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CONTENTS
1. Overview •> 1
Additional Documentation - 1
Saving Time and Money Online 2
2. Accessing the NFS BBS and the SIG Forum 3
Accessing the NFS BBS 3
How the NFS BBS Is Structured 4
Accessing and Exiting the SIG Forum , - 4
3. NFS BBS Main Board and SIG Forum Features 6
Files 6
Zipping and Unzipping Files 6
Zipping and Unzipping for Macintosh Users 6
Use of ASCII Format 7
Bulletins 7
Messages 7
Doors to Databases > 8
4. Getting Help 9
5. Searching the Fish Consumption Database - 10
Database Contents 10
Entering the Database Door 10
Basics of Performing a Search 10
Entering Your Search Criteria 10
Broadening Your Search 13
Narrowing Your Search 14
Post-Search Options 14
Altering Your Search Results 14
Sorting Your Search Results 15
Seeing or Saving Your Search Results 15
Other Post-Search Options 16
Searching the Bans and Advisories Data File 16
What Each Searchable Data Field Contains 16
What Each Nonsearchable Data Field Contains 17
Searching the Documents Data File 17
What Each Searchable Data Field Contains 17
What Each Nonsearchable Data Field Contains 18
Fish Consumption Survey Data 19
Searching the Contacts Data File 19
What Each Searchable Data Field Contains 19
What Each Nonsearchable Data Field Contains 20
Searching All Data Files 20
Data Quality 21
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6. Submitting Revisions and Additions 22
Data Changes and Additions 22
Software Bugs 22
Appendix I NFS BBS Commands—Alphabetical Listing 25
Appendix II Information Sources 37
Appendix III Keyword List for Documents Data File 39
Appendix IV Species, Pollutant, and Target Human Population Terms Used in the Bans and
Advisories Data File 43
Appendix V Data Revision Submittal Forms 57
Appendix VI History of the Bans and Advisories File 63
Appendix VII EPA Regions and State Postal Codes 65
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1. Overview
The Nonpoint Source Information Exchange Bulletin Board System (NFS BBS) provides state and local
agencies, private organizations, businesses, and concerned individuals with timely, relevant NFS
information, a forum for open discussion, and the ability to exchange computer files.
Within the NFS BBS, a Special Interest Group (SIG) Forum functions as a discrete, fully functioning
sub-BBS. Information within the Fish Consumption SIG Forum is focused on fish consumption bans,
advisories, and related reports.
YOU CAN USE THE FISH CONSUMPTION SIG FORUM TO:
• Search a menu-driven database system that contains information on fish consumption bans and
advisories, consumption surveys, related reports and documents, and names and phone numbers of
colleagues who can provide additional information or supply documents.
• Read news and bulletins posted by the SIG Forum Technical Monitors on behalf of the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) or users.
• Share your own articles and comments online for the benefit of others and receive valuable
feedback.
• Ask questions and conduct discussions directly with colleagues studying risk management for fish
consumption.
• Exchange public and private memoranda with other users or with the System Operator (Sysop).
• Exchange computer files, including databases, electronic spreadsheets, word-processor files, and
software.
• Use similar functions to interact with the users of the NFS BBS's Main Board and other SIG
Forums.
Additional Documentation
This user's manual, a supplement to the NFS BBS user's manual, describes how to access and use the
major capabilities of the Fish Consumption SIG Forum.
To gain the maximum benefit from the NFS BBS and the Fish Consumption SIG Forum, you need the
NFS BBS user's manual. The fastest and easiest way to obtain an NFS BBS user's manual is download
it as a file from the NFS BBS Main Board. MAN-ASC.ZIP is an ASCII version of the NFS BBS
user's manual, and MAN-WP51.ZIP is a WordPerfect 5.1 version.
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If you can access the NFS BBS but cannot print a downloaded file with the NFS BBS user's manual,
you can order the manual by answering Script Questionnaire 2 on the Main Board, (irype S at the
"Main Board Command?" prompt.) If you need an NFS BBS manual and cannot get online, then write
to the U.S. EPA Office of Water, NFS Information Exchange (WH-553), 401 M Street, SW,
Washington, DC 20460.
Appendix I in either manual lists and describes all user commands and subcommands that are available
to you on the Main Board of the NFS BBS and in the SIG Forums.
Saving Time and Money Online
The NFS BBS, SIG Forums, and online door programs have been designed to let you get useful results
quickly, with a minimum of learning. The cost of your telephone calls into the NFS BBS will add up
rapidly, however, if you use the system inefficiently.
You can minimize your time online in several ways. Time invested hi reading the manuals will pay for
itself rapidly by allowing you to reduce the time you spend online. After you read the manual and the
online help messages for the BBS and SIG Forum, you will be able to send more pointed question
messages to the Sysop and the Technical Monitor.
You should also invest some online time in experimenting with the NFS BBS and SIG Forum functions.
The Guided Tour in the NFS BBS user's manual is an excellent way to begin this process. After you
become familiar with the available functions, you can suppress the tedious redisplay of the BBS menu
by typing X at the BBS or SIG Forum command prompts. You can see the menu again at any time by
typing MENU, or you can turn the automatic display back on permanently by typing X again.
You can use the Q-Mail Door on the BBS Main Board to upload and download messages that you can
write and read offline on your own PC. See the NFS BBS user's manual or Bulletin 11 on the NFS
BBS Main Board for more information about Q-mail.
Files will upload and download much faster if they are compressed ("zipped") with the PKZ110.EXE
software. (See Section 3—Zipping and Unzipping Files.)
If you use log/capture files (see Section 5—Seeing or Saving Your Search Results) to record all your
online activity, you will be able to review your online activities offline.
Perhaps the most important way to save time and money is to plan your online activity before you dial
in. Advance planning is especially useful for searches in NFS BBS door databases and will increase the
effectiveness of your experimentation. Before you open the door to the Fish Consumption Database,
please read this manual and skim the appendices that list the findable search terms. Writing down your
strategy for searching, sorting, and listing reports may help you to collect your thoughts. Also, online
help is available from the command menus as you actually access the database.
As you become more familiar with the BBS software, you will discover quicker and easier ways to use
its many features.
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2. Accessing the NFS BBS and the SIG Forum
Accessing the NFS BBS
To access the NFS BBS, you will need:
• A personal computer or terminal
• Telecommunications software (such as CrossTalk or ProComm)
• A modem (1200 or 2400 baud)
• A phone line that will handle modem communications
Although the NFS BBS is running on an IBM-compatible personal computer with MS-DOS, almost any
sort of computer that can place phone calls can access the NFS BBS. Refer to the NFS BBS user's
manual and your computer and telecommunications software manuals if you have problems getting
online. If you still can't get online, you can obtain help by calling the appropriate person listed in
Appendix II of this manual.
THE NFS BBS PHONE NUMBER IS (301) 589-0205.
The telecommunication parameters are: No parity, 8 data bits, 1 stop-bit (N-8-1). Choose fall duplex
and no local echo if your system allows these settings. Set your system to emulate a VT-100 terminal if
it can. Emulation of an ANSI terminal also works well.
If the NFS BBS's three phone lines are all in use, you will get a busy signal. The busiest times are the
late morning and early afternoon (Eastern time). Activity drops during lunch time. The easiest times to
access the NFS BBS are early mornings, evenings, and weekends.
When you first access the NFS BBS, you will be required to answer some registration questions about
yourself and create a password. You must remember your password and use it every time you access
the NFS BBS.1
telecommunications programs allow you to automate tedious processes such as log-on by
writing batch command files that interact with the host system and supply keystrokes on your
behalf. LOGONEZ.ZIP, a downloadable file in File Directory 1 of the SIG Forum, contains a
template for a ProComm batch file that automatically logs a ProComm user onto the BBS.
Donations of similar files for other telecommunications programs will be greatly appreciated.
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How the IMPS BBS Is Structured
User Calling In --> NPS BBS Main Board --> Files
Bulletins
Messages
Doors
SIG Forums-> Files
Bulletins
Messages
Doors (Optional)
Accessing and Exiting the SIG Forum
After you get online (that is, after the NPS BBS answers your call) and you complete the registration
process, you must leave a comment to the Sysop (type C at the Main Board Command? prompt) and
request access to the Fish Consumtion SIG Forum. You will then be able to access the SIG Forum
within one to two working days. This process ensures that an accurate list of SIG Forum users is
generated.
Access (Join) the Fish Consumption SIG Forum by typing J 2 and < Enter > after the "Main Board
Command?" prompt. To leave the SIG Forum and return to the Main Board of the NPS BBS, type A
(for Abandon).
The SIG Forum Main Menu (Figure 1) is almost identical to the Main Menu of the NP'S BBS Main
Board. The SIG Forum has virtually the same built-in functions as the Main Board of the NPS BBS.
Fish Consumption SIG Forum —> Files
Bulletins
Messages
Door to Fish Consumption Database
To'enter a command at the "SIG Command?" iprompt, simply type the command abbreviation listed on
the Main Menu and press < ENTER >. For example, to read messages type R. Additional commands
and subcommands are defined in Appendix I of this manual.
To end a session and leave the NPS BBS completely, type G (for Goodbye). You should never hang up
the phone without typing G at a "Command?" prompt to log yourself off the system. If you do not log
off, the NPS BBS takes several minutes to recognize that you are gone, tying up the phone line
unnecessarily.
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======[EPA Nonpoint Source Program Electronic Bulletin Board]=======
FISH CONSUMPTION SIG FORUM MENU
MESSAGES
[CJomment to Sysop
[EJnter a Message
[K]ill a Message
[QJuick Message Scan
[R]ead Messages
[REPLY] to Msg(s)
[RM] Re-Read Mem'd Msg
[TS] Text Search Msgs
[Y]our Personal Mail
SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS
[A]bandon a SIG Forum
FILES/DIRECTORIES
[B]ulletin Listing
[F]ile Directories
[D]ownload a File
[DB] download batch
[FLAG] for download
[L]ocate files
[UJpload a File
[UB] Upload batch
[N]ew Files
[Z]ippy Directory Scan
[GJoodbye (to hang up)
For HELP, type H plus
the command
abbreviation
SETTINGS & MISC.
[M]ode Graphics
[P]age Length
[T]ransfer Protocol
[USERS] list users
[X]pert On/Off
[W]rite User Info
[VJiew Settings
[NEWS] Screen display
[CHAT] between nodes
[S]cript questionnaire
DOORS (Databases)
[OPEN] a door
Type OPEN 1 for the
Fish Consumption
Database
Figure 1. SIG Forum Main Menu
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3. NFS BBS Main Board and SIG Forum Features
Files .. .. .
Sharing files is one of the most important functions of a bulletin board system. A variety of files such
as software programs and documents are stored on the NFS BBS Main Board for downloading (transfer
to your computer). Your file donations (uploads) will help to keep the file store up-to-date and useful.
Main Board Bulletin 2 is a primer on uploading and downloading files.
The Fish Consumption SIG Forum does not maintain its own store of general interest files. It stores
files specifically of interest to members of this SIG Forum. Files that have been checked by the SIG
Forum Technical Monitor are located in File Directory 1 of the SIG Forum; recently uploaded,
unchecked files are located hi File Directory 2 of the SIG Forum.
To view the directories (lists) of files in the SIG Forum, type F at the "SIG Command?" prompt.
Choose the number of the directory you wish to view. For further instructions on searching the file
directories, uploading, and downloading, see Appendix I of this manual or Chapters 8 and 9 of the NFS
BBS user's manual.
You cannot download the data files or working program files from the Fish Consumption Database in
the SIG Forum's door (discussed later hi this chapter). You can, however, download the results of the
searches you do using the Fish Consumption Database inside the door by selecting the Wide File option
at the end of your search. This option creates a downloadable, zipped file with your personal search
results. (This option will be discussed in detail in Chapter 5.)
