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Table 2
(continued)
LOEC
Lowest observed effect concentration
LOEL
Lowest observed effect level
MAC
Maximum allowable concentration
MATC
Maximum acceptable toxicant concentration
MITI
Ministry of International Trade and Industry, Japan
MPC
Maximum permissible concentration
msPAF
Multispecies potentially affected fraction
MTC
Maximum tolerable concentration
NC
Negligible concentration
NCDENR
North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
NOEC
No-observed effect concentration
OECD
Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development
parNEC
Parametric no-effect concentration
p
K
a
Acid dissociation constant
PNEC
Probable no-effect concentration
QSAR
Quantitative structure activity relationship
QSSR
Quantitative species sensitivity relationship
QT
Quality target
RI
Reliability index
RIVM
National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, the
Netherlands
RPF
Relative potency factor
RWQCB
Regional Water Quality Control Board
SACR
Secondary acute-to-chronic ratio
SAV
Secondary acute value
SCC
Secondary chronic concentration
SCV
Secondary chronic value
SETAC
Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
SMC
Secondary maximum concentration
SMCV
Species mean chronic value
SMAV
Species mean acute value
SRC
ECO
Ecosystem serious risk concentration
SSD
Species sensitivity distribution
SWRCB
State Water Resources Control Board
TES
Threatened and endangered species
TEF
Toxic equivalency factor
TGD
European Union's Technical Guidance Document on Risk Assessment
TMDL
Total maximum daily load
TRG
Tissue residue guideline
TSD
Technical Support Document for Water Quality-based Toxics Control
TV
Trigger value
UK
United Kingdom
US
United States
USEPA
United States Environmental Protection Agency
VROM
Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and Environment, The Hague, The
Netherlands
WCS
Water-based Criteria Subcommittee
WER
Water effect ratio
WFD
Water framework directive
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