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KEY
PQL - Practical Quantitation Limit
2L STD - N.C. Groundwater Standards
GWP ST - Solid Waste Section Groundwater Protection Standards
(I) - Appendix I constituent
All values are in parts per billion
Note: This document is subject to frequent revision (Last updated 05/19/05)

Common Name
PQL 2L STD GWP ST

Acenaphthene 10
80

Acenaphthylene 10
210

Acetone (I) 100 700

Acetonitrile; Methyl cyanide
100
42

Acetophenone 10

2-Acetylaminofluorene; 2-AAF
20

Acrolein
100
14

Acrylamide .008

Acrylonitrile (I) 200

Aldrin
0.05

Allyl chloride
10

4-Aminobiphenyl
20

Anthracene
10
2100

Antimony (I) 30
6

Arsenic (I) 10 50

Barium (I)
500 2000

Benzene (I)
5 1

Benzo[a]anthracene; Benzanthracene
10
0.05

Benzo[b]fluoranthene 10
0.047

Benzo[k]fluoranthene 10
0.47

Benzo[ghi]perylene 10
210

Benzo[a]pyrene 10
0.0047

Benzyl alcohol 20
2100

Beryllium (I) 2
2

alpha-BHC 0.05
0.019

beta-BHC 0.05
0.019

delta-BHC 0.05
0.019

gamma-BHC; Lindane 0.05 0.2

Bis(2-chloroethoxy)methane
10

Bis(2-chloroethyl) ether; Dichloroethyl ether
10
0.031

Bis(2-chloro-1-methylethyl) ether 10

Bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate
20 3

Boron 315

Bromochloromethane; Chlorobromomethane (I)
5
0.6

Bromodichloromethane; Dibromochloromethane (I) 5
0.56

Bromoform; Tribromomethane (I) 5 4.43

4-Bromophenyl phenyl ether
10

Butyl benzyl phthalate
10 100

Cadmium (I)
1 1.75

Carbofuran 35

Carbon disulfide (I)
100
700

Carbon tetrachloride (I) 10 0.269

Chlordane
0.5 1.0

p-Chloroaniline
20

Chlorobenzene (I)
5 50

Chlorobenzilate
10

p-Chloro-m-cresol; 4-Chloro-3-methyl phenol
20

Chloroethane; Ethyl chloride (I)
10
2800

Chloroform; Trichloromethane (I) 5 70

2-Chloronaphthalene
10

2-Chlorophenol
10 0.36

4-Chlorophenyl phenyl ether
10

Chloroprene
20

Chromium (I)
10 50

Chrysene
10
5

Cobalt (I) 10
2

Copper (I) 200 1000

m-Cresol; 3-methylphenol
10
35

o-Cresol; 2-methylphenol 10
35

p-Cresol; 4-methylphenol 10
3.5

Cyanide 50 70 (as Free Cyanide)

2,4-D; 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid
2 70

4,4-DDD
0.1
0.14

4,4-DDE 0.1

4,4-DDT
0.1
0.1

Diallate 10

Dibenz[a,h]anthracene
10
0.0047

Dibenzofuran 10
28

Dibromochloromethane; Chlorodibromomethane (I) 5
0.41

1,2-Dibromo-3-chloropropane; DBCP (I) 25 0.025

1,2-Dibromoethane; Ethylene dibromide (I) 5 0.0004

Di-n-butyl phthalate
10 700

o-Dichlorobenzene; 1,2-Dichlorobenzene (I)
5 24

m-Dichlorobenzene; 1,3-Dichlorobenzene
10 170

p-Dichlorobenzene; 1,4-Dichlorobenzene (I)
5 1.4

3,3-Dichlorobenzidine
20

trans-1,4-Dichloro-2-butene (I)
100

Dichlorodifluoromethane; CFC 12
5 1400

1,1-Dichloroethane; Ethyldidene chloride (I)
5 70

1,2-Dichloroethane; Ethylene dichloride (I)
5 0.38

1,1-Dichloroethylene; 1,1-Dichloroethene; Vinylidene chloride (I)
5 7

cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene; cis-1,2-Dichloroethene (I)
5 70

trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene; trans-1,2-Dichloroethene (I)
5 100

