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Sediment Ecotoxicity Assessment Ring Verification Report and Statement
Citation:
McKernan, J., R. Darlington, AND A. Dindal. Sediment Ecotoxicity Assessment Ring Verification Report and Statement. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC, 2014.
Impact/Purpose:
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has established the Environmental Technology Verification (ETV) Program to facilitate the deployment of innovative or improved environmental technologies through performance verification and dissemination of information. The goal of the ETV Program is to further environmental protection by accelerating the acceptance and use of improved and cost-effective technologies.
Description:
The SEA Ring (U.S. Patent No. 8,011,239) is an integrated, field tested, toxicity and bioavailability assessment device. This device was developed at SPAWAR in San Diego, California and is commercially available from Zebra-Tech, Ltd. The SEA Ring was designed to evaluate toxicity in the water column (WC), sediment water interface (SWI), and/or surficial sediment (SED).
URLs/Downloads:
SEA RING ETV FINAL REPORT REVIEW 2.PDF (PDF, NA pp, 3833.519 KB, about PDF)SEA RING ETV FINAL REPORT REVIEW 1.PDF (PDF, NA pp, 4178.155 KB, about PDF)
SEA_RING_ETV_FINAL_REPORT_23DEC13.PDF (PDF, NA pp, 20389.641 KB, about PDF)
AMS FINAL SEA RING VERIFICATION STATEMENT_SIGNED.PDF (PDF, NA pp, 229.171 KB, about PDF)
QARF FOR FINAL REVIEW 123113 (2).PDF (PDF, NA pp, 28.777 KB, about PDF)
http://www.epa.gov/nrmrl/std/etv/vt-ams.html