Aquatic Life

Copper

Notice of Availability of Draft Criteria Document and Request for Scientific Views

• Reopening the Period To Submit Scientific Views (March 9, 2004)
• Fact Sheet
• Federal Register Notice (December 31, 2003)
• Find background material using edocket. Docket ID# OW-2003-0079.
• Biotic ligand model (BLM) (zip file, 3.5MB)
• Draft Criteria Document (PDF, 992K)
  • Tables
    • Table 1a. Acute Toxicity of Copper to Freshwater Animals (PDF, 95K)
    • Table 1b. Acute Toxicity of Copper to Saltwater Animals (PDF, 47K)
    • Table 2a. Chronic Toxicity of Copper to Freshwater Animals (PDF, 64K)
    • Table 2b. Chronic Toxicity of Copper to Saltwater Animals (PDF, 49K)
    • Table 2c. Acute-Chronic Ratios (PDF, 60K)
    • Table 3a. Ranked Freshwater Genus Mean Acute Values with Species Mean Acute-Chronic Ratios (PDF, 61K)
    • Table 3b. Ranked Saltwater Genus Mean Acute Values with Species Mean Acute-Chronic Ratios (PDF, 62K)
    • Table 3c. Freshwater and Saltwater Final Acute Value (FAV) and Criteria Calculations (PDF, 54K)
    • Table 4a. Toxicity of Copper to Freshwater Plants (PDF, 67K)
    • Table 4b. Toxicity of Copper to Saltwater Plants (PDF, 64K)
    • Table 5a. Bioaccumulation of Copper by Freshwater Organisms (PDF, 54K)
    • Table 5b. Bioaccumulation of Copper by Saltwater Organisms (PDF, 56K)
    • Table 6. Species Numbers Used in Figure 4 (PDF, 29K)
  • Appendices
    • Appendix A. Ranges in Calibration and Application Data Sets (PDF,357K)
    • Appendix B. Biotic Ligand Model (BLM) User’s Guide (PDF, 6.4M)
    • Appendix C. Other Data on Effects of Copper on Freshwater and Saltwater Organisms (PDF, 244K)
    • Appendix D. Estimation of Water Chemistry Parameters for Acute Copper Toxicity Tests (PDF, 1.7M)
    • Appendix E. Saltwater Conversion Factors for Dissolved Values (PDF, 50K)
    • Appendix F. BLM Input Data and Notes (PDF, 114K)
    • Appendix G. Hardness Slopes (PDF, 202K)
    • Appendix H. Regression Plots (PDF, 2M)
    • Appendix I. Unused Data (PDF, 52K)

Document: Streamlined Water-Effect Ratio Procedure for Discharges of Copper -- March 2001 (PDF, 118KB)

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