SCHEDULE 5CLASSIFICATION

Methodology2

1

In this Schedule, “percentile value” is based on a percentile evaluation of the log10 normal probability density function of microbiological data used for the assessment under regulation 10.

2

The appropriate agency must derive a percentile value as follows—

a

take the log10 value of all bacterial concentrations in the data sequence to be evaluated or, if a zero value is obtained, take the log10 value of the minimum detection limit of the analytical method used;

b

calculate the arithmetic mean (“�”) of the log10 values taken under paragraph (a);

c

calculate the standard deviation (“�?”) of the log10 values taken under paragraph (a);

d

derive the upper 90-percentile point of the data probability density function from the following equation: upper 90-percentile = antilog (� + 1.282 �?); and

e

derive the upper 95-percentile point of the data probability density function from the following equation: upper 95-percentile = antilog (� + 1.65 �?).