Total Risk Integrated Methodology. Implementation of the TRIM Conceptual Designthrough the TRIM.FaTE Module. A Status Report

摘要

The Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards (OAQPS) of the U.S.Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is developing the Total Risk Integrated Methodology (TRIM), a multimedia, time-series simulation modeling system for the assessment of human and ecological risks resulting from hazardous and criteria air pollutants. The purpose of this report is to summarize the work performed during the first developmental phase of TRIM. The first phase included the conceptualization of TRIM and the implementation of the TRIM conceptual approach through the development of the first TRIM module, the environmental fate, transport, and exposure module, called TRIM.FaTE. TRIM.FaTE development focused on defining the mathematical structure of the module and initial testing and evaluation of these concepts. This report provides detailed information about the overall structure of TRIM and the development of the TRIM.FaTE module.