Part I
Types | Contaminants | Reporting thresholds |
Identification | CAS(1) |
Contaminants that cause toxic pollution | Total fluorides (tF) | | 10 tons |
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) | | 50 kg on an annual basis for all the contaminants in the PAH category |
Fluorene | 86-73-7 |
Phenanthrene | 85-01-8 |
Anthracene | 120-12-7 |
Pyrene | 129-00-0 |
Fluoranthene | 206-44-0 |
Chrysene | 218-01-09 |
Benzo (a) anthracene | 56-55-3 |
Benzo (a) pyrene | 50-32-8 |
Benzo (e) pyrene | 192-97-2 |
Benzo (b) fluoranthene | 205-99-2 |
Benzo (j) fluoranthene | 205-82-3 |
Benzo (k) fluoranthene | 207-08-09 |
Benzo (g, h, i) perylene | 191-24-2 |
Indeno (1, 2, 3, -cd) pyrene | 193-39-5 |
Dibenzo (a, h) anthracene | 53-70-3 |
Part II
Types | Contaminants | | Reporting thresholds(2) |
Identification | CAS(1) |
Contaminants that cause acid rain and smog | Sulphur dioxyde | 7446-09-05 | |
Nitrogen oxides | 11104-93-1 |
Volatile organic compounds | |
Carbon monoxide | 630-08-0 |
Total particulate matter | |
PM10 | |
PM2.5 | |
Ammonia | 7664-41-7 |
Contaminants that cause toxic pollution | Mercury and its compounds | | |
Lead and its compounds | |
Cadmium and its compounds | |
Dioxines | |
Furanes | |
Benzene | 71-43-2 |
Hexachlorobenzene | 118-74-1 |
Formaldehyde | 50-00-0 |
Arsenic and its compounds | |
Hexavalent chromium and its compounds | |
Total reduced sulphur(3) | |
(1) The numbers entered in respect of the contaminants listed in this Schedule correspond to the identification code assigned by the Chemical Abstract Services division of the American Chemical Society.
(2) The reporting threshold applicable for a contaminant in Part II of this Schedule is the reporting threshold provided for that contaminant in the public notice given by the Minister of the Environment of Canada pursuant to section 46 of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act (1999)(S.C. 1999, c. 33).
(3) Expressed in the form of hydrogen sulphide.