Meeting Agenda
ASTM Subcommittee E50.47 on Biological Effects and Environmental Fate

(formerly ASTM Committee E47)

Subcommittee Chair:Chris Ingersoll ()

Date:Wednesday November 12, 2014 from 7 to 8:30 am

Location: Room 116/117 Vancouver Convention Center, concurrently with the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) North America 35th Annual Meeting in Vancouver BC

  1. Call to order and introduction of attendees
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  3. Approval of Agenda
  4. Approval of Previous Meeting Minutes (E50.47 Fall 2013 in Nashville TN)
  5. Membership Updates

Balance Report as of 10/21/2014 (Producer Votes Available: 0)

Category / Producer / User / Consumer / General
Interest / Unclassified / Total
Official
Voting Member / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 105 / 105 (107)
Non Official
Voting Member / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 34 / 34 (37)
TOTAL / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 139 / 139 (144)
  1. Ballot Results (since last meeting)
  2. Main/Concurrent Items *** None ***
  3. Subcommittee Items *** None ***
  4. Outstanding Negatives Needing Resolution (since last meeting)
  5. Main/Concurrent Items
  6. E50 (14-02) 3 Items
  7. ITEM001 WK46368 Revision of E2590 Technical Contact: Linder, Gregory L

Negatives: Ingersoll, Chris G; Linder, Gregory L

  1. ITEM002 WK46368 Revision of E2590 Technical Contact: Linder, Gregory L

Negatives: Ingersoll, Chris G; Linder, Gregory L

  1. ITEM003 WK46368 Revision of E2590 Technical Contact: Linder, Gregory L

Negatives: Ingersoll, Chris G; Linder, Gregory L

  1. Subcommittee Items *** None ***
  1. Standards Requiring Review
  2. E2590-2009 Guide for Conducting Hazard Analysis-Critical Control Point (HACCP) Evaluations; Status: Ballot Action Required
  3. E1163-2010 Test Method for Estimating Acute Oral Toxicity in Rats; Status: Review for Ballot
  4. E1688-2010 Guide for Determination of the Bioaccumulation of Sediment-Associated Contaminants by Benthic Invertebrates; Status: Review for Ballot
  5. E1706-2005(2010) Test Method for Measuring the Toxicity of Sediment-Associated Contaminants with Freshwater Invertebrates; Status: Review for Ballot
  6. E2186-2002A(2010) Guide for Determining DNA Single-Strand Damage in Eukaryotic Cells Using the Comet Assay; Status: Review for Ballot
  7. New Standard and Reinstatement Work Items (Not Currently on Ballot)
  8. WK36581 New Standard In Vitro Rearing of Honey Bee Larvae (Technical Contact: Michael Patnaude)
  9. Revision and Withdrawal Work Items (Not Currently on Ballot)
  10. WK35397 E1197-2012 Guide for Conducting a Terrestrial Soil-Core Microcosm Test (Technical Contact: Mark Johnson)
  11. WK40471 E1023-1984(2014) Guide for Assessing the Hazard of a Material to Aquatic Organisms and Their Uses (Technical Contact: Greg Linder)
  12. WK46353 E2455-2006(2013) Guide for Conducting Laboratory Toxicity Tests with Freshwater Mussels (Technical Contact: Chris Ingersoll)
  13. WK47204 E1706-2005(2010) Test Method for Measuring the Toxicity of Sediment-Associated Contaminants with Freshwater Invertebrates (Technical Contact: Chris Ingersoll)
  14. Task Group Reports (Other than Work Items)
  15. Liaison Reports
  16. Old Business
  17. New Business/Committee Correspondence
  18. Administrative Deadlines
  19. Future Meetings
  1. April 2015 Committee Week, Marriott Anaheim; Anaheim, CA;April 27, 2015
  2. October 2015 Committee Week, Marriott Tampa Waterside Hotel; Tampa, FL; October 26, 2015
  3. E50.47 Subcommittee Meeting (concurrent with SETAC North America 36th Annual Meeting), Salt Lake City, UT;November 1 to 5, 2015
  1. Meeting Adjournment

For a complete list of standards see

Attachment 1:ASTM Subcommittee E50.47 on Biological Effects and Environmental FateScope, Structure, and Strategic Plan

Scope: To develop and maintain standards needed to acquire and to use data on: (1) Effects of biological, chemical, or physical stressors on aquatic and terrestrial bacteria, plants and animals; (2) Properties of materials that affect and determine their fate, distribution and persistence when introduced into the environment; and, (3) Promote knowledge and stimulation of research related to the above. Subcommittee E50.47 was established in June 2013 as a merger of Committee E47 on Biological Effects and Environmental Fate into Committee E50 on Environmental Assessment, Risk Management and Corrective Action.

