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McAllister Point Landfill Marine Ecological Risk Assessment Report, Naval Education and Training Center, Newport, Rhode Island, 1997, Department of the Navy, Northern Division, Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Lester, PA.

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This report summarizes the results of a marine ecological risk assessment (ERA) conducted for the McAllister Point Landfill at the Naval Education and Training Center (NETC) - Newport, RI. The ERA followed the U.S. EPA ERA framework and applicable EPA Region 1 guidance to generate and interpret data for the risk assessment. Specific objectives of the ERA were:

• Assess ecological risks to offshore environments from chemical stressors associated with the landfill,
• Develop information sufficient to make informed risk management decisions regarding site-specific remedial options; and
• Support communication to the public of the nature and extent of ecological risks associated with the landfill.

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