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REFERENCES

Michigan Department of Environmental Quality. Brownfields Redevelopment Work Plan for Kinross Manufacturing Corporation, Kinross, Michigan. October 21, 1997.
Parsons Engineering Science, Inc., for U.S. Army CoE. Final Remedial Investigation Report for the Former Kinross Manufacturing Corporation, Michigan. May 1996.
Ducsay, T., MDEQ. Personal communication. June 3, 1998.
London, R., MDEQ Drinking Water and Radiological Protection Division. Personal communication. December 3, 1997.
Michigan Department of Environmental Quality. Unpublished laboratory data. February 1998.
Howard, A.J., MDNR ERD. Memorandum to ERD staff, subject: Environmental Response Division Operational Memorandum #14 Revision 2: Remedial Action Plans Using Generic Industrial or Generic Commercial Cleanup Criteria or Other Requirements. June 6, 1995.
Howard, A.J., MDNR ERD. Memorandum to ERD staff, Subject: Interim Environmental Response Division Operational Memorandum #8, Revision 4: Generic Residential Cleanup Criteria. June 5, 1995.
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. Toxicological Profile for Chromium, Update. ATSDR/TP-92/08. April 1993.
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. Toxicological Profile for Lead, Update, Draft for Public Comment. September 1997.
Howard, A.J., MDEQ ERD. Draft Memorandum to ERD staff, Subject: Interim Generic Utility Worker Contact Criteria: Addendum to Interim Operational Memoranda #8, Revision 4 (June 5, 1995) and #14, Revision 2 (June 6, 1995). April 12, 1996.
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. Toxicological Profile for Arsenic, Update. ATSDR/TP-92/02. April 1993.
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. Toxicological Profile for Cadmium, Update, Draft for Public Comment. September 1997.
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. Toxicological Profile for Methylene Chloride, Update. ATSDR/TP-92/13. April 1993.
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. Toxicological Profile for Thallium. ATSDR/TP-91/26. June 1992.
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. Toxicological Profile for Asbestos, Update. August 1995.
Ducsay, T., MDEQ. Personal communication. March 24, 1998.

FIGURE 1

Map of Kinross Manufacturing Corp.

PREPARERS OF REPORT

Michigan Department of Community Health

John Filpus, Environmental Engineer

Robin Freer, Resource Specialist

James Bedford, Environmental Toxicologist

Brendan Boyle, Principal Investigator

ATSDR Regional Representative

Louise Fabinski
Regional Services, Region V
Office of the Assistant Administrator
ATSDR Technical Project Officer

ATSDR Technical Project Officer

William Greim
Division of Health Assessment and Consultation
Superfund Site Assessment Branch

CERTIFICATION

The Kinross Manufacturing Corporation Health Consultation was prepared by the Michigan Department of Community Health under a cooperative agreement with the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR). It is in accordance with approved methodology and procedures existing at the time the health consultation was initiated.

William Greim
Technical Project Officer, SPS, SSAB, DHAC

The Division of Health Assessment and Consultation, ATSDR, has reviewed this health consultation and concurs with its findings.

Lisa C. Hayes
Chief, SPS, SSAB, DHAC, ATSDR

TABLES

Table 1. Concentrations of chemicals found in surface soil samples collected from the Kinross Manufacturing property by the MDEQ, October 1997.