Zipping and Unzipping Files
Most files available for downloading anywhere on the NFS BBS are stored in a zipped (compressed and
consolidated) format and have the ".ZIP" filename extension. Use the software program
PKUNZIP.EXE (available on the NFS BBS) to unzip files that you download and use FKZIP.EXE to
zip files that you want to upload. When you download PKZ110.EXE from the NFS BBS to your
system and run it, it will automatically write cbpies of the zipping program, PKZIP.EXE, and the
unzipping program, PKUNZIP.EXE, on your disk drive. If you are unfamiliar with zipping and
unzipping, read Main Board Bulletin 4. Instructions on how to upload and download files are also
available in the NFS BBS user's manual, the NFS BBS's online help system, and the manual for your
telecommunications software.
Zipping and Unzipping for Macintosh Users
Macintosh users can unzip files by using a shareware file called MACUNZIP.SIT. This file is
available for downloading on the NFS BBS. If you are using a Macintosh, go into the transfer protocol
preferences part of your telecommunications program and choose binary rather than Macbinary format.
Then download MACUNZIP.SIT with the MacBinary transfer protocol turned ON. (This protocol
properly accounts for the blocks and forks of the Macintosh file structure.)
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Later, when you download non-Mac-format, ASCII-format text files from the Main Board or SIG
Forum, make sure that the MacBinary transfer protocol is turned OFF. You will not be able to unzip
non-Mac files downloaded while the MacBinary transfer protocol, is ON. The MACUNZIP.SIT file
contains its own documentation.
UnStuffit Delux is a commercial program that will also unzip a file on the Mac, but it will suffer the
same confusion if the MacBinary transfer protocol is not OFF when you download files from the NFS
BBS.
Users of other systems that do not use MS-DOS may not be able to unzip files downloaded from the
NFS BBS and should consult the Sysop for assistance.
Use of ASCH Format
Before uploading a text file for the use of other users, save it in ASCII format so that other users can
read it no matter what kind of computer or word processor they have. (Some word-processing
programs call ASCII format DOS-text or MAC-text format.)
Bulletins
Reading the bulletins available on the Main Board of the NFS BBS and in the SIG Forum can greatly
enhance your experience online. Bulletins are short articles, announcements, and lists that can be read
online or downloaded for future reference.
Bulletins in the Fish Consumption SIG Forum include lists of keywords for searching the Fish
Consumption Database and other pertinent news articles and event announcements.
To view a list of bulletins in the SIG Forum, type B at the "SIG Command?" prompt. The list of
available bulletins will be displayed. At the "Bulletin List Command?" prompt, type the number of the
bulletin you wish to read. For further instructions on searching the bulletin list and downloading
bulletins, see Appendix I of this manual or Chapter 7 of the NFS BBS user's manual.
Messages
Peer-to-peer information exchange is the primary reason for having a SIG Forum, and key to that
exchange is the successful transfer of messages between users.
SIG Forum users may leave messages to individuals, to everyone in the SIG Forum, or to selected
groups. The NFS BBS program stamps every message with a subject, the date, and the time. When
the message is read, the date and time of receipt are also posted. Callers may search all the public
messages for subjects or words or phrases and may automatically scan for messages with a common
subject.
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Five types of messages can be sent on the NFS BBS Main Board or in the SIG Forum:
• Public messages—messages from one user to another that can be read by all users.
• Private messages—messages from one user to another that can be read by only the sender and
receiver (and the Sysop).
• General messages—messages from one user addressed to all other users.
• Group messages—messages that can be read only by users who know the password assigned by the
sender.
• Comment to the Sysop—messages from one user to the Sysop that can be read by only the Sysop.
To read messages posted hi the SIG Forum, you must first join the SIG Forum. To read all messages
(public, general, and your own private messages) from most recent to oldest, type R L (for Read Last)
at the "SIG Command?" prompt. To read only those messages (public, general, and your own private
messages) that you have not already read, type R S (for Read Since) at the "SIG Command?" prompt.
To reply to a message you have just read, type RE at the "End of Message Command?" prompt. To
reply to any other message posted in the SIG Forum, at the "SIG Command?" prompt type REPLY
followed by the number of the message to which you wish to respond.
To post a new message for SIG Forum users only, type E (for Enter) at the "SIG Command?" prompt.
The subcommand to save and send your message after you have completed writing it is S. To post a
message on the Main Board of the NFS BBS, you must type E at the "Main Board Command?" prompt.
Another type of message is the Comment to the Sysop. This is a way to ask the NFS BBS System
Operator (Sysop) technical questions about accessing the NFS BBS and using the Main Board and SIG
Forum features. From the "SIG Command?" or "Main Board Command?" prompt, type C.
For complete information on all the types of messages and detailed instructions on posting, replying to,
and sending messages, see Chapter 5 of the NFS BBS user's manual.
Doors to Databases
Doors are features that allow access to other programs without exiting the NFS BBS. A number of
doors are available on the Main Board of the NFS BBS. Type OPEN at the "Main Board Command?"
prompt to see a list of available doors. In the Fish Consumption SIG Forum, one door is available—the
Fish Consumption Database. Complete information on accessing and searching this database is
presented in Chapter 5 of this manual.
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4. Getting Help
Online help messages are available by typing H at almost any prompt in the Main Board of the NFS
BBS, the SIG Forum, or the SIG Forum's database.
In the Fish Consumption Database, typing H will display explanations of the currently available menu
options. H can be used to display help information from most menu prompts. In the database, you
cannot type H for help when you are being prompted to type a search criterion into a data field. (The
program will assume that your search criterion for that data field is the letter H.)
The remainder of this manual will focus on the operation of the Fish Consumption Database. If you are
familiar with your computer and telecommunications software, then you may be able to use the NFS
BBS and the SIG Forum without reference to the NFS BBS user's manual. After you read this manual,
the help messages may be sufficient to allow you to use the database without referring to this manual
very often.
If you have questions that the user's manuals do not answer, refer to Appendix II for the names and
telephone numbers of other information sources.
The SIG Forum Main Menu (Figure 1) summarizes the SIG Forum's capabilities and is useful as a
quick reference for commands and as a map for further exploration. Once you are familiar with the
basic commands available in the SIG Forum, you can save time online by turning off the Main Menu
display by typing X (for eXpert) at the "SIG Command?" prompt. Typing X again will turn the
complete Main Menu display back on. .
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5. Searching the Fish Consumption Database
Database Contents
The Fish Consumption Database is composed of three data files that hold data about fish consumption
bans and advisories, documents, and contacts, respectively. Each data file holds many records (discrete
sets of data) about individual bans and advisories, documents, or contacts. (See Table 1.)
The database program allows searches of each data file individually (single file searches) or all three
data files simultaneously (all files search). Although the data fields (information categories) are
different for each data file, basic search strategies are the same for all searches.
Entering the Database Door
To enter the database door, type OPEN 1 at the "SIG Command?" prompt. After a few moments, you
will see the Pre-search Menu.
Fish Consumption Database
Version 1.x
Pre-search Menu
Search ans and Advisories Pile
Search ocuments File
Search ontacts File
Search 11 Files
uit to the SIG Forum
Enter your choice or elp:
Basics of Performing a Search
Entering Your Search Criteria
The basic flow of events is the same for all search options (see Figure 2). After you choose what type
of search you wish to do from the Pre-Search Menu, you are shown a list of the data fields that are
searchable for that data file. If you choose to continue from this screen, you will be given the
opportunity to specify search criteria for up to six of these fields. Simply type in the character string,
word, or phrase you want to find in each field. If you do not want to specify a search criterion for a'
given field, type for that field. The program is insensitive to upper case vs. lower case.
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Table 1. Contents of Fish Consumption Database
DATA FILE NAME
DATA FIELDS IN
THE FILE
EXAMPLE OF A RECORD
Bans and Advisories
Documents
Contacts
EPA REGION*
STATE
WATEBODY
GEOGRAPHIC EXTENT
POLLUTANT
SPECIES
POPULATION
Start Date
End Date
Ban ID Code
Contact Person ID Code
AUTHOR(S)
TITLE
KEYWORDS
ABSTRACT
Publication Date
Publisher or Agency Name
NTIS or Other Pub. ID Code
Document ID Code
Check Date
Contact Person ID Code
EPA REGION
STATE
LAST NAME
FIRST NAME
Contact Person ID Code
Coutesty Title
Job Title, Company, Department
Address
Phone Number(s)
Fax Number
Check Date
05
Ml
Lake Superior
Ml W/ and MN waters, also to
tributaries
PCBs
trout-fake 10-20"
RGP
10/01/80
12/31/80
BAN-0000
CON-0000
Thomas, Tom
Pinetree Bay Toxics Action
Program
Bioaccumulation, Biota, CSOs,
Coastal, Databases, Decision-
making, Ecological risk...
This report-provides a synthesis
of information describing the
geographic extent and severity
of chemical contamination in
Pinetree Bay...
January 1986
U.S. EPA
NTIS PBOO-1000000/AA
DOC-0000
01/10/90
CON-0000
01
VT
Jones
Roberta
CON-0000
Dr.
Associate Fisheries Biologist
VT Dept. of Natural Resources
Fisheries Division
100 Main Street, Room 333
Applebury, VT 00111
(802) 888-2222
(802) 888-2223
06/06/86
'Data fields shown in capital letters are searchable.
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PRE-SEARCH MENU >
Choose any option and you
exit from this menu.
Alt searches can continue
to the Post-search Menu
SEARCHING >
Enter and revise until you
are ready to list the search
results or return to the
Pre-search Menu.
POST-SEARCH MENU
Choose any option at any
time and remain at this
Menu until you uit to
the Pre-search Menu.
Search ans and
Advisories File
Search ocuments
Pile
Search ontacts File
Search 11 Files
elp to see further
instructions
uit to the SIG
Forum
to revise search
criteria
Is this correct?
to authorize
program to begin
search of selected
criteria
elp to see further
instructions
uit to the
Post-search Menu
Broaden the Search
dd additional
search
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more specific
search
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erse listing to
screen
erbose listing to
screen
ide file to SIG's
Disk (when
available)
elp to see
further
instructions
uit to the Pre-
search Menu
Figure 2. Fish Consumption Database Options
Before going ahead with the search, the program allows you to review and edit your criteria or cancel
the search. When it searches, the program ignores any fields that you leave blank and selects only
those records in the data file that meet ALL of the criteria specified.
If you are doing an all files search, you will be given five blank lines on which to type the words or
character strings you have chosen as your search criteria. You can use as many of these five blank
lines as you want to define your search. Warning: An all files search is much slower (though more
thorough) than a single file search. ',
There are a number of different ways in which you can approach your searches of the data files. The
first is to decide on a very specific search strategy before actually using the database. This requires
knowing exactly what types of information are available in the database. Table 1 outlines the types of
data available in each of the three data files. Appendices III and IV to this manual include lists of
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currently used Documents data file keywords, species and size classes of fish and shellfish, pollutants,
and population groups. These lists also are posted on the Fish Consumption SIG Forum as bulletins.
Another strategy would be to select a very broad search criterion and briefly skim the results after the
search using a terse list (see below). For example, if you are searching the Bans and Advisories data
file and you type the search criterion catfish in the Species data field, you will see all listings for all
types of catfish. Based on these listings, you can then select which individual varieties of catfish you
wish to select for a narrower search.
A third option is to view every record in a data file. To select every record in an entire data file, you
must search for something that is in every record. The simplest way to do this is to search for all the
vowels (a, e, i, o, u, and y) in a text field such as species, author, or last name. Accumulate the vowel
searches with the Add option (see below).
