Human Health Risk-based Evaluation of Petroleum Release Sites
Title | Human Health Risk-based Evaluation of Petroleum Release Sites PDF eBook |
Author | Donna J. Vorhees |
Publisher | |
Pages | 80 |
Release | 1999 |
Genre | Oil spills |
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Human Health Risk-Based Evaluation of Petroleum Contaminated Site
Title | Human Health Risk-Based Evaluation of Petroleum Contaminated Site PDF eBook |
Author | John B. Gustafson |
Publisher | |
Pages | 100 |
Release | 1998-01-01 |
Genre | Hydrocarbons |
ISBN | 9781884940200 |
"This document is the fifth in a series from the Total Petroleum Hydrocarbon Criteria Working Group (TPHCWG, or "Working Group"). The Working Group convened in 1993 to address the large disparity among cleanup requirements being used by states at sites contaminated with hydrocarbon materials such as fuels, lubricating oils, and crude oils. These requirements usually focus on total petroleum hydrocarbon (TPH), with numerical standards ranging from tens to tens of thousands of milligrams of TPH per kilogram of soil. Recognizing that these standards are not based on a scientific assessment of human health risk, Working Group members established the following goal for their effort: To develop scientifically defensible information for establishing soil cleanup levels that are protective of human health at petroleum release sites."--Page vii.
Soil Screening Guidance
Title | Soil Screening Guidance PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 182 |
Release | 1996 |
Genre | Soil pollution |
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Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons
Title | Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons PDF eBook |
Author | Saranya Kuppusamy |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 264 |
Release | 2019-08-13 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 3030240355 |
The term “total petroleum hydrocarbons” (TPHs) is used for any mixture of several hundred hydrocarbons found in crude oil, and they represent the sum of volatile petroleum hydrocarbons and extractable petroleum hydrocarbons. The petrol-range organics include hydrocarbons from C6 to C10, while diesel-range organics are C10-C28 hydrocarbons. Environmental pollution by petroleum hydrocarbons is one of the major global concerns, particularly in oil-yielding countries. In fact, there are more than five million potentially contaminated areas worldwide that represent, in general, a lost economic opportunity and a threat to the health and well-being of humans and the environment. Petroleum-contaminated sites constitute almost one-third of the total sites polluted with chemicals around the globe. The land contamination caused by industrialization was recognized as early as the 1960s, but less than a tenth of potentially contaminated lands have been remediated due to the nature of the contamination, cost, technical impracticability, and insufficient land legislation and enforcement. This book is the first single source that provides comprehensive information on the different aspects of TPHs, such as sources and range of products, methods of analysis, fate and bioavailability, ecological implications including impact on human health, potential approaches for bioremediation such as risk-based remediation, and regulatory assessment procedures for TPH-contaminated sites. As such, it is a valuable resource for researchers, graduate students, technicians in the oil industry and remediation practitioners, as well as policy makers.
Environmental Cleanup at Navy Facilities
Title | Environmental Cleanup at Navy Facilities PDF eBook |
Author | Committee on Environmental Remediation at Naval Facilities |
Publisher | |
Pages | 166 |
Release | 1999 |
Genre | History |
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The fiscal and technological limitations associated with cleaning up hazardous waste sites to background conditions have prompted responsible parties to turn to risk-based methods for environmental rememdiation. Environmental Cleanup at Navy Facilities reviews and critiques risk-based methods, including those developed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the American Society of Testing and Materials. These critiques lead to the identification of eleven criteria that must be part of any risk-based methodology adopted by the Navy, a responsible party with a large number of complex and heavily contaminated waste sites. January
Lessons Learned Using Fractions to Assess Risk at Petroleum Release Sites
Title | Lessons Learned Using Fractions to Assess Risk at Petroleum Release Sites PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 50 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | |
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Total petroleum hydrocarbon (TPH) fractional analysis and tiered risk assessments at petroleum release sites are replacing cleanup approaches based upon total TPH concentrations. Field demonstrations of the Total Petroleum Hydrocarbon Criteria Working Group (TPHCWG) approach for assessing human health risk at petroleum release sites were performed at eight Department of Defense installations. One site also provided an opportunity to demonstrate the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection methodology and compare the approaches. Two lessons learned from the field demonstrations were: (1) TPH fractional analysis approaches provide a scientific bases for assessing risk and implementing appropriate criteria alone; and (2) the TPHCWG approach should not be used at relatively "fresh" petroleum product release sites because benzene, a known human carcinogen, is likely to be present at concentrations high enough to dominate cleanup decisions.
Assessment and Reclamation of Contaminated Land
Title | Assessment and Reclamation of Contaminated Land PDF eBook |
Author | R M Harrison |
Publisher | Royal Society of Chemistry |
Pages | 180 |
Release | 2007-10-31 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 1847550177 |
Contaminated land and the methods and legal controls governing its reclamation for subsequent development and use are of great current interest and concern. This volume covers aspects of this subject, ranging from the origins and extent of contaminated land problems, including effects on human health, through investigative measures, to specific techniques of remediation. It is written in the context of the new UK contaminated land regime and includes human and ecological risk assessment methodology, and the legal liabilities and insurance aspects of contaminated land. This authoritative review will be welcomed by those involved in the areas of land use planning and development, consultants and engineers in contaminated site investigation and remediation, and environmental regulators. Students of land management and environmental science will also find it essential reading.