Guidance for Data Useability in Risk Assessment (Part A)

Guidance for Data Useability in Risk Assessment, Part A, is designed to provide data users with a nationally consistent basis for making decisions about the minimum quality and quantity of environmental analytical data that are sufficient to support Superfund risk assessment decisions, regardless of which parties conduct the investigation. Part B of this guidance addresses radioanalytical issues.

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Entire Part A (PDF) (292pp, 10.5MB)

Section	Pages	Size
Contents/Preface	14 pages	418K
Chapter 1: Introduction and Background	6 pages	249K
Chapter 2: The Risk Assessment Process	18 pages	779K
Chapter 3: Useability Criteria for Baseline Risk Assessments Sections 3 -- 3.2.2 Sections 3.2.3 -- 3.2.10	19 pages 19 pages	865K 783K
Chapter 4: Steps for Planning for the Acquisition of Useable Environmental Data in Baseline Risk Assessments Sections 4 -- 4.1.3 Sections 4.1.4 -- 4.3	14 pages 17 pages	487K 624K
Chapter 5: Assessments of Environmental Data for Useability in Baseline Risk Assessments	22 pages	914K
Chapter 6: Application of Data to Risk Assessments	6 pages	274K
Appendix I: Description of Organics and Inorganics Data Review Packages	30 pages	780K
Appendix II: Listing of Common Pollutants Generated by Seven Industries	14 pages	291K
Appendix III: Listing of Analytes, Methods, and Detection or Quantitation Limits for Pollutants of Concern to Risk Assessment Pages 167 -- 188 Pages 189 -- 211 Pages 212 -- 234	22 pages 23 pages 23 pages	852K 941K 806K
Appendix IV: Calculation Formulas for Statistical Evaluation	4 pages	118K
Appendix V: "J" Data Qualifier Source and Meaning	6 pages	119K
Appendix VI: "R" Data Qualifier Sources and Meaning	4 pages	79K
Appendix VII: Summary of Common Laboratory Contaminants, Concentration Requirements, and Risk Assessment Implications	4 pages	77K
Appendix VIII: CLP Analytical Methods Short Sheets and TCL Compounds	10 pages	277K
Appendix IX: Example Diagram for a Conceptual Model for Risk Assessment	2 pages	25K
Glossary/Index	15 pages	527K

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