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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778758203321

Titolo

Environmental cleanup at Navy facilities [[electronic resource] ] : risk-based methods / / Committee on Environmental Remediation at Naval Facilities, Water Science and Technology Board, Commission on Geosciences, Environment, and Resources, National Research Council

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1999

ISBN

0-309-17349-3

1-282-08207-8

9786612082078

0-309-52121-1

0-585-05774-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (156 p.)

Collana

Compass series

Disciplina

363.738/4

Soggetti

Navy-yards and naval stations - Environmental aspects - United States

Hazardous waste site remediation - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Support for this project was provided by the U.S. Navy under Contract No. N47408-97-C-0234"--T.p. verso.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

""Front Matter""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Executive Summary ""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Review of Risk-Based Methodologies""; ""3 Strengths and Weaknesses of Risk-Based Methodologies""; ""4 Uncertainty in Risk-Based Methodologies""; ""5 Conclusions and Recommendations""; ""Appendix A Survey of State Risk-Based Decision Making""; ""Appendix B Acronyms""; ""Appendix C Biographical Sketches of Committee Members and Staff""