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Risk Assessment

Ecological Risk Assessment Guidance for Superfund: Process for Designing and Conducting Ecological Risk Assessments, Appendix C and D, June, 1997

A literature search is conducted to obtain information on contaminants of concern, their potential ecological effects, and species of concern.

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