| Session Title: Comparative Environmental Risk Assessment: A Practical and Applied Method |
| Demonstration Session 832 to be held in Centennial Section H on Saturday, Nov 8, 9:50 AM to 10:35 AM |
| Sponsored by the Environmental Program Evaluation TIG |
| Presenter(s): |
| Su Wild River, Australian National University, su.wild-river@anu.edu.au |
| Abstract: The Comparative Environmental Risk Assessment Method (CERAM) is tool for evaluating compliance with environmental protection laws. It can be used by business operators and environmental consultants to identify site-specific pollution prevention priorities and results. Environmental protection agencies can use CERAM to identify best practice and non-complying operations, and to assist their licensing and enforcement actions. CERAM evaluates substantive outcomes, not just the administrative results. This demonstration will explain the process for undertaking CERAM assessments, including: - Understanding assessment contexts and applications - Hazard identification using generic processes, - Environmental receptors, - Applying inherent and residual risk ratings, - Calibration and cross-checking, - Interpreting and presenting results, and - Setting and achieving environmental risk targets. CERAM's semi-quantitative approach makes it highly cost-effective compared with most other methods for environmental risk assessment. CERAM is best applied to evaluate priorities on a site-scale, and has been used successfully in industrial and research contexts. |