EPA cap installation
 
  The following guidance documents are referenced in the Administrative Order on Consent/Statement of Work (AOC/SOW), and will be used to develop the RI/FS work plans. 
 
Risk Assessment Guidance Documents  
Calculating Upper Confidence Limits for Exposure Point Concentrations at Hazardous Waste Sites (OSWER 9285.6-10, December 2002) open
Child-Specific Exposure Factors Handbook (EPA-600/P-00/002B, September 2002) open
Ecological Risk Assessment Guidance for Superfund: Process for Designing & Conducting Ecological Risk Assessments open
EPA Region 1 Supplemental Risk Assessment Guidance for the Superfund Program Part 1: Public Health Risk Assessment (EPA 901/5/89-001, June, 1989) [Not available on-line]
EPA Region 1 Risk Updates, (EPA, 1994; 1995; 1996; 1999) [Only 1996 and 1999 available on-line: open
Establishment of Cleanup Levels for CERCLA sites with Radioactive Contamination (OSWER 9200.4-18, August 22, 1997) open
Exposure Factors Handbook (EPA-600/P-95/002F, December 1997) open
Final Guidance for Data Usability in Risk Assessment (Part A) (OSWER 9285.7-09A) open
A Graded Approach for Evaluating Radiation Doses to Aquatic and Terrestrial Biota (USDOE, 2002) open
Guidance for Comparing Background and Chemical Concentrations in Soil for CERCLA Sites (OSWER 9285.7-41, September 2002) open
Guidance for Data Usability in Risk Assessment (Part B) (OSWER 9285.7-09B, May 1992) open
Guidelines for Ecological Risk Assessment (EPA, 1998) open
Guidance for Evaluating the Vapor Intrusion to Indoor Air Pathway from Groundwater and Soils (Draft) (EPA, 2002) open
Human Health Evaluation Manual, Supplemental Guidance “Standard Default Exposure Factors” (OSWER 9285.6-03, March 25, 1991) open
Human Health Toxicity Values in Superfund Risk Assessments (OSWER No. 9285.7-53, December 2003) open
IRIS Database for Risk Assessment open
Radiation Risk Assessments at CERCLA Sites: Q & A (OSWER No. 9200.4-31P, December 1999) open
Recommendations of the Technical Review Workgroup for Lead for an Approach to Assessing Risk Associated with Adult Exposures to Lead in Soil (January 2003) open
Risk Assessment Guidance for Superfund (RAGS).  Volume I:  Human Health Evaluation Manual (Part A) (EPA 540/1/-89, December, 1989) open
Risk Assessment Guidance for Superfund. Volume 1: Human Health Evaluation Manual, Development of Risk-Based Preliminary Remediation Goals (Part B) (OSWER 9285.7-01B, December 1991) http://www.epa.gov/oswer/riskassessment/ragsb/index.htm open
Risk Assessment Guidance for Superfund. Volume 1: Human Health Evaluation Manual, Risk Evaluation of Remedial Alternatives (Part C) (OSWER 9285.7-01C, December 1991) open
Risk Assessment Guidance for Superfund. Volume 1: Human Health Evaluation Manual, (Part D) (EPA-540/1-89/002, December 2001) open
Risk Assessment Guidance for Superfund. Volume 1: Human Health Evaluation Manual, Supplemental Guidance for Dermal Exposure Assessment (Part E) (EPA/540/R/99/005, July 2004) open
Risk Assessment Guidance for Superfund. Volume III: (Part A) Process for Conducting Probabilistic Risk Assessment (EPA/540/R/02/002, December 2001) open
Role of Background in the CERCLA Cleanup Program (OSWER 9285.6-07P, April 26, 2002) open
Soil Screening Guidance for Radionuclides: Technical Background Document and Users Guide. (EPA/540-R-00-006 and -007, October, 2000) open
Supplemental Guidance for Developing Soil Screening Levels for Superfund Sites (OSWER 9355.4-24, March 2001) open
The Role of Screening-Level Risk Assessments and Refining contaminants of Concern in Baseline Ecological Risk Assessments, ECO Update open
Use of Soil Cleanup Criteria for 40 CFR Part 192 as Remediation Goals for CERCLA Sites, (OSWER Directive 9200.4-25, February 12, 1998) open
Use of Uranium Drinking Water Standards under 40 CFR 141 and 40 CFR 192 as Remediation Goals for Groundwater at CERCLA Sites, (OERR and ORIA Directive No. 9283.1-14, November 6, 2001) open
User’s Guide for the Integrated Exposure Uptake Biokinetic Model for Lead in Children. (EPA 9285.7-42, May 2002) open
Other Documents  
EPA Guidance for Quality Assurance Project Plans open
EPA New England Compendium of Quality Assurance Project Plan Requirements and Guidance open
EPA QA/G-4D Data Quality Objectives Decision Errors Feasibility Trials (DEFT) Software for the Data Quality Objectives Process open
EPA Requirements for Quality Assurance Project Plans open
EPA Requirements for Quality Management Plans open
Guidance for Conducting Remedial Investigations and Feasibility Studies Under CERCLA open
Guidance for Data Quality Assessment: Practical Methods for Data Analysis open
Guidance for Preparing Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) open
Guidance for the Data Quality Objectives Process open
Guidance for the Data Quality Objectives Process for Hazardous Waste Site Investigations open
Region I, EPA – New England Data Validation Functional Guidelines for Evaluating Environmental Analyses open
Test Methods for Evaluating Solid Waste, Physical/Chemical Methods open
The Multi-Agency Radiation Survey and Site Investigation Manual (MARSSIM) open