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Environmental Assessment Technical Assistance Handbook.

PB87175345

Publication Date	1987
Page Count	412
Abstract	The Environmental Assessment Technical Handbook has four types of Technical Assistance Documents (Sections 2.00-5.00) to assist persons preparing environmental information under 21 CFR Part 25, FDA's policies and procedures for implementing the National Environmental Policy Act. Section 2.00 describes how to assemble environmental information, determine if additional testing is needed, and prepare environmental documents to support petitions and applications for proposed actions. Section 3.00 describes methods used to predict the environmental fate of chemicals: water solubility; n-octanol/water partition coefficient vapor pressure; dissociation constant; ultraviolet-visible absorption spectrum; melting temperature; density and relative density; sorption/desorption; hydrolysis; photodegradation; and biodegradation. Section 4.00 describes methods used to predict the environmental effects of chemicals: algal growth; microbial growth inhibition; seed germination and root elongation; seedling growth; acute toxicity to Daphnia, Hyalella azteca, and freshwater fish; earthworm subacute toxicity; and Daphnia chronic toxicity. Section 5.00 describes procedures used to analyze effects test data. The FDA Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition and the FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine prepared the Handbook and will issue revisions or supplements as necessary to reflect comments received and advances in environmental assessment procedures and test methodology.
Keywords	Contaminants Toxicity Agricultural products Ecology Aquatic biology Degradation Air pollution Water pollution Agricultural wastes Soil contamination Food packaging Drugs Chemical properties Hydrolysis Environmental impacts Environmental effects Environmental fate Environment pollution National Environmental Policy Act Partition coefficients
Source Agency	Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
NTIS Subject Category	68H - Environmental Impact Statements 68 - Environmental Pollution & Control 57Y - Toxicology
Corporate Authors	Food and Drug Administration, Washington, DC. Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	198715

Environmental Assessment Technical Assistance Handbook.

Environmental Assessment Technical Assistance Handbook.
PB87175345

Publication Date	1987
Page Count	412
Abstract	The Environmental Assessment Technical Handbook has four types of Technical Assistance Documents (Sections 2.00-5.00) to assist persons preparing environmental information under 21 CFR Part 25, FDA's policies and procedures for implementing the National Environmental Policy Act. Section 2.00 describes how to assemble environmental information, determine if additional testing is needed, and prepare environmental documents to support petitions and applications for proposed actions. Section 3.00 describes methods used to predict the environmental fate of chemicals: water solubility; n-octanol/water partition coefficient vapor pressure; dissociation constant; ultraviolet-visible absorption spectrum; melting temperature; density and relative density; sorption/desorption; hydrolysis; photodegradation; and biodegradation. Section 4.00 describes methods used to predict the environmental effects of chemicals: algal growth; microbial growth inhibition; seed germination and root elongation; seedling growth; acute toxicity to Daphnia, Hyalella azteca, and freshwater fish; earthworm subacute toxicity; and Daphnia chronic toxicity. Section 5.00 describes procedures used to analyze effects test data. The FDA Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition and the FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine prepared the Handbook and will issue revisions or supplements as necessary to reflect comments received and advances in environmental assessment procedures and test methodology.
Keywords	Contaminants Toxicity Agricultural products Ecology Aquatic biology Degradation Air pollution Water pollution Agricultural wastes Soil contamination Food packaging Drugs Chemical properties Hydrolysis Environmental impacts Environmental effects Environmental fate Environment pollution National Environmental Policy Act Partition coefficients
Source Agency	Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
NTIS Subject Category	68H - Environmental Impact Statements 68 - Environmental Pollution & Control 57Y - Toxicology
Corporate Authors	Food and Drug Administration, Washington, DC. Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	198715