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

Alphabetical list

Descriptions

Framework (Tiers 2-3)

Problem Identification

Receptor Characterisation

Exposure Assessment

Toxicity Assessment

Risk Characterisation

Document Resources

A-B

• A Framework for Ecological Risk Assessment At Contaminated Sites in Canada: Review and Recommendations

• A Framework for Assessing Ecological Risks of Petroleum-Derived Materials in Soil.

• A Practical Guide to Understanding, Managing and Reviewing Environmental Risk Assessment Reports

• A Proposed Methodology for Deriving Aquatic Guideline Values for Toxic Contaminants

• Advisory Committee on Releases to the Environment (ACRE)

• Annual Health Effects Assessment Summary Tables (HEAST)

• Application of ecological risk assessment to hazardous waste site remediation.

• Assessment of soil contamination: Draft National Environmental Protection Measure and Impact Statement

• Australian and New Zealand Guidelines for the Assessment and Management of Contaminated Sites 

• Australian Water Quality Guidelines for Fresh and Marine Waters

C

• CERCLA Baseline Risk Assessment: Reference Manual.

• Commission of European Communities (CEC) Environment Institute (EI) Joint Research Centre (JRC) European Chemical Bureau (ECB)

• Coastal and Estuarine Risk Assessment 

• Computer-based models in integrated environmental Assessment

• Contaminated Site Remediation Program: Risk Assessment Procedures Manual for Method 4.0

D

• Decision Analysis under Risk and Uncertainty at Contaminated Sites: a Literature Review, SGI Varia 501

• Department Of Energy Home Page - www.doe.gov

• Directory of Environmental data/ Information on CD-ROM

• Discussion Document on Contaminated Sites Management

• Draft Australian Water Quality Guidelines for Fresh and Marine Waters

E

• EcoNet: Toxics, Hazards and Wastes Resources

• ECETOC Technical report No. 40: Hazard assessment of chemical contaminants in soil, revised Appendix 3 

• ECETOC Technical report No. 40: Hazard assessment of chemical contaminants in soil

• Ecological Risk Assessment for Contaminated Sites

• Ecological Risk Assessments of Contaminated Sediments

• Ecological Risk Assessment.

• Ecological Risk Assessment Issue Papers

• Ecological Risk Assessment Guidance for Superfund: Process for Designing and Conducting Ecological Risk Assessments 

• Ecological Risk Evaluation of polluted soils

• Ecotoxicological Risk Assessment of the Chlorinated Organic Chemicals

• Ecological Soil Screeing Level Guidance - draft

• Ecotox Thresholds

• ECOTOX: Ecological Modelling and Ecotoxicology

• Emergency Standard Guide for Risk-Based Corrective Action Applied at Petroleum Release Sites

• Environmental Impact of Chemicals: Assessment and Control

• Environmental Protection Agency Home Page

• Environmental Risk Assessment: An Australian Perspective

• Environmental Risk Assessment: Approaches, Experiences and Information Sources

• Environmental Risk Management

• Environmental Chemicals Data and Information Network (ECDIN)

• Environmental Toxicology and Risk Assessment: Third Volume - STP 1218.

• Environmental Toxicology and Risk Assessment: Fourth Volume - STP 1262.

• Environmental Toxicology and Risk Assessment: Biomarkers and Risk Assessment - Fifth Volume

• Environmental Toxicology and Risk Assessment � Modelling and Risk Assessment

• Environmental Toxicology and Risk Assessment � ASTM STP 1179.

• Environmental Toxicology and Risk Assessment � Second Volume. ASTM STP 1216.

• Environmental Toxicology and Risk Assessment (Special Technical Publications Volume 1333), 7th Edition

• Environmental Assessments of Priority Substances Under the Canadian Environment Protection Act, guidance manual version 1.0

• Environmental Guidelines for Water Discharges from Petroleum Industry Sites in New Zealand

• EPA Region 10: Supplementary Ecological Risk Assessment Guidance for Superfund.

• Evaluation of risk-based approaches in environmental guideline and stand setting,

• EXtension TOXicology NETwork (EXTOXNET)

F

• Fundamentals of Aquatic Toxicology

• Fundamentals of Aquatic Toxicology Effects, Environmental Fate, and Risk Assessment, 2nd Edition

• Framework for ecological risk assessment.

• Framework for Environmental Health Risk Management. Volume 2

• Framework for Environmental Health Risk Management. Volume 1

G

• Guidance for ecological risk assessment, Final.

