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HEALTH CONSULTATION

Review of 2002-2003 Air Monitoring Data

MERRIMACK STATION POWER PLANT
BOW, MERRIMACK COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE
EPA FACILITY ID: NHD000791509

December 11, 2003

Prepared by:

New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services
Bureau of Environmental and Occupational Health
Under a Cooperative Agreement with the
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. PURPOSE AND STATEMENT OF ISSUES

2. BACKGROUND

2.1 Site Description and History

2.2 Site Visit

2.3 Demographic and Land Use

2.4 Local Meteorology

3. DISCUSSION

3.1 Assessment Methodology

3.2 Chemicals of Concern

3.3 Ambient Air Monitoring Data

3.3.1 Sulfur Dioxide

3.3.2 Particulate Matter

3.3.2.1 Particulate Matter Less Than 10 Microns (PM₁₀)

3.3.2.2 Particulate Matter Less Than 2.5 Microns (PM_2.5)

3.4 Pathways of Exposure

3.4.1 Breathing Outdoor Air

3.4.2 Analysis of Transport of Air

4. PUBLIC HEALTH IMPLICATION OF EXPOSURE

4.1 Introduction

4.2 Sulfur Dioxide and NAAQS Standards

4.3 Sulfur Dioxide and ATSDR's MRL

4.4 Summary of Exposure Findings

5. CHILD HEALTH CONSIDERATIONS

6. COMMUNITY HEALTH CONCERNS

7. CONCLUSIONS

8. RECOMMENDATIONS

9. PUBLIC HEALTH ACTION PLAN

9.1 Completed, Current and Ongoing Actions

9.2 Actions Planned

10. PREPARERS OF REPORT

APPENDIX C: GLOSSARY OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH TERMS

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