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PRG References

[1] United States Environmental Protection Agency. 1991. Risk Assessment Guidance for Superfund: Volume I - Human Health Evaluation Manual (Part B, Development of Risk-based Preliminary Remediation Goals). Office of Emergency and Remedial Response, Washington, D.C.

[2] Andelman, J. B. 1990. Total Exposure to Volatile Organic Chemicals in Potable Water. N. M. Ram, R. F. Christman, K. P. Cantor (eds.). Lewis Publishers.

[3] Risk Assessment Information System, Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Toxicity values are updated from EPA's IRIS and HEAST as they are updated.

[4] United States Environmental Protection Agency. 1992. Dermal Exposure Assessment: Principles and Application. Interim Report. EPA/600/8-91/011B. Office of Research and Development, Washington, D.C.

[5] United States Environmental Protection Agency. Appendix D of Risk Assessment Guidance for Superfund: Volume I - Human Health Evaluation Manual (Part B, Development of Risk-based Preliminary Remediation Goals). 1991. Office of Emergency and Remedial Response, Washington, D.C.

[6] United States Environmental Protection Agency. 1991. Risk Assessment Guidance for Superfund: Volume I - Human Health Evaluation Manual (Part B, Development of Risk-based Preliminary Remediation Goals). OSWER Directive 9285.7-01B. Office of Emergency and Remedial Response, Washington, D.C.

[7] International Atomic Energy Agency. 1982. Generic Models Parameters for Assessing the Environmental Transfer of Radionuclides from Routine Releases: Exposures of Critical Groups.

[8] National Council on Radiation Protection Measurement. January 1989. Screening Techniques for Determining Compliance with Environmental Standards. Releases of Radionuclides to the Atmosphere. Bethesda, Maryland.

[9] United States Environmental Protection Agency. 1991. Risk Assessment Guidance for Superfund: Volume I - Human Health Evaluation Manual Supplemental Guidance Standard Default Exposure Factors. OSWER Directive 9285.6-03. Office of Emergency and Remedial Response, Washington, D.C.

[10] United States Environmental Protection Agency. 1989. Exposure Factors Handbook. EPA/600/8-89/043. Office of Health and Environmental Assessment,Washington, D.C.

[11] United States Environmental Protection Agency Region IV. February 11, 1992. New Interim Region IV Guidance Memorandum from Region IV, Atlanta, Georgia.

[12] Maximum value used; equivalent to 100%

[13] United States Environmental Protection Agency. 1989. Risk Assessment Guidance for Superfund: Volume I - Human Health Evaluation Manual (Part A). Office of Emergency and Remedial Response, Washington, D.C.

[14] McKone, T. E. 1987. Human Exposure to Volatile Organic Compounds in Household Tap Water: The Indoor Inhalation Pathway. Environ. Sci. Technol. 21:1194-1201

[15] Cockerham, L. G. and B. S. Shane [eds]. 1994. Basic Environmental Toxicology. CRC Press, Inc.

[16] Perry, R. and C. Chilton. 1973 Chemical Engineers Handbook. 5th edition. New York: McGraw Hill.

[17] United States Environmental Protection Agency. 1988. Superfund Exposure Assessment Manual. EPA/540/1-88/001 OSWER directive 9285.5-1, Office of Emergency and Remedial Response, Washington, D.C.

[18] Shen, T. 1981. Estimating hazardous air emissions from disposal sites. Pollution Engineering. 13(8):31-34.

[19] Cowherd, C., G. Muleski, P. Engelhart, and D. Gillete. 1985. Rapid Assessment of Exposure to Particulate Emissions from Surface Contamination. EPA/600/8-85/002. Prepared for EPA Office of Health and Environmental Assessment, Washington, D.C.

[20] Miller, P. D., C. W. McGinn, S. T. Purucker, and R. K. White. 1995. Defining the Role of Risk Assessment in the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) Remedial Investigation Process at the DOE-OR. ES/ER/TM-58. Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee.

[21] Pao, E. M., K. H. Fleming, P. M. Gueuther, and S. J. Mickle. 1982. Studies of ingestion dose pathways from the nuclear fuel services fuel reprocessing plant. U.S. Department of Agriculture.

[22] National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements. 1985. Radiological Assessment: Predicting the Transport, Bioaccumulation, and Uptake by Man of Radionuclides Released to the Environment. NCRP Report No. 76.

[23] Personal communication with the Roane County, Tennessee, Extension Agent.

