PUBLIC HEALTH ASSESSMENT

BRINE SERVICE COMPANY
CORPUS CHRISTI, NUECES COUNTY, TEXAS
EPA FACILITY ID: TX0000605264

March 26, 2003

Prepared by:

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

TABLE OF CONTENTS

SUMMARY

ATSDR PUBLIC HEALTH CONCLUSION CATEGORIES

INTRODUCTION

BACKGROUND

Site Description
Site History
Land Use and Natural Resource Use
Site Visit
Demographics

ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION, PATHWAY ANALYSIS, AND PUBLIC HEALTH IMPLICATIONS

Introduction
Exposure Pathways
Soil and Sediment
Surface Water
Seafood
Groundwater

COMMUNITY HEALTH CONCERNS, CHILD HEALTH INITIATIVE, AND HEALTH OUTCOME DATA

Community Health Concerns
ATSDR's Child Health Initiative
Health Outcome Data

CONCLUSIONS

PUBLIC HEALTH ACTION PLAN

Actions Completed
Actions Planned
Actions Recommended

PREPARERS OF REPORT

CERTIFICATION

REFERENCES

APPENDICES

Appendix A: Acronyms and Abbreviations
Appendix B: Figures
Appendix C: Tables

LIST OF FIGURES

Figure 1. General Site Location and Demographics Information
Figure 2. Brine Service Company Site Map

LIST OF TABLES

Table 1. Potential Exposure Pathways for the Brine Service Company Site
Table 2. On-Site Soil and Sediment Sampling Data (February 15-17, 2000)
Table 3. Off-Site and Downgradient Sediment Sampling for Tule Lake and Wetlands (February 15-17, 2000)
Table 4. Seafood Sampling, Port of Corpus Christi, August 1994

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