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MANAGEMENT
AGS (HK) - June 2013
Paul Kau
Objectives
Defining contamination
Brief introduction and understanding of
the HKSAR risk-based remediation
goals (RBRGs)
Pitfalls in using these goals
Definition
loss of ecology
reduced crop yields
impact to food chain
III. Contamination
Assessment
Report (CAR)
II. Site
Investigation (SI)
Plan and
Design Site
Investigation
Obtain
endorsement of
CAP from EPD
Implement RAP
Site Concentrations
above RBRGs/
solubility/ Csat?
Assessment
Process
and CAR
preparation
10
Submit CAR to
EPD for approval
NO
After remediation,
submit a
Remediation Report
to EPD for record
Previous
System
Old
Clean-up
Criteria
ProPECC PN3/94
Guidance Note
Concepts of Risk
(e.g., COCs)
(e.g., COCs)
(e.g., fish/humans)
(e.g., COCs)
(e.g., fish/humans)
(e.g., COCs)
(e.g., fish/humans)
Exposure pathways
Geophysical conditions
Solubility of Metals
LNAPL
Light Non-Aqueous Phase
Liquids
Lighter than
water
If enough
accumulates, it floats on
water table
E.g. gasoline
DNAPL
Dense Non-Aqueous
Phase Liquid
More dense
than water
Sink to low
permeability
layers
Move along
slope
e.g., TCE,
coal tar
components
of crude oil
After
Toxicity (LD50)
Monosodiumglutamate(MSG)
rat,oral
16,600 mg/kg
Melamine
rat,oral
6,000 mg/kg
TableSalt
rat,oral
3,000 mg/kg
Paracetamol (acetaminophen)
rat,oral
1,944 mg/kg
Aspirin(acetylsalicylicacid)
rat,oral
200 mg/kg
Caffeine
rat,oral
192 mg/kg
Nicotine
rat,oral
50 mg/kg
Sodiumcyanide
rat,oral
6.4 mg/kg
Dioxin(TCDD)
rat,oral
20 g/kg
WATER:
SOIL:
25 m
2m
50 m