Containment |
Maximum Allowed |
Major Indoor Source |
Formaldehyde |
50 ppbV |
Composite wood products such as plywood, particleboard, furnishings, wallpaper, durable press fabrics, paints, combustion appliances, tobacco smoke |
Particulates (pM10) |
50 µg/m3 |
Cigarettes, Wood Stoves, Fireplaces, aerosol sprays, house dusts |
Total Volatile Organic Compounds (TVOC) |
500 µg/m3 |
Paints and lacquers, paint strippers, cleaning supplies, pesticides, building materials and furnishings, printers, correction fluids and carbonless copy paper, glues and adhesives, permanent markers, and photographic |
4-phenylcyclohexene (4-pCH) |
6.5 µg/m3 |
Carpets and fabrics with Styrene butadiene rubber (SBR) |
Carbon Monoxide |
9 ppmV and no greater than 2 ppmV above outdoor levels |
Unvented/malfunctioning gas & propane appliances, fireplaces, vehicles in garages |