The USEPA, along with its partner agencies from the Lower Passaic River Restoration Project, will use sediment, water, and biota data collected under "Sampling Activities" to describe how much risk the contaminants in the bay pose to human health and the environment now and in the future under various remediation scenarios.

Final Screening-Level Ecological Risk Assessment [December 2008]: In order to identify the potential for contaminants within the Newark Bay Study Area to adversely affect ecological receptor populations and to determine whether additional ecological evaluation is necessary, a screening-level ecological risk assessment (SLERA) was performed. This SLERA includes a conceptual site model, the contaminants of potential ecological concern, and a preliminary exposure assessment performed using conservative assumptions. Click here to download the SLERA. Click here to download the attachments and appendices to the SLERA.

Pathways Analysis Report [May 2006]:   This report provides an overview of how the human health and ecological risk assessments will be conducted. Click here to download the report.