RISK CHARACTERIZATION Sample Clauses

RISK CHARACTERIZATION. In risk characterization, the information, results, and conclusions from the data evaluation, exposure assessment, and toxicity assessment are integrated. Numerical risk estimates calculated for each COPC and exposure route and pathway are combined to estimate total theoretical noncancer hazards and, for carcinogens, total lifetime excess cancer risks. The critical uncertainties affecting risk calculations are also addressed.
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RISK CHARACTERIZATION. This section of the risk assessment provides a quantitative and qualitative summary of the health risks posed to the populations of concern by contaminants from the refuse fill area for each of the identified exposure scenarios. This section also addresses the potential for site related contaminants to impact the aquatic environment of Belmont Slough. The risk characterization addresses both non-carcinogenic and carcinogenic health effects. Carcinogenic health risks are also put into perspective as to their meaning and interpretation.
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RISK CHARACTERIZATION. Risk characterization in chemical risk assessment primarily takes the form of defining a level of exposure presumed to pose a “notional zero risk.” Quantitative risk assessment methodologies have only rarely been applied for chemical hazards thought to pose no appreciable risk below certain very low levels of exposure (i.e. those with mechanisms of toxic action believed to exhibit a threshold), probably because the approach described above has generally been considered to provide an adequate margin of safety without a need to further characterize the risk. In contrast, quantitative risk assessment models have been applied by some governments as well as by international expert bodies (JECFA) for effects that are judged to have no threshold, i.e. for genotoxic carcinogens. These models employ biologically-appropriate mathematical extrapolations from observed animal cancer incidence data (usually derived from tests using high doses) to estimate the expected cancer incidence at the low levels typical of ordinary human exposure. If epidemiological cancer data are available, they also can be used in quantitative risk assessment models.
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RISK CHARACTERIZATION. Ecological exposure to six metals (cobalt, manganese, cadmium, lead, uranium and zinc) exceeds toxicity reference levels for terrestrial plants, soil invertebrates and terrestrial wildlife. However, the risk levels for these chemicals are often in the low range and dominated by a few samples in localized areas. These localized occurrences are generally within the mine rock affected areas. Risk levels for trace metals in stream surface water, stream sediment, and marine sediment were not significantly elevated for either the community receptors or indicator wildlife species in these habitats. Risk levels for radionuclides (Ra‐226, Ra‐228) were elevated for terrestrial plants and for stream‐dependent riparian wildlife. For terrestrial receptors, risks are highest at the upper elevations within the mineralized area, decreasing to lower values at lower elevations within the non‐mineralized area. For riparian wildlife, radionuclide risks appear to be localized to elevated concentrations in a few sample locations and are driven primarily by surface water exposure. Based upon the findings of the SLERA, proposed cleanup levels, expressed as risk‐ based preliminary remediation goals (PRGs), for chemicals of concern in soils in the non‐mineralized area were developed for four trace metal‐receptor pairs: • • • • Cadmium – Small mammals (masked shrew) Cobalt – Plants Lead – Birds (American xxxxx) Zinc – Plants or soil invertebrates. Ecological PRGs were not developed for radionuclides (Ra‐226, Ra‐228) because activity levels of these substances are highly correlated with gamma emissions and background gamma levels have been selected as the cleanup goal for non‐ mineralized areas. Summary of the Ecological Risk Assessment 900‐Foot Level Mine Rock
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RISK CHARACTERIZATION. The information in tables 4a.2 and 4a.3 should be used to fill out the scoring matrix given in table 4a.4.1, to assess the overall relative risk where: < 3 = Low relative risk
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  • Sale Characterization The Seller shall not make statements or disclosures, or treat the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (other than for consolidated accounting purposes) in any manner other than as a true sale, contribution or absolute assignment of the title to and sole record and beneficial ownership interest of the Transferred Assets Conveyed or purported to be Conveyed hereunder; provided that the Seller may consolidate the Purchaser and/or its properties and other assets for accounting purposes in accordance with GAAP if any consolidated financial statements of the Seller contain footnotes that the Transferred Assets have been sold or contributed to the Purchaser.

  • Tax Characterization Each party to this Agreement (a) acknowledges that it is the intent of the parties to this Agreement that, for accounting purposes and for all Federal, state and local income and franchise tax purposes, the Series 2009-1 Notes will be treated as evidence of indebtedness, (b) agrees to treat the Series 2009-1 Notes for all such purposes as indebtedness and (c) agrees that the provisions of the Related Documents shall be construed to further these intentions.

  • Characterization The Receivables constitute “tangible chattel paper” within the meaning of UCC Section 9-102. The rights granted under the agreements described in clause 1 (ii) and (iii) constitute “general intangibles” within the meaning of UCC Section 9-102. CNHCR has taken all steps necessary to perfect its security interest in the property securing the Receivables within 10 days of the Closing Date.

