| 1-1 |
|
Total number of fish advisories in effect in each state
in 1998 (change from 1997) |
| 1-2 |
|
Trends in number of advisories issued for various pollutants |
| 1-3 |
|
Series summary: Guidance for assessing chemical contamination
data for use in fish advisories |
| 2-1 |
|
Recommended strategy for State fish and shellfish contaminant
monitoring programs |
| 3-1 |
|
Geographic range of the common snapping turtle (Chelydra
serpentina |
| 3-2 |
|
Geographic distributions of three bivalve species used
extensively in national contaminant monitoring programs |
| 4-1 |
|
States issuing fish and shellfish advisories for mercury |
| 4-2 |
|
States issuing fish and shellfish advisories for chlordane |
| 4-3 |
|
States issuing fish and shellfish advisories for PCBs |
| 4-4 |
|
States issuing fish and shellfish advisories for dioxin/furans |
| 5-1 |
|
Recommended Values for Mean Body Weights (Bws) and Fish
Consumption Rates (CRs) for Selected Subpopulations |
| 5-2 |
|
Fish Consumption Rates for Various Fisher Populations |
| 5-3 |
|
Dose-Response Variables and Recommended Screening Values
(SVs) for Target Analytes - Recreational Fishers |
| 5-4 |
|
Dose-Response Variables and Recommended Screening Values
(SVs) for Target Analytes - Subsistence Fishers |
| 5-5 |
|
Example Screening Values (SVs) for Various Target Populations
and Risk Levels (RLs) |
| 5-6 |
|
Toxicity Equivalency Factors for Various PAHs |
| 5-7 |
|
Toxicity Equivalency Factors (TEFs) for Tetra-through
Octa-Chlorinated Dibenzo-p-Dioxins and Dibenzofurans and
Dioxin-Like PCBs |
| 6-1 |
|
Example of a sample request form |
| 6-2 |
|
U.S. fish and wildlife service regions |
| 6-3 |
|
Example of a field record for fish contaminant monitoring
program--screening study |
| 6-4 |
|
Example of a field record for shellfish contaminant
monitoring progra m-- screening study |
| 6-5 |
|
Example of a field record for fish contaminant monitoring
program-- intensive study |
| 6-6 |
|
Example of a field record for shellfish contaminant
monitoring program -- intensive study |
| 6-7 |
|
Example of a sample identification label |
| 6-8 |
|
Example of a chain-of-custody tag or label |
| 6-9 |
|
Example of a chain-of-custody record form |
| 6-10 |
|
Recommended measurements of body length and size for
fish, shellfish, and turtles |
| 7-1 |
|
Preparation of fish fillet composite homogenate samples |
| 7-2 |
|
Sample processing record for fish contaminant monitoring
program -- fish fillet composites |
| 7-3 |
|
Illustration of basic fish filleting procedure |
| 7-4 |
|
Preparation of individual turtle homogenate samples |
| 7-5 |
|
Sample processing record for a contaminant monitoring
progra m -- individual turtle samples |
| 7-6 |
|
Illustration of basic turtle resection procedure |
| 7-7 |
|
Preparation of shellfish edible tissue composite homogenate
samples |
| 7-8 |
|
Sample processing record for shellfish contaminant monitoring
program - edible tissue composites |
| 7-9 |
|
Example of a fish and shellfish monitoring program sample
aliquot record |
| 7-10 |
|
Example of a fish and shellfish monitoring program sample
transfer record |
| 8-1 |
|
Recommended contents of analytical standard operating
procedures (SOPs) |
| 9-1 |
|
Recommended data reporting requirements for screening
and intensive studies |
| 9-2 |
|
Key information fields for the National Fish Tissue
Residue Data Repository |
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This report was prepared by the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency, Office of Water, Fish and Wildlife Contamination Program.
The EPA Project Manager for this document was Jeffrey Bigler
who provided overall project coordination as well as technical
direction. EPA was supported in the development of this document
by the Research Triangle Institute (RTI) (EPA Contract Number
68-C7-0056). Pat Cunningham of RTI was the contractor's Project
Manager. Preparation of the First Edition of this guidance
in 1993 was facilitated by the substantial efforts of the
numerous Workgroup members and reviewers listed in Appendix
A.
