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Appendix D: Glossary
Appendix D: Glossary
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Appendix D Glossary
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ambient: Naturally occurring background amounts of a substance in a particular environmental medium; may also refer to existing amounts in a medium regardless of source. biomarker: Indicators of changes or events in human biological systems.
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Chronic exposure may cause latent damage that does not appear until later. compliance agreements: agreements between regulatory agencies and regulated parties setting standards and schedules for compliance with environmental laws.
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default options: Inputs or assumptions to the risk assessment that are used absent specific data. These options may be based on generalized experience or data and are often purposely chosen as upper-bound estimates of the predictors of risk to protect against underestimation of risk.
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dose-response assessment: A component of risk assessment that describes the quantitative relationship between the amount of exposure to a substance and the extent of injury or disease. dose-response curve: A graphical presentation of the relationship between degree of exposure to a substance (dose)
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An array of techniques earl be employed, ranging from estimating the number of people exposed and contaminant concentrations to sophisticated methodology employing contaminant monitoring, modeling, and human biological marker measurement. facility: The collection of land, buildings, roads, and other infrastructure within a particular area and referred to by a single name such as Hanford, the Savannah River Site, Rocky Flats, etc.
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incidence (of diseased: The number of new cases of a disease, usually expressed as an incidence rate the number of new cases occurring in a population during a specified time period divided by the number of persons exposed to the disease during that period. individual lifetime risk: The estimated incremental lifetime risk of an adverse effect incurred by an individual owing to exposure to a specified concentration of a risk agent for a given time period.
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Native American group: Any Native American Tribe, Band, Nation, or other organized group or community, including any Alaska Native village, but not including any Alaska Native regional or village corporation, that is recognized as eligible for the special programs and service provided by the United States to Native Americans because of their status as Native Americanse nuclear weapons complex: Major facilities involve din the production and testing of nuclear weapons, operating under Department of Energy Defense programs. probability: The likelihood of an event occurring expressed as a number.
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risk management: uses information from risk assessment and analysis together with information about technical resources, social, economic, and political values, and control or response options to determine means of reducing or eliminating a risk. The differences between risk assessment and risk management are widely debated and controversial.
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stakeholder: An individual or institution who has a stake in the outcome of the results of the action. Specific examples noted in the report include: local residents; federal, state, and local citizen groups; federal, state, and local environmental groups; Native American governments and associations; workers, unions, industry, and economic interests; federal, state, and local environmental, safety, and nuclear regulatory agencies; local, county, and state 83
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DOE has defined waste management to include waste storage, treatment, and disposal (but not transportation) and the term is used interchangeable with "waste operations" in DOE's planning documents.
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ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS ATSDR Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry CAA Clean Air Act CDC Centers for Disease Control CERCLA Comprehensive Environmental Response' Compensation and Liability Act ~CWA Clean Water Act DOD Department of Defense DOE Department of Energy EPA Environment Protection Agency FFA Federal Facility Agreement NAS National Academy of Sciences NPL National Priorities List NRC National Research Council OSHA Occupational Safety and Health Administration RCRA Resource Conservation and Recovery Act SARA Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 8S
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