Ecological Evaluation Technical Guidance - State of New Jersey

etc., the term data “verification” may be more appropriate and these metrics should bespecified in the QAPP.The primary guidance on general QA/QA measures, QAPP preparation, DQOdetermination, data validation protocol, and data useability assessments is NJDEP’sQuality Assurance/Quality Control Technical Guidance. Additional information isavailable from various sources, including, but not limited to, those listed below:• General - QA/QC guidance that specifically includes biological data can be found inUSEPA (1997a), Appendix B, Section 4.0 and USEPA (2000a), Section 8.0. QA/QCrequirements for toxicity testing are addressed in Sections 6.2.2.5 and 6.2.2.6 of thisguidance.• QAPPs - refer to USEPA (2005c) Uniform Federal Policy for Quality AssuranceProject Plans. Evaluating, Assessing, and Documenting Environmental DataCollection and Use Programs. Part 1: UFP-QAPP Manual. Final Version 1.• DQOs - refer to USEPA (2006b) Guidance on Systematic Planning Using the DataQuality Objectives Process. Additional information is available in USEPA (2004,2005c, and 2006c).• Data Validation - refer to USEPA (2002g) Guidance on Environmental DataVerification and Data Validation. Numerous additional guidance documents can befound under “Quality Assurance Guidance/RCRA and CERCLA Field and DataValidation Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).”• Data Useability - refer to USEPA (1992c) Guidance for Data Useability in RiskAssessment (Part A).11.0 ReferencesAdamus, P. R., E. J. Clairain, R. D. Smith, and R. E. Young. 1987. Wetland EvaluationTechnique (WET), Vol. II: Methodology (Operational draft). Washington, D.C.:Wetlands Research Program, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Environmental Laboratory.Arnold, R.E. and Hodson, M.E. 2007. Effect of time and mode of depuration on tissuecopper concentrations of the earthworms Eisenia andrei, Lumbricus rubellus andLumbricus terrestris. Environmental Pollution, volume 148, number 1, pp 21-30.Ashley, J.T.F., Horwitz, R., Steinbacher, J.C., Ruppel, B. 2003. A comparison ofcongeneric patterns in American eels and striped bass from the Hudson and DelawareRiver estuaries. Mar. Pollut. Bull. 46, 1294-1308.ASTM (American Society for Testing and Materials). 2000. E 1391 -94 Standard guidefor collection, storage, characterization, and manipulation of sediments for toxicologicaltesting. p. 768-788. In: 2000 ASTM Standards on Environmental Sampling, Vol. 11.05Conshohocken, PA.ASTM (American Society for Testing and Materials). 2004. Standard Guide forConducting Laboratory Soil Toxicity or Bioaccumulation Tests with the LumbricidEarthworm Eisenia Fetida and the Enchytraeid Potworm Enchytraeus albidus. E1676-04. ASTM, West Conshohocken, PA.ASTM (American Society for Testing and Materials). 2010. Standard Test Method forMeasuring the Toxicity of Sediment-Associated Contaminants with FreshwaterInvertebrates. E1706 - 05(2010). ASTM, West Conshohocken, PA.Ecological Evaluation Technical Guidance Document 87Version 1.2 8/29/12