Risk Assessment at Hazardous Waste Sites

Title Page......Page 1
Half Title Page......Page 3
Copyright......Page 4
ACS Symposium Series......Page 5
FOREWORD......Page 6
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PREFACE......Page 7
Legislative Background of Risk Assessment Under Superfund......Page 9
Description of Key Superfund Provisions......Page 10
Application of the NCP to Private Clean-Up......Page 12
Risk Assessment and Remedy Selection under the Proposed NCP......Page 13
Conclusion......Page 15
Literature Cited......Page 16
2 Case Studies of Hazardous Waste Problems in Louisiana......Page 17
The inherent complexity of such a regulatory program......Page 18
What is a hazardous waste -- and how do we test for it?......Page 19
How big should the 'universe' of hazardous wastes be?......Page 21
Setting regulatory standards and criteria......Page 22
Some mistakes of the past: "abandoned" sites......Page 24
Degree of hazard and level of control......Page 27
3 Determining the Impacts on Human Health Attributable to Hazardous Waste Sites......Page 29
Woburn, Massachusetts - An Example of Descriptive and Case-Control Studies......Page 36
Triana, Alabama - An Example of a Cross-sectional Study......Page 37
Bucks and Montgomery County, Pennsylvania - An Example of a Potential Cohort Study......Page 38
Literature Cited......Page 39
4 Analysis and Risk Assessment: Key to Effective Handling of Hazardous Waste Sites......Page 41
5 An Industry's Guidelines for Risk Assessment......Page 53
Shell Risk Assessment Procedure......Page 54
Hazard Identification......Page 55
Risk Evaluation......Page 56
Risk Response......Page 58
California Site Study......Page 59
Summary......Page 60
Literature Cited......Page 61
6 Methodology for Assessing Uncontrolled Site Problems at the County Level......Page 62
Rationale And Approach......Page 63
Site Identification......Page 64
Geologic Analysis......Page 65
Refinement of Site Information......Page 75
Site Prioritization......Page 76
Acknowledgments......Page 77
Literature Cited......Page 78
7 Monitoring to Support Risk Assessments at Hazardous Waste Sites......Page 79
Relating Monitoring Data to Risks......Page 82
The General Approach to Sampling and Analysis......Page 83
Improved Analytical Methods......Page 87
Monitoring in Animals and Plants......Page 90
Providing More Meaningful Monitoring Data for Health Assessments......Page 96
Literature Cited......Page 97
8 Currently Available Geophysical Methods for Use in Hazardous Waste Site Investigations......Page 98
Field Problems......Page 99
Available Geophysical Methodology......Page 100
Seismic Refraction......Page 114
Risk Assessment in Hazardous Waste Site Investigations......Page 116
Summary......Page 118
Literature Cited......Page 119
9 Incorporating Risk Assessment into the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act Regulatory Process......Page 121
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