Worksheet F13a: Consumption of contaminated
vegetation by a large bird, chronic on-site exposure scenario.
[VegChLBrd01]
Verbal Description: A 4
kg herbivorous bird,
such as a Canada Goose, consumes grass for a 90 day period after
application of the chemical. The contaminated vegetation accounts for 10 to 100% of the diet assuming that
the animal spends 10% to 100% of the time feeding at the site. Because the location
is the application site, drift
is set to unity - i.e., direct spray. Residue estimates based on short grass. Caloric requirements are used to
estimate food consumption from U.S. EPA/ORD (1993). Dissipation is considered using the foliar halftime and
taking the geometric mean of the initial and day-90 residues as the measure of dose.
Parameters/Assumptions
Value
Units
Source/Reference
Body weight (
W)
4
kg
N/A
Caloric requirement (
KR)
467.5185
kcal/day
U.S. EPA/ORD (1993, p. 3-6)
above based on following equation:
kcal/day = 3.12 × W(g)
0.604
Caloric content of vegetation (dry weight,
KCD)
2.46
kcal/g
U.S. EPA/ORD (1993, p. 3-5)
Water content of vegetation (proportion,
PW)
0.85
unitless
U.S. EPA/ORD (1993, p. 4-14)
Caloric content of vegetation (wet weight,
KCW)
0.369
kcal/g
KCD × (1-
PW)
Food consumed per day (wet weight,
A)
1.266988
kg
(
KR ÷
KCW)/1000 g/kg
Duration of exposure (
T)
90
days
N/A
Application rates (
R)
Central
0.3
lb/acre
APPL.Typ
Lower
0.09375
APPL.Low
Upper
0.375
APPL.Hi
Residue rates (
rr)
Central
85
mg/kg
veg per
HG.SGT
Lower
85
lb/acre
HG.SGT
Upper
240
HG.SGU
Drift (
Drift):
Central
1
unitless
Set to unity for on-site
Lower
1
assessment.
Upper
1
Day 0 Conc. in Vegetation (
C
0
):
R ×
rr ×
Drift
Central
25.5
mg/kg
Lower
7.96875
Upper
90
Foliar dissipation coefficient (
k)
Central
0.2310491
day
-1
Worksheet B02
Lower
0.2310491
Upper
0.2310491
Conc. in Vegetation at time T (
C
T
) [
C
0
× e
-k ×T
]
Central
2.37e-08
mg/kg
Lower
7.42e-09
Upper
8.38e-08
WS-61
Worksheet F13a (continued): Consumption of contaminated vegetation by a large bird,
chronic on-site
exposure scenario.
Time-weighted Average Concentration on Vegetation (
C
TWA
):
C
0
(1 - e
-k T
) ÷ (k T)
Central
1.226291
mg/kg
Lower
0.383216
Upper
4.328085
Proportion of diet contaminated (
P
D
)
Central
0.3
unitless
See section 4.2.2.3.
Lower
0.1
Upper
1.0
Dose estimates (
D):
P
D
× C
TWA
× A ÷W
Central
1.17e-01
mg/kg bw
Lower
1.21e-02
Upper
1.37e+00
WS-62
Worksheet F13b: Consumption of contaminated vegetation by a large bird, chronic off-site exposure scenario.
[VegChLBrd02]
Verbal Description: A 4 kg herbivorous bird, such as a Canada Goose, consumes grass for a 90 day period after
application of the chemical. The contaminated vegetation accounts for 100% of
the diet assuming that the
animal spends all of the feeding time near the site. Drift is estimated at 25 to 100 feet from the application site.
Residue estimates are based on short grass. Caloric requirements are used to estimate food consumption.
Dissipation is considered using the foliar halftime and taking the geometric mean of the initial and day-90
residues as the measure of dose.
Parameters/Assumptions
Value
Units
Source/Reference
Body weight (
W)
4
kg
N/A
Caloric requirement (
KR)
467.5185
kcal/day
U.S. EPA/ORD (1993, p. 3-6)
above based on following equation:
kcal/day = 3.12 × W(g)
0.604
Caloric content of vegetation (dry weight,
KCD)
2.46
kcal/g
U.S. EPA/ORD (1993, p. 3-5)
Water content of vegetation (proportion,
PW)
0.85
unitless
U.S. EPA/ORD (1993, p. 4-14)
Caloric content of vegetation (wet weight,
KCW)
0.369
kcal/g
KCD × (1-
PW)
Food consumed per day (wet weight,
A)
1.266988
kg
(
KR ÷
KCW)/1000 g/kg
Duration of exposure (
T)
90
days
N/A
Application rates (
R)
Central
0.3
lb/acre
APPL.Typ
Lower
0.09375
APPL.Low
Upper
0.375
APPL.Hi
Residue rates (
rr)
Central
85
mg/kg veg per
HG.SGT
Lower
85
lb/acre
HG.SGT
Upper
240
HG.SGU
Drift (
Drift):
50 feet
0.0101
unitless
Estimated from
100 feet
0.0058
AgDRIFT for low-boom
applications. See
25 feet
0.0187
Worksheet A06.
Day 0 Conc. in Vegetation (
C
0
):
R ×
rr ×
Drift
Central
0.25755
mg/kg
Note:
lower value based
Lower
0.04622
on typical
rr and lower
R.
Upper
1.683
Foliar dissipation coefficient (
k)
Central
0.2310491
day
-1
Worksheet B02
Lower
0.2310491
Upper
0.2310491
Conc. in Vegetation at time T (
C
T
):
C
0
× e
-k ×T
]
Central
2.40e-10
mg/kg
Lower
4.30e-11
WS-63