Human Health Risk Assessment

Human Health Risk

Assessment

This section provides guidance for developing human health risk information for

exposures to contaminated sediments related to the disposal of dredged material.

This guidance follows USEPA human health risk assessment guidance

documents and manuals. Individuals conducting or evaluating human health risks

should be familiar with the guidance contained in:

a. Risk Assessment Guidance for Superfund, Volume I, Human Health

Evaluation Manual (Part A), Interim Final (USEPA/Office of Emergency

and Remedial Response (OERR) 1989a)

b. Assessing Human Health Risks from Chemically Contaminated Fish and

Shellfish (USEPA/Office of Marine and Estuarine Protection and Water

Regulations and Standards (OMEP) 1989)

c. Addendum to Methodology for Assessing Health Risks Associated with

Indirect Exposure to Combustor Emissions (USEPA/Office of Health and

Environmental Assessment (OHEA) 1993-Review Draft)

d. Guidance for Assessing Chemical Contaminant Data for use in Fish

Advisories. Volume I: Fish Sampling and Analysis (USEPA/Office of

Science and Technology (OST) 1993)

e. Guidance for Assessing Chemical Contaminant Data for use in Fish

Advisories. Volume II: Risk Assessment and Fish Consumption Limits

(USEPA/OST 1994)

f. Methodology for Estimating Population Exposures from the Consumption

of Chemically Contaminated Fish (USEPA/Offices of Policy, Planning and

Evaluation, and Research and Development 1991)

The following subsections are organized to conform to the four basic

components of human- health risk assessment: Hazard Identification, Exposure

Assessment, Toxicity Assessment, and Risk Characterization.

Chapter 4 Human Health Risk Assessment