Setting Priorities|Comparative Risk Report

SETTING PRIORITIES|Comparative Risk Report

Project Name: Michigan Relative Risk Analysis Project

    Ranking Results:

Final Combined Committee Rankings
Agency Committee Rankings
Citizen Committee Rankings
Scientist Committee Rankings

    Project Description:

Geographical Coverage

Project Purpose

Ranking Process

Participants in the Ranking Process

Project Reference

Contact Information

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Ranking Results

Final Combined Committee Rankings
	High-High	Online Information About This Issue
	Absence of land use planning that considers resources and the integrity of ecosystems	general
	Degradation of urban environments	general
	Energy production and consumption: practices and consequences		area specific
	Global climate change	general	area specific
	Lack of environmental awareness
	Stratospheric ozone depletion	general	area specific
	High
	Alteration of surface water and ground water hydrology, including the Great Lakes	general	area specific
	Atmospheric transport and deposition of air toxics	general	area specific
	Biodiversity/Habitat modification
	Indoor pollutants	general
	Nonpoint-source discharges to surface water and groundwater, including the Great Lakes	general	area specific
	Trace metals in the ecosystem	general	area specific
	Medium-High
	Contaminated sites	general	area specific
	Contaminated surface water sediments	general	area specific
	Generation and disposal of hazardous waste	general	area specific
	Generation and disposal of high-level radioactive waste		area specific
	Generation and disposal of low-level radioactive waste		area specific
	Generation and disposal of municipal and industrial solid waste	general	area specific
	Photochemical smog	general	area specific
	Point source discharges to surface water and groundwater, including the Great Lakes	general	area specific
	Medium
	Accidental releases and responses	general	area specific
	Acid deposition	general	area specific
	Criteria and related air pollutants	general	area specific
	Electromagnetic field effects	general

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Agency Committee Rankings
	High	Online Information About This Issue
	Absence of land use planning that considers resources and the integrity of ecosystems	general
	Energy production and consumption: practices and consequences		area specific
	Generation and disposal of high-level radioactive waste		area specific
	Indoor pollutants	general
	Stratospheric ozone depletion	general	area specific
	High/Medium
	Atmospheric transport and deposition of air toxics	general	area specific
	Biodiversity/Habitat modification
	Global climate change	general	area specific
	Lack of environmental awareness
	Nonpoint-source discharges to surface water and groundwater, including the Great Lakes	general	area specific
	Medium
	Alteration of surface water and ground water hydrology, including the Great Lakes	general	area specific
	Degradation of urban environments	general
	Generation and disposal of municipal and industrial solid waste	general	area specific
	Photochemical smog	general	area specific
	Point source discharges to surface water and groundwater, including the Great Lakes	general	area specific
	Trace metals in the ecosystem	general	area specific
	Medium/Low
	Accidental releases and responses	general	area specific
	Contaminated sites	general	area specific
	Generation and disposal of hazardous and low-level radioactive waste		area specific
	Low
	Acid deposition	general	area specific
	Contaminated surface water sediments	general	area specific
	Criteria and related air pollutants	general	area specific
	Electromagnetic field effects	general

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Citizen Committee Rankings
	High	Online Information About This Issue
	Absence of land use planning that considers resources and the integrity of ecosystems	general
	Alteration of surface water and ground water hydrology, including the Great Lakes	general	area specific
	Degradation of urban environments	general
	Energy production and consumption: practices and consequences		area specific
	Global climate change	general	area specific
	Lack of environmental awareness
	Nonpoint-source discharges to surface water and groundwater, including the Great Lakes	general	area specific
	Stratospheric ozone depletion	general	area specific
	High/Medium
	Biodiversity/Habitat modification
	Medium
	Atmospheric transport and deposition of air toxics	general	area specific
	Contaminated sites	general	area specific
	Contaminated surface water sediments	general	area specific
	Generation and disposal of hazardous and low-level radioactive waste		area specific
	Generation and disposal of high-level radioactive waste		area specific
	Point source discharges to surface water and groundwater, including the Great Lakes	general	area specific
	Trace metals in the ecosystem	general	area specific
	Low
	Accidental releases and responses	general	area specific
	Acid deposition	general	area specific
	Criteria and related air pollutants	general	area specific
	Electromagnetic field effects	general
	Generation and disposal of municipal and industrial solid waste	general	area specific
	Indoor pollutants	general
	Photochemical smog	general	area specific

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Scientist Committee Rankings
	High-High	Online Information About This Issue
	Absence of land use planning that considers resources and the integrity of ecosystems	general
	Energy production and consumption: practices and consequences		area specific
	Global climate change	general	area specific
	Indoor pollutants	general
	Lack of environmental awareness
	Stratospheric ozone depletion	general	area specific
	Medium-High
	Alteration of surface water and ground water hydrology, including the Great Lakes	general	area specific
	Atmospheric transport and deposition of air toxics	general	area specific
	Biodiversity/Habitat modification
	Degradation of urban environments	general
	Nonpoint-source discharges to surface water and groundwater, including the Great Lakes	general	area specific
	Point source discharges to surface water and groundwater, including the Great Lakes	general	area specific
	Trace metals in the ecosystem	general	area specific
	Low-High
	Contaminated sites	general	area specific
	Contaminated surface water sediments	general	area specific
	Criteria and related air pollutants	general	area specific
	Generation and disposal of hazardous and low-level radioactive waste		area specific
	Generation and disposal of municipal and industrial solid waste	general	area specific
	Photochemical smog	general	area specific
	Low-Low
	Accidental releases and responses	general	area specific
	Acid deposition	general	area specific
	Electromagnetic field effects	general
	Generation and disposal of high-level radioactive waste		area specific

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Project Description

	Geographical Coverage: State of Michigan
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	Project Purpose: The goal of the project was to use input from citizens, scientists, and state agencies to identify and rank Michigan's environmental concerns.
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	Ranking Process: Three Working Committees (Agency, Citizen, and Scientist) separately ranked a consensus list of environmental issues, taking into consideration quality of life, human health, and ecological risks. After completion of this step, all of the committees met to discuss their respective rankings and develop the Final Combined Committee Rankings.
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	Participants in the Ranking Process: Governmental Agencies Private Sector/Industry Public Interest/Nonprofit Organizations Scientific/Academic Community All of the above stakeholder groups had representatives on a least one of the Working Committees. While the General Public were not explicitly involved, the Citizen Committee, primarily consisting of members of various state environmental commissions, was charged with representing their interests.
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	Reference: Michigan Relative Risk Analysis Project. Michigan's Environment and Relative Risk. Michigan Department of Natural Resources. July 1992.
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	Contact Information: Keith Harrison Office of Special Environmental Projects Department of Environmental Quality Knapps Building, Suite 340 300 S. Washington P.O. Box 30680 Lansing, MI 48909-7973 ph: (517) 335-3666 fax: (517) 373-6492 http://www.deq.state.mi.us/osep/errp.htm
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