Government literature. The availability of these documents is provided with each paragraph. The documents listed in this paragraph are those versions amended through July 1, 2018 unless otherwise specified.
(2) Ohio EPA technical documents. These documents are generally available in most Ohio public libraries and the state library of Ohio.
Information and copies may be obtained by writing to "
Voluntary Action Program, Lazarus Government Center, P.O. Box 1049, Columbus, OH" 43216-1049.
(a) Ohio EPA. "Biological Criteria for the Protection of Aquatic Life: Volume II:
User's Manual for Biological Field Assessment of Ohio Surface Waters." Electronic pdfs are as follows:
(b) Ohio EPA. "Biological Criteria for the Protection of Aquatic Life: Volume III: Standardized Biological Field Sampling and
Laboratory Methods for Assessing Fish and Macroinvertebrate Communities. Division of Surface Water." October 1989, as amended through June 2015.
https://www.epa.ohio.gov/portals/35/documents/BioCrit15_Vol3.pdf. https://epa.ohio.gov/static/Portals/35/documents/BioCrit15_Vol3.pdf . (c) Ohio EPA. "Biocriteria manual" means collectively, unless specified otherwise, "Biological Criteria for the Protection of Aquatic Life: Volume II" and "Biological Criteria for the Protection of Aquatic Life: Volume III."
(3) U.S. environmental protection agency (U.S.
EPA) technical documents. These documents are generally available in Ohio public libraries and the state library of Ohio. Documents listed without an address may be ordered by calling 800/490-9198. These documents may also be obtained by writing to "U.S.
EPA/NSCEP, P.O. Box 42419, Cincinnati, OH" 45242-0419. Documents listed with an address may also be obtained at that address. Many of these documents may be obtained via online ordering at
www.epa.gov/nscep. Some documents may be available for purchase, not free of charge.
(n) U.S.
EPA. "Methods for Measuring the Toxicity and Bioaccumulation of
Sediment-Associated Contaminants with Freshwater Invertebrates, March 2000, Second Edition. Office of Science and
Technology, Office of Water, Washington, DC."
EPA 600R-99/064.
https://nepis.epa.gov/Exe/ZyPURL.cgi?Dockey=30003SBA.txt.
This is also referred to as the "U.S. EPA sediment toxicity test."
(v) U.S.
EPA. "Statistical Analysis of
Ground Water Monitoring Data at RCRA Facilities. Unified Guidance.
EPA/R-09-007. Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery Program Implementation and
Information Division. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency." 2009.
https://nepis.epa.gov/Exe/ZyPURL.cgi?Dockey=P10055GQ.txt.
(x) U.S.
EPA. "Supplemental Guidance for Developing Soil Screening Levels for Superfund Sites. Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response." Washington, DC. OSWER 9355.4-24. December 2002.
https://semspub.epa.gov/work/HQ/175878.pdf.
(y) U.S.
EPA. "Test Methods for Evaluating Solid Waste, Physical/Chemical Methods," U.S.
EPA publication SW 846 [third edition (November 1986), as amended by "Update I" in 1993, "Update II" in 1995, "Update IIA" in 1994, "Updated IIB" in 1995, "Update III" in 1997, "Update IIIA" in 1999, "Updated IIIB" in 2005, "Update IV" in 2008, "Updated V" in 2015, and "Updated V" in 2018], is available from the "National Technical
Information Service, U.S. Department of Commerce, 5301 Shawnee Road, Alexandria, VA," 22312 or at
http://www.epa.gov/waste/hazard/testmethods/sw846/index.htm. https://www.epa.gov/hw-sw846 . The following updates and methods as published in the test methods compendium known as "Test Methods for Evaluating Solid Waste, Physical/Chemical Methods," U.S. EPA publication SW 846, and are available for purchase from the "National Technical Information Service, 5285 Port Royal Road, Springfield, VA" 22161. A suffix of "A" in the method number indicates revision one (the method has been revised once); a suffix of "B" in the method number indicates revision two (the method has been revised twice); and so on: