Sediment Quality Guidelines
EPA
Procedures
for the Derivation of Equilibrium Partitioning Sediment Benchmarks
(ESBs) for the Protection of Benthic Organisms: Dieldrin
(PDF, 75 pp., 9.6 MB)
Procedures
for the Derivation of Equilibrium Partitioning Sediment Benchmarks
(ESBs) for the Protection of Benthic Organisms: Endrin
(PDF, 73 pp., 7 MB)
National
Sediment Inventory. Appendix D Screening Values for
Chemicals Evaluated (PDF)
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Sediment
Guidelines
Sediment
Quality Guidelines Developed for the National Status and
Trends Program (PDF)
Screening
Quick Reference Tables (SQuiRTs)
US Geological Survey
Sediment
Effect Concentrations
Sediment
Effect Concentration (SEC) Database
Prediction
of Sediment Toxicity using Consensus-based Freshwater Sediment
Quality Guidelines (US Geological Survey and five other
collaborating organizations) (PDF)
Washington Department of Ecology
Sediment
Quality Chemical Criteria
Sediment
Management Standards
Developing
Health-Based Sediment Quality Criteria for Cleanup Sites:
A Case Study Report
Environment Canada
Canadian
Sediment Quality Guidelines
Summary
Tables: Canadian Sediment Quality Guidelines for the Protection
of Aquatic Life
List
of Canadian Sediment Quality Guideline Publications
Other Guidelines
Technical
Guidance for Screening Contaminated Sediments (New
York State Department of Environmental Conservation) (PDF)
1994
Florida Sediment Quality Assessment Guidelines (SQAGs)
(Florida Department of Environmental Protection)
2nd
Draft Document - Criteria for Managing Contaminated
Sediment in British Columbia (awaiting posting on British
Columbia
Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks Web site)
Summary
of Discussions During the Interactive Short Course on "Use
of Sediment Quality Guidelines in the Assessment and Management
of Contaminated Sediments." Presented before the 18th
Annual Meeting of the Society of Environmental Toxicology
and Chemistry (SETAC) in San Francisco, CA on Nov. 16, 1997
(Science Advisory Group on Sediment Quality Assessment)
Sediment
Quality Objectives (Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources)
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