• Guidance for Conducting Ecological Risk Assessments Under Texas Risk Reduction Program

• Guidance for Conducting Ecological Risk Assessments at remediation sites in Texas 

• Guidance for Performing Ecological Risk Assessments at Hazardous Waste Sites

• Guidance for Ecological Risk Assessment At Hazardous Waste Sites and Permitted Facilities

• Guidelines for Contaminated Sites Information Collection and Management

• Guidelines for Assessing Ecological Risks Posed by Chemicals - Draft

• Guidelines for Assessing and Managing Petroleum Hydrocarbon Contaminated Sites in New Zealand

• Guidelines for Assessment and Managing Contaminated Gasworks Sites in New Zealand

• Guidelines for Ecological Risk Assessment. EPA/630/R-95/002F

• Guidelines for Exposure Assessment [FRL-4129-5]

• Guidelines for Reproductive Toxicity Risk Assessment

H

• Handbook of Environmental Fate and Exposure Data for Organic Chemicals Vol. V,

• Handbook of Ecotoxicology

• Health and Environmental Guidelines for Selected Timber Treatment Chemicals

I

• Illustrated Handbook of Physical-Chemical Properties and Environmental Fate for Organic Chemicals

• International Society for Exposure Analysis (ISEA)

• Introduction to Chemical Exposure and Risk Assessment

J-N

• Linkage of effects to tissue residues: development of a comprehensive database for aquatic organisms exposed to inorganic and organic chemicals

• Methods to assess the Effects of Chemicals on Ecosystems

• National Rapid Hazard Assessment System for Potentially Contaminated Sites (Draft)

• National Environmental Protection Measure for assessment of site contamination,

O

• OECD Chemicals Programme

• Oak Ridge National Laboratory Ecological Risk Analysis: Tools and Applications

• ORNL Guidance documents

P-Q

• Performing Ecological Risk Assessments

R

• Reporting on Risk � A Journalist�s Handbook on Environmental Risk Assessment

• Risk Assessment of Environmental Chemicals

• Risk Assessment Methods � Approaches for Assessing Health and Environmental Risks

• Risk Assessment of Chemicals � An Introduction

• RiskWorld

• Risk Assessment � Health - Environment

• Risk Assessment for Contaminated Sites in Europe

• Risk Assessment Guidance for Superfund, Volume II, Environmental Evaluation manual

• Risk Characterization for Ecological Risk Assessment of Contaminated Sites.

• Risk-Based Corrective Action: Tier 1 Guidance Manual.

• Risk: Analysis, Perception and Management

• Risk

• Risk Assessment Guidance for Superfund: Part A (Volumes I, II), B, C.

• Risk Assessment and Policy Association (RAPA)

• Rules of Thumb for Superfund Remedy Selection.

S

• Standard Default Exposure Factors; Supplemental Guidance to Human Health Evaluation Manual

• Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC)

• Standard Provisional Guide for Risk-based Corrective Action.

T

• The Multi-media Fate Model: Vital Tool for Predicting the Fate of Chemicals

U-Z

• UK Institution of Chemical Engineers

• United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

• Understanding Risk: Informing Decisions in a Democratic Society.

• US Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) Science Corner

Models

The following models were reviewed as part of the project.  Click on the model name to look at its description. Some of the more relevant risk assessment models for New Zealand have a more detailed review - click on the icon  .

A-E

• 3DTIM

• @Risk

• ADLTR

• AIRFLOW/SVE

• ANALYTICA

• API-DSS (American Petroleum Institute�s (API) Exposure and Risk Assessment 

• APPRAISE

• AQMS

• AQUA

• ARCINFO/ArcView GIS

• CalTOX 

• CAMEO / ALOHA

• ChemScreen

• ChemPath

• DOE#1

• DRANC

• DYNTOX

• EAPEARP

• EcoFATE 

• EMSOFT

• Environmental Visualization System

• EXAMS II (Exposure Analysis Modeling System)

• ETX

F-J

• FARMLAND

• FLONET/TRANS

• Groundwater Vistas

• GroundwaterFX (DecisionFX)

• GMS 2.0

• HAZARD

• HSSM - The Hydrocarbon Spill Screening Model

• IIASA

K-O

• LEADSPREAD

• MASCOT

• MEPAS (Multimedia Environmental Pollutant Assessment System)

• MINTEQA2

• MODFLOW-SURFACT

• MOFAT

• MS-VMS

• MULTIMED (Multimedia Exposure Assessment Model)

• OLF#1

• OHRA

• OILVOL

P-T

• PELMO

• PLUMES

• PRAIRIE

• PREScore

• PRZM-2 (Pesticide Root Zone Model)

• RAMAS Ecotoxicology  

• RBCA (Risk based Corrective Action) DSS 

• REFEREE

• RISKAT

• RiskEZ

• RESRAD

• Riskplot II

• RISKPRO

• RISKWIT

• S

• SADA � Spatial Analysis and Decision Assistance

• SAFETI

• SampleFX (DecisionFX)

• SARAH

• Simplebox

• SitePro

• SMPTOX

• TARGET

• TOOLBOX (Human health Risk assessment Toolbox)

• ToxScreen

• TRIMS (Technical Risk Identification and Mitigation System)

U-Z

• UST

• VERIS II

• WASP

• WINTRAN

• XENVIS

• Ecological risk assessment methodologies

• Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS)

• ECOTOX Database (AQUIRE, PHYTOTOX, and TERRETOX) (Non-VMS Data)