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