Overview

These are Indiana’s Published Level Table 1 soil direct-contact standards for semi-volatile organic compounds (SVOCs) and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), from the IDEM Risk-based Closure Guide (WASTE-0046-R2, “the R2”), effective March 28, 2025. IDEM renamed these values from “Screening Levels” to “Published Levels” in the 2022 R2 update.

Risk basis: Indiana’s published levels are derived at a 1E-05 cancer risk (1 in 100,000) and a hazard quotient (HQ) of 1.0. This is 10 times less conservative than EPA’s default 1E-06 risk level. For carcinogens such as benzo(a)pyrene and many PAHs, Indiana’s values are approximately 10 times higher (less protective) than default EPA Regional Screening Levels.

Qualifier key:

C = Carcinogenic - value is cancer risk-based
N = Noncarcinogenic - value is hazard quotient-based
S = Soil saturation cap
L = 100,000 mg/kg cap
D = Detection limit-based
M = Based on the MCL

Blank cells indicate no published level for that chemical and pathway - not a level of zero.

Soil Direct-Contact Published Levels - SVOCs and PAHs

Showing 191 of 191 chemicals

Chemical	CAS Number	Residential (mg/kg)	Q	Commercial/Industrial (mg/kg)	Q
Acenaphthene	83-32-9	5,000	N	50,000	N
Acetophenone	98-86-2	3,000	S	3,000	S
Acetylaminofluorene, 2-	53-96-3	2	C	6	C
Aminobiphenyl, 4-	92-67-1	0.4	C	1	C
Aminophenol, m-	591-27-5	7,000	N	70,000	N
Aminophenol, o-	95-55-6	400	N	3,000	N
Aminophenol, p-	123-30-8	2,000	N	20,000	N
Aniline	62-53-3	600	N	4,000	C
Anthracene	120-12-7	30,000	N	100,000	L
Anthraquinone, 9,10-	84-65-1	200	N	600	C
Auramine	492-80-8	9	C	30	C
Azobenzene	103-33-3	80	C	300	C
Azodicarbonamide	123-77-3	10,000	N	40,000	N
Benz[a]anthracene	56-55-3	20	C	200	C
Benzidine	92-87-5	0.007	C	0.1	C
Benzo[a]pyrene	50-32-8	2	C	20	C
Benzo[b]fluoranthene	205-99-2	20	C	200	C
Benzo[e]pyrene	192-97-2	8	N	70	N
Benzo[j]fluoranthene	205-82-3	6	C	20	C
Benzo[k]fluoranthene	207-08-9	200	C	2,000	C
Benzofluorene, 2,3-	243-17-4	400	N	4,000	N
Benzoic Acid	65-85-0	100,000	L	100,000	L
Benzotrichloride	98-07-7	0.7	C	3	C
Benzyl Alcohol	100-51-6	9,000	N	80,000	N
Biphenyl, 1,1'-	92-52-4	70	N	200	N
Bis(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate	117-81-7	500	C	2,000	C
Bisphenol A	80-05-7	4,000	N	40,000	N
Butyl Benzyl Phthalate	85-68-7	4,000	C	10,000	C
Chloro-2-methylaniline HCl, 4-	3165-93-3	20	C	50	C
Chloro-2-methylaniline, 4-	95-69-2	80	C	200	C
Chloroacetophenone, 2-	532-27-4	60,000	N	100,000	L
Chloroaniline, p-	106-47-8	40	C	100	C
Chlorobenzene sulfonic acid, p-	98-66-8	9,000	N	80,000	N
Chlorobenzoic Acid, p-	74-11-3	3,000	N	30,000	N
Chloronaphthalene, Beta-	91-58-7	7,000	N	60,000	N
Chloronitrobenzene, o-	88-73-3	30	C	80	C
Chloronitrobenzene, p-	100-00-5	60	N	400	C
Chrysene	218-01-9	2,000	C	20,000	C
