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Risk Characterisation - Resources

Initiation 

Problem Identification

Receptor Characterisation

Exposure Assessment

Toxicity Assessment

Risk Characterisation

Description

Levels

Resources

ERM Decisions

Ecotoxicity tests

Ecotoxicity data

Species sensitivity

Contaminant mobility

 

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

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Key resources for ERA -  At a glance

 

General

  • ANZECC 1992 Section 6.3

  • Framework for Ecological Risk Assessment Environment Canada, Section 7.0
  • USEPA 1998 Guidelines for ERA. Section 5
  • CalEPA, 1996: Guidance for ERA at Hazardous Waste sites, Section 4
  • NEPM, 1999 Schedule B (5)
  • Ecological RA Guidance for Superfund, 1997 Section 7

Level 1

  • ANZECC 1992 Section 6.3
  • NEPM, 1999 Schedule B (5)
  • ADEC, 1998
  • TNRCC, 1996
  • Oregon Dept of Environmental Quality, 1998
  • Petroleum Hydrocarbon Guidelines 1999: Section 5 (Screening level)
  • Timber Treatment Site Guidelines 1997: Section 5.6
  • Contaminated Gasworks Sites Guidelines 1997: Section 4, Appendix 4B

Tools and software

  • RBCA –Tier 1&2 analysis

  • SimpleBOX

  • CalTOX

  • Risc
  • EcoFATE
  • RAMAS

 

Level 2

  • Petroleum Hydrocarbon Guidelines 1999: Section 6

  • NEPM, Schedule B (5): Section 6.3
  • Environment Canada, Section 8 (summary only)

Databases

  • RBCA
  • SimpleBOX
  • CalTOX
  • BP Risc
  • (models incorporate chemical characteristic and toxicity databases)
  • ORNL screening level benchmark values
  • Wildlife Exposure Factors Handbook (USEPA, 1993)1
  • Dutch Target and Intervention values

Level 3

  • NEPM, Schedule B (5): Section 6.4

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