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RBCA Tool Kit for Chemical Releases
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Environmental Risk Assessment |
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description |
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Designed to meet the requirements of the ASTM Standard
Guide for Risk-Based Corrective Action (E-2081), the RBCA Tool Kit for Chemical
Releases, version 2.5, now provides expanded flexibility and additional risk and
transport models to allow for even easier application of this essential software
tool to develop risk-based soil and groundwater clean-up levels consistent with
local regulations or requirements around the world.
Over recent years environmental site managers,
regulatory authorities, and consultants around the world have increasingly
turned to Risk-Based Corrective Action (RBCA) for the management of contaminated
soil and groundwater. RBCA is a practical management approach that focuses
explicitly on the protection of human health and the environment while promoting
energy and cost-efficient remedies to allow limited resources to be targeted to
the most hazardous sites. A keystone of the RBCA framework is the development of
site-specific environmental cleanup criteria following a tiered risk
evaluation approach. This approach is broadly applicable to chemical release
sites located in different geographical settings and managed under various
regulatory authorities.
The RBCA Tool Kit for Chemical
Releases is a comprehensive modeling and risk characterization software package
designed to meet the requirements of the ASTM Standard Guide for Risk-Based
Corrective Action (E-2081) for Tier 1 and Tier 2 RBCA evaluations for chemical
release sites in addition to traditional risk assessment calculations. The
software combines contaminant transport models and risk assessment tools to
calculate baseline risk levels and derive risk-based cleanup standards for a
full array of soil, groundwater, surface water, and air exposure pathways. The
ease-of-use features and streamlined graphical interface features of this
software make it an essential tool for handling RBCA and generic risk assessment
calculations for both simple and sophisticated problems.
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Main Features |
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Exposure Pathway Evaluation |
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Risk-based evaluation of groundwater, surface water,
surface soil, outdoor air and indoor air exposure pathways, for residential,
commercial, and user-defined receptors:
- Groundwater ingestion
- Surface water recreational contact and fish
consumption
- Combined direct contact with surface soils
(incidental ingestion, dermal absorption, inhalation of vapors and
particulates, and consumption of homegrown vegetables)
- Outdoor and indoor inhalation of vapors
emanating from soil or groundwater sources.
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Fate and Transport Models |
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Fate and transport models for all exposure pathways
address a wide array of chemicals, including petroleum hydrocarbons (including
TPH), metals, chlorinated solvents, pesticides, and more. Multiple points of
exposure (POEs) allow analysis of actual vs potential points of exposure in the
same run. An array of default transport parameters provided for various soil
types. F&T models include:
- Soil and groundwater source depletion
- ASTM and USEPA (SSG) outdoor air volatilization
- Johnson & Ettinger and Groundwater Mass Flux indoor
air models
- ASTM soil leaching model, with decay options
- Dual-equilibrium desorption
- Point-source air dispersion
- Domenico groundwater solute transport, with decay
options
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Transient Modeling Options |
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In
addition to steady-state air, soil, and groundwater exposure models, the RBCA
Tool Kit allows transient groundwater modeling analysis to help estimate not
only how high but how soon exposure could occur.
Chem/Tox Database |
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Contains default physical, chemical, toxicological and
regulatory parameters for over 600 of chemicals, including organic solvents,
petroleum hydrocarbons (including TPH fractions), pesticides, metals, and more.
The user selects the chemical of concern and the key data loads
automatically. Preferences can be specified for using default toxicological
parameters from published sources in the USA, Netherlands, and UK. Multiple
database files can be customized and easily managed within the RBCA Tool Kit
interface for project or location-specific applications. |
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User-Friendly Interface |
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Streamlined graphical interface guides the user through the
RBCA evaluation process. Features include convenient unit selection and
conversions, importing and exporting, and report printing options. The complete
user’s manual, including risk and fate and transport model equations, is
available on-line via context sensitive help buttons located throughout the
software screens. Reports |
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Produces report-quality output tables of baseline risk and
cleanup standards and report-ready summary for each chemical. |
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Documentation |
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RBCA Tool Kit for Chemical Release is accompanied by a users'
manual, including easy to follow instructions and a
step-by step tutorial.
Technical Support
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Technical support for this software
is available on a pay-per-incident basis. "Pay-per-incident" means that
the user will be charged a one-time flat-rate fee of $50.00 for resolution of a
single technical support issue (Support by telephone: +1 (713) 522-6414 or by
E-mail). For more
information, please read GSI's
technical support policy statement.
Before you call, please see the
FAQ.
It's free!
System Requirements
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- PC Pentium (500 MHz)
- 512 MB RAM
- Microsoft Windows 2000 or greater
- Microsoft Excel XP (2002), 2003, or 2007
This product is only guaranteed to work with English language versions
of Excel. |
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