Organochlorine Compound Benchmarks Used in the Appendix Graphs
in the NAWQA Summary Reports, 2004
(See below for codes and references.)
NAME AQCR* Report_Units AQCRSRC*
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total-Chlordane (sed) 8.87 UG/KG dw CAN-interim, PEL, FW
total-Chlordane (tiss) 500 UG/KG ww NYSDEC(noncancer)
o,p'+p,p'-DDD (sed) 8.51 UG/KG dw CAN-interim, PEL, FW
o,p'+p,p'-DDE (sed) 6.75 UG/KG dw CAN-interim, PEL, FW
o,p'+p,p'-DDT (sed) 4.77 UG/KG dw CAN-interim,prov-PEL
total-DDT (tiss) 200 UG/KG ww NYSDEC(noncancer)
Dieldrin (sed) 6.67 UG/KG dw CAN-interim, PEL, FW
Dieldrin+aldrin (tiss) 120 UG/KG ww NYSDEC(noncancer)
Endrin (sed) 62.4 UG/KG dw CAN-interim, PEL, FW
Endrin (tiss) 25 UG/KG ww NYSDEC(noncancer)
gamma-HCH (sed) 1.38 UG/KG dw CAN-interim, PEL, FW
Total HCH (tiss) 100 UG/KG ww NYSDEC(noncancer)
Heptachlor epoxide (sed) 2.74 UG/KG dw CAN-interim, PEL, FW
Heptachlor+heptachlor epoxide (tiss) 200 UG/KG ww NYSDEC(noncancer)
Hexachlorobenzene (tiss) 330 UG/KG ww NYSDEC(noncancer)
Mirex (tiss) 330 UG/KG ww NYSDEC(noncancer)
PCB, total (tiss) 110 UG/KG ww NYSDEC(noncancer)
PCB, total (sed) 277 UG/KG dw CAN-interim, PEL, FW
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# * AQCR: Aquatic Life Criteria:
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# * AQCRSRC Source Codes: Source of data for AQCR attribute.
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# CAN-interim, PEL, FW = Canadian interim sediment quality
# guideline for protection of aquatic life, probable effect level,
# freshwater value (for constituents in sediment)
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# NYSDEC(noncancer) = New York fish flesh criteria for protection
# of piscivorous wildlife, noncancer values. These guidelines
# protect wildlife against chronic toxicity but not cancer
# (for constituents in fish tissue)
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# CAN-interim, PEL, FW and CAN-interim, prov-PEL are from CCME (2001b).
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# NYSDEC (noncancer) are from Newell and others (1987).
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# Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment (CCME), 2001b,
# Canadian sediment quality guidelines for the protection of aquatic
# life: Summary tables. Updated. In: Canadian environmental quality
# guidelines, 1999, updated 2001, CCME, Winnipeg
# (http://www.ec.gc.ca/ceqg-rcqe/English/Ceqg/Sediment/default.cfm).
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# Newell, A.J., Johnson, D.W., and Allen, L.K., 1987, Niagara River
# Biota Contamination Project: Fish flesh criteria for piscivorous
# wildlife: New York State Department of Environmental Conservation,
# Division of Fish and Wildlife, Bureau of Environmental Protection,
# Technical Report 87-3.
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