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.
   
   
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9. 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.

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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