Ecological Risk Assessments: Practice and Protocols
Date

Last Ran: April 16-17, 2008
9:00am-12:00pm (day 2)

Next class is to be determined
Description

Mitigation," "clean-up costs" and "responsible party" are terms that companies need to avoid.  Assessing the ecological risk at a site is paramount to the remedial decision-making process.

Help prevent your client from being the next "responsible party." By understanding regional, state, and federal risk-based standards you can be responsible for the economic gains and environmental restoration of your client’s next project. Implement the preventative capabilities provided in our course and you will increase your ability to evaluate risk and determine the response of biological systems to environmental pollutants.

This one and a half-day program will provide you with a comprehensive overview of regulatory expectations of ecological risk assessments from both federal and state perspectives. Learn about methodologies and innovative approaches being employed to conduct ecological risk evaluations and assessments of aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems under CERCLA, RCRA, and various state mandates. During day two of the program (half-day), NJDEP representatives will take you through the specific New Jersey requirements on ecological risk, as outlined in NJAC 7:26e, Subchapters 3.11 and 4.7.

Featured Topics
●    Applicability of Ecological Risk Assessments
●    Federal, State (NJ, NY and PA) and Regional Approaches
●    Regulatory Drivers
●    Phased Approach to an Ecological Risk Assessment
●    Uncertainties Associated with Risk Assessments
●    Development of Clean-up Goals
●    Hazard Assessment: How and Why
●    The US EPA’s 8-Step Process
●     Problem Formulation
●     Exposure, Effects and Risk Characterizations
●     Special Ecological Risk Considerations
●     Assessment of Natural Resource Damages
●     Case Studies
●     Overview of Ecological Evaluation in the NJDEP Site Remediation Program       
●     Baseline Ecological Evaluation (BEE) for NJ Contaminated Sites
●     Full Ecological Risk Assessment for NJ Contaminated Sites
●     Determination of Ecological Risk-Based Remediation Goals

Instructors
Charles Harman, AMEC Earth and Environmental
Edward Demarest, NJ Department of Environmental Protection
Nancy Hamill, NJ Department of Environmental Protection
Allan Motter, NJ Department of Environmental Protection 
Fees
Early Registration Fee
Two or more Registrations
Registration Fee
Location
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