Standard Guide for Data and Information Options for Conducting an Ecological Risk Assessment at Contaminated Sites

Importancia y uso:

5.1 This guide is significant in that it addresses the data and information options of each component of the ecological risk assessment process, for both a screening and complex ERA. It outlines the data and information options while recognizing that an ecological risk assessment may be focused to achieve a particular stated goal. This guide is not intended to represent the views of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), or any other regulatory agency, on data collection for ecological risk assessment.

5.2 This guide is to be used by managers, scientists, and technical staff of contractors, industry, government agencies, and universities responsible for conducting ecological risk assessments at contaminated sites. It is to be used to guide data collection phases of the ecological risk assessment. It will assist in the development of the conceptual site model (see Guide E1689) and the identification of potential assessment and measurement endpoints (see Guide E1848 and US EPA’s Generic Ecological Assessment Endpoints, 2016 (5)). While it was written to assist in planning an ERA, the list also may be used in the review of a completed ERA.

Subcomité:

E50.04

Referida por:

E2385-11R16, E2205_E2205M-22, E3240-20, E3358-23A

Volúmen:

11.05

Número ICS:

13.020.40 (Pollution, pollution control and conservation)

Palabras clave:

contaminated site; data options; ecological risk assessment; list;