Designation:F1209−14StandardGuideforEcologicalConsiderationsfortheUseofOilSpillDispersantsinFreshwaterandOtherInlandEnvironments,PondsandSloughs1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationF1209;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.1.Scope1.1Thisguidecoverstheuseofoilspilldispersantstoassistinthecontrolofoilspills.Theguideiswrittenwiththegoalofminimizingtheenvironmentalimpactsofoilspills;thisgoalisthebasisonwhichtherecommendationsaremade.Aestheticandsocioeconomicfactorsarenotconsidered,althoughtheseandotherfactorsareoftenimportantinspillresponse.1.2Spillrespondershaveavailableseveralmeanstocontrolorcleanupspilledoil.Inthisguide,theuseofdispersantsisgivenequalconsiderationwithotherspillcountermeasures.Itisnotconsideredasa“lastresort”afterallothermethodshavefailed.1.3Thisisageneralguideonly.Oil,asusedinthisguide,includescrudeoilsandrefinedpetroleumproducts.Differencesbetweenindividualdispersantsorbetweendifferentoilprod-uctsarenotconsidered.1.4Theguideisorganizedbyhabitattype,forexample,smallpondsandlakes,riversandstreams,andland.Itconsiderstheuseofdispersantsprimarilytoprotecthabitatsfromimpact(ortominimizeimpacts).1.5Thisguideappliesonlytofreshwaterandotherinlandenvironments.Itdoesnotconsiderthedirectapplicationofdispersantstosubsurfacewaters.1.6Inmakingdispersantusedecisions,appropriategovern-mentauthoritiesshouldbeconsultedasrequiredbylaw.1.7ThevaluesstatedinSIunitsaretoberegardedasstandard.Nootherunitsofmeasurementareincludedinthisstandard.1.8Thisstandarddoesnotpurporttoaddressallofthesafetyconcerns,ifany,associatedwithitsuse.Itistheresponsibilityoftheuserofthisstandardtoestablishappro-priatesafetyandhealthpracticesanddeterminetheapplica-bilityofregulatorylimitationspriortouse.2.ReferencedDocuments2.1ASTMStandards:2F2532GuideforDeterminingNe...
