Science Advisory     EPA-SA§-EPEC-94-ft}3
Enwranmtnto!      1400F       Novwnbw
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AN SAB REPORT:
EVALUATION OF DRAFT
TECHNICAL GUIDANCE
TJiiiiiir H IB Uliilp' H ^iliiiiP^ iiiiiiil ^liiy ^nnHI p ^iiHiy ^'^M llWii
CRITERIA FOR STREAMS
AND SMALL RIVERS

PREPARED BY THE BIOLOGICAL
CRITERIA SUBCOMMITTEE OF
THE ECOLOGICAL PROCESSES
AND EFFECTS COMMITTEE

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                                ABSTRACT

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are        or                                the                       of
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                                     AND

Dr.        E.
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                                     Officer, Science Advisory        U.S. EPA,
401 M       S.W.                      D.C.

       K.                                            U.S.           M
S.W.                     D.C.
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                           OF



l.                     ....................................  l

2.                .........................................  3

3.                     ....................................  4
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     3»2           of	  S
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     3,4 The     for              .'.............,...........  6

4.	  7
     4.1                                   ................  7
     4.2          for                       ................  7
     4.3                     of     ........................  9
     4.4         of                     ..................  10

5.                                      ..................  II
     5,1                             .....................  11
     5.2                              ....................  IS
     5.3                             .....................  13

6.
               ..........................................  I?
     8,1             of      .............................  1?
     6.2        of	  17
     6.3 The Eole of          ..............................  18

'L                                    ....................  If

8.              AND                  ....................  20

9.                   ....................................  IS

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                          1.
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        of                                           for
eurafcion.

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of           for            oa a                                       on
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or

5.3

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                    by the
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    6.
                                 APPROACH
6,1                 of

      We                  of                in                      a
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tht                                            of
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                   to                         is no

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1977)                        as a 1-10      but              to a 10-100 •+
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      A                                            are                a
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6.3           of

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the        is                                         be               in
           or as a

                      be                                                    or
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of         to                                   PCB, etc,
of P45Qij||     not                      the
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the                to                             etc.

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of                  In the               of
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                                       18

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                7.
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In            of         the                      a                    on
     to:  a)       the                 of                  b)
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            of
        to                  or
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      We                     the                 the               to
      la the             of

      a)                        of the           STGBET
                    to                                    for
            data;

      b)                    to use the                           of
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      c)              a         list of
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                   of         In

      d)                       to              of
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      We            the        on the        of                   on
                    for                         As the      In a       of
                the       of Water on     topic, the
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as a         of the             of                        Our         to
                    "by the        in the       to the               are as
follows:

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      b)         the                       to
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      c)         fiie                                  to
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                               the                                   are
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      i)         the                       to                         of
                                        a            for the            of
            biocriteria?
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      Yes.  However, we          the use of a
      for                                In                      be
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la         to the          in the        we


a)    The                     an                         of
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                  to      a few).  We                   the
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          the      of        for                   In
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                            etc.

b)                of                                   of the        is
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                   or               In      for           to be
                    the                     the            of
                    to                           of
      In                                           on


c)    The                               the
                            the                       the
      of

d)    The                                                to
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e)    The                                                  of the
                of          on a
               for                              of the            '
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0                                   be         at all


g)                                          b«         in
                                    to        the
                            for
                       be an                          of


h)    The                                          on
      of the
               on
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0    The                                            of
                for                         a) are           by
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                  for                        of the

j)    The                                      to use the
              of                                    for
                         of
                               22

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                           9,

        J.E., J, H, Zar,     C. N.            1990.
      for                 Wm. C.                        237 p,

         E, 1977.  A                   for                             22-381,

           K. W.» M. A,           D, M,       J, B,        and W. B.
                       and

       J. M,  1977.               for the                  of         of
                            Sci. Publ. No, 25,                     U.K.

       H, H.  1979.                                       for
                      Wiley                York. 257 p.

          S. H,                              the       of
                                     §4:187-211.

        J. A,, and J. F.                                                ami
                        337 p,

           E. P,, G.  A,               V, H.                  to               in
      the                                of a                             J,
                             Soc.

          J. M,  1987.            of the


        J. L., M. T.          K. D.         S, K.        and it M.
                                    for     in
                         and

         B;     B.                                 as a                   of
                                                       Biol;Jj|:127-139.

U.S.                                   1990.
                        for

U.S.                                                     for

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U.S.                                  1992b,  Framework for


         E, L., G, W.          K. W.           J. H.       and C. E.
            The                              J,             Scl,

             E, A,                              of the               of
                                                 to                         as
             ia                      Rpt. to                             192 p.


        W, E.     D. C.         1990.
      IB, C, B.             P. B.        (eds.).          for
           Soc.,           MD  684 p.
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