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RECORD NUMBER: 587 OF 976Main Title | Methodology for deriving ambient water quality criteria for the protection of human health (2000) : technical support document. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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CORP Author | Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC. Office of Water. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Publisher | United States Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Water, Office of Science and Technology, | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Year Published | 2000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Report Number | EPA 822-B-00-005; EPA 822-R-03-030; EPA-822-R-09-008 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stock Number | PB2001-101036 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
OCLC Number | 566136242 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Subjects | Water quality biological assessment--United States ; Water quality--Health aspects--United States ; Water quality management--United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Additional Subjects | Health hazards ; Human health ; Water pollutants ; Criteria ; US EPA ; Risk assessments ; Chemicals ; Public health ; Health effects ; Carcinogens ; Bioaccumulation ; Exposure ; Ingestion ; Drinking water ; Skin absorption ; Toxicity ; Dose-response relationships ; Water quality standards ; Clean Water Act of 1977 ; Revisions ; AWQC(Ambient Water Quality Criteria) ; Ambient Water Quality Criteria | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Collation | 3 volumes ; 28 cm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Abstract | This document provides technical support concerning cancer and noncancer risk assessment methods used in the Methodology for Deriving Ambient Water Quality Criteria for the Protection of Human Health (2000) (USEPA, 2000a; hereafter the 2000 Human Health Methodology). Ambient water quality criteria (AWQC) developed under Section 304(a) of the Clean Water Act (hereafter the CWA or the Act) are based solely on data and scientific judgments on the relationship between pollutant concentrations and environmental and human health effects. The 304(a) criteria do not reflect consideration of economic impacts or the technological feasibility of meeting the chemical concentrations in ambient water. As discussed below, 304(a) criteria are used by States and authorized Tribes to establish water quality standards, and ultimately provide a basis for controlling discharges or releases of pollutants. |
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Notes | Cover title. "October 2000"--V. 1. "December 2003"--V. 2. "September 2009"--V. 3. "EPA 822-B-00-005"--V. 1. "EPA 822-R-03-030"--V. 2. "EPA-822-R-09-008"--V. 3. Includes bibliographical references. |
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Contents Notes | v. 1. Risk assessment -- v. 2. Development of national bioaccumulation factors -- v. 3. Development of site-specific bioaccumulation factors. |