Chemical	Concentration (ppm)		No. of samples above MDEQ Industrial/Commercial Criteria (Ref. 6)	No. of samples above MDEQ Residential Criteria (Ref. 7)
Chemical	Maximum	Median		No. of samples above MDEQ Residential Criteria (Ref. 7)
acetone	0.023	ND	0	0
antimony	11.8	ND	0	0
arsenic	5.2	0.725	0	0
barium	86.3	12	0	0
benzo(a)anthracene	0.099	ND	0	0
benzo(a)pyrene	0.09	ND	0	0
benzo(b)fluoranthene	0.2	ND	0	0
benzo(g,h,i)perylene	0.19	ND	0	0
benzo(k)fluoranthene	0.13	ND	0	0
beryllium	0.2	ND	0	0
bis(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate	6.2	ND	0	0
butylbenzylphthalate	0.16	ND	0	0
cadmium	5.8	ND	0	0
carbon disulfide	0.005	ND	0	0
alpha-chlordane	0.053	ND	0	0
gamma-chlordane	0.0025	ND	0	0
chromium	2,900	13.1	0	1
chrysene	0.14	ND	0	0
cobalt	5.1	ND	0	0
copper	116	7.75	0	0
cyanide	0.4	ND	0	0
4,4'-DDD	0.0029	ND	0	0
4,4'-DDE	0.0045	ND	0	0
4,4'-DDT	0.044	ND	0	0
di-n-butylphthalate	3.1	ND	0	0
di-n-octylphthalate	0.2	ND	0	0
dieldrin	0.0018	ND	0	0
diethylphthalate	0.024	ND	0	0
2,4-dimethylphenol	0.019	ND	0	0
dimethylphthalate	0.017	ND	0	0
endosulfan sulfate	0.094	ND	0	0
endrin	0.035	ND	0	0
endrin aldehyde	0.0041	ND	0	0
fluoranthene	0.1	ND	0	0
heptachlor epoxide	0.62	ND	0	0
hexachlorobenzene	0.028	ND	0	0
lead	13,600	6.05	1	1
lithium	4	ND	0	0
manganese	581	103.5	0	0
mercury	0.6	ND	0	0
methoxychlor	0.036	ND	0	0
methylene chloride	0.033	0.011	0	0
nickel	26.3	ND	0	0
pyrene	0.14	ND	0	0
selenium	1.4	ND	0	0
silver	1.5	ND	0	0
strontium	25	1.8	0	0
tetrachloroethylene	0.016	0.01	0	0
titanium	358	159	0	0
toluene	0.007	ND	0	0
vanadium	19	9	0	0
xylenes (total)	0.006	ND	0	0
zinc	1,590	27.2	0	0

Reference: 5

ND - Not Detected in more than 50% of the samples

Table 2.Concentrations of chemicals found in subsurface soil samples collected from the Kinross Manufacturing property by the CoE contractor, April-May 1995, and by the MDEQ, October 1997.

