Interim Response Action Basin F Liquid Incineration Project Final Draft. Human Health Risk Assessment. (Comments and Responses from EPA, ITO and the State of Colorado to the Draft Human Health Risk Assessment, January 1991). Volume IV.

Abstract

THIS DOCUMENT IS A COMPREHENSIVE, MULTIPLE EXPOSURE PATHWAY, HUMAN HEALTH RISK ASSESSMENT PREPARED FOR THE PROPOSED BASIN F LIQUID INCINERATION PROJECT. THE SUBMERGED QUENCH INCINERATOR WILL TREAT BASIN F LIQUID AND HYDRAZINE RINSE WATER. THE OBJECTIVE OF THE RISK ASSESSMENT IS TO ESTABLISH CHEMICAL EMISSION LIMITS WHICH ARE PROTECTIVE OF HUMAN HEALTH. AVERAGE AND MAXIMUM LIFETIME DAILY INTAKES WERE CALCULATED FOR ADULTS, CHILDREN, AND INFANTS IN FOUR MAXIMUM EXPOSURE SCENARIOS UNDER BASE CASE AND SENSITIVITY CASE EMISSIONS CONDITION. IT WAS CONCLUDED THAT THE INCINERATION FACILITY POSES NEITHER CARCINOGENIC NOR NONCARCINOGENIC RISK TO ANY SENSITIVE POPULATION. THE ASSESSMENT IS DIVIDED INTO THE FOLLOWING SECTIONS: (1) INCINERATION FACILITY DESCRIPTION; (2) DESCRIPTION OF SURROUNDING AREA; (3) PROCESS OF POLLUTANT IDENTIFICATION AND SELECTION; AND (4) DETERMINATION OF EMISSION RATES FROM INCINERATION FACILITY.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1991
Accession Number
ADA314102

Entities

Organizations

  • Weston Solutions (United States)

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Carbon Tetrachloride
  • Combustion
  • Confidence Limits
  • Ecology
  • Emission
  • Environmental Pollutants
  • Environmental Protection
  • Hazardous Waste
  • Hydrazines
  • Incinerators
  • Liquids
  • Organic Compounds
  • Risk
  • Risk Analysis
  • Rocky Mountains
  • Sensitivity
  • Test Methods

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

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