• Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment (CCME). 2002. Summary of existing Canadian Environmental quality guidelines. Updated 2002.

• Ontario Ministry of Environment. (OME). 1997. Guideline for Use at Contaminated Sites in Ontario. Queen’s Printer for Ontario. ISBN 0-7729-9248-7. Updated 1998.

• Efroymson, R.A., M.E. Will, G.W. Suter, and A.C. Wooten. 1997a. Toxicological benchmarks for screening contaminants of potential concern for effects on terrestrial plants. Oak Ridge National Laboratory. ES/ER/TM-85/R3.

• Efroymson, R.A., M.E. Will, and G.W. Suter. 1997b. Toxicological benchmarks for screening contaminants of potential concern for effects on soil and litter invertebrates and heterotrophic process: 1997 revision. Oak Ridge National Laboratory. ES/ER/TM-126/R2.

• Sample, B.E., D.M. Opresko, and G.W Suter II. 1996. Toxicological Benchmarks for Wildlife: 1996 Revision. Oak Ridge National Laboratory. ES/ER/TM-86/R3.

• United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA). 2001. Supplemental Guidance to RAGS: Region 4 Bulletins, Ecological Risk Assessment; Ecological Screening Values (ESV). Originally published November 1995. Website version last updated November 30, 2001

• United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA). 2003. Region 5, RCRA Ecological Screening Levels..

• United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA)2003. Ecological Soil Screening Levels (Eco-SSL). Website updated December 20, 2003.

  SEDIMENT     ^ Back to Top ^

• Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment (CCME). 2002. Summary of existing Canadian Environmental quality guidelines. Updated 2002.

• Jones, D.S., G.W. Suter, and R.N. Hull. 1997. Toxicological benchmarks for screening contaminants of potential concern for effects on sediment-associated biota: 1997 revision. Oak Ridge National Laboratory. ES/ER/TM-95/R4.

• Long, E., D. MacDonald, S. Smith, and F. Clader. 1995. Incidence of adverse biological effects within ranges of chemical concentrations in marine and estuarine sediments. Environmental Management 19:81-97.

• Buchman, M.F. 1999. NOAA Screening Quick Reference Tables, NOAA HAZMAT Report 99-1. Seattle , WA , Coastal Protection and Restoration Division, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

• MacDonald, D.D., C.G. Ingersoll, and T.A. Berger. 2000. Development and evaluation of consensus-based sediment quality guidelines for freshwater ecosystems. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 39:20-31.

• Ontario Ministry of Environment (OME). 1993. Guidelines for the Protection and Management of Aquatic Sediment Quality in Ontario . Queen's Printer for Ontario . Reprinted 1994.

• Sample, B.E., D.M. Opresko, and G.W Suter II. 1996. Toxicological Benchmarks for Wildlife: 1996 Revision. Oak Ridge National Laboratory. ES/ER/TM-86/R3.

• United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA). 1996. Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response (OSWER) ECO Update, “Ecotox Thresholds,” Vol. 3, No. 2, January 1996. EPA/540/F-95/038.

  SURFACE WATER     ^ Back to Top ^

• Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection (CTDEP). 2002. Water Quality Standards; Aquatic Life Criteria.

• Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment (CCME). 2002. Summary of existing Canadian Environmental quality guidelines. Updated 2002.

• Buchman, M.F. 1999. NOAA Screening Quick Reference Tables, NOAA HAZMAT Report 99-1. Seattle , WA , Coastal Protection and Restoration Division, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administratrion.

• Ontario Ministry of Environment and Energy (OMEE). 1993. Guidelines for the protection and management of aquatic sediment quality in Ontario .

• Suter, G.W. and C.L. Tsoa. 1996. Toxicological benchmarks for screening contaminants of potential concern for effects on aquatic biota: 1996 revision. Oak Ridge National Laboratory. ES/ER/TM-96/R2.

• Sample, B.E., D.M. Opresko, and G.W Suter II. 1996. Toxicological Benchmarks for Wildlife: 1996 Revision. Oak Ridge National Laboratory. ES/ER/TM-86/R3.

• United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA). 1996. Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response (OSWER) ECO Update, “Ecotox Thresholds,” Vol. 3, No. 2, January 1996. EPA/540/F-95/038.

• United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA). 2002. National Recommended Water Quality Criteria: 2002. EPA/822/R-02/04.

• Stressor Identification Guidance Document

• Technical Support Document for Water Quality - Based Toxics Control

• Water Quality Standards Handbook: Second Edition EPA-823-B94-005a

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• Whole Effluent Toxicity (WET) Methods
  
  
• Draft National Whole Effluent Toxicity (WET) Implementation Guidance (December 28, 2004)
  
  
• U.S. EPA. 2002. Methods for Measuring the Acute Toxicity of Effluents & Receiving Waters to Freshwater and Marine Organisms. 5th edition. EPA-821-R-02-012.
  
  
• U.S. EPA. 2002. Methods for Estimating the Chronic Toxicity of Effluents and Receiving Waters to Freshwater Organisms. 4th edition. EPA-821-R-02-013
  
  
• U.S. EPA. 2002. Short-term Methods for Measuring the Chronic Toxicity of Effluents and Receiving Waters to Marine and Estuarine Organisms. 3rd edition. EPA-821-R-02-014.

  SEDIMENT TOXICITY TESTING     ^ Back to Top ^

• Methods for Collection, Storage and Manipulation of Sediments for Chemical and Toxicological Analyses: Technical Manual (2002)

• Methods for Measuring the Toxicity and Bioaccumulation of Sediment-associated Contaminants with Freshwater Invertebrates - Second Edition (2000)

• U.S. EPA. 1994. Methods for Measuring the Toxicity and Bioaccumulation of Sediment-associated Contaminants with Estuarine and Marine Amphipods . 1st edition, EPA 600/R-94/025.

• Methods for Assessing the Chronic Toxicity of Marine and Estuarine Sediment-associated Contaminants with the Amphipod Leptocheirus plumulosus, First Edition (2001)

• U.S. EPA/U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. 1998. Evaluation of Dredged Material Proposed for Discharge in Waters of the U.S. - Inland Testing Manual . EPA-823-B-98-004.

  TOXICITY IDENTIFICATION EVALUATIONS     ^ Back to Top ^

• Environmental Protection Agency - Methods for Aquatic Toxicity Identification Evaluations: Phase 2 Toxicity Identification Procedures for Samples Exhibiting Acute and Chronic Toxicity

• Environmental Protection Agency - Methods for Aquatic Toxicity Identification Evaluations: Phase II Toxicity Identification Procedures .

• Methods for Aquatic Toxicity Identification Evaluations: Phase I Toxicity Characterization Procedures, Second Edition

• Environmental Protection Agency - Methods for Aquatic Toxicity Identification Evaluations, Phase 1: Toxicity Characterization Procedures

• Environmental Protection Agency - Methods for Aquatic Toxicity Identification Evaluations: Phase III Toxicity Confirmation Procedures for Samples Exhibiting Acute and Chronic Toxicity

• Environmental Protection Agency - Methods for Aquatic Toxicity Identification Evaluations, Phase 1: Toxicity Characterization Procedures, Second Edition

• Toxicity Identification Evaluation: Characterization of Chronically Toxic Effluents, Phase I

• Toxicity Reduction Evaluation Guidance for Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plants