PUBLIC HEALTH ASSESSMENT
KENNECOTT (NORTH ZONE)
MAGNA, SALT LAKE COUNTY, UTAH
CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Air, Soil, and, Surface Water Exposure Situations
Conclusions and recommendations specifically associated with the air, soil, and surface water exposures situations are stated on pages 10, 14, and 17, respectively.
Health Activities Recommendation Panel (HARP) Recommendations
The data and information developed in the public health assessment for the Kennecott North
Zone site have been evaluated by the ATSDR Health Activities Recommendation Panel (HARP).
The evaluations did not disclose any exposures that constitute a public health concern. Thus,
there are no follow-up public health action recommendations. ATSDR will reevaluate the site
for appropriate follow-up actions if additional information becomes available that show human
exposures to site-related contaminants has occurred or is occurring at levels, durations, or
frequencies that may be a public health concern.
ATSDR has concluded from its evaluations that no public health actions are needed.
John Crellin, Ph.D.
Environmental Health Scientist
Superfund Site Assessment Branch
Division of Health Assessment and Consultation
Don Gibeaut
Environmental Health Engineer
Superfund Site Assessment Branch
Division of Health Assessment and Consultation
John Mann
Environmental Health Scientist
Superfund Site Assessment Branch
Division of Health Assessment and Consultation
ATSDR Regional Representative:
Glenn Tucker
Public Health Advisor
Region VIII
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Memorandum; Subject: Kennecott tracer study.
August 15, 1990.
- Utah Department of Environmental Quality, Division of Air Quality. Annual PM-10 report.
1990, 1991, 1992, 1993.
- Utah Department of Environmental Quality, Division of Air Quality. Laboratory data sheets.
1993.
- Kennecott Utah Copper. Air quality data sheets (various locations in north zone). 1990 to mid 1994.
- Governor of Utah. State implementation plan. November 15, 1991.
- Utah Department of Health, Bureau of Air Quality (currently Division of Air Quality under
Utah Department of Environmental Quality). Laboratory data sheets. 1991, 1992.
- Tooele County Health Department. Graphs and tables comparing PM-10 monthly averages
and maximums for Grantsville, Erda, Salt Lake City, and Provo for period of May 1992 through
April 1993.
- Utah Department of Environmental Quality, Division of Air Quality. Laboratory data sheets.
1993, 1994.
- Kennecott Utah Copper. Sulfur dioxide ambient air quality electronic data files. 1981 through 1984.
- U.S. Bureau of the Census. Census of population and housing, 1990: Summary tape file 1
(Utah). Washington, D.C., 1991.
- ATSDR. Toxicological Profile for Arsenic. Update Atlanta, Georgia: U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, TP-92/02. 1993.
- ATSDR. Toxicological Profile for Cadmium. Update Atlanta, Georgia: U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, TP-92/06. 1993.
- U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. Soil sampling and analysis report for operable unit 9 -
Kennecott north soils. October 1994.
- Utah Department of Health, Bureau of Solid and Hazardous Waste (currently under Utah
Department of Environmental Quality). Analytical results report, Kennecott tailings pond.
Revised 9/20/90.
- ATSDR. Toxicological Profile for Copper. Atlanta, Georgia: U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services, Public Health Service, TP-90/08. 1990.
- Brown MK. Letter and attached data tables to Dorward-King E (Kennecott Corporation).
University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH. November 30 1995.
- ATSDR. Toxicological Profile for Lead. Update. Atlanta, Georgia: U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, TP-92/12. 1993.
- Taylor, Hutchinson, and Muir. Heavy metals in the great Salt Lake. 1976.
- Utah Department of Environmental Quality, Division of Water Quality. Laboratory data
sheets. 1993, 1994.
- Adams RD, Victor M. Principles of Neurology. 5th Edition. New Your, NY: McGraw-Hill, Inc. 1993
- Mann J and Crellin J. Health Consultation: Groundwater Atlanta, Georgia: U.S. Department
of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease
Registry. 1995.
- Kennecott Utah Copper. Environmental response, wastewater treatment plant sludge. April
11, 1991.
- Rust Environment & Infrastructure. Summary report, wastewater treatment plant sludge
project. February, 1994.
- Kennecott Utah Copper. Summary of candidate cleanup sites. September 2, 1994.
- Utah Department of Health. Analytical results report, Kennecott smelter slag disposal.
Revised 6/18/90.
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Site background. Undated.
- Kennecott Utah Copper. Environmental action review, smelter slag pile and lagoon. April
11, 1991.
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Hazardous ranking system documentation for
Kennecott--North Zone. November, 1993.
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Toxic chemical release inventory. 1992.
- Lilienfeld AM, Lilienfeld DE. Foundations of Epidemiology. Second Edition. New York,
NY: Oxford University Press. 1980.
- Hill RN. Current EPA perspectives on animal selection and extrapolation. in (Roloff MV et
al, eds) Human Risk Assessment. The Role of Animal Selection and Extrapolation. London:
Taylor and Francis. 1987.
- Stallones RA. Epidemiology and Environmental Hazards. in (Gordis L and Libauer CH,
eds) Epidemiology and Human Risk Assessment. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 1988.
- Paustenbach DJ. A survey of health risk assessment. in (Paustenbach DJ, ed) The Risk Assessment of Environmental Hazards. A Textbook of Case Studies. New York: John Wiley and Sons. 1989.
