PAPERS : GENERIC ASSESSMENT CRITERIA

The use of generic assessment criteria (GAC) is an integral part of the risk assessment process for land affected by contamination. Forty-seven risk assessors from twenty-six member companies of EIC and AGS have been working in collaboration with CL:AIRE to produce a set of industry agreed soil GAC to aid the assessment of risks to human health from 35 substances. These GAC complement the Environment Agency SGV and 2nd edition LQM/CIEH GAC, which together, result in CLEA compliant GAC for a significant number of substances detected in UK soils. A report presenting the EIC/AGS/CL:AIRE GAC and describing how the GAC should be used and how they have been derived is available for free download on this page. An Excel spreadsheet with the required contaminants specific data for deriving the GAC using CLEA is also available for free download. These data can be copied and pasted into the CLEA model contaminant database to reproduce the GAC and, where required, to produce site specific assessment criteria.
File	EIC_AGS_CLAIRE_CLEA_inputs.xls	75.50 kb	GAC CLEA inputs
File	Generic_Assessment_Criteria_-_Final_Report_Dec_09.pdf	4,663.17 kb	The Soil Generic Assessment Criteria for Human Health Risk Assessment

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