SETTING PRIORITIES|Comparative Risk Report
Project Name: Region 9 Comparative Risk Project


    Ranking Results:


    Project Description:


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  Ranking Results
 

 
Human Health Ranking
Higher Risk Online Information About This Issue
  Ozone and carbon monoxide general   area specific  
Medium-Higher Risk
  Hazardous/Toxic air general    
  Indoor air general    
  Indoor radon general    
  Particulate matter general   area specific  
  Pesticides    
Medium Risk
  Aggregated drinking water general   area specific  
  Aggregated groundwater general   area specific  
  Lead general   area specific  
  Non-point source discharges general   area specific  
  Radiation other than radon general    
Medium-Lower Risk
  Accidental release general    
  Hazardous waste/Superfund sites general   area specific  
  Industrial wastewater discharges   area specific  
  Municipal wastewater discharges   area specific  
  RCRA hazardous waste general    
Lower Risk
  Acid deposition general   area specific  
  Industrial solid waste sites general   area specific  
  Municipal solid waste sites general   area specific  
  Storage tanks   area specific  

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Ecological Ranking
Higher Risk Online Information About This Issue
  Non-point source discharges general   area specific  
  Pesticides    
  Physical degradation of terrestrial habitats    
  Physical degradation of water/wetlands    
Medium Risk
  Hazardous waste/Superfund sites general   area specific  
  Industrial wastewater discharges   area specific  
  Municipal wastewater discharges   area specific  
  Ozone general   area specific  
Lower Risk
  Acid deposition general   area specific  
  Hazardous/Toxic air general    
  Industrial solid waste sites general   area specific  
  Lead general   area specific  
  Municipal solid waste sites general   area specific  
  Particulate matter general   area specific  
  RCRA hazardous waste general    
  Storage tanks   area specific  

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  Project Description
 

  Geographical Coverage:
States of Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, and the Territories of Guam and American Samoa

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  Project Purpose:
The objective of the Comparative risk Project was to provide planning information for Region 9's managers, evaluating human health, and ecological risks yet unmanaged by current EPA programs.

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  Ranking Process:
Based on technical reports presented by the Technical Advisory Group and expert opinion, the Steering Committee generated the final Human Health and Ecological Rankings.

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  Participants in the Ranking Process:
Governmental Agencies

Various U.S. EPA staff, predominantly from Region 9, comprised the Steering Committee and Technical Advisory Group.


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  Reference:
Region 9 Comparative Risk Project. Comparative Risk Report. Region 9, U.S. EPA. December 1990.

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  Contact Information:
Planning and Analysis Section
Office of Policy and Management
Region 9 Office
U.S. EPA
75 Hawthorne Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
http://www.epa.gov/region9/

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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