HEALTH CONSULTATION
Response to Public Comments
TEN MILE/LANGE/REVERE DRAINAGE SYSTEM
(a/k/a TEN MILE DRAINAGE SYSTEM PCB SPILL)
ST. CLAIR SHORES, MACOMB COUNTY, MICHIGAN
EPA FACILITY ID: MIN000508305 
July 31, 2003
Prepared by:
Michigan Department of Community Health
Under a Cooperative Agreement with the
Agency for Toxic Substance and Disease Registry
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Figure 1. St. Clair Shores, Macomb County, Michigan
Figure 2. Ten Mile/Lange/Revere Drainage System, St. Clair Shores, Michigan
Table 4. PCB Amounts Found in Wipe Samples Taken from the Ten Mile/Lange/Revere Drainage System
|
1E-3 L/cm2 |
one milliliter per square centimeter |
| µg/day | micrograms per day |
| µg/dl | micrograms per deciliter |
| µg/kg | micrograms per kilogram |
| µg/kg/day | micrograms per kilogram per day |
| µg/L | micrograms per liter |
| µg/mg | micrograms per milligram |
| AEd | dermal absorption efficiency |
| AEi | ingestion absorption efficiency |
| AF | adherence factor |
|
AT |
averaging time |
| ATSDR | Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry |
| BW | body weight |
| CDC | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
| CF | conversion factor |
| CLP | Contract Laboratory Program |
| cm | centimeters |
| cm2 | square centimeters |
|
CREG |
Cancer Risk Evaluation Guide |
| CSF or SF | cancer slope factor |
| DCC | MDEQ Direct Contact Criteria |
| DF | age-adjusted soil dermal factor |
| ED | exposure duration |
| EF | exposure frequency |
| EFd | dermal exposure frequency |
| EFi | ingestion exposure frequency |
|
EV |
event frequency |
| GCC | MDEQ Groundwater Contact Criteria |
| IEUBK model | Integrated Uptake Exposure Biokinetic Model for Lead in Children |
| IF | age-adjusted soil ingestion factor |
| kg | kilogram |
| LHRP | Lead Hazard Remediation Program |
| LOAEL | Lowest Observed Adverse Effect Level |
| m2 | square meters |
|
MDCH |
Michigan Department of Community Health |
| MDEQ | Michigan Department of Environmental Quality |
| MDNR | Michigan Department of Natural Resources |
| MDPH | Michigan Department of Public Health |
| mg/kg | milligrams per kilogram |
| mg/kg-day | milligram per kilogram per day |
| ml | milliliter |
| MRL | Minimal Risk Level |
| NOAEL | No Observed Adverse Effect Level |
| PAH | polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon |
| PCB | polychlorinated biphenyl |
| ppb | parts per billion (µg/L) |
| ppm | parts per million (mg/kg) |
| PWO | Macomb County Public Works Office |
| QA/QC | quality assurance/quality control |
| RCRA | Resource Conservation and Recovery Act |
| RfD | Reference Dose |
| SA | skin surface area |
| SP | skin penetration per event |
| START | Superfund Technical Assessment and Response Team |
| SVOC | semivolatile organic compound |
| SWQD | Surface Water Quality Division |
| TFS | Toxic Free Shores |
| THQ | target hazard quotient |
| TR | target cancer risk |
| U.S. EPA | U.S. Environmental Protection Agency |
| VOC | volatile organic compound |
