Ecological and Human Health Risk Assessment Guidance for Aquatic Environments

Evaluating the potential environmental consequences associated with dredging and dredged material disposal is a challenging task. Scientific advancements have made possible the collection of large amounts of complex technical information. The dredged material manager must often weigh and balance mul...

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Main Authors: Cura, Jerome J, Heiger-Bernays, Wendy, Bridges, Todd S, Moore, David W
Format: Report
Language:English
Subjects:
CONTAMINANTS
DECISION MAKING
DOER(DREDGING OPERATIONS AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH)PROGRAM
DREDGED MATERIAL DISPOSAL
DREDGED MATERIALS
DREDGING
ECOLOGY
Environmental Health and Safety
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
HEALTH
RISK ANALYSIS
SEDIMENTS
Solid Wastes Pollution and Control
WASTE DISPOSAL
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Summary:Evaluating the potential environmental consequences associated with dredging and dredged material disposal is a challenging task. Scientific advancements have made possible the collection of large amounts of complex technical information. The dredged material manager must often weigh and balance multiple and sometimes conflicting lines of evidence to reach a decision; and each decision involves a certain level of uncertainty. The application of Environmental Risk Assessment methods will increase a manager's ability to make objective management decisions when data collected in Tiers 1-111 of the dredged material evaluation framework are insufficient for decision making. Prepared in collaboration with Menzie-Cura and Associates, Inc., Chelmsford, MA.