Cresol, m-	108-39-4	4,000	N	40,000	N
Cresol, o-	95-48-7	4,000	N	40,000	N
Cresol, p-	106-44-5	2,000	N	20,000	N
Cresol, p-chloro-m-	59-50-7	9,000	N	80,000	N
Cresols	1319-77-3	9,000	N	80,000	N
Cupferron	135-20-6	40	C	100	C
Cyclohexane, 1,2,3,4,5-pentabromo-6-chloro-	87-84-3	400	C	1,000	C
Decabromodiphenyl ether, 2,2',3,3',4,4',5,5',6,6'- (BDE-209)	1163-19-5	600	N	6,000	N
Dibenz[a,h]anthracene	53-70-3	2	C	20	C
Dibenzo[a,e]pyrene	192-65-4	0.6	C	2	C
Dibenzofuran	132-64-9	100	N	1,000	N
Dibromobenzene, 1,3-	108-36-1	40	N	200	S
Dibromobenzene, 1,4-	106-37-6	1,000	N	10,000	N
Dibutyl Phthalate	84-74-2	9,000	N	80,000	N
Dichlorobenzidine, 3,3'-	91-94-1	20	C	50	C
Dichlorophenol, 2,4-	120-83-2	300	N	3,000	N
Diethyl Phthalate	84-66-2	70,000	N	100,000	L
Dihydrosafrole	94-58-6	100	C	500	C
Dimethoxybenzidine, 3,3'-	119-90-4	1	C	10	C
Dimethylamino azobenzene [p-]	60-11-7	2	C	5	C
Dimethylaniline HCl, 2,4-	21436-96-4	10	C	40	C
Dimethylaniline, 2,4-	95-68-1	40	C	100	C
Dimethylaniline, N,N-	121-69-7	200	N	800	S
Dimethylbenz[a]anthracene, 7,12-	57-97-6	0.006	C	0.08	C
Dimethylbenzidine, 3,3'-	119-93-7	0.2	C	2	C
Dimethylphenol, 2,4-	105-67-9	2,000	N	20,000	N
Dimethylphenol, 2,6-	576-26-1	50	N	500	N
Dimethylphenol, 3,4-	95-65-8	90	N	800	N
Dimethylterephthalate	120-61-6	10,000	N	100,000	L
Dinitroaniline, 3,5-	618-87-1	40	N	300	N
Dinitrobenzene, 1,2-	528-29-0	9	N	80	N
Dinitrobenzene, 1,3-	99-65-0	9	N	80	N
Dinitrobenzene, 1,4-	100-25-4	9	N	80	N
Dinitro-o-cresol, 4,6-	534-52-1	7	N	70	N
Dinitro-o-cyclohexyl Phenol, 4,6-	131-89-5	200	N	2,000	N
Dinitrophenol, 2,4-	51-28-5	200	N	2,000	N
Dinitrotoluene Mixture, 2,4/2,6-	E1615210	10	C	30	C
Dinitrotoluene, 2,4-	121-14-2	20	C	70	C
Dinitrotoluene, 2,6-	606-20-2	5	C	20	C
Dinitrotoluene, 2-Amino-4,6-	35572-78-2	10	N	100	N
Dinitrotoluene, 4-Amino-2,6-	19406-51-0	10	N	100	N
Dinitrotoluene, Technical grade	25321-14-6	20	C	50	C
Dioxins: Hexachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin, Mixture	34465-46-8	0.001	C	0.005	C
Dioxins: TCDD, 2,3,7,8-	1746-01-6	0.00007	C	0.0002	C
Diphenyl Ether	101-84-8	50	N	100	N
Diphenyl Sulfone	127-63-9	70	N	700	N
Diphenylamine	122-39-4	9,000	N	80,000	N
Diphenylhydrazine, 1,2-	122-66-7	10	C	30	C
Direct Black 38	1937-37-7	1	C	3	C
Direct Blue 6	2602-46-2	1	C	3	C
Direct Brown 95	16071-86-6	1	C	3	C
Fluoranthene	206-44-0	3,000	N	30,000	N
Fluorene	86-73-7	3,000	N	30,000	N
Hexabromobenzene	87-82-1	200	N	2,000	N
Hexabromodiphenyl ether, 2,2',4,4',5,5'- (BDE-153)	68631-49-2	20	N	200	N
Hexachlorobenzene	118-74-1	1	N	10	C
Hexachlorobutadiene	87-68-3	20	C	20	S
Hexachlorocyclohexane, Alpha-	319-84-6	1	C	4	C
Hexachlorocyclohexane, Beta-	319-85-7	4	C	10	C
Hexachlorocyclohexane, Delta-	319-86-8	0.005	N	0.05	N
Hexachlorocyclohexane, Technical	608-73-1	4	C	10	C
