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Polychlorinated biphenyls limits and guidelines in Nova Scotia (CA-NS)

7 numeric limits and guidelines for polychlorinated biphenyls held for Nova Scotia and the place above it, from 3 instruments, each cited to its instrument, edition, section or page and quoted text. The register was built from 273 instruments. Everything held for Nova Scotia

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Nova Scotia (CA-NS): 1 row

ParameterValueUnitStatisticGovernsApplies whenCite
Polychlorinated Biphenyls (Total PCB)0.001µg/Lsurface water · guidelinereceiving water: freshwater
a site's surface water, or groundwater within 10 m of a surface water body, assessed under the Contaminated Sites Regulations (Tier I: the generic standard; a Tier II pathway-specific standard or a site-specific risk assessment may replace it)		Nova Scotia Tier I Environmental Quality Standards (EQS) for Surface Water and Groundwater Discharg…
Table 3, surface water, fresh water · p. 5

Canada (CA): 6 rows

ParameterValueUnitStatisticGovernsApplies whenCite
Polychlorinated biphenyls0.5mg/kgsoil · guidelineConcentration (mg/kg dry weight) AgriculturalCCME — Soil Quality Guidelines for the Protection of Environmental and Human Health (Summary Table,…
Polychlorinated biphenyls1.3mg/kgsoil · guidelineConcentration (mg/kg dry weight) Residential/ parklandCCME — Soil Quality Guidelines for the Protection of Environmental and Human Health (Summary Table,…
Polychlorinated biphenyls33mg/kgsoil · guidelineConcentration (mg/kg dry weight) CommercialCCME — Soil Quality Guidelines for the Protection of Environmental and Human Health (Summary Table,…
Polychlorinated biphenyls33mg/kgsoil · guidelineConcentration (mg/kg dry weight) IndustrialCCME — Soil Quality Guidelines for the Protection of Environmental and Human Health (Summary Table,…
Polychlorinated biphenyls0.001µg/Lsurface water · guidelinereceiving water: freshwater
long-term exposure: CCME's long-term guideline		CCME Canadian Water Quality Guidelines for the Protection of Aquatic Life
Polychlorinated biphenyls0.01µg/Lsurface water · guidelinereceiving water: marine
long-term exposure: CCME's long-term guideline		CCME Canadian Water Quality Guidelines for the Protection of Aquatic Life

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What was searched

Every instrument we hold for Nova Scotia (CA-NS) and the place above it, Canada (CA): 15 instruments, for every parameter name matching “polychlorinated biphenyls”: pcbs total, total pcbs, polychlorinated biphenyls, polychlorinated biphenyls pcbs, polychlorinated biphenyls total, dioxins furans and dioxin like pcbs, pcbs total polychlorinated biphenyls, polychlorinated biphenyls total pcbs.