[24] Till, J. E. and H. R. Meyer. Radiological Assessment: A Textbook on Environmental Dose Analysis. ORNL-5968. U.S. Department of Commerce, National Technical Information Service.

[25] Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 1977. Regulatory Guide 1.109: Calculation of Annual Doses to Man from Routine Releases of Reactor Effluents for the Purpose of Evaluating Compliance with 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix 1.

[26] Darwin, R. 1990. Soil ingestion by dairy cattle. Pacific Northwest Laboratory, Richland, Washington.

[27] United States Department of Energy. 1987. Remedial Actions Priority Systems (RAPS) Mathematical Formulations. DOE/RLL/87-06.

[28] United States Environmental Protection Agency. 1995. Supplemental Guidance to RAGS: Region 4 Bulletins, Human Health Risk Assessment (Interim Guidance). Waste Management Division, Office of Health Assessment.

[29] McKone, T. E. 1994. Uncertainty and variability in human exposures to soil contaminants through home-grown food: a Monte Carlo assessment. Risk Anal. 14(4):449-463. .

[30] Miller, C. W. 1980. An analysis of measured values for the fraction of a radioactive aerosol intercepted by vegetation. Health Phys. 38:705-712.

[31] Pinder, J. E., and K. W. McLeod. 1989. Mass loading of soil particles on plant surfaces. Health Phys. 57:935-942.

[32] Hinton, T. G. 1992. Contamination of plants by resuspension: a review, with critique of measurement methods. Sci. Total Environ. 121:177-193.

[33] Hoffman, F. O., R. H. Gardner, and K. F. Eckerman. 1982. Variability in dose estimates associated with the food chain transport and ingestion of selected radionuclides. NUREG/CR-2612. Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee.

[34] Peterson, H. T., Jr. 1983. Terrestrial and aquatic food chain pathways, pp. 5-1 to 5-156 in J. E. Till, and H. R. Meyer, eds. Radiological Assessment: a textbook on environmental dose analysis. U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C.

[35] McKone, T. E. 1994. Uncertainty and variability in human exposures to soil contaminants through home-grown food: a Monte Carlo assessment. Risk Anal. 14(4):449-463.

[36] International Atomic Energy Agency. 1994. Handbook of parameter values for the prediction of radionuclide transfer in temperate environment. Tech. Rep. Ser. No. 364, Vienna, Austria.

[37] National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements. 1984. Radiological assessment: predicting the transport, bioaccumulation, and uptake by man of radionuclides released to the environment. NCRP Rep. No. 76, Bethesda, MD.

[38] United States Environmental Protection Agency. 1989. Risk Assessment Guidance for Superfund: Volume 1- Human Health Evaluation Manual (Part A). EPA/540/1-89/002. Office of Emergency and Remedial Response, Washington, D.C.

[39] Whelan, G., D. L. Strenge, J. G., Jr. Droppo, B. L. Steelman, and J. W. Buck. 1987. The Remedial Action Priority System (RAPS): Mathematical Formulations. DOE/RLL/87-09. Pacific Northwest Laboratory, Richland, Washington.

[40] Multimedia Environmental Pollutant Assessment System (MEPAS): Version 1. 1989. PNL-7145. Pacific Northwest Laboratory.

[41] Baes, C. F., III, Sharp, R. D., Sjoreen, A. L., and Shor, R. W. 1984. A Review and Analysis of Parameters for Assessing Transport of Environmentally Released Radionuclides through Agriculture. ORNL-5786. Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee.

[42] ATSDR (Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry). 1992. Toxicological Profile for Carbon Disulfide. ATSDR/U.S. Public Health Service.

[43] Environmental Science Center at Syracuse Research Corporation web page http://esc.syres.com/~ESC/kowexpdb.htm. March 1997. Expermental Log P (Octanol-Water) data base.

[44] United States Environmental Protection Agency. 1996. Soil Screening Guidance: User's Guide. Publication 9355.4-23. Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response, Washington, D.C.

[45] United States Environmental Protection Agency. 1996. Radiation Site Cleanup Regulations: Technical Support Document for the Development of Radiation Cleanup Levels for Soil. (EPA 402-R-96-011 A)

[46] Barnthouse, L.W., J.E. Breck, T.D. Jones, G.W. Suter, C. Easterly, L.R. Glass, B.A. Owen, and A.P. Watson. 1988. Relative Toxicity Estimates and Bioaccumulation Factors for the Defense Priority Model, ORNL-6416, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge, TN.

[47] DOD (Department of Defense). 1991. User's Manual for the Defense Priority Model. FY 92 Version.

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