Problem Identification - Resources

| Home | About Our Site | Introductory Risk Assessment | Advanced Risk Assessment | Search | Contact Us |

Problem Identification - Resources

Problem Identification

Description

Levels

Resources

Receptor Characterisation

Exposure Assessment

Toxicity Assessment

Risk Characterisation

Ecotoxicity tests

Ecotoxicity data

Species sensitivity

Contaminant mobility

These are the resources a New Zealand risk assessor may find useful for 'identifying the problem'.

Key resources for ERA - At a glance

General

ANZECC 1992 Section 4 & 5, Appendix 1
USEPA 1998: Guidelines for ERA. Section 3.
Framework for Ecological Risk Assessment Environment Canada 1994 Section 3
ORNL 1997: Framework for Assessing ER in Petroleum-derived materials.
NEPM, 1999 Schedule B (5)
Ecological RA Guidance for Superfund, 1997 Section 1.2

Level 1

ANZECC 1992 Section 4 & 5, Appendix 1
NEPM, 1999 Schedule B (5)
ADEC, 1998 Section 2.
TNRCC, 1996
Oregon Dept of Environmental Quality, 1998
Petroleum Hydrocarbon Guidelines 1999: Section 2, Section 4; Appendix 4I
Contaminated Gasworks Sites Guidelines 1997 Section 2 & 4

Site Investigation

Australian Standard AS4482.1 – 1997 Guide to the sampling and investigation of potentially contaminated soil
- Part 1: Non-volatile and semi-volatile compounds.
- Part 2: Volatile compounds
ANZECC 1992
Health and Environmental Guidelines for Selected Timber Treatment Chemicals. 1997
Guidelines for Assessing and Managing Petroleum Hydrocarbon Contaminated Sites in New Zealand, 1999
Guidelines for Assessing and Managing Contaminated Gaswork Sites in New Zealand, 1997.

Conceptual Models/Databases

USEPA 1998 Appendix C
ADEC 1998 Section 2
RBCA
SimpleBOX
CalTOX
BP Risc
(most models incorporate soil characteristic databases)

Level 2

ANZECC 1992 Section 7 (human health focus)
NEPM, Schedule B (5): Section 4, 6
Environment Canada 1994 Section 8 (summary only)

Tools and software

RBCA–Tier 1&2 analysis
BP RISC
site characterisation checklist
National Rapid Hazard Assessment System 1993
SimpleBOX
CalTOX
Risc
EcoFATE
Site Characterisation checklist

Level 3

NEPM, Schedule B (5): Section 6.4

| Home | About Our Site | Introductory Risk Assessment | Advanced Risk Assessment | Search | Contact Us | Disclaimer |

Page last updated: 01 May 2007

Copyright © 1998 - 2003 Project Participants & their Organisations