The Navy has updated it's guidance for conducting Human Health Risk Assessments (HHRAs) at toxic cleanup sites. There are several scientific and regulatory updates but the basic technical approach remains the same: Tier 1 Risk-Based Screening; Tier 2 Baseline Risk Assessment (BRA); and Tier 3 Risk Evaluation of Remedial Alternatives (RERA). The key updates to the guidance are summarized here.
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Heritage Foundation: Stimulus Plan: Non-Existent Unemployed Climate Modelers Get $140 Million
President Barack Obama’s trillion dollar stimulus plan, has morphed into an appropriations bill devoid of debate. The process forgoes any pretense of targeting unemployed people and resources.
For instance, the bill reads “Provided further, That not less than $140,000,000 shall be available for climate data modeling.” This raises the question of how many unemployed climate modelers are out there pounding the pavement.
When presented with that question, last Friday, Pat Michaels, former president of the American Association of State Climatologists stated “I don’t know one unemployed modeler.”
Unless, of course, Pat Michaels has now "unemployed" himself by his answer.
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