Risk Assessment

The risk of adverse effects to human health or ecological receptors is the primary driver at most environmental sites. The tools presented on this page include:
• Models that are used to evaluate a specific pathway
• Graphically based tools that provide a geospatial basis to calculate exposure point concentrations
• Comprehensive packages that provide a collection of models and databases, that the user may link together based on their conceptual site model (CSM).

Decision Support Software Tool Functions Function Evaluated Interactive or File Tabular Input and Output Graphical Input and Output and Print Report? Contaminants: Metals, Chlorinated Solvents, SVOCs, Pesticides PCBs, Petroleum, Radionuclides Media: Soil/Sediment, Soils Gas, Air, Surface Water, Groundwater Potential Technical Team Members
ARAMS Conceptual Site Model I    NA     xls       NA     NA     Yes      √        √       √        √         √         √      √       NA       √        √         √ •Risk Assessor
Software Home Page Statistical Analysis               txt      
  Ecological Risk Assessment          
  Human Health Risk Assessment          
FIELDS Visualization F     xls     dbf     dxf      jpg    Yes      √        √       √        √         √         √      √       √        NA      √        √ •GIS Technician
Software Home Page Initial Sampling                 txt      shp      tif     • Statistician
  Secondary Sampling                                     wmf     •Staff familiar with
  Geospatial Interpolation                                     eps     interpolation techniques
  Cost-Benefit Analysis          
  Human Health Risk Assessment          
  Ecological Risk Assessment          
GeoSEM Visualization F    xls     dbf   many^2  shp     No     √        √        √        √         √         √    √        √         √        √         √ •Risk Assessor
Software Home Page Geospatial Interpolation      mdb     •Statistician
  Statisitcal Analysis          
Johnson-Ettinger model Human Health Risk Assessment I    NA      xls     NA       NA     Yes   NA       √       NA      NA       √       NA   NA       √          √      NA      NA •Risk Assessor
Software Home Page Analytical Modeling          
RESRAD Human Health Risk Assessment I    NA     xls      NA      NA     Yes   NA     NA      NA      NA      NA      √    √       NA      √        √          √ •Risk Assessor
Software Home Page Ecological Risk Assessment         •Technical Staff
  Analytical Modeling         familiar with
  Uncertainty Analysis         using RESRAD
  Sensitivity Analysis          
SADA Visualization F    csv     csv      dxf     jpg     Yes     √        √       √        √         √         √      √       √        NA      √        √ •Risk Assessor
Software Home Page Initial Sampling                           shp     •Statistician
  Secondary Sampling         •Staff Familiar with
  Geospatial Interpolation         interpolation techniques
  Statistical Analysis          
  Human Health Risk Assessment          
  Ecological Risk Assessment          
  Cost-Benefit Analysis          
Notes:
File input and output formats are represented in the matrix by the file extension.ASCII files, for example are indicated by the extension "txt."
EPCRA = Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-know Act
1 ERPIMS data can be imported through an Access file or a series of text files (.tes, .res, .sam, .ldi).
2 GeoSEM uses several GIS vector and raster file formats: DOD vector product format (VPF) , ESRI product files, CAD drawings (dxf), ASCI II grids, and georeferenced image formats such as geoTIFs, bitmaps, GIFs, JPGs, and ERDAS.
Legend:
N/A Not applicable
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