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EPA-800-R-13-003 Technical Support Document for Conducting and Reviewing Freshwater Mussel Occurrence Surveys for the Development of Site-specific Water Quality Criteria for Ammonia August 2013 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Water Office of Science and Technology Standards and Health Protection Division National Water Quality Standards Branch Washington, DC ii
Acknowledgements This technical support document (TSD) was prepared by Trish Rider, Lars Wilcut, Shari Barash, and Grace Robiou with written and technical support provided by Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) contractor Great Lakes Environmental Center, Inc. External expert peer review was conducted by Eastern Research Group, Inc., and peer reviewers included Alex M. Barron (Virginia Department of Environmental Quality), Jerome Diamond (Tetra Tech, Inc.), Celeste Mazzacano (The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation), David Strayer (Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies), and John Van Hassel (American Electric Power). Additional input on and assistance with this TSD were also provided by Robert Angelo (EPA’s Region 7 office in Kansas City), Tom Augspurger (United States Fish and Wildlife Service), Candice Bauer (EPA’s Region 5 office in Chicago), Heidi Dunn (Ecological Specialist, Inc.), Thomas Gardner (EPA’s Office of Science and Technology), Edward Hammer (EPA’s Region 5 office in Chicago), Gretchen Giannelli (ORISE Research Participant, EPA’s Office of Science and Technology), Stephen McMurray (Missouri Department of Conservation), and David Smith (United States Geological Survey). Please submit comments or questions to Trish Rider, U.S. EPA, Mail Code 4305T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20460 (e-mail: rider.trish@epa.gov). Disclaimer This TSD does not impose legally binding requirements on EPA, states, tribes, or the regulated community, nor does it confer legal rights or impose legal obligations upon any member of the public. The Clean Water Act (CWA) provisions and the EPA regulations described in this document contain legally binding requirements. This TSD does not constitute a regulation, nor does it change or substitute for any CWA provision or EPA regulation. iii
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Page 5 and 6: Table of Contents Acknowledgements
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Page 9 and 10: - EPA ensures that designated uses
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Page 21 and 22: the use of one of the sampling desi
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Page 27 and 28: Figure 5: Example of PONAR grab (B)
Page 29 and 30: Snorkeling may be a more efficient
Page 31 and 32: Experienced Investigators/Surveyors
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Page 41 and 42: Appendix A: How to Use NatureServe
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Page 45 and 46: VI. Searching by Location 1. In the
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• Virginia Natural Heritage Resou
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Payne, B.S., A.C. Miller, and R. Wh
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Appendix C: Example Surveys The fol
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combining qualitative sampling to d
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- Presence of at least three specie
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Source: Carlson et al. 2008 58
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