User's manual for the defense priority model

Technical Report · Sat Aug 01 04:00:00 EDT 1987

OSTI ID:5810733

Smith, E D; Barnthouse, L W

The US Air Force's Installation Restoration Program (IRP) requires the identification and evaluation of sites where hazardous materials were disposed in the past. In Phase I of the IRP, a hazard screening system known as the Hazard Assessment Rating Methodology (HARM) is used to identify sites containing hazardous waste and to rank these sites with respect to their potential environmental hazard. Field studies to obtain information on the extent of environmental contamination are now being conducted at sites identified by HARM as potentially hazardous. Oak Ridge National Laboratory has developed a modification and extension of the HARM system, referred to as the ''Defense Priority Model'' (DPM), which is intended to permit the use of site-specific monitoring data to refine priorities for further study. In DPM, the health and ecological hazards of contaminants identified through monitoring are assessed using toxicological benchmarks and bioaccumulation factors that relate the concentrations measured to concentrations or doses that may be toxic. This user's manual provides (1) detailed instructions for rating contaminated sites using DPM, (2) worked-out examples of DPM applications, (3) lists of toxicity benchmarks and bioaccumulation factors for hazardous chemicals identified at Air Force installations, and (4) blank score sheets. 12 refs., 6 figs., 10 tabs.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-84OR21400
• OSTI ID: 5810733
• Report Number(s): ORNL-6411; ON: DE88001493
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
CONTAMINATION
DOCUMENT TYPES
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
HAZARDS
HEALTH HAZARDS
MANAGEMENT
MANUALS
MATERIALS
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
MILITARY FACILITIES
MONITORING
SCREENING
SITE CHARACTERIZATION
TOXICITY
WASTE DISPOSAL
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WATER QUALITY