PUBLIC HEALTH ASSESSMENT
GCL TIE AND TREATING
SIDNEY, DELAWARE COUNTY, NEW YORK
EPA FACILITY ID: NYD981566417
November 27, 1998
Prepared by:
New York State Department of Health
Under Cooperative Agreement with the
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
TABLE OF CONTENTS
- A. Site Description and History
B. Actions Completed During the Public Health Assessment Process
C. Site Visit
D. Demographics, Land Use, and Natural Resource Use
E. 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. Toxic Chemical Release Inventory (TRI)
- A. Toxicological Evaluation
B. ATSDR Child Health Initiative
C. Health Outcome Data Evaluation
D. Community Health Concerns Evaluation
HEALTH ACTIVITIES RECOMMENDATION PANEL (HARP) RECOMMENDATIONS
APPENDIX D: ATSDR GUIDANCE FOR ASSIGNING A PUBLIC HEALTH HAZARD CATEGORY
APPENDIX E: SUMMARY OF PUBLIC COMMENTS AND RESPONSES
| ATSDR | Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry |
| CERCLA | Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act |
| CREG | Cancer Risk Evaluation Guides |
| DNAPL | Dense Non-Aqueous Phase Liquid |
| EMEGs | Environmental Media Evaluation Guides |
| FFS | Focused Feasibility Study |
| GCL | GCL Tie and Treating Incorporated |
| HARP | ATSDR's Health Activities Recommendation Panel |
| mcg/L | micrograms per liter |
| mcg/m3 | micrograms per cubic meter |
| mg/kg | milligrams per kilogram |
| NPL | National Priorities List |
| NYS DEC | New York State Department of Environmental Conservation |
| NYS DOH | New York State Department of Health |
| ppm | parts per million |
| PAHs | Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons |
| PCBs | Polychlorinated Biphenyls |
| PHA | Public Health Assessment |
| RI/FS | Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study |
| SACM | Superfund Accelerated Cleanup Model |
| SVOCs | Semi-Volatile Organic Compounds |
| TICs | Tentatively Identified Compounds |
| TRI | Toxic Release Inventory |
| US EPA | United States Environmental Protection Agency |
| VOCs | Volatile Organic Compounds |
