Type B technical information document: injury to fish and wildlife species

Technical Report · Mon Jun 01 04:00:00 EDT 1987

OSTI ID:5934783

This document provides technical information for use with the 43 CFR Part 11 regulations for type B natural-resource damage assessments. The document has been prepared in conjunction with the development of the type B regulations. The purpose of the document is to identify various types of adverse biological responses that can be used to demonstrate injury to fish and wildlife species resulting from a discharge of oil or a release of a hazardous substance. The document also shows the application of the biological-acceptance criteria contained in the type B regulations. The acceptance criteria are to be used for evaluating the acceptability of a particular biological response for demonstrating injury to any biological resource. The document provides further technical information and literature citations pertaining to various testing and sampling procedures for specific biological responses of fish and wildlife species that have met the acceptance criteria. The information in the document supplements the guidance provided in 43 CFR Part 11, but is not required to be followed to obtain the rebuttable presumption provided by those regulations.

• Research Organization: Fish and Wildlife Service, Washington, DC (USA)
• OSTI ID: 5934783
• Report Number(s): PB-88-100169/XAB
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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