Broadening Your Search
Use General or Short Terms
An effective way to broaden the scope of your searches is to use as search criteria short words or
character strings that will be present in many related words.
For example, if you are searching the Documents data file and you type hi toxic for the Abstract data
field, any document with the words toxic, toxics, toxicology, and toxicologist in the abstract will be
selected. Typing in ology will find toxicology, ecology, and biology.
Use the Add Option
Another way to broaden your-search is to use the Add option when the initial search is complete. This
option allows you to add the results of a second search to the records found in the first search. In other
words, it allows you merge the results of two searches into one longer list. The Add option is
discussed in more detail below.
Use the Undo Last Option
If you have been accumulating the results of a number of different searches by using the Add option,
you can use the Undo Last option to erase the current search criteria. The program then deselects the
records found in the most recent search. It retains selection of all records located by any previous
searches.
Suppose, for example, that you are searching the Bans and Advisories data file and you complete one
search typing only the search criterion 7 in the EPA Region data field. Then you use the Add option to
add records from EPA Region 6 by doing a second search using the search criterion 6 in the EPA
Region data field. Then you decide that you are not really interested in records pertaining to EPA
Region 6 after all. You can use the Undo Last option to remove the most recent search results—the
EPA Region 6 records—from your cumulative list. You can then view your EPA Region 7 list by itself
or use the Add option to add some other types of records to your list.
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Narrowing Your Search
Specify Multiple Data Fields
i
The database automatically narrows your search as you specify criteria for more than one data field.
For example, if you are searching the Bans and Advisories data file and you type in trout for the
Species data field and 10 for the EPA Region1 data field, only those bans and advisories that involve
trout in EPA Region 10 will be selected. The more data fields you type criteria into., the fewer bans
and advisories will meet all the criteria.
Use Specific Terms
Another way to narrow your search is to use very specific terms as your search criteria.
For example, if you are searching the Documents data file and you type in toxicology for the Title data
field, only those documents that have the specific word toxicology in the document title will be selected.
In the Bans and Advisories data file, typing trout-lake will prevent the program from selecting trout-
brown or just plain trout.
Post-Search Options
When the program has finished searching the database for all the search criteria you selected, it will
display the most recent search criteria, the number of records found by the current search, and the
number of records accumulated by the current series of searches. Next, a Post-search Options Menu
will appear:
erse, erbose, ide, dd, ort, ndo last, eset, uit
Now you have the options of altering the search results, sorting the search results, or seeing/saving the
search results. You can execute one of these options by typing its first character.
Altering Your Search Results
• [A]dd - Prompts you to add to the list of selected records by adding to or changing the search
criteria. (See example above under Broadening Your Search.) Records found by the previous
search(es) in a series of searches remain selected and will display in terse and verbose lists
(discussed below). No matter how many different search strategies find a particular record, it will
be listed only once. The Reset option terminates a series of searches.
• [U]ndo last - Erases the current search criteria and reverts to the previous criteria in a series built
with the Add option. The program deselects only the records found by the criteria from the most
recent search. It retains selection of all records located by the other searches hi the series. You
can undo only the most recent criteria searched; the earlier criteria hi a series can be undone only
by using the Reset or Quit option.
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[R]eset - Erases all search criteria and deselects all records so a fresh list of records can be
generated from the data file. After choosing Reset, choose Add to start a fresh search of the data
file. The Reset option does not erase the Sort criteria already chosen.
Sorting Your Search Results
[S]ort - Prompts you to specify the sequence of selected records in listings by numbering the sort
priority of the data fields. For example, to sort a document listing by author and title, type S and
then type a 1 by Author and a 2 by Title. The records will be alphabetized by author, and
documents with the same author will be alphabetized by title as a subgroup.
Seeing or Saving Your Search Results
[TJerse list - Displays on the screen concise information for all records that match the search
criteria, including information about the contact person. The main reason to view the terse listing is
to see whether your search and sort strategies worked as well as you had planned. The terse list is
missing too much information about each record to be a good source of data.
[Vjerbose list - Displays on the screen all data fields for all records that match the search criteria,
including information about the contact person.
You can save the terse and verbose listings to files on your computer. Since they are not
automatically saved by the database or the NFS BBS, saving these search results to a file must be
done by using functions in your telecommunications software program. Almost all such programs
allow users to save to a file on disk all text that scrolls across the screen. If you turn on one of
these log (or capture) files when you log on to the NFS BBS, then you will have a record of
everything that happens in the session: bulletins, messages, file transfers, and search strategies and
their results. You also can type comments to yourself at a Main Board, SIG Forum, or database
prompt, which the NFS BBS and database will ignore as errors. The NFS BBS display is 24 rows
by 80 columns, making it easy to print or edit the captured text via word processing. Refer to the
NFS BBS user's manual, Chapter 3, Pre-Tour Preparation section, or the manual for your
telecommunications software program to discover the combination of keystrokes that will open and
close log/capture files for you.
If you are dialing in on a system that does not allow log/capture files, then you may be able to
direct the screen output to your printer. First make sure the printer is turned on, is online, and has
paper and ink/ribbon. Then tell your telecommunications software or operating system to direct
screen output to the printer. Consult your software or system manuals for help.
Some search output is too wide or voluminous to display on an NFS BBS screen. If the results are
from a single file search-, a results list can be generated with the Wide file option in the Post-search
Options Menu. You can preview the contents and sequence of a Wide file by viewing the verbose
list on the screen first.
[W]ide file - Generates a wide, tabular report and saves it as a zipped file that you can download
from the "SIG Command?" prompt. (This option is not available for an all files or a contacts
search.)
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When you choose the Wide file, the program writes the information from the verbose listing into a
file in a row-and-column format. If your listing is more than 50 records long (such as 50
documents or 50 bans and advisories), then using the Wide file option is faster than viewing a
verbose list on the screen. This option also prevents line noise from corrupting your results list.
After prompting you for an eight-character name for your file, the program will place your zipped
file in the SIG Forum's download directory. Remember or record the filename you created because
the SIG Forum currently will not list it in an online file directory. (This problem is being studied.)
Download your file by. typing D [eight-character filename].zip at the "SIG Command?" prompt.
You will have a month to download the file before the NFS BBS program deletes it from the
system.
Note that as you download your results file (or any file) from the NFS BBS, you will be prompted
by the NFS BBS program for the filename to send to your computer. Then you will be prompted
again by the telecommunications software program on your system for the name of the file that is
going to come in. It is a good idea to use the same filename each time since the name of the file
may affect how it behaves. For example, zipped files cannot be unzipped on your system unless
they end in .ZIP.
Other Post-Search Options
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• [H]elp - Displays an explanation of the options at the current menu.
• [QJuit - Erases all search and sort criteria, deselects all records, and returns to the Pre-search
Menu.
Searching the Bans and Advisories Data File
What Each Searchable Data Field Contains
• EPA Region Entered as Arabic numbers (1-10).
• State Use the 2-letter postal code for searches - e.g., AK, VA, OK.
• Waterbody e.g., Mississippi River.
• Geographic Extent Brief text that describes which portion of the waterbody is covered by the
ban or advisory - e.g., Smith County, Route 7 to the WV border, Cove of
Bear Creek,-560 acres, tidal portion.
• Pollutant
• Species
• Population
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e.g., Pesticide, Chlordane.
Species common name with size range or exceptions - e.g.,
catfish-bullhead > 20".
Codes to describe the technical, demographic, or behavioral specifics of the
ban or advisory, as listed in Appendix IV.
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See the SIG Forum bulletin list (before entering or after exiting the database) for a complete and current
list of pollutant, species, and population codes used in this data file. Appendix IV contains the versions
of these lists that were current at the time of publication. Appendix VI is a history of the origins of the
information in the Bans and Advisories data file and the modifications made to the original data to
display it in its current form in the Fish Consumption Database.
What Each Nonsearchable Data Field Contains
Start Date
End Date
Ban ID Code
Contact Person
ID Code
Date ban or advisory started.
Date ban or advisory ended (if it is no longer in effect).
A unique alphanumeric code assigned to identify a particular ban or
advisory. (A given ban or advisory may have many records in the data file,
but all these records will show the same Ban ID Code.)
A unique alphanumeric code, assigned to each record, that identifies
the person in the Contacts data file who can supply additional information
about the ban or advisory. The program looks up this contact information
automatically if it is available and includes it in the listings of the document
data.
These fields cannot be searched, but the information in them will be displayed as part of a Verbose or
Wide file results listing. The wide field output from a Bans and Advisories search is a table that should
be printed on 14-inch paper in a 15- or 16-pitch font.
Searching the Documents Data File
The Documents data file contains information about documents related to risk assessment of fish
consumption, including complete bibliographic data, keywords, brief abstracts, and a link to the
Contacts data file to identify sources of documents.2
The Documents data file, as of this writing, is based on bibliographies from two projects. It is not
purported to be a complete literature review on the topic of risk management of fish consumption. If
you know of documents that should be added to the file, please contact the SIG Forum Technical
Monitor.
What Each Searchable Data Field Contains
Author(s)
Complete names (if available) of all authors or of the responsible institution
if authors are not named. Only the lead author is listed last name first.
First names are spelled out, when possible.
2The U.S. EPA is not prepared to supply copies of documents listed in this database unless
specifically named as the contact or publisher for particular documents. In general, it is best to
contact the publisher for a document if contact information is not available.
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Keywords
Abstract
Title of article, journal, chapter, or book, with volume and issue numbers
for articles and page ranges for articles and chapters.
Terms that classify the document's contents, supplied by the author if
possible. See the keyword list hi Appendix III for a guide to the use of
keywords hi this database. Each discrete term in this data field ends with a
period. To distinguish CA from CArcinogen, for example, type CA. as the
Keyword search criterion. Cpmmon species names in these keywords were
modified to match the common names in the Bans and Advisories data file.
See Appendix VI for more information about species names..
A brief summary open to a full text search.
When doing a search of the Documents data file, you should probably enter only one character string or
word per data field. For example, typing the phrase John Smith for the Author data field would cause
the program to miss any references to John W. Smith or Smith, John. You are better off using just the
last name in the Author data field.
See the SIG Forum bulletin list (before entering or after exiting the database) for a complete and current
list of keywords used hi this data file. Appendix III contains the version of this list that was current at
the time of publication.
What Each Nonsearchable Data Field Contains
• Publication Date Accurate to the year, month, or day.
• Publisher or Agency The original source institution, regardless of who is now supplying
Name copies to the public.
• NTIS or Other Document numbers or codes used by the publisher to catalojjue each
Publication ID Code item published.
• Document ID Code A unique alphanumeric code assigned to identify each record.
for this System
Check Date
Contact Person ID
Code
Last date on which these data were known to be accurate.
A unique alphanumeric code that identifies the person in the Contacts
data file who can supply copies of the document. The program looks up this
contact information [automatically if it is available and includes it in the
listings of the document data.
These fields cannot be searched, but the information in them will be displayed as part of a Verbose or
Wide file results listing. The terse listing for the documents also identifies the contact ]3erson. You can
sort the listings on most of the nonsearchable data fields.
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Fish Consumption Survey Data
Data about fish consumption surveys of various types are stored in the Documents data file, even if a
report about the survey has not yet been published. Information about a survey could be included even
if the survey is only in the planning stages. As of this writing, most of the records for consumption
surveys are published reports.
For the surveys, the contents of the data fields in the Documents data file have been modified slightly:
• The Author field holds the names of the scientist(s) or agency conducting the survey.
• The Title field holds the name by which the survey is known.
• The Keywords field holds terms that summarize or classify the survey's characteristics, such as the
location of the survey, the target population, and the type of survey. All consumption surveys have
"survey-consumption" as a keyword. Other keywords for surveys are included in the main keyword
list in Appendix III.