| AFS |
|
American Fisheries Society |
| ANOVA |
|
Analysis of Variance |
| ATSDR |
|
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry |
| BCF |
|
bioconcentration factor |
| BW |
|
body weight |
| CDD |
|
chlorodibenzo-p-dioxin |
| CDF |
|
chlorodibenzofuran |
| CERCLA |
|
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation,
and Liability Act |
| CLP |
|
Contract Laboratory Program |
| COC |
|
chain-of-custody |
| CR |
|
consumption rate |
| CRM |
|
certified reference material |
| CRADAs |
|
Cooperative Research and Development Agreements |
| CSF |
|
cancer slope factor |
| CSFII |
|
Continuing Survey of Food Intake by Indivdiuals |
| CSOs |
|
combined sewer overflows |
| CV |
|
coefficient of variation |
| CVAAS |
|
cold vapor atomic absorption spectrometry |
| DFTPP |
|
decafluorotriphenylphosphine |
| DOT |
|
U.S. Department of Transportation |
| EMAP |
|
Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program |
| EMAP-NC |
|
Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Progra m-- Near
Coastal |
| EPA |
|
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency |
| EMMI |
|
Environmental Monitoring Methods Index System |
| FDA |
|
U.S. Food and Drug Administration |
| FWS |
|
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service |
| ¡-BHC |
|
benzene hexachloride |
| ¡-HCH |
|
hexachlorocyclohexane |
| GC/ECD |
|
gas chromatography/electron capture detection |
| GC/FID |
|
gas chromatography/flame ionization detection |
| GC/FPD |
|
gas chromatography/flame photometric detection |
| GC/NPD |
|
gas chromatography/nitrogen-phosphorus detection |
| GC/MS |
|
gas chromatography/mass spectrometry |
| GFAA |
|
graphic furnace atomic absorption spectrometry |
| GLIFWC |
|
Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission |
| GPS |
|
Global Positioning System |
| HAA |
|
hydride generation atomic absorption spectrometry |
| HEAST |
|
Health Effects Assessment Summary Tables |
| HPLC/MS |
|
high-performance liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry |
| HRGC/LRMS |
|
high-resolution gas chromography/low-resolution mass
spectrometry |
| HRGC/HRMS |
|
high-resolution gas chromatography/high-resolution mass
spectrometry |
| ICP |
|
inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometry |
| IDL |
|
instrument detection limit |
| IRIS |
|
Integrated Risk Information System |
| IUPAC |
|
Information Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry |
| LAN |
|
local area network |
| LLD |
|
lower limits of detection |
| LOAEL |
|
lowest observed adverse effects level |
| LOD |
|
limit of detection |
| LOQ |
|
limit of quantitation |
| MDL |
|
method detection limit |
| MQL |
|
method quantitation limit |
| NAS |
|
National Academy of Sciences |
| NERRS |
|
National Estuarine Research Research System |
| NCBP |
|
National Contaminant Biomonitoring Program |
| NCR |
|
no-carbon-required |
| ND |
|
not detected |
| NEP |
|
National Estuary Program |
| NFTDR |
|
National Fish Tissue Data Repository |
| NIST |
|
National Institute of Standards and Technology |
| NLFWA |
|
National Listing of Residue Fish and Wildlife Advisors |
| NOAA |
|
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
| NOAEL |
|
no observed adverse effects level |
| NRCC |
|
National Research Council of Canada |
| NS&T |
|
National States and Trends Program |
| NSCRFN |
|
National Study of Chemical Residues in Fish |
| NTIS |
|
National Technical Information Service |
| OAPCA |
|
Organotin Antifouling Paint Control Act |
| OAQPS |
|
Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards |
| OCDD |
|
octachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin |
| OCDF |
|
octachlorodibenzofuran |
| ODES |
|
Ocean Discharge Evaluation System |
| ODW |
|
Office of Drinking Water |
| OHEA |
|
Office of Health and Environmental Assessment |
| OPP |
|
Office of Pesticide Programs |
| ORSANCO |
|
Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission |
| PAB |
|
Population Adjusted Dose |
| PAHs |
|
polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons |
| PBBs |
|
polybrominated biphenyls |
| PCBs |
|
polychlorinated biphenyls |
| PCDDs |
|
polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins |
| PCDFs |
|
polychlorinated dibenzofurans |
| PEC |
|
potency equivalency concentration |
| PNAs |
|
polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons |
| PQL |
|
practical quantitation limit |
| PTFE |
|
polytetrafluoroethylene |
| QA |
|
quality assurance |
| QC |
|
quality control |
| RCRA |
|
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act |
| RDL |
|
reliable detection limit |
| RFs |
|
response factors |
| RfD |
|
reference dose |
| RL |
|
risk level |
| RPs |
|
relative potencies |
| RPD |
|
relative percent difference |
| RRFs |
|
relative response factors |
| RSD |
|
relative standard deviation |
| SOPs |
|
standard operating procedures |
| SRMs standard |
|
reference materials |
| SVs |
|
screening values |
| 2,4,5-T |
|
2,4,5-trichlorophenoxyacetic acid |
| 2,3,7,8-TCDD |
|
2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin |
| 2,3,7,8-TCDF |
|
2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzofuran |
| 2,4,5-T |
|
2,4,5-trichlorophenoxyacetic acid |
| 2,4,5-TCP |
|
2,4,5-trichlorophenol |
| TEFs |
|
toxicity equivalency factor |
| TEQs |
|
toxicity equivalency concentrations |
| TVA |
|
Tennessee Valley Authority |
| UF |
|
uncertainty factor |
| UM |
|
modifying factor |
| USDA |
|
U.S. Department of Agriculture |
| USGS |
|
U.S. Geological Survey |
| USFWS |
|
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service |
| WHO |
|
World Health Organization |
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