Review of the U.S. Navy Environmental Health Center's Health-Hazard Assessment Process

10.17226/9905 ◽  
2000 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Health ◽  
Hazard Assessment ◽  
Health Hazard ◽  
Assessment Process ◽  
The U.S

California Marine Oil Spill Fisheries Closure: Key Processes of the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) During a Fisheries Closure Event

2011 ◽  
Vol 2011 (1) ◽  
pp. abs102
Author(s):  
Susan A. Klasing ◽  
Robert K. Brodberg ◽  
Ellen R. Faurot-Daniels
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Health ◽  
San Francisco ◽  
Oil Spill ◽  
Hazard Assessment ◽  
Oil Spills ◽  
Health Hazard ◽  
California Department ◽  
Fish And Shellfish

ABSTRACT Following the 2007 M/V Cosco Busan oil spill in San Francisco Bay, California, legislation was enacted to provide for the closure of fisheries by the California Department of Fish and Game (DFG) after oil spills in marine waters. This legislation (DFG Code Section 5654) facilitated a partnership between the state's primary oil spill responder, the Department of Fish and Game, Office of Spill Prevention and Response (DFG/OSPR), and the state's Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA), the agency responsible for determining whether fish caught in California waters can be safely consumed. A fisheries closure protocol established as a result of the statute stipulates the role of staff at both agencies, from the initial spill responders to data evaluation and reopening of a closed fishery. OEHHA staff is required to assess the need for fisheries closure following a spill event. When a fisheries closure is deemed necessary for more than 48 hours, OEHHA will select species and chemicals for analysis, determine sampling strategies, conduct a risk assessment on the safety of fish and shellfish consumption, and work with DFG/OSPR to modify closure boundaries, if indicated. Relevant case study information from California spills, including the T/V Dubai Star is shown.

scholarly journals RE: Response to the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment on comments related to Gentry et al. (2021)

2021 ◽  
pp. 112202
Author(s):  
Robinan Gentry ◽  
Joseph Rodricks ◽  
Harvey Clewell ◽  
Tracy Greene ◽  
Grace Chappell ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Health ◽  
Hazard Assessment ◽  
Health Hazard

292. Target Vehicle Health Hazard Assessment

1999 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Soyak ◽  
P. Crawford ◽  
J. Gaughan ◽  
J. Mazur
Keyword(s):  
Hazard Assessment ◽  
Health Hazard ◽  
Target Vehicle

The Roles of Government in Protecting and Promoting Occupational and Environmental Health

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gregory R. Wagner ◽  
Emily A. Spieler
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Health ◽  
Environmental Protection Agency ◽  
Occupational Safety ◽  
Mine Safety ◽  
Health Administration ◽  
Safety And Health ◽  
Standards And Regulations ◽  
Regulatory Interventions ◽  
The Government ◽  
The U.S

This chapter discusses the roles of government in promoting occupational and environmental health, with a focus on the U.S. federal government. Governmental interventions, as described here, can range from non-regulatory interventions, such as dissemination of information or generation and communication of information, to establishing regulatory requirements through the promulgation and enforcement of standards and regulations. The chapter describes the U.S. laws and roles of the administrative agencies responsible for occupational and environmental health, including the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, the Mine Safety and Health Administration, and the Environmental Protection Agency. Noting the budgetary and political constraints on these federal agencies, the chapter goes on to discuss briefly the role of the public and the states. The government also plays a role when preventive efforts fail, and the chapter provides a brief summary of programs designed to provide compensation to injured workers.

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