Reference compilation: Performing qualitative and quantitative ecological risk assessments at hazardous waste sites
- Law Environmental, Inc., Kennesaw, GA (United States)
As the field of ecological risk assessment (ERA) broadens, scientists from various disciplines are called upon to become assessors at hazardous waste sites. Although a USEPA Framework for ERAs exists, the guidance is unlike the detailed USEPA guidance available for human risk assessments. Currently, the quality of an ERA is dependent upon the assessors scientific acumen, professional experience, and recognized reference documents. This reference compilation encompasses published documents which have provided useful and important information for qualitative and quantitative ERAS. In addition, a brief description will be provided for the listed documents. Reference areas: chemical fate models, physicochemical characteristics, ecotoxicity test data, assessment models (physical, empirical, mechanistic), ecological exposure assessments, ecological effects characterizations, risk characterizations, identification of exposure pathways, quantification of exposures, characterization and quantification of uncertainty, ecosystem characteristics, receptor and endpoint selection, individual vs. population vs. ecosystem level effects, sediment quality guidelines, and ARARS.
- OSTI ID:
- 40175
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-9410273-; TRN: IM9520%%370
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 15. annual meeting of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC), Denver, CO (United States), 30 Oct - 3 Nov 1994; Other Information: PBD: 1994; Related Information: Is Part Of Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 15th annual meeting: Abstract book. Ecological risk: Science, policy, law, and perception; PB: 286 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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