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Ranking Hazardous-Waste Sites for Remedial Action.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Washington :
National Academy of Sciences,
1900.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- ""RANKING HAZARDOUS-WASTE SITES FOR REMEDIAL ACTION""; ""Copyright""; ""OTHER RECENT REPORTS OF THE BOARD ON ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES AND TOXICOLOGY""; ""PREFACE""; ""Contents""; ""RANKING HAZARDOUS-WASTE SITES FOR REMEDIAL ACTION""; ""EXECUTIVE SUMMARY""; ""OVERVIEW""; ""CHARGE TO THE COMMITTEE""; ""DESIRABLE FEATURES OF A PRIORITY-SETTING SYSTEM""; ""PRIORITY SETTING AT EPA""; ""PRIORITY SETTING AT DOD""; ""PRIORITY SETTING AT DOE""; ""PRIORITY SETTING BY STATE GOVERNMENTS""; ""COMPARATIVE ASSESSMENT OF FEDERAL PRIORITY-SETTING MODELS""; ""OVERALL CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS""
- ""Current Ranking Models""""Current Priority-Setting Processes""; ""Toward a Unified National Approach""; ""1 HAZARDOUS-WASTE SITE PROBLEMS IN THE UNITED STATES ""; ""INTRODUCTION AND CHARGE TO THE COMMITTEE""; ""U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY SUPERFUND PROGRAM""; ""Initial Mandate and Funding""; ""Original Hazard-Ranking System""; ""Program Size and Cost: EPA""; ""The Setting of Cleanup Goals""; ""Technical Limitations""; ""U.S. DEPARTMENTS OF DEFENSE AND ENERGY PROGRAMS""; ""Cleanup Responsibilities""; ""Program Size and Cost: DOD and DOE""; ""OTHER FEDERAL AND STATE PROGRAMS""
- ""Leaking Underground Storage Tanks""""Resource Conservation and Recovery Act""; ""Federal Facilities""; ""State Programs""; ""State Priority Systems""; ""SETTING PRIORITIES""; ""DISCUSSION""; ""SCOPE OF THE REPORT""; ""2 PRIORITY-SETTING PROCESSES ""; ""BASIS FOR DEVELOPING A PRIORITY-SETTING APPROACH""; ""DESIRABLE FEATURES OF A PRIORITY-SETTING SYSTEM""; ""Overview""; ""General Issues in Model Development and Application""; ""Specific Technical Features of a Hazardous-Waste Site-Ranking and Priority-Setting Model""; ""3 CLASSIFICATION OF PRIORITY-SETTING APPROACHES ""; ""INTRODUCTION""
- ""ENVIRONMENTAL EVALUATION""""RISK ANALYSIS""; ""Hazard Identification""; ""Source Characterization""; ""Exposure Assessment""; ""Risk Characterization""; ""Limitations""; ""ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ANALYSIS""; ""STRUCTURED VALUE-SCORING METHODS""; ""MULTIATTRIBUTE APPROACHES""; ""COST-BENEFIT AND COST-EFFECTIVENESS APPROACHES""; ""4 EPA's PRIORITY SETTING ""; ""BACKGROUND AND HISTORY""; ""ROLE OF THE HRS IN THE SUPERFUND PROGRAM""; ""MODEL STRUCTURE AND COMPONENTS""; ""Scientific Evaluation of Model Components""; ""Likelihood of Release Component""; ""Waste-Characteristics Component""
- ""Critique of the HRS Toxicology and Exposure Components""""Groundwater Pathway""; ""Surface Water Pathway""; ""Soil Pathway""; ""Air Pathway""; ""Summary Evaluation of Pathway Calculations""; ""Ecological Factors in the HRS""; ""Socioeconomic Factors in the HRS""; ""Protocol for Model Development and Use""; ""THE EFFECT OF THE 1990 HRS REVISIONS""; ""PRIORITY SETTING AT LATER STAGES OF SUPERFUND""; ""PROPOSALS FOR IMPROVING SUPERFUND SITE SELECTION AND PRIORITY SETTING""; ""SUMMARY EVALUATION OF EPA PRIORITY SETTING FOR HAZARDOUS-WASTE SITES""