Chemical	Date	Concentration (ppm)		No. of samples above MDEQ Industrial/Commercial Criteria (Ref. 6)	No. of samples above MDEQ Residential Criteria (Ref. 7)	Reference
Chemical	Date	Maximum	Median		No. of samples above MDEQ Residential Criteria (Ref. 7)	Reference
acenaphthene	1995	0.0023	ND	0	0	2
acenaphthene	1997	ND	ND	0	0	5
acenaphthylene	1995	0.22	ND	0	0	2
acenaphthylene	1997	ND	ND	0	0	5
acetone	1995	ND	ND	0	0	2
acetone	1997	0.029	ND	0	0	5
aldrin	1995	ND	ND	0	0	2
aldrin	1997	0.00023	ND	0	0	5
anthracene	1995	0.0016	0.000085	0	0	2
anthracene	1997	ND	ND	0	0	5
antimony	1995	NA	NA	0	0	2
antimony	1997	8.9	ND	0	0	5
arsenic	1995	1	0.39	0	0	2
arsenic	1997	1.6	ND	0	0	5
barium	1995	NA	NA	0	0	2
barium	1997	18	6	0	0	5
benzo(a)anthracene	1995	0.01	ND	0	0	2
benzo(a)anthracene	1997	ND	ND	0	0	5
benzo(a)pyrene	1995	0.013	ND	0	0	2
benzo(a)pyrene	1997	ND	ND	0	0	5
benzo(b)fluoranthene	1995	0.016	ND	0	0	2
benzo(b)fluoranthene	1997	ND	ND	0	0	5
benzo(g,h,i)perylene	1995	0.022	ND	0	0	2
benzo(g,h,i)perylene	1997	0.033	ND	0	0	5
benzo(k)fluoranthene	1995	0.0076	0.00008	0	0	2
benzo(k)fluoranthene	1997	ND	ND	0	0	5
beryllium	1995	NA	NA	0	0	2
beryllium	1997	0.4	0.015	0	0	5
gamma-BHC (Lindane)	1995	ND	ND	0	0	2
gamma-BHC (Lindane)	1997	0.0009	ND	0	0	5
bis(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate	1995	ND	ND	0	0	2
bis(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate	1997	0.37	ND	0	0	5
butylbenzylphthalate	1995	ND	ND	0	0	2
butylbenzylphthalate	1997	0.08	ND	0	0	5
cadmium	1995	0.33	0.034	0	0	2
cadmium	1997	0.06	ND	0	0	5
gamma-chlordane	1995	ND	ND	0	0	2
gamma-chlordane	1997	0.00035	ND	0	0	5
chromium	1995	14	3.7	0	0	2
chromium	1997	107	3.85	0	0	5
chrysene	1995	0.0075	ND	0	0	2
chrysene	1997	ND	ND	0	0	5
cobalt	1995	NA	NA	0	0	2
cobalt	1997	2.3	ND	0	0	5
copper	1995	NA	NA	0	0	2
copper	1997	24.5	5.7	0	0	5
cyanide	1995	0.00024	ND	0	0	2
cyanide	1997	0.3	ND	0	0	5
4,4'-DDD	1995	ND	ND	0	0	2
4,4'-DDD	1997	0.0051	ND	0	0	5
4,4'-DDE	1995	ND	ND	0	0	2
4,4'-DDE	1997	0.0077	ND	0	0	5
4,4'-DDT	1995	0.057	ND	0	0	2
4,4'-DDT	1997	0.035	ND	0	0	5
di-n-butylphthalate	1995	ND	ND	0	0	2
di-n-butylphthalate	1997	0.96	ND	0	0	5
dibenz(a,h)anthracene	1995	0.0059	ND	0	0	2
dibenz(a,h)anthracene	1997	ND	ND	0	0	5
dieldrin	1995	ND	ND	0	0	2
dieldrin	1997	0.00022	ND	0	0	5
diethylphthalate	1995	ND	ND	0	0	2
diethylphthalate	1997	0.021	ND	0	0	5
2,4-dimethylphenol	1995	ND	ND	0	0	2
2,4-dimethylphenol	1997	0.23	ND	0	0	5
endosulfan sulfate	1995	ND	ND	0	0	2
endosulfan sulfate	1997	0.0024	ND	0	0	5
endrin	1995	ND	ND	0	0	2
endrin	1997	0.00021	ND	0	0	5
endrin aldehyde	1995	ND	ND	0	0	2
endrin aldehyde	1997	0.00041	ND	0	0	5
ethylbenzene	1995	0.001	ND	0	0	2
ethylbenzene	1997	ND	ND	0	0	5
fluoranthene	1995	0.035	ND	0	0	2
fluoranthene	1997	ND	ND	0	0	5
fluorene	1995	0.0014	0.00022	0	0	2
fluorene	1997	ND	ND	0	0	5
heptachlor	1995	ND	ND	0	0	2
heptachlor	1997	0.00021	ND	0	0	5
hexachlorobenzene	1995	ND	ND	0	0	2
hexachlorobenzene	1997	0.082	ND	0	0	5
hexachloroethane	1995	ND	ND	0	0	2
hexachloroethane	1997	0.04	ND	0	0	5
indeno(1,2,3-cd)pyrene	1995	0.01	ND	0	0	2
indeno(1,2,3-cd)pyrene	1997	ND	ND	0	0	5
lead	1995	63	1.6	0	0	2
lead	1997	10.7	0.4	0	0	5
lithium	1995	NA	NA	0	0	2
lithium	1997	2.5	ND	0	0	5
manganese	1995	NA	NA	0	0	2
manganese	1997	150	45.5	0	0	5
mercury	1995	0.11	ND	0	0	2
mercury	1997	ND	ND	0	0	5
methoxychlor	1995	ND	ND	0	0	2
methoxychlor	1997	0.0018	ND	0	0	5
methylene chloride	1995	0.031	0.013	0	0	2
methylene chloride	1997	0.028	ND	0	0	5
naphthalene	1995	0.0059	0.00077	0	0	2
naphthalene	1997	ND	ND	0	0	5
nickel	1995	NA	NA	0	0	2
nickel	1997	9	0.65	0	0	5
phenanthrene	1995	0.051	0.0011	0	0	2
phenanthrene	1997	ND	ND	0	0	5
pyrene	1995	0.022	0.00016	0	0	2
pyrene	1997	0.043	ND	0	0	5
silver	1995	NA	NA	0	0	2
silver	1997	0.6	ND	0	0	5
strontium	1995	NA	NA	0	0	2
strontium	1997	6	0.6	0	0	5
tetrachloroethylene	1995	0.0015	ND	0	0	2
tetrachloroethylene	1997	0.013	ND	0	0	5
titanium	1995	NA	NA	0	0	2
titanium	1997	269	44	0	0	5
toluene	1995	0.024	ND	0	0	2
toluene	1997	0.008	ND	0	0	5
vanadium	1995	NA	NA	0	0	2
vanadium	1997	16	6.1	0	0	5
vinyl chloride	1995	1.7	ND	0	0	2
vinyl chloride	1997	ND	ND	0	0	5
xylenes (total)	1995	0.0035	ND	0	0	2
xylenes (total)	1997	ND	ND	0	0	5
zinc	1995	NA	NA	0	0	2
zinc	1997	130	6.25	0	0	5

