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

The tools and resources in this section are as follows:

Risk assessment models and reviews

• Risk assessment models - list and description of models from around the world
• Risk assessment model reviews - evaluation of 9 widely used models
• NZ-specific evaluation of BP Risc
• NZ-specific evaluation of RBCA

Ecotoxicity databases

• Review of ecotoxicity databases

Risk assessment methodologies

There are a variety of reports that advocate various approaches to undertaking risk assessment.  We have focused on methodologies proposed within regulatory resource management settings in New Zealand, Australia, USA, and Canada.

• Introduction - introductory-level information
• Risk assessment methodologies - advanced-level information

Risk assessment documents

These are the resources (documents, guidelines) that the project team consider to be useful for a New Zealand assessor. 

• Key resources at a glance - a quick reference table of resources
• Alpha list of resources - alphabetical list of all documents, guidelines, reports, books etc.
• RA resources - description of all documents, guidelines, reports, books etc.