Parameter | Reference |
Sample Collection (Phytoplankton and other Bioassays) | Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Waste Water, twenty first edition, APHA |
Sample Preservation and Holding Time,. Bacteriological and Chemical Methodology | "Guidelines Establishing Test Procedures for the Analysis of Pollutants," Federal Register, July 1, 2011 ( 40 CFR 136) |
"A Manual of Chemical and Biological Methods for Seawater Analysis" T.R. Parsons, Y. Maita, and CM. Lalli, 1984, Pergamon Press, New York. | |
"Methods of Seawater Analysis", 2nd, Revised and Extended Edition, ed. by K. Grashof, M. Erhardt, K. Kremling, 1983. Verlag Chemie, Weinheim, Germany. | |
Toxicity Test | EPA 821-R-02-031, Short-Term Methods For Estimating the Chronic Toxicity of Effluents and Receiving Waters to Freshwater Organisms, 4th edition, October 2002. |
or: EPA 821-R-02-012, Methods For Measuring the Acute Toxicity of Effluents and Receiving waters to Freshwater and Marine Organisms, 5th edition, October 2002. | |
or: EPA 821-R-02-014, Short-Term Methods For Estimating the Chronic Toxicity of Effluents and Receiving Waters to Marine and Estuarine Organisms, 3rd edition, October 2002. | |
or: EPA 833-R-10-003, National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Test of Significant Toxicity Implementation Document, June 2010. | |
or: EPA 833-R-10-004, National Pollutant Discharge | |
Elimination System Test of Significant Toxicity Technical Document, June 2010. | |
or: EPA/600/R-12/022, Tropical Collector Urchin, Tripneustes gratilla, Fertilization Test Method, April 2012. | |
Quality Control (Bacteriological and Biology) and Chemistry | EPA/600/4-79-019, Handbook for Analytical Quality Control in Water and Wastewater Laboratories, March 1979. |
Kona Coast Area Specific Standards | Rationale for the Development of Area-Specific Water Quality Criteria for the West Coast of The Island of Hawaii and Procedures for Their Use. Hawaii State Department of Health. March 1997. |
or as otherwise previously specified or approved by the director.
Haw. Code R. § 11-54-10