Top b. What are contaminants of ecological concern?
Contaminants of ecological concern include those contaminants that exhibit the ability to biomagnify or bioaccumulate, as well as contaminants with concentrations that exceed the applicable standards or guidelines recommended by the Department, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency or other Federal natural resource agencies. The Department has outlined some of the references that may be used in the identification of the contaminants of ecological concern for specific environmental media at N.J.A.C. 7:26E-3.11(a)1.