• The Abstract field holds a brief summary or explanation of information not conveyed by the other
fields.
• The Publication Date field holds the actual or planned completion date.
• The Publisher field holds the name of the responsible, performing, or lead agency, regardless of
who employs the scientist or the contact person.
• The NTIS or Other Publication ID Code field holds the project code if one is used.
• The Document ID Code for this System, the Check Date, and the Contact fields are used exactly as
they are for regular documents.
Searching the Contacts Data File
What Each Searchable Data Field Contains
• EPA Region
State
Last name
First name
Entered as Arabic numbers (1-10). Contacts located in Washington, DC,
and connected to the federal government have "HQ" in the Region field.
Use the 2-letter postal code for searches - e.g., AK, VA, OK.
If the contact is an organization, then this field usually holds the
organization's acronym.
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What Each Nonsearchable Data Field Contains
• Contact Persoa ID A unique alphanumeric code assigned to each contact person.
Code ;
• Courtesy title e.g., Dr.
• Job Title, Company,
Department
• Address
• Area Code and
Telephone Number(s)
• Fax Number i
• Check Date Last date on which the contact data were known to be accurate.
These fields cannot be searched, but the information in them will be displayed as part of a Verbose
results listing. No Wide file reports are available for the Contact data file.
Searching All Data Files
An All Files search allows you to search for character strings, words, or phrases in all data fields
(except data fields containing dates) of all three data files simultaneously. This is the only type of
search that allows you to narrow your search by searching for two or more criteria that fall in the same
data field (see the example regarding lead and chromium below.)
An All Files search is the slowest type of search, but it is thorough and flexible. For example,
searching for lead will select bans and advisories based on lead AND documents that mention lead
anywhere in the data files. Searching for Smith could select a ban for Smith Mountain Lake, a
document written by John Smith, and contact persons named Smith.
The structure of the All Files search logic is very similar to that of single file searches. Rather than
entering criteria for specific data fields, however, you enter criteria into five blanks i with no data field
labels.
Thus, you can build searches of multiple criteria that could occur in any field or the same field. For
example, a search for lead and chromium could be appended to a search for dioxin and PCS using the
Add option. The result would be a combined list of some records that deal with both lead and
chromium and other records that deal with both dioxin and PCB.
When doing an All Files search, you should probably enter only one character string or word per blank
line. For example, typing the phrase John Smith on one line would cause the program to miss any
references to John W. Smith or Smith, John. You are better effusing just the last name.
No Wide file reports are available for All Files searches. The Sort option in the Post-search Options
Menu allows you to sequence independently the records found in each of the data files.
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Data Quality
Although all information stored in the Fish Consumption Database has been carefully checked, it might
contain errors. User participation is essential to the quality and continuing utility of this database and
all the other information in the SIG Forum. Without feedback from users like you, the data will
become out-of-date and useless.
To warn users of out-of-date data, all Verbose listings contain a check date. This date is the last date
on which the accuracy of the item was confirmed by someone in a position to know. This
knowledgeable person could be a designated state contact, a federal official, an academic researcher —
or you! If you see errors in the database or want EPA to add new information, please send an online
message to the SIG Forum Technical Monitor. (See Appendix II or SIG Forum Bulletin 1 online for
the name of the current SIG Forum Technical Monitor.) Complete references to information sources
are greatly appreciated.
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6. Submitting Revisions and Additions
Data Changes and Additions
Changes and additions to the Fish Consumption Database can be suggested by any SIG Forum user.
Suggested changes can be submitted to the SIG|Forum Technical Monitor, who will review the data,
check the source, verify the accuracy of the data, and then add the data to the database during a
periodic update. SIG Forum users cannot update the database directly.
The file DATAFORM.ZIP hi File Directory 1 of the SIG Forum contains blank forms for submitting
additions or changes for all three data files. The forms list all the data fields in the data files and are
intended to ease your submission of complete data. After you download this file to your system and
unzip it, you can copy the blank forms to another file on your disk, complete them in a word processor,
and upload the completed file to the Technical Monitor. (See Appendix II or SIG Forurn Bulletin 1
online for the name of the current SIG Forum Technical Monitor.)
Paper copies of the forms, which can be copied, filled out, and mailed to the Technical Monitor, are
included in Appendix V. Informal data messages can be sent to the Technical Monitor by the regular
SIG Forum message system.
If you keep track of your bans, advisories, or related documents in a computer database,, then you may
be able to donate files that could be directly incorporated into the Fish Consumption Database with
relatively little effort. Please contact the Technical Monitor if you might be able to participate in this
manner.
If you or your colleagues write or use reports that could be included in this database, please send your
"bibliographies on paper or in ASCII-format files to the SIG Forum Technical Monitor. You also can
upload ASCII-format files of your own reports for distribution via the SIG Forum.
Software Bugs
The software for the Fish Consumption Database probably contains bugs. It has passed quality control
tests, but a creative user like you could enter some combination of keystrokes that evades the program's
logic and error-handling protocols.
Programmers can't fix such problems unless they know about them. If the database program seems to
function poorly or if it freezes up completely,3 please leave a comment to the Sysop by typing C at the
"SIG Forum Command?" prompt.
only time you should hang up without logging off is when a door program freezes and you
have no other way out. If you have this problem, please phone the Sysop, using the telephone
number in Appendix II, and ask him or her to manually unfreeze the phone line.
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The more information you can include about the problem, the better. If you can, jot down immediately
the series of keystrokes and events that led to the error and any error message that the program
displayed. If a log/capture file was not on when the problem occurred, try to repeat the error with a
log/capture file turned on. Then send a comment about the problem to the Sysop (type C at the "SIG
Command?" prompt). Also, please upload your log file because the Sysop and programmers may need
to see it.
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Appendix I IMPS BBS Commands—Alphabetical Listing
[A]bandon a SIG Forum
Exits the current Special Interest Group (SIG) Forum, if you're in one,
and returns you to the Main Board Menu.
Subcommands: None
[B]ulletin Listings
Displays a menu of bulletins.
Subcommands: # A D N R S NS
# (e.g., B 1) selects a bulletin number to read, etc;
A displays all bulletins;
D enters download mode to download selected bulletin(s);
N displays all new bulletins since you last logged on;
R re-displays the bulletin menu;
S searches for text in selected bulletins (#) or in all (A) bulletins.
NS displays selected bulletin non-stop.
[BYE]
Logs off and hangs up the phone. (Same as command G Y).
Subcommands: None
[CHAT] with Other Users Allows you to communicate directly with other callers who are logged on
through other phone lines (called nodes).
Subcommands: # G A U
# begins CHAT with person indicated by node number (#);
G initiates a group CHAT;
A announces your own node as available for CHAT;
U announces your own node as unavailable for CHAT.
(Use postcommand Q/E to quit CHAT).
[Cjomment to Sysop
Allows you to leave a private message to the Sysop (SYStem OPerator).
Subcommands: None
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[Djownload a File
Allows you to retrieve a file from the NFS BBS to your computer.
Subcommands: "filename" "protocol"
filename filename for download used on command line (DOS
wildcards permitted);
protocol sets transfer protocol.
[DB] Download Batch
Allows you to download several files, prompting you to add a second
filename to the command line.
Subcommands: "filenames" "protocol"
filenames filenames for download (DOS wildcards permitted);
protocol sets transfer protocol.
[E]nter a Message
Allows you to leave a message for another user or other users. After
entering a message, you may hit to access postcommands. If
won't work on your systems to display the postcommands,
press < CTRL> U instead. (See Appendix III of the NFS BBS user's
manual for more Full Screen Editor Control Key commands.)
Postcommands: ACDEFHILQSU
A aborts the message entry and returns to Main Board Menu;
C continues the message;
D Delete—prompts user for line number in message to delete;
E Edit—requests line number in message to edit;
F Selects full-screen editing rather than line-by-line Siting;
H displays help information;
I Insert—prompts user for line number and text to insert;
L List—re-displays current message hi line-by-line mode;
Q helps display, copy, and move parts of an original message into a
reply (see REPLY command);
S saves the message;
U uploads to a remote editor.
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[F]ile Directories
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Describes directories from which files may be downloaded. Files new to
caller are displayed with asterisk.
Subcommands: #DLNRUVZNS
# displays a directory list for the directory- with that number;
D prompts user for file to download;
L locates a file among several directories;
N locates a file by date;
R re-lists menu of available directories;
U displays files in upload directories;
V view—displays contents of a file;
Z Zippy search—searches all directory files for specified text;
NS Displays file in non-stop mode.
[FLAG] for Download
Allows you to mark a file for future downloading.
Subcommands: "filename"
filename name of file you want to mark.
[G]oodbye
Begins log-off sequence. Prompts user with Proceed With Log-off? Yes
or No. An answer of Y completes the log-off and phone hang-up; N
leaves user connected to the NFS BBS. (Command BYE combines the
commands G Y).
Subcommands: None
[H]elp
Displays context-sensitive help on any command in the menu.
Subcommands: "command name"
command name command for which user requires additional
information.
[I]nitial Welcome
Displays the original welcome screen.
Subcommands: None
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Displays a menu of Special Interest Group (SIG) Forum areas and allows
you to join one.
Subcommands: # "name"
# number of SIG Forum you want to join;
name name of SIG Forum you want to join;
(Postcommand Q allows you to bypass the news when entering a SIG
Forum)
(Postcommand XMaira will exit the SIG Forum you're in and return you
to the Main Board).
[K]ill a Message
Deletes a message from the system.
Subcommands: "message number"
message # number of message to be deleted.
[L]ocate File(s)
Allows you to scan the file download directories for a filename.
Subcommands: "filename" # A D N U NS
filename file you are seeking (DOS wildcards allowed);
# specifies the number (#) of the directory to search;
A searches all available files within a SIG Forum;
D used to flag a specified file for download;
N scans only for files dated after a specified date;
U searches hi all upload directories;
NS files displayed in non-stop mode.
[MENU]
Redisplays the Main Board Menu one time.
Subcommands: None
[M]ode Graphics
Changes to or from graphics mode depending on your current setting.
(To use graphics mode, you must have installed the ANSI..SYS driver,
which comes with PC-DOS.)
Subcommands: CTTY ANSI GRAPHICS
CTTY places system in non-graphics, non-ANSI mode;
ANSI places system in non-graphics, ANSI mode;
GRAPHICS places system in graphics, ANSI mode.
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[N]ew Files (date)
Locates any files uploaded to the NFS BBS since the specified date.
Subcommands: "date" # A D S U NS
date date to begin a search for new files using MMDDYY format;
# a number of a directory to search (if you want to limit the
search);
A searches all post-dated files in all directories;
D marks all queued files for download;
S scans most recent files;
U searches upload directories;
NS displays files in non-stop mode.
[NEWS] Screen Display Displays news in the current Special Interest Group (SIG) Forums.
Subcommands: None
[OPEN] a Door
Allows you to temporarily "exit" PCBoard (the NFS BBS software) to
run an online application program such as a database.
Subcommands: # "name"
# number of door to open;
name name of door to open.
[P]age Length
Allows user to specify the number of lines displayed on screen.
Subcommands: #
# number of lines displayed per screen.
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[Qjuick Message Scan
Scans all public messages for number and subject.
Subcommands: # F Y S NS + - TS USER
# message number from which to start the scan;
F locates all messages left by you;
Y locates all messages sent to you; ;
S displays all messages that you have not already read;
NS displays messages in non-stop mode;
+ when appended to "#" displays messages in forward-numerical
order;
when appended to "#" displays messages in reverse-numerical
order;
TS scans message text as well as header but displays only header;
USER locates all messages left for or received from an indicated caller.
