Appendix C - Passaic River Public Digital Library

TABLES
Table 2-1. Summary of Data Used for the Risk Assessments. .................................................................2-2
Table 2-2. TEQ Factors for Dioxin/Furans and Dioxin-like PCB Congeners. .........................................2-7
Table 2-3. Sample Matrices for Crab and Fish Tissue..............................................................................2-8
Table 3-1. Summary of COPCs (Human Health Risk Assessment) and COPECs (Ecological Risk
Assessment)............................................................................................................................3-2
Table 4-1. EPCs Based on 95% UCLs on the Arithmetic Mean for Sediment and Tissue.......................4-9
Table 5-1. Fish Species Located Within the Lower 8 Miles of the Passaic River. ...................................5-2
Table 5-2. Summary Statistics for Blue Crab Contaminants. .................................................................5-12
Table 5-3. Crab Consumption Patterns for Consumers Surveyed in the Newark Bay Complex in
1999......................................................................................................................................5-14
Table 5-4. Summary of Contaminant Loss from Fish Due to Cooking (Skin Off and Skin On)............5-16
Table 5-5. Summary Statistics for Contaminant Percent Loss from Fish Due to Cooking. ...................5-17
Table 5-6. Range of Cooking Losses from Fish. ....................................................................................5-19
Table 5-7. Dioxin/Furan and PCB Congeners with Updated TEFs. .......................................................5-22
Table 5-8. Summary of Major Uncertainties in the HHRA and Estimated Impacts on
Calculated Risks...................................................................................................................5-31
Table 6-1. Exposure Parameters for the Mink ..........................................................................................6-2
Table 6-2. Exposure Parameters for the Great Blue Heron. .....................................................................6-2
Table 6-3. TRVs Selected from Available Literature. ..............................................................................6-5
Table 6-4. Summary of CBRs for Various Ecological Receptorsa...........................................................6-6
Table 6-5. TRVs for Copper from USEPA Eco-SSL Document..............................................................6-7
Table 6-6. TRVs for Lead from USEPA Eco-SSL Document..................................................................6-8
Table 6-7. Summary of Chronic Feeding Studies with Methyl Mercury..................................................6-9
Table 6-8. 12 Dioxin-like PCB Congeners. ............................................................................................6-11
Table 6-9. Summary of Avian TRVs for PCB Mixture Based on Chicken Data. ..................................6-11
Table 6-10. Summary of Mammalian TRVs for PCB Mixtures Based on Mink Data. ..........................6-12
Table 6-13. Summary of Avian Egg Residues Associated with Adverse Effects a to TCDD..................6-14
Table 6-15. TRVs for Dieldrin from USEPA Eco-SSL Derivation........................................................6-17
Table 6-16. Summary of Hazard Quotients for Benthic Invertebrates. ..................................................6-18
Table 6-17. Summary of Ecological Risk Estimates for Benthic Invertebrates, AE/WP, and
Mummichogs Under Current Conditions. ............................................................................6-24
Table 6-19. Summary of Major Uncertainties in the ERE and Estimated Impacts on
Calculated Risks...................................................................................................................6-28
Table 7-1. A Ratio of 1995 TSI Surface Sediment to 1990s MPI High-Resolution Cores Mean
Concentrations for the COPCs/COPECs................................................................................7-5
Table 7-2. Summary of Current Sediment and Biota Data. ......................................................................7-6
Table 7-3. Summary of Input Parameters and 95% UCLs Estimated for Sediment for the Monitored
Natural Recovery Remediation Scenario. ..............................................................................7-7
Table 7-4. Summary of Input Parameters and 95% UCLs in Sediment for the Primary Erosional
Zone/Primary Inventory Zone Remediation Scenario............................................................7-8
Table 7-5. Summary of Input Parameters and 95% UCLs in Sediment Estimated for the Area of
Focus Remediation Scenario. .................................................................................................7-9
Table 7-6. Summary of 95% UCLs for Fish and Crab for Future Risk Assessments Assuming the
Monitored Natural Recovery Scenario.................................................................................7-10
Table 7-7. Summary of 95% UCLs for Fish and Crab for Future Risk Assessments Assuming the
Primary Erosional Zone/Primary Inventory Zone Remediation Scenario............................7-11
Table 7-8. Summary of 95% UCLs for Fish and Crab for Future Risk Assessments Assuming the
Area of Focus Remediation Scenario...................................................................................7-12
Table 8-1. Summary of Risks/Hazards for an Adult – Ingestion of Fish..................................................8-3
Draft Focused Feasibility Study Risk Assessment iii June 2007
Lower Passaic River Restoration Project Appendix C