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Main Title Are the "national guidelines" based on sound judgments? /
Author Stephan, C. E.
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Author Title of a Work
Stephan, Charles E.
CORP Author Environmental Research Lab.-Duluth, MN.
Publisher U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, Environmental Research Laboratory,
Year Published 1984
Report Number EPA-600/D-84-251; PB85-114072
Stock Number PB85-114072
OCLC Number 50729498
Subjects Water quality--United States--Measurement ; Aquatic biology--United States ; Water quality--Measurement
Additional Subjects Toxicity ; Aquatic biology ; Water pollution ; Assessments ; Instructions ; Hazards ; National government ; Water quality criteria
Internet Access
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https://nepis.epa.gov/Exe/ZyPDF.cgi?Dockey=P100SSFD.PDF
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ESAD  EPA 600-D-84-251 Region 10 Library/Seattle,WA 10/04/2002
NTIS  PB85-114072 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
Collation 24 pages ; 28 cm
Abstract
Until recently, procedures used to derive water quality criteria for aquatic life were not well defined and few principles were identified. On November 28, 1980, the United States Environmental Protection Agency published 'Guidelines for Deriving Water Quality Criteria for the Protection of Aquatic Life and Its Uses' in the Federal Register. These have been subsequently revised and renamed to 'Guidelines for Deriving Numerical National Water Quality Criteria for the Protection of Aquatic Life and Its Uses' and are referred to as the 'National Guidelines'. In addition, guidelines have been developed for deriving site-specific criteria either by modifying national criteria or by using other appropriate information. Establishing procedures for deriving water quality criteria and for assessing hazard to aquatic life have many similarities because both make use of information from many areas of aquatic toxicology and both assume that the science has developed sufficiently that these activities are feasible and desirable.
Notes
"EPA-600/D-84-251." "October 1984." "PB85-114072." Microfiche.
Contents Notes
Until recently, procedures used to derive water quality criteria for aquatic life were not well defined and few principles were identified. On November 28, 1980, the United States Environmental Protection Agency published 'Guidelines for Deriving Water Quality Criteria for the Protection of Aquatic Life and Its Uses' in the Federal Register. These have been subsequently revised and renamed to 'Guidelines for Deriving Numerical National Water Quality Criteria for the Protection of Aquatic Life and Its Uses' and are referred to as the 'National Guidelines'. In addition, guidelines have been developed for deriving site-specific criteria either by modifying national criteria or by using other appropriate information. Establishing procedures for deriving water quality criteria and for assessing hazard to aquatic life have many similarities because both make use of information from many areas of aquatic toxicology and both assume that the science has developed sufficiently that these activities are feasible and desirable.