Appendix J
List of Extant Standards and Guidelines in A Technical Support Document
Section 8.2 of the technical support document (TSD) compares the AEGL values for a chemical with other standards and guidelines previously published for exposure durations ranging from 10 min to 8 h. A summary discussion of important comparisons should be presented in the text and the values for recognized standards and guidelines, if available, should be presented in the table. The statement, “All currently available standards and guidelines are shown in Table…” should be included in the text to affirm completeness of the table. Only those standards or guidelines with published values for a given chemical should be included in the table. In cases where the exposure duration of a published standard or guideline differs from those designated for AEGLs (e.g., 15-min PEL-STEL), the value should be placed in parentheses in the column of the closest AEGL exposure duration category and footnoted to indicate its true exposure duration. A list of recognized standards and guidelines and the order in which they should appear in the following table.
LIST AND ORDER OF PRESENTATION OF EXTANT STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES IN THE TSD TABLE
AEGL-1 |
acute exposure guideline level-1 |
AEGL-2 |
acute exposure guideline level-2 |
AEGL-3 |
acute exposure guideline level-3 |
ERPG-1 (AIHA) |
emergency response planning guideline-level 1 |
ERPG-2 (AIHA) |
emergency response planning guideline-level 2 |
ERPG-3 (AIHA) |
emergency response planning guideline-level 3 |
SPEGL (NRC) |
short-term emergency guidance level |
EEL (NRC) |
emergency exposure limit |
STPL (NRC) |
short-term public limit |
CEL (NRC) |
continuous exposure limit |
EEGL (NRC) |
emergency exposure guidance level |
SMAC (NRC) |
spacecraft maximum allowable concentration for space-station contaminants |
PEL-STEL (OSHA) |
permissible exposure limit-short-term exposure limit |
PEL-TWA (OSHA) |
permissible exposure limit-time weighted average |
IDLH (NIOSH) |
immediately dangerous to life and health |
REL-STEL (NIOSH) |
recommended exposure limit |
TLV-STEL (ACGIH) |
Threshold Limit Value-short-term exposure limit |
TLV-TWA (ACGIH) |
Threshold Limit Value-time-weighted average |
MAC (Netherlands) |
maximum acceptable concentration |
MAK (Germany) |
[maximale arbeitsplatzkonzentration] maximum workplace concentration, 8-h time weighted average, German Research Association |
MAK S. (Germany) |
spitzenbegrenzung (kategorie ii, 2) [peak limit II, 2] 30 min×2 per day |
einsatztoleranzwert (Germany) |
action tolerance levels |