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Author : John Jensen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9069601389
Author : Judith Petts,Thomas Cairney,Mike Smith
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1997-10-07
Category : Medical
ISBN : UOM:39015040038492
Environmental Consultancy Recognition of contaminated land as a potential environment risk problem has come relatively late. However, in the 1990s there is an international agreement that dealing with such problems benefits from a risk management approach. This book provides a unique, practical guide to the effective conduct of risk assessments for contaminated sites. The risk-based approach requires recognition of site investigation as a component of (not merely an adjunct to) risk assessment and a systematic gathering of quality data relevant to making judgements about risks. This is an integrated and multidisciplinary subject. The book provides an understanding of the regulatory and social context in which contaminated land risks are managed; the interdisciplinary requirements, as well as the methodologies and their limitations for investigation and assessment. The opening chapters provide risk assessment and management background, stressing pragmatic approaches to the former. The central chapters address the means of optimising the gathering of systematic information relevant to the source-pathway-target chain of concern, including the value of multi-stage investigations. The final chapters discuss the assessment of information and data, considering qualitative, semi-quantified and quantified risk assessment approaches and the use of the findings in decision making. The book has been written to complement developing guidance and requirements in the United Kingdom, but with international comparisons. The issues which underpin effective contaminated land risk assessment are universal. The book is presented so as to be understood by readers from a variety of disciplines and with different responsibilities. It will also be of value to final year undergraduates and postgraduates in civil engineering, environmental science, environmental technology, environmental chemistry and geography. It will be of relevance to environmental and engineering consultants, companies and organisations owning or purchasing potentially contaminated land and to officers in the regulatory authorities.
Author : Mary R. Harris,Sue Herbert
Publisher : Thomas Telford
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0727720163
This guide addresses the topics of investigation, assessment and remediation of contamination in the context of current thinking on how best to deal with the issues surrounding contaminated land, both in terms of redevelopment and from considerations of human health and environmental impacts.
Author : Canada. Contaminated Sites Management Working Group,Dillon Consulting
Publisher : Le Groupe de travail
Page : 66 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Science
ISBN : UIUC:30112052178156
This document has been developed to provide a common federal approach to managing contaminated sites under federal custody. The intended audience for this approach is managers & operational personnel who are responsible for managing contaminated sites on federal lands. The approach incorporates risk-based environmental management which assesses risks to human health & the natural environment under current & intended-use scenarios and implements risk management solutions considered to be protective of those risks. Objectives, methodologies, and intended outputs are described for ten steps of the approach, from identification of suspect sites through detailed testing to final reporting & long-term monitoring. Appendices include a list of guidance documents and generic statements of work for various steps of the approach.
Author : Judith Nathanail,Paul Bardos,Paul Nathanail
Publisher : EPP Publications
Page : 610 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2011-11
Category : Pollution
ISBN : 9781900995078
Author : Frank A. Swartjes
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 1104 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2011-01-12
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789048197576
This standard work on contaminated site management covers the whole chain of steps involved in dealing with contaminated sites, from site investigation to remediation. An important focus throughout the book is on Risk Assessment. In addition, the book includes chapters on characterisation of natural and urban soils, bioavailability, natural attenuation, policy and stakeholder viewpoints and Brownfields. Typically, the book includes in-depth theories on soil contamination, along with offering possibilities for practical applications. More than sixty of the world’s top experts from Europe, the USA, Australia and Canada have contributed to this book. The twenty-five chapters in this book offer relevant information for experienced scientists, students, consultants and regulators, as well as for ‘new players’ in contaminated site management
Author : Glenn W. Suter II
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 564 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1992-10-23
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 0873718755
Recently, environmental scientists have been required to perform a new type of assessment-ecological risk assessment. This is the first book that explains how to perform ecological risk assessments and gives assessors access to the full range of useful data, models, and conceptual approaches they need to perform an accurate assessment. It explains how ecological risk assessment relates to more familiar types of assessments. It also shows how to organize and conduct an ecological risk assessment, including defining the source, selecting endpoints, describing the relevant features of the receiving environment, estimating exposure, estimating effects, characterizing the risks, and interacting with the risk manager. Specific technical topics include finding and selecting toxicity data; statistical and mathematical models of effects on organisms, populations, and ecosystems; estimation of chemical fate parameters; modeling of chemical transport and fate; estimation of chemical uptake by organisms; and estimation, propagation, and presentation of uncertainty. Ecological Risk Assessment also covers conventional risk assessments, risk assessments for existing contamination, large scale problems, exotic organisms, and risk assessments based on environmental monitoring. Environmental assessors at regulatory agencies, consulting firms, industry, and government labs need this book for its approaches and methods for ecological risk assessment. Professors in ecology and other environmental sciences will find the book's practical preparation useful for classroom instruction. Environmental toxicologists and chemists will appreciate the discussion of the utility for risk assessment of particular toxicity tests and chemical determinations.
