Advanced RA

NZ Specific Data  

Ecotoxicity testing protocols 

Ecotoxicity results

Contaminant mobility

Soil property data

Tools and Resources

Models

Toxicity databases

RA methodologies

Document resources

Framework (Tiers 2-3)

Problem Identification

Receptor Characterisation

Exposure Assessment

Toxicity Assessment

Risk Characterisation

Introduction

This framework represents a risk assessment process. It is based on Australia's National Environment Protection (Assessment of Site Contamination) Measure (NEPM) 1999

This involves three tiers - Tier 1 is found on the Introductory Risk Assessment page. Descriptions of the tasks involved in Tiers 2 and 3 can be found by clicking on the appropriate stage in the figure below. 

Note that the Initiation stage is an Introductory RA activity and is not undertaken in an Advanced RA. The Risk Management Decision stage has the same description for all three tiers.