  1. CCME — Soil Quality Guidelines for the Protection of Environmental and Human Health (Summary Table, as served 2026-09-24) · Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment (CCME) · Summary Table · source sha256 f484a5f2a2dfcb5a4257763c853fc8dc810788cec54c75355b30ec194e2f7499 — 4 rows here
  2. CCME Canadian Water Quality Guidelines for the Protection of Aquatic Life — freshwater and marine, short and long term · Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment (CCME) · Summary Table (as served 2026-09-24; each guideline carries its own year) · source sha256 f484a5f2a2dfcb5a4257763c853fc8dc810788cec54c75355b30ec194e2f7499 — 2 rows here
  3. Nova Scotia Tier I Environmental Quality Standards (EQS) for Surface Water and Groundwater Discharging to Surface Water — Table 3, surface water columns · Nova Scotia Environment and Climate Change (Contaminated Sites Regulations, Tier I EQS) · Revision September 30, 2021 (linked from the Contaminated Sites protocols page, fetched 2026-10-09) · source sha256 cff66750079c1998ad86f5ad70089705f7824849c0b5a016eb5253447301a875 — 1 row here
12 instruments searched with no row for it
  1. Atlantic RBCA Version 4.0 — Tier I Risk-Based Screening Level (RBSL) Tables 5a (soil) and 5b (groundwater), July 2021 · Atlantic Partnership in RBCA Implementation (Atlantic PIRI: the environment departments of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador and Prince Edward Island) · Atlantic RBCA Version 4.0, Appendix 3, updated July 2021 (tables dated July 21, 2021) · source sha256 f29cd6f9586a6718012ecc27d1facf5f6ac0c951578da95c6b8dad8f80c2b13e — no row here
  2. Atlantic Canada Wastewater Guidelines Manual for Collection, Treatment, and Disposal (2006) — Appendix E, Table E.2 effluent requirements · Environment Canada and the environment departments of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island (Atlantic Canada Wastewater Guidelines Manual, 2006) · 2006 (Environment Canada with the Atlantic provinces; served by Nova Scotia Environment, fetched 2026-10-09) · source sha256 38c877cb9d12385eb9191e26183add52723563f4c80813ccc16f97f731cb6b10 — no row here
  3. Canadian Ambient Air Quality Standards (CAAQS), environmental quality objectives under CEPA 1999 ss. 54(1) and 55(1): Objectives for Ambient PM2.5 and Ozone, Annex paras 1-4 and footnotes 1-2, Canada Gazette Part I, Vol. 147, No. 21, May 25, 2013 · Canada Gazette, Part I, Volume 147, Number 21: GOVERNMENT NOTICES May 25, 2013 · source — no row here
  4. Fisheries Act (R.S.C. 1985, c. F-14), s. 36(3) — no deposit of a deleterious substance in water frequented by fish; no value printed · Government of Canada (Fisheries Act; Environment and Climate Change Canada administers s. 36) · Justice Laws Website, current to 2026-09-21, last amended 2024-11-27 · source sha256 db95b0a149728b0f0b1e1b1314d87ecdf46a91e1edfec4a7006fc3cbe0080bd6 — no row here
  5. Health Canada — Guidelines for Canadian Drinking Water Quality, Summary Tables 1-3 (microbiological, chemical and physical, radiological) · Health Canada, with the Federal-Provincial-Territorial Committee on Drinking Water · page modified 2026-01-21 (dcterms.modified; issued 2014-10-22): Tables 1-3 as the browser pane rendered them on 2026-10-15 · source sha256 9451ad8bfa566c0625ae4fcb362272cbb0e20040c548540f362488118c300b89 — no row here
  6. Health Canada, Objective for Canadian drinking water quality — per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (published 2024-08-09) · Health Canada · Objective value · source sha256 32a42a0d382cdd90729dd9750f47889782bd00d4af8dfd34f2b9aaf6f2678c6c — no row here
  7. Metal and Diamond Mining Effluent Regulations (SOR/2002-222) — Schedule 4, maximum authorized concentrations · Government of Canada (Fisheries Act; Environment and Climate Change Canada) · Justice Laws Website, current to 2026-09-21 · source sha256 2c6e0151d3776378f73df4868ca98052882ee81faf9738bbeba6f5d544b648fe — no row here
  8. Meat and Poultry Products Plant Liquid Effluent Regulations (C.R.C., c. 818) — Schedule I authorized deposits · Government of Canada (Fisheries Act; Environment and Climate Change Canada) · Justice Laws Website, current to 2026-09-21 · source sha256 c60e2a2dfa9a10c2ddd314b391bf66215ad599732f38b4c5a15fe793d8c28841 — no row here
  9. Potato Processing Plant Liquid Effluent Regulations (C.R.C., c. 829) — Schedule I authorized deposits · Government of Canada (Fisheries Act; Environment and Climate Change Canada) · Justice Laws Website, current to 2026-09-21 · source sha256 691ca3953a6dd6ae66b4c72737944caa68ed76710447df642a16716dd25027a3 — no row here
  10. Pulp and Paper Effluent Regulations (SOR/92-269) — s. 14 maximum BOD and suspended solids · Government of Canada (Fisheries Act; Environment and Climate Change Canada) · Justice Laws Website, current to 2026-09-21 · source sha256 cc8432e6a4dd1834ff4dd43d5b5fb98f09b1f7af7952e36154febcc649504eb4 — no row here
  11. Petroleum Refinery Liquid Effluent Regulations (C.R.C., c. 828) — Schedule I authorized deposits · Government of Canada (Fisheries Act; Environment and Climate Change Canada) · Justice Laws Website, current to 2026-09-21 · source sha256 30e528bdc3a3546afb3defff4dae9b1dacb362e192680e127bd788d7f97c8ce8 — no row here
  12. Wastewater Systems Effluent Regulations (SOR/2012-139) — s. 6 effluent quality · Government of Canada (Fisheries Act; Environment and Climate Change Canada) · Justice Laws Website, current to 2026-09-21, last amended 2026-06-04 · source sha256 0a60e10f783f7aca672792303dffcca1525133eb34eb32711543cb3cf4bbb955 — no row here

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