[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 157 (Wednesday, August 14, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 53001]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-20581]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-7259-2]


Real-Time Monitoring for Toxicity Caused by Harmful Algal Blooms 
and Other Water Quality Perturbations

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the availability of a final report 
titled, Real-Time Monitoring for Toxicity Caused by Harmful Algal 
Blooms and Other Water Quality Perturbations (EPA/600/R-01/103), which 
was prepared by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) 
National Center for Environmental Assessment (NCEA) of the Office of 
Research and Development (ORD). This project, sponsored by EPA's 
Environmental Monitoring for Public Access and Community Tracking 
(EMPACT) program, evaluated the ability of an automated biological 
monitoring system that measures fish ventilatory responses (ventilatory 
rate, ventilatory depth, and cough rate) to detect developing toxic 
conditions in water.

DATES: This document will be available on August 14, 2002.

ADDRESSES: The document is available electronically through the NCEA 
Web site at (www.epa.gov/ncea) under the What's New or Publications 
menus. A limited number of paper copies will be available from EPA's 
National Service Center for Environmental Publications (NSCEP), PO Box 
42419, Cincinnati, Ohio 45242; telephone: 1-800-490-8190 or 513-489-
8190; facsimile: 5-13-489-8695. Please provide your name and mailing 
address and the title and EPA number of the requested publication.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information contact the 
Technical Information Staff, National Center for Environmental 
Assessment/Washington Office (8623D), U.S. Environmental Protection 
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460. Telephone: 
202-564-3261; fax: 202-565-0050.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This report describes the development and 
operation of a real-time automated biomonitoring system for detecting 
toxicity caused by harmful algal blooms and other water quality 
perturbations. The system was developed and evaluated over a 2-year 
period (March 1999 through November 2000) on the Chicamacomico and 
Transquaking Rivers, tributaries to the Chesapeake Bay on Maryland's 
Eastern Shore. Relevant literature has been reviewed through May 2001.

    Dated: August 6, 2002.
Michael Slimak,
Acting Director, National Center for Environmental Assessment.
[FR Doc. 02-20581 Filed 8-13-02; 8:45 am]
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