Generic Assessment Criteria (GAC) Report

This report presents the results of a collaborative effort of risk assessors from 26 EIC and AGS member companies to produce generic assessment criteria (GAC) for soils for human health risk assessment. The project involved the collation and review of physico-chemical data, toxicological data and information on background exposure for 44 contaminants sometimes encountered on land affected by contamination in the UK and the derivation of GAC for 351 of these using the CLEA model (v1.06). The GAC are intended to complement soil guideline values (SGV) produced by the Environment Agency of England and Wales and the 2nd edition GAC produced by LQM and CIEH (Nathanail et al, 2009). All three sets of assessment criteria have been derived in general accordance with the Environment Agency of England and Wales Contaminated Land Exposure Assessment (CLEA) guidance and thus the combined efforts of these three groups have resulted in a useful set of screening criteria for the assessment of risks to human health from soil contamination for more than 120 potentially contaminative substances.

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Excel spreadsheet supporting the EIC/AGS/CL:AIRE Generic Assessment Criteria (GAC) given in "The Soil Generic Assessment Criteria for Human Health Risk Assessment” report.  The spreadsheet is of contaminant specific parameter values for input to the CLEA model to facilitate the derivation of site specific assessment criteria for the researched contaminants identified in the report.

Please note this report is a project output and has not been reviewed by the CL:AIRE Technology and Research Group.

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The original version of the Code of Practice (CoP), which was launched in September 2008 has significantly helped organisations involved in the development of land and its remediation, increasing the sustainability of their methods and approaches. The record of use for the CoP shows that over time it has become a preferred approach to the management of materials on their site of origin and beyond using the Cluster method.

This updated Code of Practice now enables the direct transfer and re-use of clean naturally occurring soil materials between sites. It also creates the conditions to support the establishment and operation of fixed soil treatment facilities, which have a key role to play in the future of sustainable materials management. As with earlier versions it also enables the reuse of both contaminated and uncontaminated materials on the site of production, and between sites within defined Cluster projects.

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