Meeting Agenda Monday, September 27, 2010

1. 6:30 pm Meet and Greet 7:00 pm ATSDR Presentation Teresa Foster & David Mellard Question & Answer Session 7:45-8:30 pm Exhibit Tables Open Meeting AgendaMonday, September 27, 2010 Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry Division of Health Assessment and Consultation

2. 11:00 am Meet and Greet 11:30 am ATSDR Presentation Teresa Foster & David Mellard Question & Answer 12:15-1:00 pm Exhibit Tables Open Meeting AgendaTuesday, September 28, 2010 Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry Division of Health Assessment and Consultation

3. 1 Public Health Assessment LCP Chemicals Superfund Site,Dry-land Soils Brunswick, Georgia Public Meeting Dates: September 27 and 28, 2010 This information is distributed by ATSDR for public comment under applicable information quality guidelines. It does not represent and should not be construed to represent final agency conclusions and recommendations. Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry Division of Health Assessment and Consultation

4. Participants 2 • ATSDR • U.S. EPA • GA Department of Natural Resources/UGA • GA Department of Community Health/Chemical Hazards Program • Glynn Environmental Coalition

5. Who is ATSDR? 3 • Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) • Primary federal public health agency at hazardous waste sites • Purpose is to serve the public to prevent or reduce harmful exposures and diseases related to hazardous waste • Atlanta, Georgia

6. What is a Public Health Assessment (PHA)? 4 • Presents environmental data from waste sites • Evaluates how people might contact waste • Assesses what harm the waste might cause to people • Provides health conclusions and recommendations • Releases document for public comment

7. What is a Public Comment Release? 5 • The PHA is released to the public for review and comment • 90-day public comment period • Ends December 20, 2010 • Send comments to ATSDR ATSDRRecordsCenter@cdc.gov or Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry Attn: ATSDR Records Center RE: LCP Chemicals Superfund Site 1600 Clifton Road, NE MS F-09 Atlanta, GA 30333

8. LCP Chemicals Superfund Site 6 • Ross Road - Brunswick, Glynn Co. • Tidal marshlands – approx. 670 acres • Focus of PHA • dry-land soils • approx. 133 Acres (OU3) • Former manufacturing operations: • Petroleum refinery • Power plant • Paint and varnish manufacturing • Chlor-alkali processing

9. 7 LCP Chemicals Site showing Marsh and Dry Land Area (2004)

10. 8 LCP Chemicals Site – site boundary, creeks and Turtle River

11. Wastes Associated with LCP Chemicals Site 9 • EPA’s 1994 Target Cleanup Level • 25 ppm • 20 ppm • 50 ppm • 500 ppm • - Currently 400 ppm • Chemical • Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) • Mercury • Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) (carcinogenic PAHs) • Lead

12. ATSDR’s Evaluation 10 • Focused on dry-land soils • Future site development • Residential • Commercial/industrial • Divided property into ½ acre grids • Current distribution of contamination in soil • Some off-site soils • Other pathways • Fish and shellfish • Marsh • Groundwater

13. 11 Mercury Contaminant Map Mercury Contaminant Map with ½ Acre Grids

14. Health Evaluation 12 • Used average concentration per grid • Estimated exposure doses for children, adults, and workers • Compared these doses to health guidelines • Compared these doses to human and animal studies • Described possible harmful health effects • Identified ½ grids that are a health concern • For residential use • For commercial or industrial use

15. 13 Dark and medium blue grids concern for PCBs in soil

16. 14 Dark blue grids concern for mercury in soil

17. 15 Dark and medium blue grids concern for lead in soil

18. 16 Dark blue grids concern for PAHs in soil

19. 17 65 grids health concern for residential use

20. 18 9 grids health concern for commercial or industrial use

21. Community Concerns 19 • Section in PHA that covers community health concerns • Residents concerned about • Numerous health conditions • Lungs, skin, muscles, nerves, heart, reproduction • Contaminated water • Air contamination • Seafood • Altamaha Canal

22. Conclusions 20 • Certain dry-land areas have chemicals in soils -- PCBs -- Mercury -- Lead -- PAHs • About 30 acres health concern for residential use • 65 half-acre grids • About 5 acres health concern for commercial or industrial use • 9 half-acre grids

23. Conclusions 21 • Some uncertainty exists in these conclusions. • PCB and mercury contamination remains in the marsh area near the site • Clinker waste found on Clairmont Lane

24. Recommendations 22 • Do not develop the LCP Chemicals Site • for residential, commercial, or industrial use • unless steps are taken to prevent contact with PCBs, mercury, lead, and PAHs in soils.

25. Recommendations 23 • Collect sediment and fish samples from • the Altamaha Canal • the on-site pond • Continue to monitor fish and shellfish from the Turtle River and the marsh near the LCP Chemicals Site • Investigate the clinker waste found in a back yard on Clairmont Lane

26. Question and Answer Session 24

27. Stations 25 • ATSDR • Health and environmental messages • Health education/About ATSDR • GA Department of Natural Resources/UGA Marine Extension Service • Fish and shellfish advisory • Mercury testing • GA Department of Community Health/Chemical Hazards Program • Childhood lead poisoning prevention • Lead based paint testing • Glynn Environmental Coalition • Local environmental group

28. ATSDR Contact InformationATSDR/DHAC, MS F594770 Buford Hwy, NEAtlanta, GA 30341 Dr. David Mellard Dmellard@cdc.gov 770-488-0727 Ms. Youlanda Outin Youtin@cdc.gov 770-488-0712 Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry Division of Health Assessment and Consultation