Ambient aquatic life water quality criteria for hexachlorobenzene. Draft report

Technical Report · Wed Aug 31 04:00:00 EDT 1988

OSTI ID:6478667

The Clean Water Act requires the EPA Administrator to publish water quality criteria that accurately reflect the latest scientific knowledge on the kind and extent of all identifiable effects on health and welfare that might be expected from the presence of pollutants in any body of water. Pursuant to that end, the document proposes water quality criteria for the protection of aquatic life. These criteria do not involve consideration of effects on human health.

• Research Organization: Environmental Protection Agency, Duluth, MN (United States). Environmental Research Lab.
• OSTI ID: 6478667
• Report Number(s): PB-93-202760/XAB; EPA--440/5-88/092
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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