HEALTH CONSULTATION

NEW BEARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
(a/k/a PROPOSED BEARD STREET SCHOOL)
DETROIT, WAYNE COUNTY, MICHIGAN

May 10, 2002

Prepared by:

Michigan Department of Community Health
Under a Cooperative Agreement with the
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry

TABLE OF CONTENTS

SUMMARY

BACKGROUND AND STATEMENT OF ISSUES

DISCUSSION

Environmental Contamination And Other Hazards
Human Exposure Pathways
Toxicological Evaluation
ATSDR Child Health Initiative

CONCLUSIONS

RECOMMENDATIONS

Public Health Action Plan

REFERENCES

FIGURES

PREPARERS OF REPORT

TABLES

APPENDIX A: RESPONSIVENESS STATEMENT

CERTIFICATION

LIST OF FIGURES

Figure 1. Site Location

Figure 2. Site Features

LIST OF TABLES

Table 1. Concentrations of chemicals of concern in subsurface soil samples collected from the New Beard Elementary School property (July 13, 1999)

Table 2. Concentrations of chemicals of concern in subsurface soil samples collected from the New Beard Elementary School property after the removal (July 10, 2000)

Table 3. Sampling results from soil samples collected under the footprint of the New Beard Elementary School building (October 2000)

Table 4. Chemicals of concern that remain in soil at the New Beard Elementary School property at concentrations that exceed the applicable MDEQ cleanup criteria (July 24, 2001)

ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS

ATSDR	Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
DCC	MDEQ Direct Contact Criteria
DPS	Detroit Public Schools
ESA	Environnemental Site Assessment
MDCH	Michigan Department of Community Health
MDEQ	Michigan Department of Environmental Quality
PAHs	Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
PCBs	Polychlorinated biphenyls
PAH	Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon
ppb	parts per billion
ppm	parts per million
SVIIC	Soil Volatilization to Indoor Air Criteria
SVOC	Semivolatile organic chemicals
U.S. EPA	U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
VOC	Volatile organic chemical
UST	Underground Storage Tank
WCBRA	Wayne County Brownfield Redevelopment Authority

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