2,4-Dichlorophenol
10

2,6-Dichlorophenol
10

1,2-Dichloropropane; Propylene dichloride (I)
5 0.51

1,3-Dichloropropane
5

2,2-Dichloropropane
15

1,1-Dichloropropene
5

cis-1,3-Dichloropropene (I)
10
0.2

trans-1,3-Dichloropropene (I) 10
0.2

Dieldrin 0.1
0.0022

Diethyl phthalate 10 5000

Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate 2.5

o,o-Diethyl-o-2-pyrazinyl phosphorothioate; Thionazin
20

Dimethoate
20

p-(Dimethylamino)azobenzene
10

7,12-Dimethylbenz[a]anthracene
10

3,3-Dimethylbenzidine
10

2,4-Dimethylphenol; m-xylenol
10
140

Dimethyl phthalate 10

m-Dinitrobenzene
20

4,6-Dinitro-o-cresol; 4,6-Dinitro-2-methylphenol
50

2,4-Dinitrophenol
50

2,4-Dinitrotoluene
10

2,6-Dinitrotoluene
10

Dinoseb; DNBP
1
7

Di-n-octyl phthalate 10
140

1,4-Dioxane 7

Diphenylamine 10

Disulfoton
10
0.28

Endosulfan I 0.1

Endosulfan II
0.1
42

Endosulfan sulfate 0.1

Endrin
0.1
2.1

Endrin aldehyde 0.1
2.1

Ethylbenzene (I) 5 550

Ethyl methacrylate
10

Ethyl methanesulfonate
20

Ethylene glycol 14000

Famphur
20

Fluoranthene
10
280

Fluorene 10 280

Fluoride 2000

Heptachlor
0.05 0.0078

Heptachlor epoxide
0.1 0.0038

Heptane 420

Hexachlorobenzene; perchlorobenzene
10 0.02

Hexachlorobutadiene
10
0.44

Hexachlorocyclopentadiene 10
50

Hexachloroethane 10

Hexachloropropene
10

2-Hexanone; Methyl butyl ketone (I)
50
280

Ideno(1,2,3-cd)pyrene 10
0.047

Isobutyl alcohol 100

Isodrin
20

Isophorone
10
36.8

Isosafrole 10

Kepone
20

Lead (I)
10 15

Mercury
0.5 1.05

Methacrylonitrile
100

Methapyrilene
100

Methoxychlor
1 35

Methyl bromide; Bromomethane (I)
10

Methyl chloride; Chloromethane (I)
10
2.6

3-Methylcholanthrene 10

Methyl ethyl ketone;MEK; 2-Butanone (I)
100 4200

Methyl iodide; Iodomethane (I)
10

Methyl methacrylate
30

Methyl methanesulfonate
10

2-Methylnaphthalene
10
28

Methyl parathion 10

4-Methyl-2-pentanone; Methyl isobutyl ketone (I)
100
560

Methylene bromide; Dibromomethane (I) 10

Methylene chloride; Dichloromethane
10 4.6

Naphthalene
10 21

1,4-Naphthoquinone
10

1-Naphthylamine
10

2-Naphthylamine
10

Nickel (I)
50 100

o-Nitroaniline
50

m-Nitroaniline
50

p-Nitroaniline
20

Nitrobenzene
10

o-Nitrophenol
10

p-Nitrophenol
50

N-Nitrosodi-n-butylamine
10

N-Nitrosodiethylamine
20

N-Nitrosodimethylamine
10
0.0007

N-Nitrosodiphenylamine 10

N-Nitrosodipropylamine
10

N-Nitrosomethylethalamine
10

N-Nitrosopiperidine
20

N-Nitrosopyrrolidine
40

5-Nitro-o-toluidine
10

Parathion
10

Pentachlorobenzene
10

Pentachloronitrobenzene
20

Pentachlorophenol
50 0.29

Phenacetin
20

Phenanthrene
10 210

Phenol
10 300

p-Phenylenediamine
10

Phorate
10
1.4

PCBs 2
0.5

Pronamide 10

Propionitrile; Ethyl cyanide
150

Pyrene
10
210

Safrole 10

Selenium (I)
20 50

Silver (I)
10 17.5

Silvex; 2,4,5-TP
2 50

Styrene (I)
10 100

Sulfide
1000

2,4,5-T; 2,4,5-Trichlorophenoxyacetic acid
2

1,2,4,5-Tetrachlorobenzene
10

1,1,1,2-Tetrachloroethane (I)
5
1.3

1,1,2,2-Tetrachloroethane (I) 5
0.17

Tetrachloroethylene; Tetrachloroethene; Perchloroethylene (I) 5 0.7

2,3,4,6-Tetrachlorophenol
10
210

Thallium (I) 10
2

Tin 100

Toluene (I)
5 1000

o-Toluidine
10

Toxaphene
2 0.031

1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene
10
70

1,1,1-Trichloroethane; Methylchloroform 5 200

1,1,2-Trichloroethane
