SETTING PRIORITIES|Comparative Risk Report
Project Name: Region 10 Comparative Risk Project


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  Ranking Results
 

 
Human Health Risk
High Online Information About This Issue
  Hazardous/Toxic air pollutants (including PM10) general    
  Indoor air pollutants other than radon general    
  Pesticides    
  Radon - indoor general   area specific  
Medium/High
  Non-public drinking water supplies general   area specific  
  Other groundwater contamination general   area specific  
  Public drinking water supplies general   area specific  
Medium
  Criteria air pollutants general    
Medium/Low
  Accidental releases of toxics general    
  Hazardous waste sites - abandoned (Superfund) general   area specific  
  Non-point discharges to surface waters general    
  POTW discharges to surface waters   area specific  
Low
  Hazardous waste sites - active general    
  Industrial point source discharges to surface waters   area specific  
  Non-hazardous waste sites - municipal and industrial general   area specific  
  Radiation from sources other than indoor radon general   area specific  
  Releases from storage units   area specific  
Unranked
  Acid precipitation general   area specific  
  Non-chemical degradation of terrestrial ecosystems/habitats    

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Ecological Risk
High Online Information About This Issue
1.   Non-chemical degradation of terrestrial ecosystems/habitats    
2.   Non-chemical degradation of aquatic ecosystems/habitats general   area specific  
3.   Pesticides    
4.   Non-point discharges to surface waters general    
Medium/High
5.   Industrial point source discharges to surface waters   area specific  
6.   Criteria air pollutants general    
7.   POTW discharges to surface waters   area specific  
Medium
8.   Accidental releases of toxics general    
9.   Acid precipitation general   area specific  
10.   Hazardous/Toxic air pollutants (including PM10) general    
11.   Hazardous waste sites - active general    
12.   Hazardous waste sites - abandoned (Superfund) general   area specific  
Low
13.   Releases from storage units   area specific  
14.   Non-hazardous waste sites - municipal and industrial general   area specific  
15.   Radiation from sources other than indoor radon general   area specific  
Unranked
  Indoor air pollutants other than radon general    
  Non-public drinking water supplies general   area specific  
  Other groundwater contamination general   area specific  
  Public drinking water supplies general   area specific  
  Radon - indoor general   area specific  

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  Project Description
 

  Geographical Coverage:
States of Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington

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  Project Purpose:
The primary objective of the Region 10 Comparative Risk Project is to help improve the way Region 10 sets priorities.

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  Ranking Process:
Under direction of the Steering Committee, two Workgroups (Human Health and Ecological Risk) constructed separate rankings.

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  Participants in the Ranking Process:
Governmental Agencies

Various U.S. EPA staff, predominantly from Region 10, comprised the Steering Committee and Work Groups.


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  Reference:
Comparing Risks and Setting Environmental Priorities: Overview of Three Regional Projects. Office of Policy, Planning and Evaluation, U.S. EPA. August 1989.
http://www.epa.gov/opperspd/history7/bluebook/toc.htm

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  Contact Information:
Region 10 Office
U.S. EPA
1200 6th Avenue
Seattle, WA 98101
http://www.epa.gov/region10/

Regional and State Planning Division
U.S. EPA
401 M Street, S.W. (2165)
Washington, DC 20460
http://www.epa.gov/opperspd/welcome.htm


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