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Appendix B: Definitions of Current Exposure Guidance Levels
Pages 98-102

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... defines an IDLH as: "An atmospheric concentration of any toxic, corrosive or asphyxiant substance that poses an immediate threat to life or would cause ~rreversible or delayed adverse health effects or would interfere with an individual's ability to escape from a dangerous atmosphere" (29 CFR 1910.120~. A joint effort was caned the Standards Completion Program (SCP)
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From page 99...
... For purposes of the December 1987 Technical Guidancefor Hazard Analysis, Emergency Planning for Extremely Hazardous Substances, EPA defined T~OCs as I/10 of NIOSH IDEH levels. Emergency Exposure Guidance Levels (EEGEs)
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... Heady impairments under consideration are those that shorten life expectancy, compromise physiological function, impair the capability to resist over toxic substances of disease processes, or adversely affect reproductive function or developmental processes (ACGTH 1986~. ACGTH TIM Time-Weighted Averages (TWAs)
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... OSHA Permissible Exposure Limits (PELs) are workplace exposure standarcis listed In the General Industry Standards for Toxic and Hazardous Chemicals (29 CFR 1910, Subpart Z)
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... U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Heals, Division of Standards Development and Technology Transfer, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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