ND - Not Detected (for medians, in more than 50% of the samples)

NA CNot Analyzed for.

Table 3.Concentrations of chemicals found in groundwater samples collected from temporary monitoring wells on the Kinross Manufacturing property by the CoE contractor, April-May 1995.

Chemical		Concentration (ppb)		No. of samples exceeding MDEQ Contact Criteria (Ref. 10)	No. of samples exceeding U.S. EPA Drinking Water Standards (Ref. 7)
Chemical		Maximum	Median	No. of samples exceeding MDEQ Contact Criteria (Ref. 10)
acetone		24	17	0	0
anthracene		0.047	ND	0	0
arsenic	(total) (dissolved)	58	12	0	1
arsenic	(total) (dissolved)	2	ND	0	0
benzo(a)anthracene		0.11	ND	0	0
benzo(a)pyrene		0.13	ND	0	0
benzo(b)fluoranthene		0.11	ND	0	0
benzo(g,h,i)perylene		0.11	ND	0	0
benzo(k)fluoranthene		0.039	0.001	0	0
cadmium	(total) (dissolved)	6.4	2	0	2
cadmium	(total) (dissolved)	0.19	ND	0	0
chromium	(total) (dissolved)	1,200	200	0	14
chromium	(total) (dissolved)	ND	ND	0	0
chrysene		0.093	ND	0	0
cyanide		20	ND	0	0
dibenz(a,h)anthracene		0.023	ND	0	0
fluoranthene		1	ND	0	0
fluorene		0.53	0.007	0	0
lead	(total) (dissolved)	440	120	0	14
lead	(total) (dissolved)	61	0.7	0	1
mercury	(total) (dissolved)	1.6	ND	0	0
mercury	(total) (dissolved)	ND	ND	0	0
methylene chloride		7.2	1.3	0	5
naphthalene		0	0.033	0	0
phenanthrene		0.64	0.022	0	0
pyrene		0.65	0.012	0	0

Reference: 2

ND - Not Detected in more than 50% of the samples

Table 4.Concentrations of chemicals found in groundwater samples collected from permanent monitoring wells on the Kinross Manufacturing property by the CoE contractor, April-May 1995, and by the MDEQ, October 1997.

