Office of Environmental Information; Announcement of Availability and Comment Period for Revised Environmental Sampling, Analysis and Results Data Standards (ESAR)

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Notice of availability for a 30 day review and comment period is hereby given for six revised data standards--Well Information Data Standard, ESAR: Field Activity, ESAR: Monitoring Location, ESAR: Analysis and Results, ESAR: Project and Quality Assurance and Quality Control Data Standards. ESAR, along with the suite of related data standards, enhances the availability and exchange of monitoring data used for environmental decision-making. Biological related data elements are largely missing from ESAR and given the importance and interest in these data, the Environmental Council of States (ECOS) and US EPA worked together to adapt/incorporate two Advisory Committee on Water Information (ACWI) approved standards into ESAR. The ACWI approved Water Quality Data Elements for Reporting Results of Populations/Community Biological Assessments and Toxicity Test Analyses (TOX and POP) has been adapted for inclusion in ESAR