SCHEDULE G(ss. 77, 91, 92, 97, 99 and 202)
LIMIT VALUES FOR CERTAIN METALS AND METALLOIDS IN THE AIR
Nature of contaminants | CAS1 | Column 1 | Column 2 | Period |
Limit (µg/m3) | Initial concentration (µg/m3) |
Antimony | 7440-36-0 | 0.17 | 0.007 | 1 year |
Arsenic | 7440-38-2 | 0.003 | 0.002 | 1 year |
Barium | 7440-39-3 | 0.05 | 0.025 | 1 year |
Beryllium | 7440-41-7 | 0.0004 | 0 | 1 year |
Cadmium | 7440-43-9 | 0.0036 | 0.003 | 1 year |
Chromium (trivalent chromium compounds) | 16065-83-1 | 0.1 | 0.01 | 1 year |
Chromium (hexavalent chromium compounds) | 18540-29-9 | 0.004 | 0.002 | 1 year |
Copper | 7440-50-8 | 2.5 | 0.2 | 24 hours |
Lead | 7439-92-1 | 0.1 | 0.025 | 1 year |
Mercury | 7439-97-6 | 0.005 | 0.002 | 1 year |
Nickel compounds (expressed as Ni, measured measured in PM10)2 | 7440-02-0 | 0.07 | 0.005 | 24 hours |
Nickel compounds (expressed as Ni, measured in PM10)2 | 7440-02-0 | 0.02 | 0.002 | 1 year |
Silver | 7440-22-4 | 0.23 | 0.005 | 1 year |
Thallium | 7440-28-0 | 0.25 | 0.05 | 1 year |
Vanadium | 7440-62-2 | 1 | 0.01 | 1 year |
Zinc | 7440-66-6 | 2.5 | 0.1 | 24 hours |
1 The figures appearing opposite the contaminants listed in the Schedule are those of the identification code assigned by the Chemical Abstract Services of the American Chemical Society. |
2 PM10: particles of less than 10 microns. |
O.C. 501-2011, Sch. G; O.C. 1228-2013, s. 40; 628-2022O.C. 628-2022, s. 11.