[R]ead a Message
Allows you to read messages.
Scanning Subcommands: # F Y YA S L A ALL TS USER SKIP JUMP
SELECT DESELECT
#
F
Y
YA
S
L
All
TS
USER
SKIP
JUMP
SELECT
DESELECT
indicates the message number to read;
From—scans messages left by you for other(s);
Your—scans messages sent to you;
Yours/All—scans messages sent to you or to all users;
Since—scans and displays all messages not already read;
Last—reads messages backwards starting from the most
recent;
reads messages from all selected Special Interest Group
(SIG) Forums;
reads messages from all SIG Forums;
scans header of each message for indicated text;
scans for messages left to or received from an indicated
user;
skips remaining messages in current SIG Forum— usually
used after R A or R S command;
jumps to next SIG Forum to continue message reading;
selects a particular SIG Forum for future message scan-
ning;
deselects a particular SIG Forum for bypasising during
future message base scanning.
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Display Subcommands: NS NEXT PREV RM RM+ RM- + - /
NS displays messages in non-stop mode;
NEXT displays next numerical message;
PREV displays previous numerical message;
RM re-displays the last read message;
RM+ re-displays the last read message and places message base in
forward mode for further reading;
RM- re-displays the last read message and places message base in
reverse mode for further reading;
+ when appended to a message number (#), displays all messages
in forward-numerical order;
when appended to a message number (#), displays all messages
in reverse-numerical order;
/ re-displays current message.
Capturing Subcommands: C D Z
C Capture—messages displayed by current command are placed in a
file and prepared for download;
D messages displayed by current command are placed in a file and
immediately downloaded;
Z same as subcommand D except the file is compressed (zipped)
before being downloaded.
General Subcommands: EDIT
EDIT places the current message in the editor for modification.
Postcommands: RE RR M T T- K N
RE allows you to reply to the current message;
RR immediately accesses the reference message if the current
message is a reply;
M invokes a pointer at the current message to make it easier to
return to that message at a later time; (See [RM] Re-Read
Memorized Message command.)
T scans forward, and T- scans backward, through all messages that
have a subject identical to that of current message;
K deletes or kills a current message to or from you;
N ends message reading without exiting the NFS BBS.
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[REPLY] to Message(s) Allows you to reply to a message using all commands available under
[E]nter a Message. (You may reply to a message while iin [RJead a
Message command—See RE postcommand under [RJead a Message.)
Subcommands: #
# The number of the message to which you would like to respond.
Quoting: Q, when used during a reply, initiates a series of
prompts that help you display, copy, and move designated parts of the
original message using the line-by-line editor; CTRL Q performs the
same function as the Q command, using the foil-screen editor rather than
line-by-line editor.
[RM] Re-Read M Message If you marked a message with a pointer (M subcommand under [RJead a
Message) while you were reading your messages, you may recall it with
this command.
[Sjcript Questionnaire
[SELECT] SIG Forums
for Scan
[Tjransfer Protocol
Subcommands: None
Displays a list of questionnaires available for you to complete.
Subcommands: None
Lists the Special Interest Groups to which you have access for
scanning or reading your mail (messages).
Subcommands: S # D Q
S selects all SIG Forums for scanning by placing ""X." in each SIG
Forum flag field;
# deselects a SIG Forum that has an "X" flag (removes the "X");
D deselects all SIG Forums for scanning (removes all "X" flags);
Q Quit—returns you to the Main User Menu.
Displays a list of communications protocols for uploading or
downloading files.
Subcommands: letter or number of protocol in menu
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[TEST] a File
Checks a file for possible viruses or other corruptions.
Subcommands: "filename"
filename name of file to be tested.
[TS] Text Search Msgs.
Allows you to scan text and headers of messages to locate specified text.
Subcommands: F Y S A ALL L C D Z NS RM+ RM- #+ #- USER |
&
F uses specified text string to scan all messages left by you;
Y uses specified text string to scan all messages left for you;
S displays all messages not already read that contain specified text
string;
A scans all selected SIG Forums for the text string;
ALL scans all SIG Forums, whether selected or not, for the text
string;
L reads current message base backward, last message to first;
C displayed messages are placed hi a file and prepared for
download to your computer;
D displayed messages are placed in a file and downloaded;
Z provides same function as subcommand D except that it compres-
ses (zips) the file;
NS displays messages in non-stop mode;
RM+ re-displays last message and puts message base hi forward mode;
RM- re-displays last message and puts message base in reverse mode;
#+ scans message base for specified text from this point forward;
#- scans message base for specified text from this point backward;
USER displays messages with specified text left to or received from
indicated user;
| Boolean OR operand that when placed hi text locates either first
or second text string or both;
& Boolean AND operand that when placed in text locates both the
first and second text strings.
[U]pload a File
Allows you to upload, or transfer, a file to the NFS BBS.
Subcommands: "filename" "protocol"
filename DOS name of file to be uploaded;
protocol selects a transfer protocol.
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[UB] Upload Batch
Similar to the [UJpload command, but UB assumes that more than one
file will be uploaded and prompts you for each filename.
Subcommands: "filenames" "protocol"
filename(s) DOS name of file to be uploaded;
protocol transfer protocol for the batch.
[USERS] List Users
Allows you to use a text string to search the current user's file for a
name, location, or last log-on date.
Subcommands: "text string" j &
text string scans and displays all user records with the appropriate
text;
| Boolean OR operand that when placed in text (John | Utah)
locates either first or second text string o:r both;
& Boolean AND operand that when placed in text locates
both the first and second text strings.
[V]iew Settings
Displays your current NFS BBS settings including, for example, your
last date on the NFS BBS, security level, and active messages.
Subcommands: None
[WHO]
Displays the CHAT status of each node (phone line), but does not permit
communication with another node. (See CHAT command to
communicate with other callers.)
Subcommands: None
[Wjrite User Information
Allows you to change your password, address, phone number, full-screen
editor default (on/off/ask), or Special Interest Groups for scanning.
Subcommands: None
[X]pert Mode On/Off
Allows you to toggle between expert and novice modes. Expert mode
suppresses the menus and provides abbreviated command prompts. (See
[MENU] command.)
Subcommands: None
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[Yjour Personal Mail
Scans the entire message base for mail addressed to you or left by you.
Subcommands: A ALL S NS Q L C + -
A scans all selected SIG Forums including Main Board;
ALL scans the entire board including all SIG Forums;
S scans only those messages since the last message read;
NS displays messages non-stop;
Q displays only the total number of personal messages found hi the
message base(s);
L scans and displays number of each personal message found hi
message base(s);
C scans only the current message base;
+ when added to a message number, scans from that point forward;
when added to a message number, scans from that point
backward.
[Z]ippy Directory Scan
Allows you to scan the file download directories for a matching text
entry of your choice.
Subcommands: # A D N U NS | &
# number of a directory to be scanned;
A scans for text string in all directories;
D flags each file found with matching text for download;
N scans for matching text only hi files created after a user-specified
date;
U scans only upload directories for matching text;
NS displays screen output non stop;
j Boolean OR operand that when placed hi text (John]Utah) locates
either first or second text string or both;
& Boolean AND operand that when placed hi text locates both the
first and second text strings.
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Appendix II Information Sources*
For information about materials found in the SIG Forum files, bulletins, and messages; the data in the
Fish Consumption Database; and scientific and regulatory issues related to fish consumption, call:
TECHNICAL MONITOR:
Alison Greene
(202) 260-7053
Fax (202) 260-7024
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Risk Assessment Management Branch
Please address all correspondence to:
Alison Greene
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Risk Assessment Management Branch
(WH-585)
401 M Street, SW
Washington, DC 20460
For technical assistance related to accessing the NPS BBS, or using Main Board or SIG Forum
functions other than the Fish Consumption Database, call:
SYSOP:
Beth Ann Kyle
Environmental Management Support, Inc.
1010 Wayne Avenue, Suite 200
Silver Spring, MD 20910
(301) 589-5318
Fax (301) 589-8487
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Appendix III Keyword List for Documents Data File*
Unless otherwise noted, these terms and phrases are used in their usual sense. All the keywords hi this
list occur in at least one document. Words not on this keyword list will not be found unless they are a
fragment of a listed keyword or have been added to the database after this writing. A current listing of
keywords will be posted regularly as Bulletin 2 in the SIG Forum.
AK: Alaska
Activity patterns: of people
Aldrin
Ammonia
Analytical chemistry
Angler opinion leaders
Antimony
Aquatic
Arroyo Colorado
Arsenic
Atlantic
BOD: Biochemical Oxygen Demand
Bacteria-enterococcus
Bacteria-fecal colifonn
Bacteria-total
Bass-smallmouth: Centrarchidae
Beliefs: Opinions
Benthic Surveillance Project
Bibliographic
Bioaccumulation
Biota
Bluefish
Body weight
Butadienes
Buzzards Bay
CA: California
CERCLA: Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation, and
Liability Act (Superfund)
COD: Chemical oxygen demand
CSOs: Combined Sewer Overflows
Cadmium
Canada
Carcinogenic Potency Factors
Carcinogens
Catfish: Ictaluridae
Catfish-white: Ictaluridae
Chemical mixtures
Chemistry
Chesapeake Bay
Chlorinated
Chlorophyll a'
Chromium
Clean Air Act
Clean Water Act
Coastal
Cod
Color
Columbia River
Commencement Bay
Commercial fishing
Communications
Consumption
Consumption rates
Conventional pollutants
Copper
Crappie: Centrarchidae
Croaker-white
DCPA (dacihal)
DDE: 2,2'-bis-(p-chlorophenyl)-l,
1-dichloroethylene
DDT: Dichloro diphenyl trichloroethane
DO (Probe method): Dissolved oxygen
DO (Winkler method): Dissolved oxygen
Databases
Decision-making
Demographics
Depuration
Dermal
Detection limits
Diary
Dieldrin
Dillman method
Dioxins
Discovery Bay: WA
Dose
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Dose-response
Drinking water
Dust
EDC: Ethylene dichloride,
1,2-Dichloride
Ecological risk
Ecology
Economics
Eel-american
Effluent
Elliott Bay
Endosulfan
Endrin
Enforcement: of laws and regulations
Estuary
Ethers
Eulachon or smelt
Exposure assessment
,FL: Florida
Families
Fate
Fish
Fish (liver)
Fish size
Fish-bottom: Dwelling near the bottom
Fish-sport
Fisheries experts
Fisherman-licensed
Fishermen-commercial
Fishermen-recreational
Fishermen-subsistence
Fishery management
Flatfish
Floating particulates
Flow
Flushing time
Foods
Furans: with congeners and homologues
General population
Georgian Bay
Grain size
Great Lakes
Ground water
Gulf of Mexico
HCB: Hexachlorobenzene
HI: Hawaii
Halibut
Halogenated
Hazardous waste
Health
Health advisory-drinking water
Health advisory-fish consumption
Health care experts
Hepatopancreas: liver-like organ in
megainvertebrates
Heptachlor
Histology
Household income
Hudson River
Human anatomy
Human resources
Hydrocarbons
Hydrocarbons-aromatic
Hydrocarbons-halogenated
IRIS: Integrated Risk Information System
Industrial sources
Infauna: Animals in sediment
Ingestion
Inhalation
Inorganics
Kepone
Laboratory analysis
Laguna Madre
Lake Huron
Lake Ontario j
Lead
Lifetime
Lindane
Liver
Loading: Mass loading of pollutants or
other model parameters
Lower Tittawabassee River
MA: Massachusetts
MD: Maryland
ME: Maine
MI: Michigan
Mapping
Meal size
Megainvertebrates
Menhaden-atlantic
Menhaden-gulf
Mercury
Metabolism
Metalloids
Metals
Methodology
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Methoxychlor
Mirex
Modelling
Monitoring
Mother's milk
Multimedia
Muscle
Mussel watch project
Mutagens
NC: North Carolina
NJ: New Jersey
NOD: Nitrogenous Oxygen Demand
NPDES: National Pollution Discharge
Elimination System
NPSs: Nonpoint Sources
NSTP: National Status and Trends
Program
NY: New York
Native American Treaty Fishing
Neurotoxins
New England
Newark Bay: NJ
Nickel
Nitrate-nitrite
Nitrogen
Nitrogen (total Kjeldahl)
Nitrosamines
Noncarcinogenic effects
Nutrients
OR: Oregon
Ocean
Oil and grease
Ontario: Canada
Organics
Organophosphates
PAHs: Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
PCBs: Polychlorinated biphenyls
PCP: Pentachlorophenol
PH
Pacific
Palos Verdes Shelf
Panfish
Pelagic
Perch
Pesticides
Petroleum
Phenols
Phosphorus (total)
Phthalates
Phytoplankton
Pica
Priority pollutant metals
Priority pollutant organics
Priority pollutants
Public awareness
Puget Sound
QA: Quality Assurance
RI: Rhode Island
Radiation
Rainfall
Regulations
Reproduction: effects on, in humans and
biota
Research needs
Review: Literature review on the other
keyword topics
RfD: Reference Dose
Risk assessment
Risk management
SARA: Superfund Ammendments and
Reauthorization Act of 1986
SC: South Carolina
Salinity
Salmon-chinook
Salmon-coho
Salmon-pink
Sampling
San Francisco Bay
Sanddab-pacific: Pacific Sanddab
Scorpion fish
Seafood
Section 301(h)
Sediment
Selenium
Settleable solids
Sewage
Shad-american
Shellfish
Shellfish-bivalves
Shellfish-bivalves-mussels
Shellfish-crab (muscle)
Shellfish-crab-blue
Shellfish-crab-dungeness
Shellfish-crab-japanese red rock
Software
Soil
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Sole-dover
Sources
• Spatial
Statistics
Striped bass
Sturgeon-green
Sturgeon-white
Sulfides
Sunfish: Centrarchidae, Lepomis spp.
