 9 <MDL
DDT (total isomers) 3 0.3 <MDL 0.3 <MDL
Diazinon/Phosphordithioic acid, o,o-diethyl o-(2-isopropyl 6-methyl-4-pyrimidinyl) ester 2 0.2 0.2
Dicamba 12 1.2 <MDL 1.2 <MDL
1,2-Dichlorobenzene (o-Dichlorobenzene) 20 0.1 <MDL 0.1 <MDL
1,4-Dichlorobenzene (p-Dichlorobenzene) 0.5 0.002 <MDL 0.002 <MDL
1,2-Dichloroethane (Ethylene dichloride) 0.5 0.0025 <MDL 0.0025 <MDL
1,1-Dichloroethylene (Vinylidene chloride) 1.4 0.007 <MDL 0.007 <MDL
Dichloromethane (also see - methylene chloride) 5 0.025 <MDL 0.025 <MDL
Diclofop-methyl 0.9 0.09 <MDL 0.09 <MDL
Dimethoate 2 0 <SQ 0 <SQ
2,4-Dinitrotoluene 0.13 0 <SQ 0 <SQ
Dinoseb 1 0 <SQ 0 <SQ
Dioxin & Furan 0.0000015* 6.21E-09 1.738E-09
Diquat 7 0.7 <MDL 0.7 <MDL
Diuron 15 1.5 <MDL 1.5 <MDL
Endrin 0.02 0.002 <MDL 0.002 <MDL
Fluoride 150 15 <MDL 15 <MDL
Glyphosate 28 2.8 <MDL 2.8 <MDL
Heptachlor + Heptachlor epoxide 0.3 0.03 <MDL 0.03 <MDL
Hexachlorobenzene 0.13 0.013 <MDL 0.013 <MDL
Hexachlorobutadiene 0.5 0.05 <MDL 0.05 <MDL
Hexachloroethane 3 0.3 <MDL 0.3 <MDL
Lead 5 0.05 <MDL 0.16 <MDL
Lindane 0.4 0.04 <MDL 0.04 <MDL
Malathion 19 0 <SQ 0 <SQ
Mercury 0.1 0.01 <MDL 0.01 <MDL
Methoxychlor/1,1,1-Trichloro-2,2-bis(p-methoxyphenyl) ethane 90 0.45 <MDL 0.45 <MDL
Methyl ethyl ketone / Ethyl methyl ketone 200 1 <MDL 1 <MDL
Methyl Parathion 0.7 0 <SQ 0 <SQ
Methylene chloride / Dichloromethane 5 0.025 <MDL 0.025 <MDL
Metolachlor 5 0.5 <MDL 0.5 <MDL
Metribuzin 8 0.8 <MDL 0.8 <MDL
NDMA 0.0009 0 <SQ 0 <SQ
Nitrate + Nitrite (as Nitrogen) 1,000.00 100 <MDL 100 <MDL
Nitrilotriacetic acid (NTA) 40 4 <MDL 4 <MDL
Nitrobenzene 2 0 <SQ 0 <SQ
Paraquat 1 0.1 <MDL 0.1 <MDL
Parathion 5 0 <SQ 0 <SQ
PCBs 0.3 0.03 <MDL 0.03 <MDL
Pentachlorophenol 6 0.6 <MDL 0.6 <MDL
Phorate 0.2 0 <SQ 0 <SQ
Picloram 19 1.9 <MDL 1.9 <MDL
Pyridine 5 0 <SQ 0 <SQ
Selenium 1 0.1 <MDL 0.1 <MDL
Silver 5 0.02 <MDL 0.02 <MDL
Simazine 1 0.1 <MDL 0.1 <MDL
2,4,5-T (2,4,5-Trichlorophenoxyacetic acid) 28 2.8 <MDL 2.8 <MDL
2,4,5-TP/ Silvex/ 2-(2,4,5-Trichlorophenoxy) propionic acid 1 0.1 <MDL 0.1 <MDL
Tetrachloroethylene 3 0.015 <MDL 0.015 <MDL
2,3,4,6-Tetrachlorophenol /(2,3,4,6-TeCP) 10 1 <MDL 1 <MDL
Toxaphene 0.5 0.05 <MDL 0.05 <MDL
Triallate 23 2.3 <MDL 2.3 <MDL
Trichloroethylene 5 0.025 <MDL 0.025 <MDL
2,4,5-Trichlorophenol (2,4,5-TCP) 400 40 <MDL 40 <MDL
2,4,6-Trichlorophenol (2,4,6-TCP) 0.5 0.05 <MDL 0.05 <MDL
Trifluralin 4.5 0 <SQ 0 <SQ
Uranium 10 1 <MDL 1 <MDL
Vinyl chloride 0.2 0.001 <MDL 0.001 <MDL
* Toxic equivalent (TEQ)
Solids; total 100% 100%
pH 5.8 5.2
Leaching fluid 2 2
<SQ = less than based on a semi-quantitative method
MDL = method detection limit