Cleanup Standards 

NB: Only a strip of sediments 45 metres by about 700 metres representing about 5% of the surface area of sediments is being remediated. There is a lot of other contamination including large areas of DDT at 5 times background, PAH's, metals, and various 'ene's which is not being remediated.

(The table below is from Department of Transport & BT Custodial Services, Homebush Bay, Former Allied Fees and Lednez Site Remediation, Call for Proposals, May 1999

Table 3.1 - Acceptance Criteria

(A) Contaminants (B) Residual Bay Benthic Sediment (C) Remediated Sediment for Land Land Disposal
Dioxin and Furans (ug/kg dry wt)    
  2,3,7,8-TCDD 0.05 1
  TCDD TEQ 0/05 1
Organochlorine (OCP) Pesticides (mg/kg) *  
  Chlordane   1
  DDD   1
  DDT   1
Polyaromatic Hydrocarbons (PAH) (mg/kg) *  
  Total PAH   20
  Benzo(a)pyrene   2
Phenols & chlorinated Benzenes (mg/kg) *  
  3-Methylphenol   5
  2-Methylphenol   0.003
  Dichlorophenol   0.001
  Trichlorophenol   0.01
  Dichlorobenzene   0.01
  1,3-dichlorobenzene   0.01
  1,2-dichlorobenzene   0.01
  1,4-dichlorobenzene   0.01
  Trichlorobenzene   0.01
  1,3,5-trichlorobenzene   0.01
  1,2,4-trichlorobenzene   1
  1,2,3-trichlorobenzene   0.01
  Tetrachlorobenzene   0.01
  1,2,3,4-tetrachlorobenzene   0.01
  pentachlorobenzene   1
  hexachlorobenzene   1
  phenol   0.05
Metals    
  Aluminium   ................................
  Arsenic   200
  barium   200
  Boron   ................................
  Cadmium   40
  Chromium   200
  Cobalt   20
  Copper   2000
  Iron   ................................
  Lead   600
  Molybdenum   10
  Nickel   600
  Selenium   ................................
  Silver   ................................
  Tin   20
  Vanadium   ................................
  Zinc   1400

(A) Contaminants previously detected (refer primary documents) 
(B) Test results of samples of Bay sediment after excavation is complete must be less than these values listed. 
(C) Test results on sediment which has been remediated must be less than these values for acceptance.

Note: 
mg/kg = ppm;   ug/kg=ppb;   ng/g=ppb   
*Contractor to undertake toxicological study, compare to '98 toxicological study, and report nett impact.

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