1. Soil processes and trace metals
Have some ideas about metal concentrations in soils
Get familiar with FDEP Soil Cleanup Target Levels and regulations by different countries
Background metal concentrations in Florida soils
Factors controlling metal behaviors in soils

2. Regulated trace metals1 H 4 Be 3 Li 31 Ga 57 La 55 Cs 37 Rb 19 K 11 Na 12 Mg 20 Ca 38 Sr 56 Ba 39 Y 72 Hf 40 Zr 21 Sc 22 Ti 23 V 24 Cr 25 Mn 26 Fe 27 Co 28 Ni 41 Nb 42 Mo 43 Tc 44 Ru 45 Rh 46 Pd 73 Ta 74 W 75 Re 76 Os 77 Ir 78 Pt 29 Cu 30 Zn 47 Ag 48 Cd 79 Au 80 Hg 13 Al 5 B 49 In 81 Tl 32 Ge 14 Si 6 C 50 Sn 82 Pb 33 As 15 P 7 N 51 Sb 83 Bi 34 Se 16 S 8 O 52 Te 84 Po 35 Br 17 Cl 9 F 53 I 85 At 36 Kr 18 Ar 10 Ne 54 Xe 86 Rn 2 He 1A 2A 3B 4B 5B 6B 7B 8B 2B 3A 4A 5A 6A 7A 8A
Regulated trace metals

3. Trace elements in soils and plants
Group I: Li, Rb, Cs, Cu, Ag, & Au
Group II: Be, Sr, Ba, Ra, Zn, Cd, & Hg
Group III: Al, Ga, In, Ti, Sc, Y, La & Ac
Group IV: Si, Ge, Sn, Pb, Ti, Zr, & Hf
Group V: As, Sb, Bi, V, Nb, and Ta
Group VI: Se, Te, Po, Cr & Mo
Group VIII: F, Cl, Br, I, Mn, & Re
Group VIII: Fe, Co, Ni, and Pt
Kabata-Pendias and Pendias, 1992

4. FDEP Chapter 62-777: Contaminant Cleanup Target Levels http://www. dep
» Figures 1 – 10 (Figs. 4 & 5 are for soil)
» Guidance Documents
» Historical Information
» Table I - Groundwater and Surface Water Cleanup Target Levels
» Table II - Soil Cleanup Target Levels
» Table III - Soil Properties and Test Methods
» Table IV - Site-Specific Conditions and Geochemical Parameters
» Table V - Natural Attenuation Default Concentrations
» Table VI - Default Parameters for Figure 4, 5, and 7
Go through Fig briefly
Mainly Table II
EPA 503 regulation on land application of solid wastes page 16

5. Metal regulation in soil, solid waste & water (mg/kg and µg/L4)
Contaminants
Residential1
Industrial1
Average in Soils2
Ratio C2/C4
Ceiling level in sludge3
Drinking water MCL4
Antimony 27
370 6 5
Arsenic
2.1 12
0.4 75 10
Barium
120
130,000
430
0.3
2000
Beryllium
1,400 20 4
Cadmium 82
1,700
0.06
1,370 85
Chromium-IV
210
470
100 2
3,000
Chromium-III
110,000
1,100
Copper
150
89,000 30
4,300
1,000
Lead
400 40
840 15
Manganese
3500
43,000
600 50
Mercury 3 17
0.03 57
Molybdenum
440
11000
220 35
Nickel
340
35,000 9
420
Selenium
11,000
1,470
Silver
410
8,200
0.05
Vanadium 67
10,000
0.7 49
Zinc
26,000
630,000
520
7,500
5,000
3 categories
1: FDEP Soil Cleanup Target Levels; 2: Lindsay (1979); 3: EPA 503 standard for land application; & 4: EPA primary drinking water standard

6. Quality standards for cadmium in soils for three European countries
Soil protective policies having 2- or 3-tier systems. Reference  potential impact (tolerable)/evaluation  cleanup. This is called A-B-C system
Fig. 6.3 Quality standards for Cd in soils fro three European countries (Adriano, 2001)

7. Consider background concentrations into regulation
Consider background concentrations into regulation. Used 90th percentile upper limit of background values. A, B and C are correction factors.
Adriano (2001)

8. Kabata-Pendias and Pendias (1992)

9. 98 State Soil Arsenic Regulation Survey (ppm)
Survey by Association for Environmental Health and Sciences (2003)