Sunflsh-bluegill: Centrarchidae, Lepomis
macrochirus
Superfund
Surface water
Survey-consumption
Survey-creel
Survey-diary
Survey-interview
Survey-mail
Survey-recall
Survey-telephone
Systemic effects
TOC: Total organic carbon
TSS: Total Suspended Solids
TVS: Total Volatile Solids
TX: Texas
Target species
Temperature
Temporal
Teratogens
Terrestrial
Thallium
Thermal pollution
Tin
Total chlorine residual
Total solids/water content
Tournament fishing
Toxaphene
Toxicology
Transformation: of chemical contaminants
Transparency
Transport
Trout-brown
Trout-lake
Trout-rainbow
Trout-steelhead
Turbidity
Uncertainly analysis
Upper Bay: NJ
Urban sources
VA: Virginia
VOCs: Volatile Organic Compounds
Volatilization
WA: Washington
WE: Wisconsin
Walleye
White perch
Worker: risks to
Workers-migrant farm
Zinc
* As of February 28, 1992.
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Appendix IV Species, Pollutant, and Target Human Population
Terms Used in the Bans and Advisories Data File*
This appendix contains the species, pollutant, and target human population terms used in the Bans and
Advisories data file. These terms are presented in four lists:
• Species and taxon sorted by species
• Taxon and species sorted by taxon
• Pollutants
• Populations
Species and Taxon Sorted by Species
The following is a list of species common names for the Fish Consumption Database, with taxonomic
family and/or notes. Hyphens show taxonomic hierarchy, down from left to right. Tissues are in
parentheses.
Species Common Name
(hierarchical)
(liver)
bass-hybrid
bass-largemouth
bass-largemouth 10-12"
bass-largemouth 10-15"
bass-largemouth 10-18"
bass-largemouth 12-15"
bass-largemouth 12-18"
bass-largemouth 12-22"
bass-largemouth 15-18"
bass-largemouth 15-20"
bass-largemouth 15-22"
bass-largemouth 18-22"
bass-largemouth < 10"
bass-largemouth < 12"
bass-largemouth < 15
bass-largemouth < 15"
bass-largemouth < 18
bass-largemouth < 20"
bass-largemouth > 14"
bass-largemouth > 15"
bass-largemouth > 2 Ib
bass-rock
Taxinomic Family/Notes
centrarchidae?
centrarchidae
centrarchidae
centrarchidae
centrarchidae
centrarchidae
centrarehidae
centrarciiidae
centrarchidae
centrarchidae
centrarchidae
centrarchidae
centrarchidae
centrarchidae
centrarchidae
centrarchidae
centrarchidae
centrarchidae
centrarchidae
centrarchidae
centrarchidae
centrarchidae
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Species Common Name
(hierarchical)
bass-rock < 10"
bass-rock < 15"
bass-rock > 8"
bass-smallmouth
bass-smallmouth 10-18"
bass-smallmouth 12-15"
bass-smallmouth 12-18"
bass-smallmouth 15-20"
bass-smallmouth 15-22"
bass-smallmouth 18-22"
bass-smallmouth < 10
bass-smallmouth < 12
bass-smallmouth < 15
bass-smallmouth < 15"
bass-smallmouth < 18
bass-smallmouth < 20
bass-smallmouth > 16
bass-smallmouth > 18
bluefish
bluefish > 25"
buffalo
buffalo < 30"
buffalo > 18"
buffalo > 20"
buffalo > 23"
buffalo-bigmouth
buffalo-largemouth
buffalo-smallmouth
buffalo-smallmouth 15-20"
carp
carp 20-25"
carp 20-30"
carp < 15"
carp < 30"
carp > 15"
carp > 17"
carp > 21"
carp > 22"
carp > 24"
carp > 26"
carpsucker
carpsucker > 18"
carpsucker-quillback
carpsucker-quillback < 15"
catfish
catfish (filet)
catfish 15-20"
Taxinomie Family/Notes
centrarchidae
centrarchidae
centrarchidae
centrarchidae
centrarchidae
centrarchidae
centrarchidae
centrarchidae
centrarchidae
centrarchidae
centrarchidae
centrarchidae
centrarchidae
centrarchidae
centrarchidae
centrarchidae
centrarchidae
centrarchidae
pomatomidae
pomatomidae
catostomidae
catostomidae
catostomidae
catostomidae
catostomidae
catostomidae
catostomidae
catostomidae
catostomidae
cyprinidae
cyprinidae
cyprinidae
cyprinidae
cyprinidae
cyprinidae
cyprinidae
cyprinidae
cyprinidae
cyprinidae
cyptinidae
catostomidae
catostomidae
catostomidae
catostomidae
ictaluridae
ictaluridae
ictaluridae
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Species Common Name
(hierarchical)
catfish 25-30"
catfish < 20"
catfish > 15"
catfish > 22"
catfish-bullhead
catfish-bullhead-black < 15"
catfish-bullhead-brown
catfish-bullhead-brown > 14
catfish-channel
catfish-channel 16-23"
catfish-channel 21-23"
catfish-channel 21-25"
catfish-channel > 15
catfish-channel > 23"
catfish-channel > 24
catfish-channel > 25
catfish-channel > 26
catfish-flathead
catfish-flathead 22-30"
catfish-flathead > 16"
catfish-flathead > 26"
catfish-flathead > 30"
catfish-white
ciscowet
ciscowet > 15"
corvina
corvina-orangemouth
crappie
crappie > 9"
crappie-black
crappie-black 10-12"
crappie-black 12-15"
crappie-black < 10"
crappie-black < 12"
crappie-black < 15"
croaker
croaker-white
drum
drum-freshwater > 12"
drum-freshwater > 14"
eel
eel-american
fish
fish > 21"
fish > 3 Ib
fish except banned species
fish except herring, shad, &
Taxinomic Family/Notes
ictaluridae
ictaluridae
ictaluridae
ictaluridae
ictaluridae
ictaluridae
ictaluridae
" ictaluridae
ictaluridae
ictaluridae
ictaluridae
ictaluridae
ictaluridae
ictaluridae
ictaluridae
ictaluridae
ictaluridae
ictaluridae
ictaluridae
ictaluridae
ictaluridae
ictaluridae
ictaluridae
salmonidae
salmonidae
sciaenidae
sciaenidae
centrarchidae
centrarchidae
centrarchidae
centrarchidae
centrarchidae
centrarchidae
centrarchidae
centrarchidae
sciaenidae
sciaenidae
sciaenidae
sciaenidae
sciaenidae
anguillidae
anguillidae
—
—
—
—
shellfish
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Species Common Name
(hierarchical)
Taxinomic Family/Notes
fish except panfish
fish except salmon & trout-lake > 24"
fish except trout-brown & eel-american
fish-bottom
fish-sport
fish-sport: local except croaker-white
flounder
goldfish
muskellunge
muskellunge 20-25"
muskellunge > 30"
muskellunge-tiger
needlefish-atlantic
paddlefish
paddlefish (eggs)
perch
perch-yellow
perch-yellow 10-12"
perch-yellow 10-15"
perch-yellow 12-15"
perch-yellow < 10"
perch-yellow < 12"
perch-yellow < 15"
perch-yellow > 10"
pike-northern
pike-northern 15-18"
pike-northern 15-20"
pike-northern 15-25"
pike-northern 15-30"
pike-northern 18-26"
pike-northern 18-30"
pike-northern 20-25"
pike-northern 20-30"
pike-northern 22-26"
pike-northern 22-30"
pike-northern 25-30"
pike-northern 26-30"
pike-northern
pike-northern
pike-northern
pike-northern
pike-northern
pike-northern
pike-northern
pike-northern
15"
18"
22"
26"
30"
15"
20"
22"
pleuronectidae
cyprinidae
esocidae
esocidae
esocidae
esocidae
belonidae
polyodontidae
polyodontidae
percidae
percidae
percidae
percidae
percidae
percidae
percidae
percidae
percidae
esocidae
esocidae
esocidae
esocidae
esocidae
esocidae
esocidae
esocidae
esocidae
esocidae
esocidae
esocidae
esocidae
esocidae
esocidae
esocidae
esocidae
esocidae
esocidae
esocidae
esocidae
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Species Common Name
(hierarchical)
Taxinomic Family/Notes
pike-northern > 23"
pike-northern > 25"
pike-northern > 26"
pike-northern > 28"
pike-northern > 30"
redhorse
redhorse 15-20"
redhorse < 25"
redhorse-shorthead 15-20"
redhorse-silver
redhorse-silver 15-20"
redhorse-silver 20-25"
salmon-chinook
salmon-chinook 21-23"
salmon-chinook 21-32"
salmon-chinook > 21"
salmon-chinook > 25"
salmon-chinook > 32"
salmon-coho > 21"
salmon-coho > 26"
sargo
sauger
sauger < 15"
scup
sea trout-speckled
sea trout-white
seafood
shad-gizzard > 10"
shellfish
shellfish-bivalves
shellfish-bivalves-mussel
shellfish-crab-blue
shellfish-crab-blue (hepatopancreas)
shellfish-lobster
shellfish-lobster (tomale)
smelt-rainbow
squawfish
striped bass
striped bass & white bass hybrid
sturgeon
sturgeon (eggs) [shovelnose?]
