Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2013C00288:reg:11:p5
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2013C00288
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 11 (pt 5/5)
Character Range: 1239939–1241443

material, organic matter, pore water and pore air, and is capable of supporting organisms, including plants, bacteria, fungi, protozoans, invertebrates and other animal life. For the purposes of this guideline, soil includes geological materials (gravels, sands, silts, clays and porous rock), and anthropogenically deposited fill material (for example, crushed rock, broken bricks, gasworks ash, foundry sand, 'clean' fill.).
Soil-specific ecological investigation levels are EILs that are specific for a specified set of soil physicochemical properties. These would apply to all soils or sites that have this combination of soil properties and have the same land use.
Soil quality guideline (SQG) is a collective term used to describe any quantitative or qualitative limit that controls the concentration of contaminants in soils. Ecological investigation levels are a type of SQG. This term was used in Schedule B5b and B5c for contaminant limits as a range of values were derived using various toxicity data.  Only SQGs derived from LOEC and EC30 toxicity data are adopted as EILs.
Toxicity assessment means the overall process of evaluating the type and magnitude of toxicity caused by a hazardous substance.
Toxicity means the quality or degree of being poisonous or harmful to plant, animal or human life.
Transitory or permanent wildlife includes wildlife that lives permanently or spends part of their life cycle on the site in question (for example, the site may be part of a bird's territory).