Hazard Ranking System

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The Hazard Ranking System is a scoring tool used by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to assess the relative risk of contaminated sites and determine which ones qualify for inclusion on the Superfund National Priorities List.

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Hazard Ranking System canonical 4

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal government program component ⓘ
environmental risk assessment tool ⓘ
scoring system ⓘ
administeredBy Office of Land and Emergency Management ⓘ
Office of Superfund Remediation and Technology Innovation ⓘ
appliesTo Superfund sites ⓘ
contaminated sites ⓘ
uncontrolled hazardous waste sites ⓘ
basedOn CERCLA ⓘ
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ⓘ
considers exposure potential of human populations ⓘ
exposure potential of sensitive environments ⓘ
persistence of hazardous substances ⓘ
quantity of hazardous substances ⓘ
toxicity of hazardous substances ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
developer United States Environmental Protection Agency ⓘ
evaluates air migration pathway ⓘ
groundwater migration pathway ⓘ
soil exposure pathway ⓘ
surface water migration pathway ⓘ
field environmental protection ⓘ
hazardous waste management ⓘ
public health ⓘ
goal protect human health ⓘ
protect the environment ⓘ
hasComponent likelihood of release evaluation ⓘ
targets evaluation ⓘ
waste characteristics evaluation ⓘ
introducedBy United States Environmental Protection Agency ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalBasis 40 CFR Part 300 Appendix A ⓘ
National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan ⓘ
operator United States Environmental Protection Agency ⓘ
output site score from 0 to 100 ⓘ
partOf Superfund program ⓘ
purpose assess relative risk of contaminated sites ⓘ
determine eligibility of sites for the National Priorities List ⓘ
prioritize sites for long-term remedial action ⓘ
regulates hazardous substance releases ⓘ
scope national ⓘ
threshold 28.5 for National Priorities List eligibility ⓘ
usedBy United States Environmental Protection Agency ⓘ
usedFor National Priorities List listing decisions ⓘ
ranking environmental contamination risks ⓘ
screening hazardous waste sites ⓘ
usedIn preliminary assessment ⓘ
site inspection ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

National Priorities List → selectionMethod → Hazard Ranking System ⓘ
National Priorities List → relatedTo → Hazard Ranking System ⓘ
HRS → fullName → Hazard Ranking System ⓘ
40 CFR Part 300 Appendix A → codifies → Hazard Ranking System ⓘ