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Main Title An SAB report : review of MMSOILS component of the proposed RIA for the RCRA corrective action rule : review of the OSWER & ORD draft documentation and user's manual and RIA of the MMSOILS multimedia contaminant, fate, transport, and exposure model /
CORP Author Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC. Science Advisory Board.
Publisher United States Environmental Protection Agency, Science Advisory Board,
Year Published 1993
Report Number EPA-SAB-EEC-94-002
Stock Number PB2009-109926
OCLC Number 32226067
Subjects Cross-media pollution--Research--United States--Reviews ; Recycling (Waste, etc)--Law and legislation--United States--Reviews ; Environmental impact analysis--Reviews
Additional Subjects Environmental transport ; Health risks ; Toxic spills ; Observations ; Recommendations ; Model selection ; Applications ; Model validity ; Remediation effectiveness ; Uncertainity assessments ; User groups ; Improvements ; Formulations ; Documentation ; Regulatory impact analysis (RIA) ; MMSOILS Model Review Subcommittee (MMRS) ; RCRA Corrective Action Rule ; Corrective actions ; Parameter estimation
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http://yosemite.epa.gov/sab/sabproduct.nsf/8610F493CE4DC281852571BD00585421/$File/REVIEW+OF+MMSOILS+EEC-94-002_94002_4-18-1995_9.pdf
https://nepis.epa.gov/Exe/ZyPDF.cgi?Dockey=P100BWZB.PDF
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Library Local Subject Local Note
N/A Regulatory impact analysis
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EHAD  EPA-SAB-EEC-94-002 Region 1 Library/Boston,MA 04/28/2014
EJBD  EPA/SAB-EEC-94-002 Headquarters Library/Washington,DC 03/31/1995
ELBD ARCHIVE EPA/SAB-EEC-94-002 Received from HQ AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH 10/04/2023
EMBD  EPA/SAB/EEC-94/002 NRMRL/GWERD Library/Ada,OK 05/12/1995
NTIS  PB2009-109926 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
Collation 1 v. (various pagings) ; 28 cm.
Abstract
The MMSOILS Model Review Subcommittee (MMRS) of the Environmental Engineering Committee (EEC) of the EPA Science Advisory Board (SAB) has prepared a report on the Agency's Office of Solid Waste (OSW) MMSOILS Multimedia Contaminant Fate, Transport, and Exposure Model. This model and guidance document was developed as a technical resource for estimating potential health risks at sites contaminated by toxic wastes or spills of toxic chemicals. The review by the SABs MMRS dealt with the adequacy of methods for using a screening level model where there is substantial subsurface heterogeneity or where non-aqueous phase contaminants are present, the appropriateness of the Agencys approach for aggregating releases from solid waste management units (SWMUs) to estimate concentration at exposure points over time, and the adequacy of the Agencys approach for developing long-term effectiveness and failure scenarios for site remedies. The general consensus of the MMRS was that the use of a multimedia pathway model for screening purposes could be an appropriate approach for developing risk and cost estimates for a national-level Regulatory Impact Analysis (RIA), as long as the input parameters are accurate and the model is not applied outside its range of validity. Furthermore, the Agencys use of a single model, to the extent defensible for each facility considered, was viewed by the MMRS as necessary in order to ensure consistency among model results. The major overriding concerns of the MMRS were: (a) application of MMSOILS outside its range of validity; (b) large uncertainties in input parameters; (c) consequent large uncertainties in MMSOILS results; (d) clear communication of this uncertainty to decision-makers; and (e) presentation of the results in the draft RIA document in a scientifically defensible manner that communicates the uncertainties of the calculations and their implications for the cost/benefit analysis.
Notes
"November 1993." "EPA-SAB-EEC-94-002." Includes bibliographical references (p. B1-B3).