  • Income Tax Characterization For purposes of federal income, state and local income and franchise and any other income taxes, the Issuer will, and each Noteholder by such Noteholder’s acceptance of any such Notes (and each Person who acquires an interest in any Notes through such Noteholder, by the acceptance by such Person of an interest in the applicable Notes) agrees to, treat the Notes that are characterized as indebtedness at the time of their issuance, and hereby instructs the Issuer to treat such Notes, as indebtedness for federal, state and other tax reporting purposes. Each Noteholder agrees that it will cause any Person acquiring an interest in a Note through it to comply with this Indenture as to treatment as indebtedness under applicable tax law, as described in this Section 3.21. The Notes will be issued with the intention that, for federal, state and local income and franchise tax purposes the Trust shall not be treated as an association or publicly traded partnership taxable as a corporation. The parties hereto agree that they shall not cause or permit the making, as applicable, of any election under Treasury Regulation Section 301.7701-3 (or any successor provision) whereby the Trust or any portion thereof would be treated as a corporation for federal income tax purposes. The provisions of this Indenture shall be construed in furtherance of the foregoing intended tax treatment.

  • Recharacterization The Parties intend the conveyance by the Seller to the Trustee of all of its right, title and interest in and to the Mortgage Loans pursuant to this Agreement to constitute a purchase and sale and not a loan. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent that such conveyance is held not to constitute a sale under applicable law, it is intended that this Agreement shall constitute a security agreement under applicable law and that the Seller shall be deemed to have granted to the Trustee a first priority security interest in all of the Seller's right, title and interest in and to the Mortgage Loans.

  • Tax Characterization and Returns Until such time as the Company shall have more than one member, it is the intention of the Member that the Company be disregarded for federal and all relevant state tax purposes and that the activities of the Company be deemed to be activities of the Member for such purposes. All provisions of the Company’s Certificate of Formation and this Agreement are to be construed so as to preserve that tax status. The Member is hereby authorized to file any necessary elections with any tax authorities and shall be required to file any necessary tax returns on behalf of the Company with any such tax authorities.

  • Requirement and Characterization of Distributions Subject to the rights of any Holder of any Partnership Interest set forth in a Partnership Unit Designation, the General Partner may cause the Partnership to distribute such amounts, at such times, as the General Partner may, in its sole and absolute discretion, determine, to the Holders as of any Partnership Record Date: (i) first, with respect to any Partnership Units that are entitled to any preference in distribution, in accordance with the rights of Holders of such class(es) of Partnership Units (and, within each such class, among the Holders of each such class, pro rata in proportion to their respective Percentage Interests of such class on such Partnership Record Date); and (ii) second, with respect to any Partnership Units that are not entitled to any preference in distribution, in accordance with the rights of Holders of such class(es) of Partnership Units, as applicable (and, within each such class, among the Holders of each such class, pro rata in proportion to their respective Percentage Interests of such class on such Partnership Record Date). Distributions payable with respect to any Partnership Units, other than any Partnership Units issued to the General Partner in connection with the issuance of REIT Shares by the General Partner, that were not outstanding during the entire quarterly period in respect of which any distribution is made shall be prorated based on the portion of the period that such Partnership Units were outstanding. The General Partner shall make such reasonable efforts, as determined by it in its sole and absolute discretion and consistent with the General Partner’s qualification as a REIT, to cause the Partnership to distribute sufficient amounts to enable the General Partner, for so long as the General Partner has determined to qualify as a REIT, to pay stockholder dividends that will (a) satisfy the requirements for qualifying as a REIT under the Code and Regulations (the “REIT Requirements”) and (b) except to the extent otherwise determined by the General Partner, eliminate any U.S. federal income or excise tax liability of the General Partner. Notwithstanding anything in the forgoing to the contrary, a Holder of LTIP Units will only be entitled to distributions with respect to an LTIP Unit as set forth in Article 16 hereof and in making distributions pursuant to this Section 5.1, the General Partner of the Partnership shall take into account the provisions of Section 16.4 hereof.

  • Characterization of Payments It is the intention of the parties to this Agreement that payments made pursuant to this Agreement are to be treated as relating back to the Distribution as an adjustment to capital (i.e., capital contribution or distribution), and the parties shall not take any position inconsistent with such intention before any Tax Authority, except to the extent that a final determination (as defined in Section 1313 of the Code) with respect to the recipient party causes any such payment not to be so treated.

  • Characterization of Receivables Each Receivable constitutes either “tangible chattel paper,” “electronic chattel paper,” an “account,” an “instrument,” or a “general intangible,” each as defined in the UCC.

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