sturgeon > 50"
sturgeon-lake
sturgeon-shovelnose
sturgeon-shovelnose (eggs)
esocidae
esocidae
esocidae
esocidae
esocidae
catostomidae
catostomidae
catostomidae
catostomidae
catostomidae
catostomidae
catostomidae
salmonidae
salmonidae
salmonidae
salmonidae
salmonidae
salmonidae
salmonidae
salmonidae
pomadasyidae
percidae
percidae
sparidae
sciaenidae
sciaenidae
clupeidae
mollusca or Crustacea
mollusca
mollusca
decapoda
decapoda
decapoda
decapoda
osmeridae
cyprinidae
percichthyidae
percichthyidae
acipenseridae
acipenseridae
acipenseridae
acipenseridae
acipenseridae
acipenseridae
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Species Common Name
(hierarchical)
sucker
sucker < 25"
sucker-longnose > 16"
sucker-white
sucker-white 15-20"
sucker-white 15-25"
sucker-white 20-25"
sucker-white < 15"
sucker-white < 15-20"??
sunfish-bluegill
sunfish-bluegill < 10"
sunfish-bluegill < 15"
sunfish-bluegill > 8"
sunfish-green
sunfish-pumpkinseed
tautog
tilapia
trout
trout > 25"
trout-brook
trout-brook < 15"
trout-brook < 20"
trout-brook > 15"
trout-brown
trout-brown < 20"
trout-brown < 21"
trout-brown < 23"
trout-brown > 12"
trout-brown > 20"
trout-brown > 21"
trout-brown > 23"
trout-lake
trout-lake 15-20"
trout-lake 15-25"
trout-lake 15-30"
trout-lake 20-23"
trout-lake 20-25"
trout-lake 20-30"
trout-lake 25-30"
trout-lake < 25"
trout-lake < 30"
trout-lake > 21"
trout-lake > 23"
trout-lake > 24"
trout-lake > 25"
Taxinomic Family/Notes
catostomidae
catostomidae
catostomidae
catostomidae
catostomidae
catostomidae
catostomidae
catostomidae
catostomidae
centrarchidae
centrarchidae
centrarchidae
centrarchidae
centrarchidae
centrarchidae
labridae
cichlidae
salmonidae
salmonidae
salmonidae
salmonidae
salmonidae
salmonidae
salmonidae
salmonidae
salmonidae
salmonidae
salmonidae
salmonidae
salmonidae
salmonidae
salmonidae
salmonidae
salmonidae
salmonidae
salmonidae
salmonidae
salmonidae
salmonidae
salmonidae
salmonidae
salmonidae
salmonidae
salmonidae
salmonidae
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Species Common Name
(hierarchical)
trout-lake > 30"
trout-lake > 32"
trout-rainbow
trout-rainbow 15-20"
trout-rainbow < 15"
trout-rainbow < 21"
trout-rainbow > 22"
trout-rainbow > 25"
trout-splake
trout-splake < 16"
trout-splake < 20"
trout-splake > 12"
trout-splake > 16"
tullibee < 15"
turtle-snapping < 15
walleye
walleye 10-15"
walleye 10-30"
walleye 12-15"
walleye 12-18"
walleye 12-22"
walleye 15-18"
walleye 15-20"
walleye 15-22"
walleye 15-25"
walleye 15-26"
walleye 15-30"
walleye 18-22"
walleye 18-26"
walleye 18-30"
walleye 20-25"
walleye 20-30"
walleye 22-26"
walleye 22-30"
walleye 25-30"
walleye 26-30"
walleye < 12"
walleye < 15"
walleye < 15-20"??
walleye < 18"
walleye < 20"
walleye < 22"
walleye < 25"
walleye < 26"
walleye < 30"
Taxinomic Family/Notes
salmonidae
salmonidae
salmonidae
salmonidae
salmonidae
salmonidae
salmonidae
salmonidae
salmonidae
salmonidae
salmonidae
salmonidae
salmonidae
salmonidae
testudines-cryptodira-chelydridae
percidae
percidae
percidae
percidae
percidae
percidae
percidae
percidae
percidae
percidae
percidae
percidae
percidae
percidae
percidae
percidae
percidae
percidae
percidae
percidae
percidae
percidae
percidae
percidae
percidae
percidae
percidae
percidae
percidae
percidae
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Species Common Name
(hierarchical)
walleye
walleye
walleye
walleye
walleye
walleye
walleye
15"
18"
19"
20"
22"
23"
25"
white bass
white bass 12-15"
white bass > 11"
white bass > 13"
white perch
white perch > 16"
Taxinomic Family/Notes
percidae
percidae
percidae
percidae
percidae
percidae
percidae
percichthyidae
percichthyidae
percichthyidae
perbichthyidae
percichthyidae
percichthyidae
Taxon and Species Sorted by Taxon
The following is a taxonomy of species common names for the Fish Consumption Database, with
taxonomic family and/or notes. Hyphens show taxonomic hierarchy, down from left to right. Tissues
are in parentheses.
** Taxon:—
(liver)
fish
fish > 21"
fish > 3 Ib
fish except banned species
fish except herring, shad, & shellfish
fish except panfish
fish except salmon & trout-lake > 24"
fish except trout-brown & eel-american
fish-bottom
fish-sport
fish-sport: local except croaker-white
seafood
** Taxon: acipenseridae
sturgeon
sturgeon (eggs) [shovelnose?]
sturgeon > 50"
sturgeon-lake
sturgeon-shovelnose
sturgeon-shovelnose (eggs)
** Taxon: anguillidae
eel
eel-american
** Taxon: belonidae
needlefish-atlantic
** Taxon: catostomidae
buffalo
buffalo < 30"
buffalo >
buffalo >
18"
20"
buffalo > 23"
buffalo-bigmouth
buffalo-largemouth
buffalo-smallmouth
buffalo-smallmouth 15-20"
carpsucker
carpsucker > 18"
carpsucker-quillback
carpsucker-quillback < 15"
redhorse
redhorse 15-20"
redhorse < 25"
redhorse-shorthead 15-20"
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redhorse-silver
redhorse-silver 15-20"
redhorse-silver 20-25"
sucker
sucker < 25"
sucker-longnose > 16"
sucker-white
sucker-white 15-20"
sucker-white 15-25"
sucker-white 20-25"
sucker-white < 15"
sucker-white < 15-20"??
** Taxon: centrarchidae
bass-largemouth
bass-largemouth 10-12"
bass-largemouth 10-15"
bass-largemouth 10-18"
bass-largemouth 12-15"
bass-largemouth 12-18"
bass-largemouth 12-22"
bass-largemouth 15-18"
bass-largemouth 15-20"
bass-largemouth 15-22"
bass-largemouth 18-22"
bass-largemouth < 10"
bass-largemouth < 12"
bass-largemouth < 15
bass-largemouth < 15"
bass-largemouth < 18
bass-largemouth < 20"
bass-largemouth > 14"
bass-largemouth > 15"
bass-largemouth > 2 Ib
bass-rock
bass-rock < 10"
bass-rock < 15"
bass-smallmouth
bass-smallmouth 10-18"
bass-smallmouth 12-15"
bass-smallmouth 12-18"
bass-smallmouth 15-20"
bass-smallmouth 15-22"
bass-smallmouth 18-22"
bass-smallmouth < 10
bass-smallmouth < 12
bass-smallmouth < 15
bass-smallmouth < 15"
bass-smallmouth < 18
bass-smallmouth < 20
bass-smallmouth > 16
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bass-smallmouth > 18
crappie
crappie > 9"
crappie-black
crappie-black 10-12"
crappie-black 12-15"
crappie-black < 10"
crappie-black < 12"
crappie-black < 15"
bass-rock > 8"
sunfish-bluegill
sunfish-bluegill < 10"
sunfish-bluegill < 15"
sunfish-bluegill > 8"
sunfish-green
sunfish-pumpkinseed
** Taxon: centrarchidae?
bass-hybrid
** Taxon: cichlidae
tilapia
** Taxon: clupeidae
shad-gizzard > 10"
** Taxon: cyprinidae
carp
carp 20-25"
carp 20-30"
carp < 15"
carp < 30"
carp > 15"
carp > 17"
carp > 21"
carp > 22"
carp > 24"
carp > 26"
goldfish
squawfish
** Taxon: decapoda
shellfish-crab-blue
shellfish-crab-blue (hepatopancreas)
shellfish-lobster
shellfish-lobster (tomale)
** Taxon: esocidae
muskellunge
muskellunge 20-25"
muskellunge > 30"
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pike-northern
pike-northern 15-18"
pike-northern 15-20"
pike-northern 15-25"
pike-northern 15-30"
pike-northern 18-26"
pike-northern 18-30"
pake-northern 20-25"
pike-northern 20-30"
pike-northern 22-26"
pike-northern 22-30"
pike-northern 25-30"
pike-northern 26-30"
pike-northern
pike-northern
pike-northern
pike-northern
pike-northern
pike-northern
pike-northern
pike-northern
pike-northern
pike-northern
pike-northern
pike-northern
pike-northern
15"
18"
22"
26"
30"
15"
20"
22"
23"
25"
26"
28"
30"
** Taxon: ictaluridae
catfish
catfish (filet)
catfish 15-20"
catfish 25-30"
catfish < 20"
catfish > 15"
catfish > 22"
catfish-bullhead
catfish-bullhead-black < 15"
catfish-bullhead-brown
catfish-bullhead-brown > 14"
catfish-channel
catfish-channel 16-23"
catfish-channel 21-23"
catfish-channel 21-25"
catfish-channel > 15
catfish-channel > 23"
catfish-channel > 24
catfish-channel > 25
catfish-channel > 26
catfish-flathead
catflsh-flathead 22-30"
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catfish-flathead > 16"
catfish-flathead > 26"
catfish-flathead > 30"
catfish-white
** Taxon: labridae
tautog
** Taxon: mollusca
shellfish-bivalves
shellfish-bivalves-mussel
** Taxon: mollusca or Crustacea
shellfish
** Taxon: osmeridae
smelt-rainbow
** Taxon: percichthyidae
striped bass
striped bass & white bass hybrid
white bass
white bass 12-15"
white bass > 11"
white bass > 13"
white perch
white perch > 16"
** Taxon: percidae
perch
perch-yellow
perch-yellow 10-12"
perch-yellow 10-15"
perch-yellow 12-15"
perch-yellow <
perch-yellow <
perch-yellow <
perch-yellow >
sauger
sauger < 15"
walleye
walleye 10-15"
walleye 10-30"
walleye 12-15"
walleye 12-18"
walleye 12-22"
walleye 15-18"
walleye 15-20"
walleye 15-22"
walleye 15-25"
walleye 15-26"
10"
12"
15"
10"
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walleye
walleye
walleye
walleye
walleye
walleye
walleye
walleye
walleye
walleye
walleye
walleye
walleye
walleye
walleye
walleye
walleye
walleye
walleye
walleye
walleye
walleye
walleye
walleye
walleye
walleye
15-30"
18-22"
18-26"
18-30"
20-25"
20-30"
22-26"
22-30"
25-30"
26-30"
< 12"
< 15"
< 15-20"??
