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Federal Contaminated Site Risk Assessment In Canada Part I: Guidence on Human Health Preliminary Quantitive Risk Assessment (PQRA)

3. References

The following are the references to the guidance provided in this document:

Allan, M., and G.M. Richardson. 1998. Probability density functions describing 24-hour inhalation rates for use in human health risk assessments. Human and Ecological Risk Assessment 4(2): 379-408.

Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment (CCME). 1993a. Guidance Manual on Sampling, Analysis and Data Management for Contaminated Sites, Volume I: Main Report. Report CCME EPC-NCS62E. CCME, Winnipeg. December 1993.

Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment (CCME). 1993b. Guidance Manual on Sampling, Analysis, and Data Management for Contaminated Sites, Volume II: Analytical Method Summaries. CCME, Winnipeg.

Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment (CCME). 1996. A Protocol for the Derivation of Environmental and Human Health Soil Quality Guidelines. Report CCME EPC-101E, CCME. March 1996.

Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment (CCME). 1999. Canadian Environmental Quality Guidelines (and updates). CCME, Winnipeg.

Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment (CCME). 2000. Canada-Wide Standards for Petroleum Hydrocarbons (PHCs) in Soil: Scientific Rationale (Supporting Technical Document). CCME, Winnipeg. Available online at:
Next link will open in a new window http://www.ccme.ca/assets/pdf/phc_scirat_final_e.pdf

Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment (CCME). 2001. Canada-Wide Standards for Petroleum Hydrocarbons (PHCs) in Soil. CCME, Winnipeg. Available online at: Next link will open in a new window http://www.ccme.ca/assets/pdf/phcs_in_soil_standard_e.pdf

Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC). 1997. Evaluation of Site-specific Risk Assessment for Contaminated Lands. Contract report submitted by Golder Associates Ltd. March 4, 1997.

Claiborn, C., et al. 1995. Evaluation of PM10 emission rates from paved and unpaved roads using tracer techniques. Atmos. Environ. 29(10): 1075-1089.

Health Canada. 1994. Human Health Risk Assessment for Priority Substances: Canadian Environmental Protection Act Assessment Report. Health Canada, Ottawa. 36 pp.

Health Canada. 1995. Canadian Soil Quality Guidelines for Contaminated Sites - Human Health Effects: Inorganic Arsenic. Final Report. Air and Waste Section, Environmental Health Directorate, Health Canada, Ottawa. Available online at: http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/ehp/ehd/catalogue/bch_pubs/contaminated_sites_arsenic.pdf

Health Canada. 2004. Federal Contaminated Site Risk Assessment in Canada, Part II: Health Canada Toxicological Reference Values (TRVs). Safe Environments Programme, Health Canada, Ottawa.

Kissel, J.C., K.Y. Richter, and R.A. Fenske. 1996. Field measurement of dermal soil loading attributable to various activities: implications for exposure assessment. Risk Anal. 16(1): 115-125.

Kissel, J.C., et al. 1998. Investigation of dermal contact with soil in controlled trials. J. Soil Contam. 7(6): 737-752.

Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MADEP). 2002. Technical Update: Calculation of Enhanced Soil Ingestion Rate. Office of Research and Standards, MADEP, Boston, MA. Available online at:
Next link will open in a new window http://www.state.ma.us/dep/ors/files/soiling.doc

Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). 1998. Empirical Models for the Uptake of Inorganic Chemicals from Soil to Plants. Report BJC/OR-133, ORNL.

Ontario Ministry of Environment and Energy (OMEE). 1996a. Guidance on Site-Specific Risk Assessment for Use at Contaminated Sites in Ontario. Standards Development Branch, OMEE, Toronto.

Ontario Ministry of Environment and Energy (OMEE). 1996b. Rationale for the Development and Application of Generic Soil, Groundwater and Sediment Criteria for Use at Contaminated Sites in Ontario (including all appendices). ISBN: 0-7778-4504-5 (disk copy). Standards Development Branch, OMEE, Toronto.

Richardson, G.M. 1997. Compendium of Canadian Human Exposure Factors for Risk Assessment. Ottawa: O'Connor Associates Environmental Inc.

Risklogic Scientific Services Inc. 2003. Preliminary Screening-Level Risk Assessment (SLRA): Development of a Standardized Statement of Work and a Site Checklist to Aid SLRA for Fisheries and Oceans Canada - Final Report. Contract report prepared for the Office of Environmental Coordination, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Ottawa.

United States Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA). 1992. Risk Assessment Guidance for Superfund: Volume I - Human Health Evaluation Manual (Part B, Development of Risk-based Preliminary Remediation Goals). EPA/540/R-92/003, U.S. EPA, Washington, DC.

United States Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA). 1997. Exposure Factors Handbook, Volume I: General Factors; Volume II: Food Ingestion Factors; Volume III: Activity Factors. EPA/600/P-95/002Fa, U.S. EPA, Washington, DC. August 1997.

United States Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA). 2002. Preliminary Remediation Goals (PRGs): EPA Region 9 PRGs Table. U.S. EPA. Dated 10/01/02. Available online at:
Next link will open in a new window http://www.epa.gov/region09/waste/sfund/prg/files/02table.pdf

Williams, D.R., J. Paslawski, and G.M. Richardson. 1996) Development of a screening relationship to describe migration of contaminant vapours into buildings. J. Soil Contam. 5(2): 141-156.

 

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