Report on the Sequential Analysis of Lines of Evidence for Risk from the Teck Cominco Smelter at Trail, BC
Author: Golder Associates Ltd
The purpose of the risk assessment is to determine the smelter-related risks to terrestrial and aquatic life in order to guide remediation that will achieve risk reduction. In order to achieve this purpose, the risk assessment addressed the following questions: -are there, or could there be, ecological effects attributable to Teck Comincos smelter operations? -what is the magnitude of observed or predicted effects? -how sure are we about our assessment? and -how do we know when risks are acceptable? Once the answers to these questions are developed, the risks are characterized and the assessment can then be used to help evaluate options for remediation. This is done by identifying the reduction in ecological risk achieved by each remediation option.
See report for detail – locked pdf.
See report for detail – locked pdf.
Resources Data:
Name: FULL-AQUATIC-REPORT
Format: PDF
URL: https://www.teck.com/media/Full-Aquatic-Report.pdf
Additional Info
Study Years: 2010
Published: 2010
Report on the Sequential Analysis of Lines of Evidence for Risk from the Teck Cominco Smelter at Trail, BC
Author: Golder Associates Ltd
Tags: Algae, Benthic Invertebrates, Biomass, Chlorophylla, Contaminants, Fish Habitat, Fish Populations, Mountain Whitefish, PCOC, Periphyton, Prickly Sculpin, Risk Assessment, SALE Process, Sediment, Toxicity, Tributary, White Sturgeon
The purpose of the risk assessment is to determine the smelter-related risks to terrestrial and aquatic life in order to guide remediation that will achieve risk reduction. In order to achieve this purpose, the risk assessment addressed the following questions: -are there, or could there be, ecological effects attributable to Teck Comincos smelter operations? -what is the magnitude of observed or predicted effects? -how sure are we about our assessment? and -how do we know when risks are acceptable? Once the answers to these questions are developed, the risks are characterized and the assessment can then be used to help evaluate options for remediation. This is done by identifying the reduction in ecological risk achieved by each remediation option.
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