5
0.6

Trichloroethylene; Trichloroethene (I) 5 2.8

Trichlorofluoromethane; CFC-11 (I)
5 2100

2,4,5-Trichlorophenol
10
350

2,4,6-Trichlorophenol 10

1,2,3-Trichloropropane (I)
15
0.005

o,o,o-Triethyl phosphorothioate 10

sym-Trinitrobenzene
10

Vanadium (I)
40
25

Vinyl acetate (I) 50
88

Vinyl chloride (I) 10 0.015

Xylene (total) (I)
5 530

Zinc (I)
50 1050

Common Name	PQL	2L STD	GWP ST
Acenaphthene	10		80
Acenaphthylene	10		210
Acetone (I)	100	700
Acetonitrile; Methyl cyanide	100		42
Acetophenone	10
2-Acetylaminofluorene; 2-AAF	20
Acrolein	100		14
Acrylamide		.008
Acrylonitrile (I)	200
Aldrin	0.05
Allyl chloride	10
4-Aminobiphenyl	20
Anthracene	10		2100
Antimony (I)	30		6
Arsenic (I)	10	50
Barium (I)	500	2000
Benzene (I)	5	1
Benzo[a]anthracene; Benzanthracene	10		0.05
Benzo[b]fluoranthene	10		0.047
Benzo[k]fluoranthene	10		0.47
Benzo[ghi]perylene	10		210
Benzo[a]pyrene	10		0.0047
Benzyl alcohol	20		2100
Beryllium (I)	2		2
alpha-BHC	0.05		0.019
beta-BHC	0.05		0.019
delta-BHC	0.05		0.019
gamma-BHC; Lindane	0.05	0.2
Bis(2-chloroethoxy)methane	10
Bis(2-chloroethyl) ether; Dichloroethyl ether	10		0.031
Bis(2-chloro-1-methylethyl) ether	10
Bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate	20	3
Boron		315
Bromochloromethane; Chlorobromomethane (I)	5		0.6
Bromodichloromethane; Dibromochloromethane (I)	5		0.56
Bromoform; Tribromomethane (I)	5	4.43
4-Bromophenyl phenyl ether	10
Butyl benzyl phthalate	10	100
Cadmium (I)	1	1.75
Carbofuran		35
Carbon disulfide (I)	100		700
Carbon tetrachloride (I)	10	0.269
Chlordane	0.5	1.0
p-Chloroaniline	20
Chlorobenzene (I)	5	50
Chlorobenzilate	10
p-Chloro-m-cresol; 4-Chloro-3-methyl phenol	20
Chloroethane; Ethyl chloride (I)	10		2800
Chloroform; Trichloromethane (I)	5	70
2-Chloronaphthalene	10
2-Chlorophenol	10	0.36
4-Chlorophenyl phenyl ether	10
Chloroprene	20
Chromium (I)	10	50
Chrysene	10		5
Cobalt (I)	10		2
Copper (I)	200	1000
m-Cresol; 3-methylphenol	10		35
o-Cresol; 2-methylphenol	10		35
p-Cresol; 4-methylphenol	10		3.5
Cyanide	50	70 (as Free Cyanide)
2,4-D; 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid	2	70
4,4-DDD	0.1		0.14
4,4-DDE	0.1
4,4-DDT	0.1		0.1
Diallate	10
Dibenz[a,h]anthracene	10		0.0047
Dibenzofuran	10		28
Dibromochloromethane; Chlorodibromomethane (I)	5		0.41
1,2-Dibromo-3-chloropropane; DBCP (I)	25	0.025
1,2-Dibromoethane; Ethylene dibromide (I)	5	0.0004
Di-n-butyl phthalate	10	700
o-Dichlorobenzene; 1,2-Dichlorobenzene (I)	5	24
m-Dichlorobenzene; 1,3-Dichlorobenzene	10	170
p-Dichlorobenzene; 1,4-Dichlorobenzene (I)	5	1.4
3,3-Dichlorobenzidine	20
trans-1,4-Dichloro-2-butene (I)	100
Dichlorodifluoromethane; CFC 12	5	1400
1,1-Dichloroethane; Ethyldidene chloride (I)	5	70
1,2-Dichloroethane; Ethylene dichloride (I)	5	0.38
1,1-Dichloroethylene; 1,1-Dichloroethene; Vinylidene chloride (I)	5	7
cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene; cis-1,2-Dichloroethene (I)	5	70
trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene; trans-1,2-Dichloroethene (I)	5	100
2,4-Dichlorophenol	10
2,6-Dichlorophenol	10
1,2-Dichloropropane; Propylene dichloride (I)	5	0.51
1,3-Dichloropropane	5
2,2-Dichloropropane	15
1,1-Dichloropropene	5
cis-1,3-Dichloropropene (I)	10		0.2
trans-1,3-Dichloropropene (I)	10		0.2
Dieldrin	0.1		0.0022
Diethyl phthalate	10	5000
Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate		2.5
o,o-Diethyl-o-2-pyrazinyl phosphorothioate; Thionazin	20
Dimethoate	20
p-(Dimethylamino)azobenzene	10
7,12-Dimethylbenz[a]anthracene	10
3,3-Dimethylbenzidine	10
2,4-Dimethylphenol; m-xylenol	10		140
Dimethyl phthalate	10
m-Dinitrobenzene	20
4,6-Dinitro-o-cresol; 4,6-Dinitro-2-methylphenol	50
2,4-Dinitrophenol	50
2,4-Dinitrotoluene	10
2,6-Dinitrotoluene	10
Dinoseb; DNBP	1		7
Di-n-octyl phthalate	10		140
1,4-Dioxane		7
Diphenylamine	10
Disulfoton	10		0.28
Endosulfan I	0.1
Endosulfan II	0.1		42
Endosulfan sulfate	0.1
Endrin	0.1		2.1
Endrin aldehyde	0.1		2.1
Ethylbenzene (I)	5	550
Ethyl methacrylate	10
Ethyl methanesulfonate	20
Ethylene glycol		14000
Famphur	20
Fluoranthene	10		280
Fluorene	10	280
Fluoride		2000
Heptachlor	0.05	0.0078
Heptachlor epoxide	0.1	0.0038
Heptane		420
Hexachlorobenzene; perchlorobenzene	10	0.02
Hexachlorobutadiene	10		0.44
Hexachlorocyclopentadiene	10		50
Hexachloroethane	10
Hexachloropropene	10
2-Hexanone; Methyl butyl ketone (I)	50		280
Ideno(1,2,3-cd)pyrene	10		0.047
Isobutyl alcohol	100
Isodrin	20
Isophorone	10		36.8
Isosafrole	10
Kepone	20
Lead (I)	10	15
Mercury	0.5	1.05
Methacrylonitrile	100
Methapyrilene	100
Methoxychlor	1	35
Methyl bromide; Bromomethane (I)	10
Methyl chloride; Chloromethane (I)	10		2.6
3-Methylcholanthrene	10
Methyl ethyl ketone;MEK; 2-Butanone (I)	100	4200
Methyl iodide; Iodomethane (I)	10
Methyl methacrylate	30
Methyl methanesulfonate	10
2-Methylnaphthalene	10		28
Methyl parathion	10
4-Methyl-2-pentanone; Methyl isobutyl ketone (I)	100		560
Methylene bromide; Dibromomethane (I)	10
Methylene chloride; Dichloromethane	10	4.6
Naphthalene	10	21
1,4-Naphthoquinone	10
1-Naphthylamine	10
2-Naphthylamine	10
Nickel (I)	50	100
o-Nitroaniline	50
m-Nitroaniline	50
p-Nitroaniline	20
Nitrobenzene	10
o-Nitrophenol	10
p-Nitrophenol	50
N-Nitrosodi-n-butylamine	10
N-Nitrosodiethylamine	20
N-Nitrosodimethylamine	10		0.0007
N-Nitrosodiphenylamine	10
N-Nitrosodipropylamine	10
N-Nitrosomethylethalamine	10
N-Nitrosopiperidine	20
N-Nitrosopyrrolidine	40
5-Nitro-o-toluidine	10
Parathion	10
Pentachlorobenzene	10
Pentachloronitrobenzene	20
Pentachlorophenol	50	0.29
Phenacetin	20
Phenanthrene	10	210
Phenol	10	300
p-Phenylenediamine	10
Phorate	10		1.4
PCBs	2		0.5
Pronamide	10
Propionitrile; Ethyl cyanide	150
Pyrene	10		210
Safrole	10
Selenium (I)	20	50
Silver (I)	10	17.5
Silvex; 2,4,5-TP	2	50
Styrene (I)	10	100
Sulfide	1000
2,4,5-T; 2,4,5-Trichlorophenoxyacetic acid	2
1,2,4,5-Tetrachlorobenzene	10
1,1,1,2-Tetrachloroethane (I)	5		1.3
1,1,2,2-Tetrachloroethane (I)	5		0.17
Tetrachloroethylene; Tetrachloroethene; Perchloroethylene (I)	5	0.7
2,3,4,6-Tetrachlorophenol	10		210
Thallium (I)	10		2
Tin	100
Toluene (I)	5	1000
o-Toluidine	10
Toxaphene	2	0.031
1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene	10		70
1,1,1-Trichloroethane; Methylchloroform	5	200
1,1,2-Trichloroethane	5		0.6
Trichloroethylene; Trichloroethene (I)	5	2.8
Trichlorofluoromethane; CFC-11 (I)	5	2100
2,4,5-Trichlorophenol	10		350
2,4,6-Trichlorophenol	10
1,2,3-Trichloropropane (I)	15		0.005
o,o,o-Triethyl phosphorothioate	10
sym-Trinitrobenzene	10
Vanadium (I)	40		25
Vinyl acetate (I)	50		88
Vinyl chloride (I)	10	0.015
Xylene (total) (I)	5	530
Zinc (I)	50	1050