< 18"
< 20"
< 22"
< 25"
< 26"
< 30"
> 15"
> 18"
> 19"
> 20"
> 22"
> 23"
> 25"
** Taxon: pleuronectidae
flounder
** Taxon: polyodontidae
paddleflsh
paddlefish (eggs)
** Taxon: pomadasyidae
sargo
** Taxon: pomatomidae
bluefish
bluefish > 25"
** Taxon: salmonidae
ciscowet
ciscowet > 15"
salmon-chinook
salmon-chinook 21-23"
salmon-chinook 21-32"
salmon-chinook > 21"
salmon-chinook > 25"
salmon-chinook > 32"
salmon-coho > 21"
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salmon-coho > 26"
trout
trout > 25"
trout-brook
trout-brook < 15"
trout-brook < 20"
trout-brook > 15"
trout-brown
trout-brown < 20"
trout-brown < 21"
trout-brown < 23"
trout-brown > 12"
trout-brown > 20"
trout-brown > 21"
trout-brown > 23"
trout-lake
trout-lake 15-20"
trout-lake 15-25"
trout-lake 15-30"
trout-lake 20-23"
trout-lake 20-25"
trout-lake 20-30"
trout-lake 25-30"
trout-lake < 25"
trout-lake < 30"
trout-lake > 21"
trout-lake > 23"
trout-lake > 24"
trout-lake > 25"
trout-lake > 30"
trout-lake > 32"
trout-rainbow
trout-rainbow 15-20"
trout-rainbow < 15"
trout-rainbow < 21"
trout-rainbow > 22"
trout-rainbow > 25"
troutrsplake
trout-splake < 16"
trout-splake < 20"
trout-splake > 12"
trout-splake > 16"
tullibee < 15"
** Taxon: sciaenidae
corvina
corvina-orangemouth
croaker
croaker-white
drum
drum-freshwater > 12"
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drum-freshwater > 14"
sea trout-speckled
sea trout-white
** Taxon: sparidae
scup
** Taxon: testudines-cryptodira-chelydridae
turtle-snapping < 15
Pollutants
Cadmium
Chlordane
Chlorinated organics
Creosote
DDT
Dichlorobenzene
Dieldrin
Dioxins *
Gasoline
Heavy metals
Heptachlor epoxide
Hexachlprobenzene
Hexachlorobutadiene
Kepone
Lead
Mercury
Metals
Mirex
Multiple
Not specified
Organo-metallics
PAHs
PBBs
PCBs
Pentachlorobenzene
Pesticides
Photomirex
Phthalate esteirs
Priority organics
Selenium
Tetrachlorobe;nzene
Tributyltin
* Indicates that dioxins and/or dibenzofurans may be present.
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Populations
Population
Code
Blank
*
CFB
NCGP
NCSP
NONE
RGP
RSP
Definition
No bans or advisories or no information available.
Indicates that dioxins and/or dibenzofurans may be present.
Bans commercial harvest and/or sale of fish and shellfish.
Advises against consumption of fish and shellfish by the general population.
Advises against consumption of fish and shellfish by subpopulations potentially at greater
risk, e.g., pregnant or nursing women, and small children.
No bans or advisories.
Advises the general population to restrict the size and frequency of meals of fish and
shellfish.
Advises subpopulations potentially at greater risk, e.g., pregnant or nursing women, or
small children, to restrict the size and/or frequency of meals of fish and shellfish.
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Appendix V Data Revision Submittal Forms*
Submit data additions or corrections on copies of the following forms to:
Alison Greene
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Risk Assessment Management Branch
(WH-585)
401 M Street, SW
Washington, DC 20460
* As of January 29, 1992
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BAN OR ADVISORY DATA FORM
Please complete a separate sheet for each ban or advisory. The data fields for the bans and advisories are:
Slate, 2 letters - e.g., AK, VA, OK
Waterbody Name
Geographic Extent - Describe the portion of the waterbody that is covered by the ban or advisory. Latitudes and
longitudes or Reach File segment IDs (if known) are greatly appreciated.
Pollutant(s) - e.g., "Pesticide" or "Chlordane"
Species Common Name - e.g., Carp
Status Code of Ban or Advisory - Only the status codes present in the database as of this writing are listed. If you
need a new code, please write in a code less than five letters long and define it. CIRCLE ALL CODES THAT
APPLY.
Code Definition
Blank - No bans or advisories or no information available.
* - Indicates that dioxins and/or dibenzofurans may be present
CFB - Bans commercial harvest and/or sale of fish and shellfish.
NCGP - Advises against consumption of fish and shellfish by the general population.
NCSP - Advises against consumption of fish and shellfish by subpopulation(s) potentially at greater risk,
e.g., pregnant or nursing women, and small children.
NONE - No bans or advisories.
RGP - Advises the general population to restrict the size and frequency of meals of fish and shellfish.
RSP - Advises subpopulations potentially at greater risk (e.g., pregnant or nursing women, or small
children) to restrict the size and/or frequency of meals of fish and shellfish.
Start Date / / End Date / /
If a contact person and/or organization that can give more details about the ban or advisory is not already listed in
the Contacts file and you have not yet completed a Contact Data Form for that person/organization, then you should
complete a Contact Data Form now.
Contact
These data are accurate as of
Your name, address, and phone number
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DOCUMENT DATA FORM
Please complete a separate sheet for each document. The data fields for the bans and advisories are:
Author(s) - Complete names (if available) of all authors or of the responsible institution if persons are not named.
Publication Date - Accurate to the year, month, or day
Title(s) - For articles or a chapter, give also the title of the journal or book, with volume and issue numbers for
articles and page ranges for articles and chapters.
Publisher or Agency Name - The original source institution, regardless of who is now supplying copies to the
public.
NTIS or Other Publication ID Code - Document numbers or codes used by the publisher or supplier to catalogue
each item published or supplied.
Keywords - Terms serving to summarize or classify the document's contents. Please use the keywords listed in
Appendix HI. If you must add a new keyword, please define your usage if the term has multiple meanings. If you
wish, simply attach an annotated copy of Appendix HI.
Abstract - A brief summary, written by the author if possible. Please attach a separajte sheet.
If a contact person and/or organization that can supply copies of the document is no£ already lisjted jn the Contacts
file and you have not yet completed a Contact Data Form for that person/organization, then you should complete a
Contact Data Form now.
Contact
These data are accurate as of
Your name, address, and phone number
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CONTACT DATA FORM
Please complete a separate form for each contact. The data fields for the Contacts file are:
Full name .
Job title, Organization, and Department, if available-
Address, street and/or P.O. Box
City, State, and ZIP code
Area code and telephone numbers)
Fax number, if available
These data are accurate as of
Your name, address, and phone number
CONTACT DATA FORM
Please a complete a separate form for each contact. The data fields for the Contacts file are:
Full name :
Job title, organization, and subdivision if available
Address, street and/or P.O. Box.
City, State, and ZIP code
Area code and telephone number(s)
Fax number, if available
These data are accurate as of
Your name, address, and phone number
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Please a complete a separate sheet for each survey. Split the survey data into parts that will fit into the existing
fields for document data. The data layout for surveys is explained below.
Scientists (Author(s)) - Complete names (if available) of principal investigators and/or other authors or of the
responsible institution if persons are not named.
Estimated or actual completion date (Publication date) - Accurate to the year, month, or day
Name of study (Title(s)) - the name by which the survey project is known.
Responsible, performing, or lead agency, regardless of who employs the scientist or the contact person (Publisher or
Agency name)
Project code if any such code is available (NTIS or other publication ID code - Document numbers or codes used by
the publisher to catalogue each item published)
Keywords - Terms serving to summarize or classify the survey's characteristics. Use the keywords listed in
Appendix IH. Specify the location of the survey, the target population, and the type of survey. If you must add a
new keyword, please define your usage if the term has multiple meanings.
Survey-consumption,
Abstract - A brief summary, if needed; written by the scientists), if possible. Please attach a separate sheet.
These data are accurate as of / /
If a contact person and/or organization that can supply additional information about the survey is not already listed
in the Contacts file and you have not yet completed a Contact Data Form for them, then you should complete a
Contact Data Form now.
Contact
Your name, address, and phone number
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Appendix VI History of the Bans and Advisories File
The original Bans and Advisories data file was created in Lotus® 1-2-3 format by Dr. Patricia
Cunningham and Julie M. Duffin of the Center for Environmental Analysis, Research Triangle Institute
(RTI), Research Triangle Park, NC 27707. (Contact Cunningham or Duffin at (919) 541-6944 and
541-6112, respectively, for more information about the compilation of the original file.)
The original file was compiled with information extracted from 1990 state 305(b) reports, from some
state fish consumption advisory bulletins, and in a few cases from telephone contacts with state officials
when 305(b) information was not available. Several states provided information on several categories of
advisories, e.g., restricted consumption advised for the general public or no consumption advised for
pregnant women, nursing mothers, and children. However, when a state did not specify the target
population, RTI assumed that the advisory was no consumption for the general public.
Subsequent work with the database was performed by Tom Davis of Tetra Tech, Inc. and James N.
Nelson, an independent programming consultant. They converted the Lotus® 1-2-3 file to FoxPro™
format, which is a derivative of dBASE™ III+ format.
After this format change, the database was modified in three major ways. First, the file was expanded
to hold a single record for each unique combination of fish type, pollutant, and target population.
Second, some data fields were modified to improve consistency or operational performance. Third,
additional information categories or data fields were added. These changes are discussed below.
Each record in the RTI file was assigned a unique alphanumeric code (Ban ID) for identification. Next,
each record was analyzed to determine the unique combinations of the species, target population, and
pollutant. For example, if a record had two target populations, two pollutants, and three fish types,
then its information was distributed to 12 records (2x2x3 = 12). Each of the 12 new records would have
only one target population, one pollutant, and one fish type. All of the information hi the original file
for a particular record was retained, and all the new records have the same Ban ID. The results of this
modification were very carefully checked for accuracy.
Some records in the Waterbody field also have apparent multiple entries, such as two lakes or a river
and one of its tributaries listed together. These entries were not modified because of the difficulty of
determining whether these discrete waterbody names are actually separate waterbodies. Some river
names were made consistent, however, or revised so they will sort together logically. For example,
"Upper Fox River" was changed to "Fox River, Upper" and "Lower Fox River" was changed to "Fox
River, Lower" so that they will show up together when the file is sorted by waterbody name.
The species common names in the original file were modified to improve sorting sequences and
taxonomic consistency. For example, all catfish (ictaluridae) common names were reversed so that
"white catfish" became "catfish-white". Centrarchid bass names were reversed like catfish names, but
non-centrarchid bass names were not. If you are uncertain how to search for a particular species, refer
to Appendix IV for the species names used hi the database, listed by modified common name and by
family.
The state contact person listed in EPA's mailing list was arbitrarily assigned as the contact person for
each advisory. These contact data may be out-of-date for some states. The EPA Region numbers were
assigned based on State postal codes. The check date was set to 5/29/91, the date when RTI stopped
modifying the original file.
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Tetra Tech added some additional bans and advisories that have later check dates. Tetra Tech also
added two new fields, the date the advisory started and the date it ended. These fields are, and may
remain, empty for the original records created by RTI.
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Appendix VII EPA Regions and State Postal Codes
r\
EPA REGIONS
4
10
9
6
9
8
1
3
3
4
4
9
10
5
5
7
7
4
6
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
D.C.
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
1
3
1
5
5
4
7
8
7
9
1
2
-6
2
4
8
' •-' 5
6
10
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
3
1
4
8
4
6
8
1
3
10
3
5
8
9
9
2
2
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming -
American Samoa
Guam
Puerto Rico
Virgin Islands
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TWO-LETTER STATE POSTAL CODES
Alabama AL
Alaska AK
Arizona AZ
Arkansas AR
American Samoa AS
California CA
Canal Zone CZ
Colorado CO
Connecticut CT
Delaware DE
District of Columbia DC
Florida FL
Georgia GA
Guam GU
Hawaii HA
Idaho ID
Illinois IL
Indiana IN
Iowa IA
Kansas KS
Kentucky KY
Louisiana LA
Maine ME
Maryland MD
Massachusetts MA
Michigan MI
Minnesota MN
Mississippi MS
Missouri MO
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Trust Territories
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Virgin Islands
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
MI:
NE
NV
NH
NJ
NM
NY
NC
ND
OBI
OK:
OR
PA
RI
sc
SD
TN
TT
TX
UT
VT
VA.
VI
WA
WV
WI
WY
Nil
MD
HI
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