ASTM E1023-84(2014)
Standard Guide for Assessing the Hazard of a Material to Aquatic Organisms and Their Uses

Standard No.

ASTM E1023-84(2014)

Release Date

1984

Published By

American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)

Status

Be replaced

Replace By

ASTM E1023-23

Latest

ASTM E1023-23

Scope

5.1 Adverse effects on natural populations of aquatic organisms and their uses have demonstrated the need to assess the hazards of many new, and some presently used, materials. The process described herein will help producers, users, regulatory agencies, and others to efficiently and adequately compare alternative materials, completely assess a final candidate material, or reassess the hazard of a material already in use.

5.2 Sequential assessment and feedback allow appropriate judgments concerning efficient use of resources, thereby minimizing unnecessary testing and focusing effort on the information most pertinent to each material. For different materials and situations, assessment of hazard will appropriately be based on substantially different amounts and kinds of biological, chemical, physical, and toxicological data.

5.3 Assessment of the hazard of a material to aquatic organisms and their uses should never be considered complete for all time. Reassessment should be considered if the amount of production, use, or disposal increases, new uses are discovered, or new information on biological, chemical, physical, or toxicological properties becomes available. Periodic review will help assure that new circumstances and information receive prompt appropriate attention.

5.4 If there is substantial transformation to another material, the hazard of both materials may need to be assessed.

5.5 In many cases, consideration of adverse effects should not end with completion of the hazard assessment. Additional steps should often include risk assessment, decisions concerning acceptability of identified hazards and risks, and mitigative actions.

5.6 Because this practice deals mostly with adverse effects on aquatic organisms and their uses, it is important that mitigative actions, such as improved treatment of aqueous effluents, not result in unacceptable effects on non-aquatic organisms. Thus, this standard should be used with other information in order to assess hazard to both aquatic and non-aquatic organisms.

1.1 This guide describes a stepwise process for using information concerning the biological, chemical, physical, and toxicological properties of a material to identify adverse effects likely to occur to aquatic organisms and their uses as a result of release of the material to the environment. The material will usually be a specific chemical, although it might be a group of chemicals that have very similar biological, chemical, physical, and toxicological properties and are usually produced, used, and discarded together.

1.2 The hazard assessment process is complex and requires decisions at a number of points; thus, the validity of a hazard assessment depends on the soundness of those decisions, as well as the accuracy of the information used. All decisions should be based on reasonable worst-case analyses so that an appropriate assessment can be completed for the least cost that is consistent with scientific validity.

1.3 This guide assumes that the reader is knowledgeable in aquatic toxicology and related pertinent areas. A ......

ASTM E1023-84(2014) Referenced Document

• ASTM D1129 Standard Terminology Relating to Water*， 1999-04-20 Update
• ASTM E1022 Standard Guide for Conducting Bioconcentration Tests with Fishes and Saltwater Bivalve Mollusks*， 1994-04-20 Update
• ASTM E724 Standard Guide for Conducting Static Acute Toxicity Tests Starting with Embryos of Four Species of Saltwater Bivalve Molluscs*， 1998-04-20 Update
• ASTM E729 Standard Guide for Conducting Acute Toxicity Tests on Test Materials with Fishes, Macroinvertebrates, and Amphibians*， 1996-04-20 Update
• ASTM E943 Standard Terminology Relating to Biological Effects and Environmental Fate*， 2023-06-01 Update
• IEEE SI 10 American National Standard for Metric Practice*， 2010-12-08 Update

ASTM E1023-84(2014) history

• 2023 ASTM E1023-23 Standard Guide for Assessing the Hazard of a Material to Aquatic Organisms and Their Uses
• 1984 ASTM E1023-84(2014) Standard Guide for Assessing the Hazard of a Material to Aquatic Organisms and Their Uses
• 1984 ASTM E1023-84(2007) Standard Guide for Assessing the Hazard of a Material to Aquatic Organisms and Their Uses
• 1984 ASTM E1023-84(2002) Standard Guide for Assessing the Hazard of a Material to Aquatic Organisms and Their Uses
• 1996 ASTM E1023-84(1996) Standard Guide for Assessing the Hazard of a Material to Aquatic Organisms and Their Uses