Table 1 shows the benchmarks used in the Summary Report Appendix Graphs. Below the table is the collection of Codes used in the benchmark columns, and a list of References defining each of the benchmark Codes.
# #################################################################### # # DRW Source Codes: Source of data in the DRW column: # # MCL=EPA maximum contaminant level in drinking water # # ACT=EPA action level in drinking water # # HAL=EPA health-advisory level, lifetime, # 70-kg adult, assumes consumption of 2 L # water per day over a 70 year lifetime # # RSD5=Risk-specific dose @ Cancer risk level=10E-5 # For potential carcinogens only. # RSD(Risk level=10E-5) = RSD(Risk level=10E-4) / 10. # # # # References: # # USEPA, 1999a, Drinking water regulations # and health advisories, Office of water, # (http://www.epa.gov/OST/Tools/dwstds.html). # # USEPA, 1999b, Integrated Risk Information # System (IRIS) database, Office of Research # and Development, National Center for # Environmental Assessment, # (http://www.epa.gov/iris). # ################################################################### # # AQCR Source Codes: Source of data for AQCR attribute. # # # CAN=Canadian water-quality guideline for freshwater # aquatic life (for constituents in water) # (CCREM, 1997; and Environment Canada, 1999a) # # CAN-interim=Canadian interim water-quality guideline for # freshwater aquatic life (for constituents in water) # (CCREM, 1997; and Environment Canada, 1999a) # # CAN-interim, PEL, FW=Canadian interim sediment quality # guideline for protection of aquatic life, probable effect # level, freshwater value (for constituents in sediment) # (CCME, 1998; and Environment Canada, 1999b) # # CAN-interim, prov-PEL=Canadian interim sediment quality # guideline for protection of aquatic life, probable effect # level, provisional freshwater value (for constituents in sediment) # (CCME, 1998; and Environment Canada, 1999b) # # FCH=EPA chronic water-quality criterion for protection of aquatic # organisms, freshwater value (for constituents in water) # (USEPA, 1999c) # # GRL= Great Lakes water quality objective for protection of # aquatic life (for constituents in water) # (IJC, 1977) # # NIWQP, Tox-thresh=National Irrigation Water Quality Program, # toxicity threshold # (NIWQP, 1998) # # NYSDEC (noncancer)=New York fish flesh criteria for protection of # piscivorous wildlife, noncancer values. These guidelines protect # wildlife against chronic toxicity but not cancer. (for # constituents in tissue) # (Newell and others, 1987) # # # # References: # # Canadian Council of Ministers of the # Environment (CCME), 1998, Canadian sediment quality # guidelines for the protection of aquatic life: # Introduction and summary tables. In: Canadian # environmental quality guidelines, 1998, # Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment, # Winnipeg, (http://www.ec.gc.ca/ceqg-rcqe). # # Canadian Council of Resource and # Environment Ministers (CCREM), 1997, Canadian # water quality guidelines (rev. ed.): Ottawa, # Ontario, Task Force on Water Quality Guidelines, # Canadian Council of Resource and Environment # Ministers, loose-leaf (originally published # 1987), 23 appendixes. # # Environment Canada, 1999a, Canadian # water quality guidelines for the protection of # aquatic life, Summary tables, # (http://www.ec.gc.ca/ceqg-rcqe/water.htm). # # Environment Canada, 1999b, Canadian # sediment quality guidelines for the protection of # aquatic life, Summary tables, # (http://www.ec.gc.ca/ceqg-rcqe/sediment.htm). # # International Joint Commission Canada and # United States (IJC), 1977, New and revised Great # Lakes water quality objectives, Volume II, # An IJC report to the governments of the United # States and Canada: IJC, Windsor, Ontario, Canada, # (http://www.ijc.org/agree/quality.htmlart5) # # National Irrigation Water Quality Program (NIWQP), 1998, # Guidelines for interpretation of the biological effects of # selected constituents in biota, water, and sediment: U.S. # Department of the Interior, NIWQP Information Report # No. 3 (http:www.usbr.gov/niwqp/guidelines.html). # # Newell, A.J., Johnson, D.W., and Allen, L.K., 1987, # Niagara River Project: Fish flesh criteria for piscivorous # wildlife: New York State Department of Environmental # Conservation, Technical Report 87-3. # # USEPA, 1999c, National recommended water quality # criteria-Correction: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, # Office of Water, EPA 822-Z-99-001 (April 1999), # (http://www.epa.gov/ost/pc/revcom.pdf). # #############################################################################