Hexachlorocyclopentadiene	77-47-4	3	N	8	N
Hexachloroethane	67-72-1	30	C	80	C
Hexachlorophene	70-30-4	30	N	300	N
Hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazine (RDX)	121-82-4	100	C	400	C
Hexamethylene diisocyanate biuret	4035-89-6	100,000	L	100,000	L
Hexamethylene diisocyanate isocyanurate	3779-63-3	100,000	L	100,000	L
Hexamethylene Diisocyanate, 1,6-	822-06-0	4	N	10	N
Hexanedioic Acid	124-04-9	100,000	L	100,000	L
Hydroquinone	123-31-9	100	C	400	C
Indeno[1,2,3-cd]pyrene	193-39-5	20	C	200	C
Isophorone	78-59-1	8,000	C	20,000	C
Lewisite	541-25-3	0.5	N	6	N
Maleic Anhydride	108-31-6	9,000	N	80,000	N
Maleic Hydrazide	123-33-1	40,000	N	100,000	L
Mercaptobenzothiazole, 2-	149-30-4	400	N	2,000	C
Methoxy-5-nitroaniline, 2-	99-59-2	200	C	500	C
Methyl-5-Nitroaniline, 2-	99-55-8	800	C	3,000	C
Methylaniline Hydrochloride, 2-	636-21-5	60	C	200	C
Methylene-bis(2-chloroaniline), 4,4'-	101-14-4	20	C	200	C
Methylene-bis(N,N-dimethyl) Aniline, 4,4'-	101-61-1	200	C	500	C
Methylnaphthalene, 1-	90-12-0	0.3	N	0.8	N
Methylnaphthalene, 2-	91-57-6	300	N	3,000	N
Monomethylaniline	100-61-8	200	N	2,000	N
N,N'-Diphenyl-1,4-benzenediamine	74-31-7	30	N	300	N
Naphtha, High Flash Aromatic (HFAN)	64742-95-6	3,000	N	40,000	N
Naphthalene	91-20-3	30	C	90	C
Naphthylamine, 2-	91-59-8	4	C	10	C
Nitroaniline, 2-	88-74-4	900	N	8,000	N
Nitroaniline, 4-	100-01-6	400	N	1,000	C
Nitrobenzene	98-95-3	70	C	200	C
Nitrocellulose	9004-70-0	100,000	L	100,000	L
Nitrofurantoin	67-20-9	6,000	N	60,000	N
Nitroglycerin	55-63-0	9	N	80	N
Nitropyrene, 4-	57835-92-4	6	C	20	C
Nitrosodiethanolamine, N-	1116-54-7	3	C	8	C
Nitrosodiethylamine, N-	55-18-5	0.01	C	0.2	C
Nitrosodiphenylamine, N-	86-30-6	2,000	C	5,000	C
Nitrosomorpholine [N-]	59-89-2	1	C	3	C
Nitrosopiperidine [N-]	100-75-4	0.8	C	2	C
Nitrosopyrrolidine, N-	930-55-2	4	C	10	C
Nitrotoluene, m-	99-08-1	9	N	80	N
Nitrotoluene, o-	88-72-2	40	C	200	C
Nitrotoluene, p-	99-99-0	400	N	1,000	C
Octabromodiphenyl Ether	32536-52-0	300	N	3,000	N
Octahydro-1,3,5,7-tetranitro-1,3,5,7-tetrazocine (HMX)	2691-41-0	5,000	N	60,000	N
Octyl Phthalate, di-N-	117-84-0	900	N	8,000	N
Pentabromodiphenyl Ether	32534-81-9	0.3	S	0.3	S
Pentabromodiphenyl ether, 2,2',4,4',5- (BDE-99)	60348-60-9	9	N	80	N
Pentachlorobenzene	608-93-5	90	N	900	N
Pentachloronitrobenzene	82-68-8	40	C	100	C
Pentachlorophenol	87-86-5	10	C	40	C
Perylene	198-55-0	8	N	70	N
Phenacetin	62-44-2	4,000	C	10,000	C
Phenol	108-95-2	30,000	N	100,000	L
Phenol, 2-(1-methylethoxy)-, methylcarbamate	114-26-1	400	N	3,000	N
Phenothiazine	92-84-2	40	N	400	N
Phenylenediamine, m-	108-45-2	500	N	5,000	N
Phenylenediamine, o-	95-54-5	10	C	200	C
Phenylenediamine, p-	106-50-3	90	N	800	N
Phenylphenol, 2-	90-43-7	4,000	C	10,000	C
Phthalic Acid, p-	100-21-0	40,000	N	100,000	L
Phthalic Anhydride	85-44-9	100,000	L	100,000	L
