PUBLIC HEALTH ASSESSMENT
POLES, INCORPORATION WOOD TREATMENT FACILITY
OLDTOWN, BONNER COUNTY, IDAHO
EPA FACILITY ID: ID0002406635 
September 25, 2002
Prepared by:
Idaho Department of Health and Welfare
Bureau of Environmental Health and Safety Division of Health
Under a Cooperative Agreement with the
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
TABLE OF CONTENTS
3. ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION AND OTHER HAZARDS
5. DISCUSSION - ADULT AND CHILDREN'S HEALTH ISSUES
Appendix A: Oldtown Location and Poles, Inc. Sampling Map
Appendix B: Health Consultation #1
Appendix C: Health Consultation #3
Appendix D: Cancer Incidence Evaluation
Appendix E: IDEQ Soil Sampling Report
Appendix F: Health Consultation #2
Appendix G: Contaminants of Concern Selection
Appendix H: Site Visit Photos
Appendix I: Risk Calculation Equations
Appendix J: Health Consultation ATSDR
Appendix K: ATSDR Interim Public Health Hazard Categories
Appendix L: Letter from School Districts
Appendix M: Oldtown Idaho Community Concerns Survey
Appendix N: Oldtown Idaho Community Concerns Survey, Overview of Results
Appendix O: Draft Public Health Assessment Review Comments and Responses
Table 1. Summary of Comparison Values and other Environmental Standards
Table 2. Pentachlorophenol August 2001 Air Sample Analytical Results, Poles, Inc.
Table 3. Completed Exposure Pathways
Table 4. Potential Exposure Pathways
Table 5. Eliminated Exposure Pathways
Table 6. Exposure Assumptions Summary
Table 7. Estimated Lifetime Exposure from Onsite Surface Soil Pathway
Table 8. Estimated Lifetime Exposure from Groundwater Pathway (if exposure occurred)
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ATSDR |
Agency of Toxic Substances and Disease Registry |
| BEHS | Bureau of Environmental Health and Safety |
| bgs | below ground surface |
| CAG | Community Advisory Group |
| CAWG | Cancer Analysis Working Group |
| CDRI | Cancer Data Registry of Idaho |
| CEL | Cancer Effect Level |
| CREG | Cancer Risk Evaluation Guide |
| Dioxin | dibenzo-p-dioxin |
| E&E | Ecology and Environment, Incorporated |
|
EMEG |
Environmental Media Evaluation Guide |
| EPA | United States Environmental Protection Agency |
| HRS | Hazard Ranking System |
| IA | Integrated Assessment |
| IAAC | Idaho Ambient Air Criteria |
| IDEQ | Idaho Department of Environmental Quality |
| LOAEL | Lowest Observed Adverse Effect Level |
| LTHA | Lifetime Health Advisory (for drinking water) |
| MCL | Maximum Contaminant Level |
| MCLG | Maximum Contaminant Level Goal |
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MRL |
Minimum Risk Level |
| m3/day | cubic meter per day |
| mg/day | milligrams per day |
| mg/kg | milligrams per kilogram |
| mg/kg/day | milligrams per kilogram per day |
| OSHA | Occupational Safety and Health Administration |
| PAH | polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon |
| PCDD | polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxin |
| PCDF | polychlorinated dibenzofuran |
| PEL | Permissible Exposure Limit |
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Penta |
pentachlorophenol |
| Poles, Inc. | Poles, Incorporated |
| PPE | Probable Point of Entry |
| PRG | Preliminary Remediation Goal |
| QA/QC | Quality Assurance/Quality Control |
| RCRA | Resource Conservation and Recovery Act |
| RED | Re-registration Eligibility Decision |
| RfD | Reference Dose |
| RMEG | Reference Dose Media Evaluation Guide |
| SPCC | Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasure |
| START | Superfund Technical Assessment and Response Team |
| SVOC | semi-volatile organic compound |
| TCDD | 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin |
| TCDF | 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzofuran |
| TEQ | Toxicity Equivalent Quotient |
| VOC | volatile organic compound |
| ºF | degree Fahrenheit |
| µg/M3 | micrograms per cubic meter |
| µg/kg | micrograms per kilogram |
| µg/L | micrograms per liter |
