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U.S. EPA Region 9 Preliminary Remediation Goals (PRGs)
Concise source of default values for slope factors, reference doses, and dermal absorption adjustment factors, check out their PRG letter where they explain why they use inhalation slope factors rather than the EPA's new approach of "Unit Risk Factors": http://www.epa.gov/region09/waste/sfund/prg/intro.htm

City of Oakland's Urban Land Redevelopment Program.  Check out the technical background document and the FOC study. The technical background document has a wealth of information on how the default values for every input parameter used (RBCA-type analysis):
http://www.oaklandpw.com/ulrprogram/index.htm

Illinois' TACO program (Tiered Approach to Corrective action Objectives, from IL EPA)
More screening level development (check out the "Fact Sheets" and there is a table of  target organs forhazardou schemicals):
http://www.epa.state.il.us/land/taco/

Environmental Association for the Health of Soils (AEHS)
Another good source for the TPH Criteria Working Group documents:
http://www.aehs.com/publications/catalog/contents/tph.htm

Great resource for composition of fuels:
http://www.aehs.com/publications/catalog/contents/
appendix1.htm

 AEHS home page:
http://www.aehs.com

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