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HEALTH CONSULTATION

COEUR D'ALENE RIVER BASIN
PANHANDLE REGION OF IDAHO COMMON USE AREAS

REFERENCES

  1. Quiring S, 1999. Memorandum from Sharon Quiring to Sean Sheldrake and Mary Jane Nearman, U.S. EPA. Candidates for Early Removal and/or Intervention Strategies Among the 47 Common Use Areas (CUAs) in the Coeur d'Alene Basin East of Harrison. March 24, 1999.

  2. EPA, 1998a. Bunker Hill Facility Basin-Wide RI/FS Expedited Screening Level Risk Assessment Common Use Areas, Coeur d'Alene River Basin. December 14, 1998.

  3. EPA, 1998b. Field Sampling Plan and Quality Assurance Project Plan Addenda for the Bunker Hill Facility Basin-Wide RI/FS, Addendum 05, Common Use Areas: Upland Common Use Areas and Lower Basin Recreational Beaches: Sediment/Soil, Surface Water, and Drinking Water Supply Characterization. July 24, 1998.

  4. ATSDR, 1999a. Bunker Hill Medical Monitoring Program: ATSDR Summary Decision Document (Post Comment Draft). U.S. Public Health Service, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Atlanta, Georgia, March 24, 1999.

  5. ATSDR, 1999b. Toxicological Profile for Mercury, (Update). U.S. Public Health Service, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Atlanta, Georgia, March 1999.

  6. ATSDR, 1997. Toxicological Profile for Lead (Update). U.S. Public Health Service, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Atlanta, Georgia, July 1999.
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  2. von Lindern I, 1999. Memorandum from Ian von Lindern, TerraGraphics to Rob Hansen, Project Manager, IDHW-DEQ concerning 1998 Annual Summary - Blood Lead Absorption and Exposure Survey - Final. Terra Graphics Environmental Engineering, Inc. April 9, 1999.

  3. Stifelman M, 1999. Memorandum from Marc Stifelman, EPA Region 10 Office of Environmental Assessment to Sean Sheldrake, EPA region 10 Office of Environmental Cleanup, concerning Mercury Screening for FSP-05 Common Use Area Sites. September 24, 1999.

TABLES

Table 1. Early Action Levels (Quiring, 1999; Stifelman, 1999)

Chemical

Early Action Levels (mg/kg)1

Antimony

19,000

Arsenic

600

cadmium

5,700

Copper

43,000

Lead

2,000

Manganese

10,000

Mercury, organic

164

Mercury, inorganic

40

Zinc

57,000


1:        Milligrams per kilogram (mg/kg)

Table 2. Coeur d'Alene Lake Soil and Sediment Lead and Arsenic Levels (EPA, 1998a)

CUA Name

Maximum

Minimum

Mean

Concentration Range of Lead in Soil1

Harrison Beach

98

9

38

Blackwell Island

722

101

356

Concentration Range of Arsenic in Soil1

Harrison Beach

7

2

4

Loffs Bay

107

67

86

Concentration Range of Lead in Sediment1

Tubbs Hill

224

16

50

Harrison Beach (north)

12,100

21

1,200

Concentration Range of Arsenic in Sediment1

Tubbs Hill

14

2

5

Harrison Beach (north)

158

2

20

1:       Milligrams per kilogram (mg/kg)

Table 3. Coeur d'Alene River Soil and Sediment Lead and Arsenic Levels (Quiring, 1999)

CUA Name

Maximum

Minimum

Mean

Concentration Range of Lead in Soil1

Killarney Lake Boat Launch

271

15.3

73

Elk Creek Frontage Road/Country Road

15,400

7,870

12,100

Concentration Range of Arsenic in Soil1

Thompson Lake

5.4

36.4

15.7

Silverton T-Ball/Wellman & HS Parking Lot

1,060

14.3

130

Concentration Range of Lead in Sediment1

Thompson Lake

117

18.3

55.6

Bull Run Peak Beach

29,200

2,830

9,560

Concentration Range of Arsenic in Sediment1

Thompson Lake

4

1.5

2.66

West of Rose Lake

375

6.3

145

1:       Milligrams per kilogram (mg/kg)

Table 4. Coeur d'Alene Lake Surface Water Levels of Lead and Arsenic (EPA, 1998a)

CUA Name

Maximum

Minimum

Mean

Concentration Range of Lead in Surface Water1

Tubbs Hill (site 2)

15.13

0.42

3.84

Blackwell Island

917

107

417

Concentration Range of Arsenic in Surface Water1

Tubbs Hill (site 1)

1.2

0.3

0.626

Blackwell Island

20.8

5.4

10.9

1:       Micrograms per liter (Fg/L)

Table 5. Coeur d'Alene River Surface Water Levels of Lead and Arsenic (Quiring, 1999)

CUA Name

Maximum

Minimum

Mean

Concentration Range of Lead in Surface Water1

Old Mission State Park Boat Launch

2.9

2.9

2.9

RM 145

81,500

16,600

41,300

Concentration Range of Arsenic in Surface Water1

Killarney Lake Boat Launch

4.3

4.3

4.3

RM 145

600

130

285

1:       Micrograms per liter (Fg/L)

PREPARER OF REPORT


Raymond Grissom
Toxicologist
ATSDR/DHAC/EICB

 

Reviewers of Report:

Susan Moore
Section Chief
ATSDR/DHAC/EICB


John E. Abraham, PhD
Branch Chief
ATSDR/DHAC/EICB

 

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