Author : Glenn W. Suter
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 438 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:803854440
Author : United States. Presidential/Congressional Commission on Risk Assessment and Risk Management
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 76 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Administrative agencies
ISBN : UIUC:30112112952624
Author : Danielle Ashton,Great Britain. Environment Agency
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 41 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2008-01-01
Category : Ecological risk assessment
ISBN : 1844329399
Author : Construction Industry Research and Information Association
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2001-06-12
Category : Health risk assessment
ISBN : 0860175537
Contaminated land has been one of the last major environmental concerns to be taken seriously in the UK. It lags far behind air and water quality in terms of statutory and technical approach to control. However, the increasing focus on environmental safety by both government and the public means that land contamination is no longer an issue that need only be considered during redevelopment of abandoned or derelict sites. When land is contaminated it can affect human health, the environment and buildings and structures and can sometimes cause unacceptable risk. Good practice in the management of contaminated land involves assessment of the risk that the contamination might be posing.
Author : Alberta. Environmental Sciences Division
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 95 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : In situ remediation
ISBN : 0778511960
Author : D J Rudland,R M Lancefield,P N Mayeli
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2004-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0860177041
Contaminated land has been one of the last major environmental concerns to be taken seriously in the UK. It lags far behind air and water quality in terms of statutory and technical approach to control. However, the increasing focus on environmental safety by both government and the public means that land contamination is no longer an issue that need only be considered during redevelopment of abandoned or derelict sites. When land is contaminated it can affect human health, the environment and buildings and structures and can sometimes cause unacceptable risk. Good practice in the management of contaminated land involves assessment of the risk that the contamination might be posing. This training pack examines the risk assessment of contaminated land and explains the key elements of the necessary practices and procedures. It is intended to assist all practitioners to align their abilities at a common level so as to promote industry-wide consistency. The training course will be of particular benefit to geotechnical and environmental engineers, developers, regulators and lawyers, but the pack itself can be used by non-technical trainers.It includes delegate and facilitator notes for seven training modules, a copy of CIRIA C552 (2001), Contaminated land risk assessment. A guide to good practice, a PowerPoint presentation on floppy disc, and various group exercises.
Author : J. M. Weeks
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 106 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Ecological risk assessment
ISBN : 1844322963
Author : National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Water Science and Technology Board,Committee on Bioavailability of Contaminants in Soils and Sediments
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2003-05-03
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780309086257
Bioavailability refers to the extent to which humans and ecological receptors are exposed to contaminants in soil or sediment. The concept of bioavailability has recently piqued the interest of the hazardous waste industry as an important consideration in deciding how much waste to clean up. The rationale is that if contaminants in soil and sediment are not bioavailable, then more contaminant mass can be left in place without creating additional risk. A new NRC report notes that the potential for the consideration of bioavailability to influence decision-making is greatest where certain chemical, environmental, and regulatory factors align. The current use of bioavailability in risk assessment and hazardous waste cleanup regulations is demystified, and acceptable tools and models for bioavailability assessment are discussed and ranked according to seven criteria. Finally, the intimate link between bioavailability and bioremediation is explored. The report concludes with suggestions for moving bioavailability forward in the regulatory arena for both soil and sediment cleanup.