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Appendix I -- Constituents for Detection Monitoring *

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Common Name ** CAS RN ***
Acetone 67-64-1
Acrylonitrile 107-13-1
Antimony (Total)
Arsenic (Total)
Barium (Total)
Benzene 71-43-2
Beryllium (Total)
Bromochloromethane 74-97-5
Bromodichloromethane 75-27-4
Bromoform; Tribromomethane 75-25-2
Cadmium (Total)
Carbon disulfide 75-15-0
Carbon tetrachloride 56-23-5
Chlorobenzene 108-90-7
Chloroethane; Ethyl chloride 75-00-3
Chloroform; Trichloromethane 67-66-3
Chromium (Total)
Cobalt (Total)
Copper (Total)
Dibromochloromethane; Chlorodibromomethane 124-48-1
1,2-Dibromo-3-chloropropane; DBCP 96-12-8
1,2-Dibromoethane; Ethylene dibromide; EDB 106-93-4
o-Dichlorobenzene; 1,2-Dichlorobenzene 95-50-1
p-Dichlorobenzene; 1,4-Dichlorobenzene 106-46-7
trans-1,4-Dichloro-2-butene 110-57-6
1,1-Dichloroethane; Ethylidene chloride 75-34-3
1,2-Dichloroethane; Ethylene dichloride 107-06-2
1,1-Dichloroethylene; 1,1-Dichloroethene 75-35-4
Vinylidene chloride cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene; cis-1,2-Dichloroethene 156-59-2
trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene 156-60-5
trans-1,2-Dichloroethene1,2-Dichloropropane; Propylene dichloride 78-87-5
cis-1,3-Dichloropropene 10061-01-5
trans-1,3-Dichloropropene 10061-02-6
Ethylbenzene 100-41-4
2-Hexanone; Methyl butyl ketone 591-78-6
Lead (Total)
Methyl bromide; Bromomethane 74-83-9
Methyl chloride; Chloromethane 74-87-3
Methylene bromide; Dibromomethane 74-95-3
Methylene chloride; Dichloromethane 75-09-2
Methyl ethyl ketone; MEK; 2-Butanone 78-93-3
Methyl iodide; Iodomethane 74-88-4
4-Methyl-2-pentanone; Methyl isobutyl ketone 108-10-1
Nickel (Total)
Selenium (Total)
Silver (Total)
Styrene 100-42-5
1,1,1,2-Tetrachloroethane 630-20-6
1,1,2,2-Tetrachloroethane 79-34-5
Tetrachloroethylene; Tetrachloroethene 127-18-4
Perchloroethylene Thallium (Total)
Toluene 108-88-3
1,1,1-Trichloroethane; Methylchloroform 71-55-6
1,1,2-Trichloroethane 79-00-5
Trichloroethylene; Trichloroethene 79-01-6
Trichlorofluoromethane; CFC-11 75-69-4
1,2,3-Trichloropropane 96-18-4
Vanadium (Total)
Vinyl acetate 108-05-4
Vinyl chloride 75-01-4
Xylenes 1330-20-7
Zinc (Total)
* This list contains 47 volatile organics for which possible analytical procedures provided in EPA Report SW-846 "Test Methods for Evaluating Solid Waste," third edition, November 1986, as revised December 1987, includes Method 8260; and 15 metals for which SW-846 provides either Method 6010 or a method from the 7000 series of methods.

** Common names are those widely used in government regulations, scientific publications, and commerce; synonyms exist for many chemicals.

*** Chemical Abstracts Service registry number. Where "Total" is entered, all species in the ground water that contain this element are included.

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