PUBLIC HEALTH ASSESSMENT
MURRAY SMELTER
MURRAY, SALT LAKE COUNTY, UTAH
CERCLIS NO. UTD980951420
January 3, 1997
Prepared by
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Public Health Service
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
Atlanta, Georgia
TABLE OF CONTENTS
- A. Site Description and History
B. Site Visit
C. Demographics, Land Use, and Natural Resources Use
D. 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. Review of Toxic Chemical Release Inventory (TRI) Data
- A. Completed Environmental Exposure Pathways
B. Potential Environmental Exposure Pathways
C. No Known Environmental Exposure Pathways
- Appendix 1 - Contaminant Tables
Appendix 2 - Health Comparison Values
Appendix 3 - Calculation of Estimated Exposure Doses
Appendix 4 - Public Comments
List of Tables
Table 1 - Metals in Surface Soil From Grandview Mobile Home Park
Table 2 - Completed Exposure Pathways at the Murray Smelter Site
Table 3 - Potential Exposure Pathways at the Proposed Murray Smelter NPL Site
Table 4 - Comparison of Estimated Exposure Doses for Ingestion
Table A - Metals Detected in Slag on the Murray Smelter Site
Table B - Metals Detected Above Comparison Values in Surface Soil From Grandview Mobile Home Park
List of Figures
Figure 1 - Site Area for Proposed Murray Smelter NPL Site
Figure 2 - Demographic Statistics Within One Mile of Proposed Murray Smelter NPL Site
Figure 3 - Soil Lead Concentrations Near Proposed Murray Smelter NPL Site
Figure 4 - Soil Arsenic Concentrations Near Proposed Murray Smelter NPL Site
Figure 5 - Deposition of Lead Emissions From Murray Smelter based on Air Dispersion Modeling
Figure 6 - People Living in Areas With Soil Lead Levels Greater Than 500
