Standing Operating Procedures for Developing Acute Exposure Guideline Levels for Hazardous Chemicals

Subcommittee on Acute Exposure Guideline Levels, Committee on Toxicology, Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, National Research Council

• 1 Front Matter; 2 Introduction; 3 Roster of the National Advisory Committee for Acute Exposure Guideline Levels (NAC/AEGL Committee) for Hazardous Substances; 4 Appendix: Standing Operating Procedures for Developing Acute Exposure Guideline Levels for Hazardous Chemicals; 5 Preface; 6 1 Overview of AEGL Program and NAC/AEGL Committee; 7 2 Derivation of AEGL Values; 8 3 Format and Content of Technical Support Documents; 9 4 Current Administrative Processes and Procedures for the Development of AEGL Values; 10 5 References; 11 Appendixes; 12 A Priority Lists of Chemicals; 13 B Diagram of the AEGL Development Process; 14 C Glossary of Acronyms, Abbreviations, and Symbols; 15 D Example of a Table of Contents of a Technical Support Document; 16 E Example of a Summary of a Technical Support Document; 17 F Example of the Derivation of AEGL Values Appendix in a Technical Support Document; 18 G Example of Time-Scaling Calculations Appendix in a Technical Support Document; 19 H Example of a Carcinogenicity Assessment Appendix in a Technical Support Document; 20 I Example of the AEGL Derivation Summary Appendix in a Technical Support Document; 21 J List of Extant Standards and Guidelines in a Technical Support Document