Title: Development of Draft Recommended Interim Preliminary Remediation Goals for Dioxin in Soil 
Resource Type: document --> guidance / decision support 
Country: USA 
Year: 2009 
Availability: Public Review Draft OSWER 9200.3-56 December 30 2009 
Author 1/Producer: US Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) 
Author / Producer Type: Agency, regulator or other governmental or inter-governmental body 
Report / download web link (=direct link): http://www.epa.gov/superfund/policy/remedy/pdfs/Interim_Soil ...  
EUGRIS Keyword(s): Contaminated land-->Contaminants-->Others
Contaminated land-->Remediation options-->Remediation options overview
Contaminated land-->Risk assessment-->Tools and procedures
Diffuse pollution-->Contaminants-->Persistent Organic Pollutants
Soil-->Soil quality
 
Short description: EXTRACT: The purpose of this guidance is two-fold: 1. To recommend the use of PRGs to protect against cancer and non-cancer effects associated with human exposure to dioxin in soil at CERCLA and RCRA sites, and, 2. To discuss the interim use of these recommended PRGs for soil at CERCLA and RCRA sites These draft recommended interim PRGs are intended for use in evaluating dioxin (2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin, TCDD) and other dioxin-like compounds in soil. Dioxin-like compounds, including other polychlorinated dibenzodioxins (PCDDs), dibenzofurans (PCDFs) and biphenyls (PCBs) may collectively be evaluated using the recommended PRGs for dioxin after adjustment to account for relative toxicity using toxicity equivalency factors (TEFs) to calculate dioxin toxicity equivalent (TEQ) concentrations. 
Link to Organisation(s): EPA Environmental Protection Agency
 
Submitted By: Professor Paul Bardos WhoDoesWhat?      Last update: 12/01/2010

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