ATSDR Hazardous Waste Site Assessment Data Sample Clauses

ATSDR Hazardous Waste Site Assessment Data. In 1980, Congress created ATSDR to implement the health-related sections of federal laws that protect the public from hazardous wastes and from releases of hazardous substances into the environment. The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), commonly known as the “Superfund” Act, includes a Congressional mandate to remove or to clean up abandoned and inactive hazardous waste sites and to provide federal assistance in responding to toxic releases (xxxx://xxx.xxxxx.xxx.xxx/congress.html). As the lead agency for implementing CERCLA’s health-related provisions, ATSDR’s responsibilities include assessing the presence and nature of health hazards at Superfund sites; sometimes directly and sometimes by providing funds to states. ATSDR’s reports on hazardous waste sites therefore represent a valuable data source for potential exposure to pollutants. Sites investigated by ATSDR include CERCLA (Superfund) sites, National Priorities List (NPL) sites (EPA’s list of the most serious CERCLA sites), and petitioned sites, where assessment activity begins as a result of a citizen or public official contacting ATSDR in writing to investigate a site or a sudden occurrence such as an explosion or spill. Specific and more complete definitions for CERCLA and NPL sites are provided in the Glossary of Terms in Appendix 1 of this report. ATSDR investigations draw on available information from U.S. EPA and local governments. Such information can include physical features of the site, environmental sampling data, biota sampling data, health data, and community health concerns. ATSDR health assessors use comparison values such as ATSDR minimal risk levels (MRLs) and U.S. EPA reference doses (RfDs) to identify chemicals that might require further evaluation for their effect on human health under site-specific conditions. As part of their investigation, ATSDR health assessors identify points of exposure, concentrations of contaminants at exposure points, and potentially exposed populations. A completed exposure pathway must include all five of the following elements:
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