E50.47 Structure:

  1. Standards: 52 (Table 1)
  2. Annual Book of ASTM Standards: Volume 11.06 (and at
  3. Subcommittee Meetings:
  1. Fall meeting: Concurrently with the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) in North America (typically in November of each year).
  2. Other meetings: Periodic virtual meetings (via teleconference) and periodic meetings during E50 Committee weeks.
  1. Administrative Contacts:
  1. E50.47 Subcommittee Chair: Chris Ingersoll ()
  2. E50 Committee Chair: Dennis Rounds ()
  3. E50 Staff Manager: Kathleen McClung ()
  4. E50 Administrative Assistant: Lindsey Limone ()
  5. E50 Editor: Emilie Olcese ()
  6. E50 Committee structure and standards:
  1. E50.01 Storage Tanks (3 standards)
  2. E50.02 Real Estate Assessment and Management (12 standards)
  1. E50.02.01 Task Group for Phase I
  2. E50.02.02 Task Group for Phase II Environmental Assessments
  3. E50.02.04 Transaction Screen Group
  1. E50.03 Pollution Prevention/Beneficial Use (5 standards)
  2. E50.04 Corrective Action (11 standards)
  3. E50.05 Environmental Risk Management (10 standards)
  4. E50.47 Biological Effects and Environmental Fate
  5. E50.90 Executive
  1. Technical Contacts:
  1. Each of the E50.47 standards has a Technical Contact (Table 1).
  2. Technical Contacts are responsible for maintaining a particular standard (e.g., coordinate a team of technical experts in developing and balloting draft revisions to standards or drafts of new standards under the direction of the E50.47 Subcommittee Chair).
  3. Task Groups: Each of the E50.47 standards are informally organized under the following Task Groups: 01--Aquatic, 02--Terrestrial, 03--Sediment, 04--Fate, 05--General (Table 1). The Task Groups are based on the old subcommittee structure in E47 (not a formal part of the E50 balloting process).

E50.47 Strategic Plan:

  1. Annually review status and contents of current standards and, if necessary, initiate actions to establish new work items and to ballot revisions the current standards (e.g., review status of standards at fall meeting of E50.47; Table 1).
  2. Respond to needs of industry, government, academia, and the general public by establishing new task groups and developing standards that are consistent with the scope of the subcommittee.
  3. Short-term plans (in about the next year):
  1. Draft revisions to the following standards:
  1. E1706-05(2010) Standard Test Method for Measuring Sediment Toxicity with Freshwater Invertebrates. Lead: Chris Ingersoll (). Update guidance on methods for conducting whole-sediment toxicity testing and develop new guidance for water toxicity testing with the amphipod Hyalella azteca and the midge Chironomus dilutus (focusing on growth and reproductive endpoints).
  2. E2455-06 (2013) Standard Guide for Conducting Laboratory Toxicity Tests with Freshwater Mussels. Lead: Ning Wang (). Update guidance on glochidia testing and juvenile testing in water. Develop new guidance for conducting sediment and effluent toxicity tests with freshwater mussels.
  1. Balloting for technical revisions:
  2. E50 Ballot 14-02: E1023-84(2007) Standard Guide for Assessing the Hazard of a Material to Aquatic Organisms and Their Uses. Lead: Greg Linder ()
  1. Long-term plans (in about the next five years):
  1. Develop new standards or revise existing standards to address:
  1. Toxicity testing and estimating bioavailability of nanomaterials
  2. In situ toxicity testing with sediment
  3. Sediment or water toxicity identification evaluations (TIEs)
  4. Use of reference conditions to establish toxicity, toxicity endpoints and guidance on integration of sediment assessment data (i.e., sediment quality triad)
  5. Revise E2552-08 (Standard Guide for Assessing the Environmental and Human Health Impacts of New Energetic Compounds) to incorporate new high-throughput methods for assessing toxicity. Lead: Mark Johnson ()
  6. Identify individuals interested in chairing the Subcommittee or serving as Technical Contacts on individual standards or groups of standards

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