Setting Priorities|Comparative Risk Report

Project Name: Elizabeth River Project: Comparative Risk Program

summary from the Setting Priorities section of Scorecard

Ranking Results:

State of the River: Risk Rankings

Project Description:

Geographical Coverage
Project Purpose
Ranking Process
Participants in the Ranking Process
Project Reference
Contact Information

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Ranking Results

State of the River: Risk Rankings	Online Info About this Issue
High Risk
Loss of habitat and biota		area specific
Non-point source pollution	general	area specific
Point source pollution	general	area specific
Sediment quality and sedimentation	general	area specific
Medium Risk
Altered hydrology	general
Contaminated groundwater	general	area specific
Dredging and dredged material placement
Hazardous materials transportation and storage	general	area specific
Low Risk
Non-indigenous species	general
Vessel discharges	general	area specific

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Project Description

Geographical Coverage: 300-square-mile Elizabeth River watershed

Project Purpose: To form a partnership among the communities and all who earn their living from the river, to raise appreciation of its economic, ecological and recreational importance, and to restore the Elizabeth River system to the highest practical level of environmental quality.

Ranking Process: The program has three distinct phases:

Phase 1 - Assessment and ranking of risks
Phase 2 - Risk management
Phase 3 - Implementation of action plans

The ranking took place during Phase 1. During this phase, the Technical Report Committee assisted the Citizen/Industry, Government/Agency, and Science/Technical committees draft technical reports for each environmental issue. The three committees next integrated public input from two "Public Listening Sessions" with the technical reports and constructed Consensus Risk Rankings.

Project Participants: General Public
Governmental Agencies
Private Sector/Industry
Public Interest/Nonprofit Organizations
Scientific/Academic Community

All of the above stakeholder groups had representatives on the Citizen/Industry Committee, the Government/Agency Committee, or the Science/Technical Committee.

Reference: Elizabeth River Project Comparative Risk Program. Elizabeth River Dimensions: Assessment and Ranking of Risks to the Ecosystem, Human health & Quality of Life. August 1995.

Contact Information: Marjorie Mayfield
The Elizabeth River Project
109 E. Main Street, Suite 305
Norfolk, VA 23510
phone: (757) 625-3648
fax: (757) 625-4435
http://www.pilot.infi.net/~erp/
erp@norfolk.infi.net