Picramic Acid (2-Amino-4,6-dinitrophenol)	96-91-3	9	N	80	N
Picric Acid (2,4,6-Trinitrophenol)	88-89-1	200	N	2,000	N
Polybrominated Biphenyls	36355-01-8	0.3	C	0.8	C
Pyrene	129-00-0	3,000	N	20,000	N
Quinoline	91-22-5	3	C	8	C
Safrole	94-59-7	8	C	100	C
Sulfonylbis(4-chlorobenzene), 1,1'-	80-07-9	70	N	700	N
Tetrabromodiphenyl ether, 2,2',4,4'- (BDE-47)	5436-43-1	9	N	80	N
Tetrachlorobenzene, 1,2,4,5-	95-94-3	3	N	40	N
Tetrachlorophenol, 2,3,4,6-	58-90-2	3,000	N	30,000	N
Thiodiglycol	111-48-8	8,000	N	80,000	N
Toluene-2,6-diisocyanate	91-08-7	7	N	20	N
Toluenediamine, 2,3-	2687-25-4	9	N	80	N
Toluenediamine, 2,5-	95-70-5	20	N	100	C
Toluenediamine, 3,4-	496-72-0	9	N	80	N
Toluic Acid, p-	99-94-5	400	N	4,000	N
Toluidine, o- (Methylaniline, 2-)	95-53-4	500	C	1,000	C
Toluidine, p-	106-49-0	300	C	800	C
Triacetin	102-76-1	100,000	L	100,000	L
Tribromobenzene, 1,2,4-	615-54-3	500	N	6,000	N
Tribromophenol, 2,4,6-	118-79-6	800	N	7,000	N
Trichloroaniline HCl, 2,4,6-	33663-50-2	300	C	800	C
Trichloroaniline, 2,4,6-	634-93-5	3	N	30	N
Trichlorobenzene, 1,2,3-	87-61-6	90	N	900	N
Trichlorobenzene, 1,2,4-	120-82-1	80	N	300	N
Trichlorophenol, 2,4,5-	95-95-4	9,000	N	80,000	N
Trichlorophenol, 2,4,6-	88-06-2	90	N	800	N
Trinitrobenzene, 1,3,5-	99-35-4	3,000	N	30,000	N
Trinitrotoluene, 2,4,6-	118-96-7	50	N	500	N
Urethane	51-79-6	2	C	20	C

Practical Notes

PAH carcinogenicity: PAHs are evaluated as a group in most site assessments using benzo(a)pyrene (BaP) as the index compound. IDEM uses toxicity equivalency factors (TEFs) to express PAH risk in BaP equivalents. Check the R2 for the current TEF table and calculation method.

Benzo(a)pyrene is typically the most restrictive PAH due to its carcinogenicity. At sites with asphalt, coal tar, or petroleum impacts, benzo(a)pyrene concentrations in soil often exceed published levels even when other PAHs do not.

Phthalates (particularly bis(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate, or DEHP) are common laboratory interferences at high concentrations. If you see elevated phthalates in your results, verify with the laboratory that the detections are not from sample handling equipment before comparing to published levels.

PCBs in this table are individual Aroclor formulations. Indiana follows standard EPA practice for PCB risk assessment. See the Indiana Soil - Pesticides and PCBs page for the complete PCB and pesticide published levels.

Comparing to Ohio: Ohio’s VAP generic soil standards (OAC 3745-300-08) are derived at the same 1E-05 cancer risk target as Indiana’s published levels. The two states’ values still differ chemical by chemical because of different exposure assumptions and toxicity inputs, so do not assume they are interchangeable for any SVOC or PAH.