ENVIRONMENTAL FINAL GOVERNING STANDARDS ITALY

ITALY - 18 Spill Prevention and Response Planning
Table 18.1. Contamination Threshold Concentrations for Soil and Groundwater by Site Use
Parameter
Recreation,
Private, and
Residential Use
September 2012 Italy FGS 18-7
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Soil
Commercial and
Industrial Use Groundwater 2
Units (mg/kg) (mg/kg) (µ/L)
Metals
Aluminum NA NA 200
Antimony 10 30 5
Arsenic 20 50 10
Beryllium 2 10 4
Cadmium 2 15 5
Chromium (Total) 150 800 50
Chromium VI 2 15 5
Cobalt 20 250 50
Copper 120 600 1,000
Iron NA NA 200
Lead 100 1,000 10
Manganese NA NA 50
Mercury 1 5 1
Nickel 120 500 20
Selenium 3 15 10
Silver NA NA 10
Thallium 1 10 2
Tin 1 350 NA
Vanadium 90 250 NA
Zinc 150 1,500 3,000
Inorganic Compounds
Boron NA NA 1,000
Cyanides (Total) 1 100 50
Fluorides 100 2,000 100
Nitrites NA NA 500
Sulfates NA NA 250,000
Organic Aromatic Compounds
A Benzene 0.1 2 1
B Ethylbenzene 0.5 50 50
C Styrene 0.5 50 25
D Toluene 0.5 50 15
E para-Xylene 0.5 50 10
Sum of Aromatic Compounds B-E 1 100 NA
Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds (1)
F Benzo(a)anthracene 0.5 10 0.1
G Benzo(a)pyrene 0.1 10 0.01
H Benzo(b)fluoranthene 0.5 10 0.1
I Benzo(k)fluoranthene 0.5 10 0.05
J Benzo(g,h,i)perylene 0.1 10 0.01
K Chrysene 5 50 5
L Dibenzo(a, e)pyrene 0.1 10 NA
M Dibenzo(a, l)pyrene 0.1 10 NA
N Dibenzo(a, i)pyrene 0.1 10 NA
O Dibenzo(a, h)pyrene 0.1 10 NA
P Dibenzo(a,h)anthracene 0.1 10 0.01