Environmental Assessment
U.S. EPA's Ecological Risk Assessment Support Center (ERASC)
Notice
[3/11] ERASC announces the release of the final report, Assessment of Methods for Estimating Risk to Birds from Ingestion of Contaminated Grit Particles (Final Report).
Report Information
Background
The ERASC provides technical information and addresses scientific questions of concern or interest on topics relevant to ecological risk assessment at hazardous waste sites for EPA's Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response (OSWER) personnel and the Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery (ORCR) staff.
Requests must be channeled to ERASC through the Ecological Risk Assessment Forum (ERAF). To assess emerging and complex scientific issues that require expert judgment, the ERASC relies on the expertise of scientists and engineers located throughout EPA's Office of Research and Development (ORD) labs and centers.
Response
ERASC develops responses that reflect the state of the science for ecological risk assessment and also provides a communication point for the distribution of the responses to other interested parties. For further information, contact Ecology_ERASC@epa.gov or call 513-569-7940.
- by phone at: 513-569-7740
- by email at: kravitz.michael@epa.gov
History/Chronology
| May 06 | EPA announces the availability of several final and external review drafts documents with the launch of the http://epa.gov/erasc web site. |
| Apr 09 | ERASC announces the release of the final report, Estimation of Biota Sediment Accumulation Factor (BSAF) from Paired Observations of Chemical Concentrations in Biota and Sediment. |
| Oct 09 | ERASC announces the release of the final report, Evaluating Ecological Risk to Invertebrate Receptors from PAHs in Sediments at Hazardous Waste Sites (Final Report). |
| Mar 11 | ERASC released the final report, Assessment of Methods for Estimating Risk to Birds from Ingestion of Contaminated Grit Particles. |
Downloads
- 1. Evaluating Ecological Risk to Invertebrate Receptors from PAHs in Sediments at Hazardous Waste Sites (Final Report)
- 2. Estimation of Biota Sediment Accumulation Factor (BSAF) from Paired Observations of Chemical Concentrations in Biota and Sediment (Final Report)
- 3. Application of Equilibrium Partitioning Theory to Soil PAH Contamination (External Review Draft)
- 4. Assessing Risks to Populations at Superfund and RCRA Sites: Characterizing Effects on Populations (Final Report)
- 5. Memorandum: Response to Ecological Risk Assessment Forum Request for Information on the Benefits of PCB Congener-Specific Analyses (Final) (PDF) (21 pp, 331 KB, about PDF)
- 6. Non-Dioxin-Like PCBs: Effects and Consideration in Ecological Risk Assessment (Final) (PDF) (53 pp, 703 KB, about PDF)
- 7. Development of An Ecological Risk Assessment Methodology for Assessing Wildlife Exposure Risk Associated with Mercury-Contaminated Sediments in Lake and River Systems (Final) (PDF) (80 pp, 3 MB, about PDF)
- 8. Assessment of Methods for Estimating Risk to Birds from Ingestion of Contaminated Grit Particles (2011 Final)