PUBLIC HEALTH ASSESSMENT
POLLUTION ABATEMENT SERVICES (PAS)
CITY OF OSWEGO, OSWEGO COUNTY, NEW YORK
CERCLIS NO. NYD000511659
May 30, 1997
Prepared by
New York State Department of Health
Under Cooperative Agreement with the
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
TABLE OF CONTENTS
- A. Site Description and History
B. Actions Completed During the Public Health Assessment Process
C. Site Visit
D. Demographics, Land Use, and Natural Resource Use
E. Health Outcome Data
ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION AND OTHER HAZARDS
- A. On-site Contamination
B. Off-site Contamination
C. Quality Assurance and Quality Control
D. Physical and Other Hazards
E. Toxic Chemical Release Inventory (TRI)
- A. Completed Exposure Pathways
B. Potential Exposure Pathways
C. Eliminated Exposure Pathways
D. Data Gaps
- A. Toxicological Evaluation
B. Health Outcome Data Evaluation
C. Community Health Concerns Evaluation
APPENDIX E - ATSDR Guidance for Assigning a Public Health Hazard Category
APPENDIX F - Summary of Public Comments and Responses
| ATSDR | Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry |
| ATSDR MRL | ATSDR Minimal Risk Level |
| CERCLA | Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation & Liability Act also known as Superfund |
| CERCLIS | Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation & Liability Inventory System |
| CREGs | Cancer Risk Evaluation Guides |
| EMEGs | Environmental Media Evaluation Guides |
| EPA CPF | United States Environmental Protection Agency Cancer Potency Factor |
| EPA HEAST | United States Environmental Protection Agency Health Effects Assessment Survey |
| EPA RfD | United States Environmental Protection Agency Reference Dose |
| ESD | Explanation of Significant Differences |
| FS | Feasibility Study |
| FSDWAC | Fulton Safe Drinking Water Action Committee |
| LCW | leachate collection well |
| LTMP | Long-term Monitoring and Maintenance Plan |
| mcg/kg | micrograms per kilogram |
| mcg/L | micrograms per liter |
| MCL | Maximum Contaminant Level |
| mg/kg | milligrams per kilogram |
| MW | monitoring wells |
| NAS | National Academy of Sciences |
| NPL | National Priority List |
| NYS CPF | New York State Department of Health Cancer Potency Factor |
| NYS DEC | New York State Department of Environmental Conservation |
| NYS DOH | New York State Department of Health |
| NYS RfG | New York State Department of Health Risk Reference Guideline |
| OCHD | Oswego County Health Department |
| PAS | Pollution Abatement Services |
| PCBs | polychlorinated biphenyls |
| PHA | Public Health Assessment |
| PHAP | Public Health Action Plan |
| POTW | Publicly Owned Treatment Works |
| ppm | parts per million |
| PVC | polyvinyl chloride |
| QA/QC | Quality Assurance and Quality Control |
| R | indicates sample was unuseable |
| RI | Remedial Investigation |
| RI/FS | Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study |
| ROD | Record of Decision |
| SARA | Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act |
| SPRDS | Supplemental Pre-Remedial Design Study |
| SRI | Supplemental Remedial Investigation |
| SRI/FS | Supplemental Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study |
| SVOCs | semi-volatile organic compounds |
| SWW | slurry wall wells |
| TRI | Toxic Chemical Release Inventory |
| USCG | United States Coast Guard |
| US EPA | United States Environmental Protection Agency |
| VOCs | volatile organic compounds |
| WHO | World Health Organization |
