Soil Guideline Value reports

We recommend that professionals using SGV Reports are familiar with the information in the framework reports and the introductory guide available below.   SGV Reports published before 2009 have been withdrawn.  They were prepared using previous framework guidance (R&D Publications CLR7 – 10) published in 2002, which has been superseded.

Introduction to Soil Guideline Values

• Using Soil Guideline Values (PDF, 940 KB)
• Errata for the Soil Guideline Value and supplementary note reports published on this page (PDF, 12 KB)

These are minor changes that do not affect the calculation of Soil Guideline Values.

Soil Guideline Values

Heavy metals and other inorganic compounds

• Soil Guideline Value for arsenic in soil (PDF, 385 KB)
• Soil Guideline Value for nickel in soil (PDF, 139 KB)
• Soil Guideline Value for mercury in soil (PDF, 220 KB)
• Soil Guideline Values for selenium in soil (PDF, 150 KB)
• Soil Guideline Values for cadmium in soil (PDF, 188 KB)

BTEX

• Soil Guideline Value for benzene in soil (PDF, 365KB)
• Soil Guideline Value for toluene in soil (PDF, 437KB)
• Soil Guideline Value for ethylbenzene in soil (PDF, 363KB)
• Soil Guideline Value for xylene in soil (PDF, 740KB)

Dioxins

• Soil Guideline Value for dioxins, furans and dioxin-like PCBs in soil (PDF, 372 KB)

Other organic compounds

• Soil Guideline Values for phenol in soil (PDF, 206 KB)

Supplementary information for the derivation of SGVs

Heavy metals and other inorganic compounds

• Supplementary information for the derivation of SGVs for arsenic (PDF, 2.33 MB)
• Supplementary information for the derivation of SGVs for nickel (PDF, 2.4 MB)
• Supplementary information for the derivation of SGVs for mercury (PDF, 2.41 MB)
• Supplementary information for the derivation of SGVs for selenium (PDF, 2.36 MB)
• Supplementary information for the derivation of SGVs for cadmium (PDF, 2.39 MB)

BTEX

• Supplementary information for the derivation of SGVs for benzene (PDF, 2.32 MB)
• Supplementary information for the derivation of SGVs for toluene (PDF, 2.32 MB)
• Supplementary information for the derivation of SGVs for ethylbenzene (PDF, 1.03MB)
• Supplementary information for the derivation of SGVs for xylene (PDF, 2.35 MB)
  

Dioxins

• Supplementary information for the derivation of SGVs for dioxins, furans and dioxin-like PCBs (PDF, 2.47MB)

Other organic compounds

• Supplementary information for the derivation of SGVs for phenol (PDF, 2.34 MB)