Risk Assessment

Purpose

NMCFHPC provides worldwide technical assistance to the Navy, Marine Corps, and other DOD activities through excellence in risk assessment. Our trained professionals assess potential adverse health effects caused by exposure to hazardous substances in the environment by conducting quick response risk assessments and consultations to address immediate concerns of select chemicals, as well as comprehensive, installation-wide risk assessments.

Our risk assessment services include the following:

• Comprehensive human health risk assessments or consults that focus on health, toxicology, safety, and environmental issues, including Tier 2 assessments that incorporate those site-specific characteristics that significantly alter estimated risks
• Reviews of risk assessments, technical investigations and decision documents prepared by contractors
• Review of risk assessment regulatory comments and suggested responses
• Risk analysis consultations regarding risk positions and regulatory and other government agencies' approaches
• Negotiation support to favorably achieve regulatory and public acceptance
• Assistance on indoor air vapor intrusion issues related to environmental contaminants
• Assistance with environmental risk assessment of ranges
• Assistance with Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) issues related to environmental risk assessments

Documents and Issue Papers

Documents

• NMCFHPC 2017 Industrial Hygiene Mold FactSheet
• Navy Policy for Conducting Human Health Risk Assessments (443 KB)
• Navy Human Health Risk Assessment Guidance (2.71 MB)
• Risk Characterization for Chemicals with Mutagenic Mode of Action (58 KB)
• Navy Policy on the Use of Background Chemical Levels in Risk Assessment (418 KB)
• The Environmental Site Closeout Process Guide
• Final Report Vol. III - Naples Public Health Evaluation

Issue Papers

• Procedure for the Preparation and Follow-up of an Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry Public Health Assessment (51 KB)
• Dioxin (181 KB)
• Human Health Risk Assessment Scoping Documents (18 KB)
• Laboratory Detection and reporting Limit Issues Related to Risk Assessments (2.49 MB)
• Environmental Negotiation Primer(172 KB)
• ECOS - DoD Sustainability Work Group, Emerging Contaminants Task Group Risk Communication Principles (28 KB)
• ECOS - DoD Sustainability Work Group, Identification - selection of Toxicity Values/Criteria for CERCLA and Hazardous Waste Site Risk Assessments in the Absence of IRIS Values (660 KB)
• ECOS - DoD Sustainability Work Group. Issue Paper - Initiation of Emerging Contaminants Characterization and Response Actions for Protection of Human Health(37 KB)