Chemical	Date	Concentration (ppm)		No. of samples exceeding MDEQ Contact Criteria (Ref. 10)	No. of samples exceeding U.S. EPA Drinking Water Standards (Ref. 7)	Reference
Chemical	Date	Maximum	Median	No. of samples exceeding MDEQ Contact Criteria (Ref. 10)		Reference
acenaphthene	1995	0.005	ND	0	0	2
acenaphthene	1997	ND	ND	0	0	5
acenaphthylene	1995	1.8	ND	0	0	2
acenaphthylene	1997	ND	ND	0	0	5
anthracene	1995	0.003	ND	0	0	2
anthracene	1997	ND	ND	0	0	5
arsenic (total) (dissolved) (total)	1995	2.7	0.32	0	0	2
	1995	1.4	ND	0	0	2
	1997	ND	ND	0	0	5
barium	1995	NA	NA	0	0	2
barium	1997	15.4	10.7	0	0	5
benzo(a)anthracene	1995	0.004	ND	0	0	2
benzo(a)anthracene	1997	ND	ND	0	0	5
benzo(a)pyrene	1995	0.01	0.0065	0	0	2
benzo(a)pyrene	1997	ND	ND	0	0	5
benzo(g,h,i)perylene	1995	0.093	ND	0	0	2
benzo(g,h,i)perylene	1997	ND	ND	0	0	5
benzo(k)fluoranthene	1995	0.004	0.002	0	0	2
benzo(k)fluoranthene	1997	ND	ND	0	0	5
cadmium (total) (dissolved) (total)	1995	ND	ND	0	0	2
	1995	ND	ND	0	0	2
	1997	0.3	ND	0	0	5
chromium (total) (dissolved) (total)	1995	16	ND	0	0	2
	1995	ND	ND	0	0	2
	1997	7.6	2.8	0	0	5
copper	1995	NA	NA	0	0	2
copper	1997	62.7	29.55	0	0	5
di-n-butylphthalate	1995	ND	ND	0	0	2
di-n-butylphthalate	1997	2	0.35	0	0	5
dibenz(a,h)anthracene	1995	0.005	ND	0	0	2
dibenz(a,h)anthracene	1997	ND	ND	0	0	5
ethylbenzene	1995	1	0.66	0	0	2
ethylbenzene	1997	ND	ND	0	0	5
fluorene	1995	0.006	0.005	0	0	2
fluorene	1997	ND	ND	0	0	5
lead (total) (dissolved) (total)	1995	2.6	ND	0	0	2
	1995	ND	ND	0	0	2
	1997	4.7	2.05	0	1	5
manganese	1995	NA	NA	0	0	2
manganese	1997	20	18	0	0	5
methylene chloride	1995	8.8	5.6	0	2	2
methylene chloride	1997	ND	ND	0	0	5
naphthalene	1995	0.18	0.06	0	0	2
naphthalene	1997	ND	ND	0	0	5
nickel	1995	NA	NA	0	0	2
nickel	1997	2.2	2.05	0	0	5
phenanthrene	1995	0.036	0.025	0	0	2
phenanthrene	1997	ND	ND	0	0	5
pyrene	1995	0.067	0.0485	0	0	2
pyrene	1997	ND	ND	0	0	5
tetrachloroethylene	1995	1	ND	0	0	2
tetrachloroethylene	1997	ND	ND	0	0	5
thallium	1995	NA	NA	0	0	2
thallium	1997	3.8	1.65	0	2	5
toluene	1995	12	8.9	0	0	2
toluene	1997	ND	ND	0	0	5
trichloroethylene	1995	0.34	ND	0	0	2
trichloroethylene	1997	0.5	ND	0	0	5
1,2,4-trimethylbenzene	1995	0.72	0.56	0	0	2
1,2,4-trimethylbenzene	1997	ND	ND	0	0	5
vanadium	1995	NA	NA	0	0	2
vanadium	1997	2.6	1.05	0	0	5
xylenes (total)	1995	8	6.8	0	0	2
xylenes (total)	1997	ND	ND	0	0	5
zinc	1995	NA	NA	0	0	2
zinc	1997	23.5	17.45	0	0	5

ND - Not Detected (for medians, in more than 50% of the samples)

NA - Not Analyzed for.

Table 5.Concentrations of chemicals found in sediment samples collected from manholes on the Kinross Manufacturing property by the MDEQ, October 1997.

Chemical	Concentration (ppm)		No. of samples above MDEQ Industrial/Commercial Criteria (Ref. 6)	No. of samples above MDEQ Residential Criteria (Ref. 7)
Chemical	Sample A	Sample B		No. of samples above MDEQ Residential Criteria (Ref. 7)
arsenic	1.1	1.7	0	0
barium	17	19	0	0
butylbenzylphthalate	ND	0.036	0	0
gamma-chlordane	ND	0.037	0	0
chromium	9	20	0	0
copper	11	39	0	0
4,4'-DDD	ND	0.0028	0	0
4,4'-DDE	ND	0.0029	0	0
4,4'-DDT	ND	0.013	0	0
di-n-butylphthalate	0.31	0.055	0	0
dieldrin	ND	0.0015	0	0
endosulfan sulfate	0.0005	0.0051	0	0
endrin	ND	0.0015	0	0
fluoranthene	ND	0.032	0	0
lead	15	30	0	0
manganese	73.8	75.5	0	0
pyrene	0.071	0.034	0	0
selenium	0.68	0.61	0	0
strontium	3.5	2.4	0	0
tetrachloroethylene	0.04	0.013	0	0
titanium	276	350	0	0
vanadium	11	14	0	0
zinc	2,400	210	0	0

Reference: 5

ND - Not Detected

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