SBIR Phase I: Ground Truthing Approach to Risk Assessment and Communication Under Uncertainty

SBIR 第一阶段：不确定性下风险评估和沟通的地面实况方法

• 批准号: 9661182
• 负责人: Robert Knowlton
• 金额: $ 7.4万
• 依托单位: DecisionFX
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1997
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1997-01-01 至 1997-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9661182&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: SBIR; Phase; Ground; Truthing; Approach

9661182 Knowlton This Small Business Innovation Research Phase I project to be carried out by Decision TX focuses on the development of improved methods and a related software system for assessing and communicating environmental health risks, as well as estimating potential financial burdens associated with such risks. The suggested methods will allow risk assessors and risk managers to efficiently evaluate the accumulated risks at contaminated industrial and waste management sites affected by parameter uncertainty and variability, while making the best objective use of site contaminant data. The software system will facilitate objective analysis of costs associated with remedial actions that might be undertaken to remove contamination, and the associated financial risks d liabilities imposed by the environmental contamination. A particularly timely application of the proposed approach is to the numerous Brownfield sites located throughout the United States. Many of the graphical constructs suggested for the software system will greatly simplify the communication of risk issues to site stakeholders. The methods proposed incorporate both established concepts and recently-researched technologies; however, the Decision TX approach represents a novel attempt to combine all of these complementary concepts into an easy-to-use package. The technologies developed under this research can be applied to streamline waste site investigations and remediation projects in both government and private sectors. Entities standing to benefit from the tools include commercial and industrial businesses whose sites fall under the purview of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA), the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), and other environmental regulations and drivers. In addition, these software tools would greatly aid the legal, financial, industrial, insurance, and real estate communities, in determining liabilities and financial risks associated wit h the purchase or redevelopment of contaminated properties.

9661182 Knowlton这个小型企业创新研究第一阶段项目将根据TX号决定进行，重点是开发改进的方法和相关的软件系统，以评估和传达环境健康风险，以及估计与此类风险相关的潜在财务负担。建议的方法将使风险评估员和风险管理人员能够有效地评估受参数不确定性和可变性影响的受污染的工业和废物管理地点的累积风险，同时最客观地利用现场污染物数据。该软件系统将有助于客观分析可能采取的消除污染的补救行动的相关费用，以及环境污染造成的相关财务风险和责任。建议的方法特别及时地应用于美国各地的许多棕地遗址。为软件系统建议的许多图形化构造将极大地简化风险问题与现场利益相关者的沟通。建议的方法既包括已建立的概念，也包括最近研究的技术；然而，Decision TX方法代表了一种将所有这些互补概念结合到一个易于使用的包中的新尝试。根据这项研究开发的技术可用于简化政府和私营部门的废物场地调查和补救项目。能够从这些工具中受益的实体包括其场地属于综合环境响应、补偿和责任法案(CERCLA)、资源保护和恢复法案(RCRA)以及其他环境法规和驱动因素的商业和工业企业。此外，这些软件工具将极大地帮助法律界、金融界、工业界、保险界和房地产界确定与购买或重新开发受污染财产相关的负债和财务风险。