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Community Updates
- Two Page Summary: EPA Requires GE to Revise Its Corrective Measures Study, Rest of River, September 2008 (PDF) (2 pp., 123 KB)
- Corrective Measures Study (CMS) Fact Sheet Housatonic River - Rest of River, March 2008 (PDF) (8 pp., 916 KB)
- Corrective Measures Study (CMS) Process Fact Sheet Housatonic River - Rest of River, October 2007 (PDF) (8 pp., 892 KB)
- Ecological Risk Assessment Fact Sheet Housatonic River - Rest of River, June 2003 (PDF) (8 pp., 486 KB)
- Human Health Risk Assessment Fact Sheet Housatonic River - Rest of River, June 2003 (PDF) (8 pp., 288 KB)
Corrective Measures Study
- Corrective Measures Study Report (PDF) (722 pp., 3.61 MB)
(Approximate file size of all linked files: 295 MB. Section 6 Figures: 195 MB) - Letter (with attached report ) from Mooney (GE) to Svirsky (USEPA), April 4, 2008, Re: Rest of River; Phase 1 Cultural Resources Assessment Report - Public Release Version (PDF) (103 pp., 3.69 MB)
- Corrective Measures Study (CMS) Fact Sheet Housatonic River - Rest of River, March 2008 (PDF) (8 pp., 916 KB)
- Corrective Measures Study (CMS) Process Fact Sheet Housatonic River - Rest of River, October 2007 (PDF) (8 pp., 892 KB)
Reports and Documents
- Corrective Measures Study Public Input, 2008 (PDF) (299 pp., 21.01 MB)
Public Comments
- Letter (with enclosure) from Silfer (GE) to Svirsky (USEPA), March 6, 2009, Re: Rest of River; Response to EPA's Interim Comments on Corrective Measures Study Report (PDF) (292 pp., 2.11 MB)
- Tables (PDF) (66 pp., 412 KB)
- Figures (PDF) (146 pp., 28.55 MB)
- Appendix A: Carbon Footprint/Greenhouse Gas Inventory Analysis for Sediment, Floodplain, and Treatment/Disposition Alternatives (PDF) (117 pp., 710 KB)
- Appendix B: Assessment of MESA Issues for Rare Species Under Remedial Alternatives (PDF) (299 pp., 5.12 MB)
- Appendix C: Chemical Extraction Bench-Scale Study Evaluation (PDF) (25 pp., 552 KB)
- Appendix D: Cost Estimate Supporting Information (PDF) (34 pp., 101 KB)
- Appendix E: ARARs Tables for Sediment and Floodplain Alternatives (PDF) (321 pp., 5.88 MB)
- Appendix F: Methodology Used for Calculating "Blended" Fish Concentrations (PDF) (4 p., 78 KB)
- Appendix G: Memorandum Regarding Evaluation of Model Input Differences (PDF) (8 pp., 364 KB)
- Letter (with enclosure) from Mooney (GE) to Svirsky (USEPA), March 5, 2009, Re: Rest of River; Response to EPA's Comments on the Phase 1 Cultural Resources Assessment - Public Release Version (PDF) (7 pp., 1.35 MB)
- Letter from Klee (GE) to Leighton (USEPA), February 25, 2009, Re: Rest of River; Corrective Measures Study Supplement (PDF) (2 pp., 517 KB)
- Letter from Leighton (USEPA) to Klee (GE), February 5, 2009, Re: Rest of River Corrective Measures Study Supplement (PDF) (2 pp., 703 KB)
- Letter from Klee (GE) to Varney (USEPA), January 16, 2009, Re: Rest of River Corrective Measures Study Supplement (PDF) (2 pp., 394 KB)
- Letter from Svirsky (USEPA) to Silfer (GE), November 20, 2008, Re: EPA's Response to General Electric's Request for Extension on the Corrective Measures Study (PDF) (2 pp., 197 KB)
- Letter from Silfer (GE) to Svirsky (USEPA), November 5, 2008, Re: Rest of River Time For Submission of Corrective Measures Study Supplement (PDF) (4 pp., 205 KB)
- Letter from Silfer (GE) to Svirsky (USEPA), October 31, 2008, Re: Rest of River Response to EPA's Specific Comment 52 on Corrective Measures Study Report (PDF) (9 pp., 2.06 MB)
- Letter (with attachments) from Svirsky (USEPA) to Silfer (GE), October 30, 2008, Re: Direction on EPA's Specific Comment 42 on GE's March 2008 Corrective Measures Study (PDF) (12 pp., 93.64 MB)
- Letter (with attachments) from Owens (USEPA) to Silfer (GE), September 9, 2008, Re: EPA Comments on GE's March 2008 Corrective Measures Study Report (PDF) (42 pp., 197 KB)
- Letter from John W. Olver (Member of Congress) to Robert W. Varney (USEPA), July 23, 2008, Re: Proposed Corrective Measures Study submitted by the General Electric Company (PDF) (2 pp., 123 KB)
- Letter from Robert Varney (USEPA) to Ann Klee (GE), July 7, 2008, Re: Response to Letter regarding Corrective Measures Study (CMS) Proposal (PDF) (1 p., 36 KB)
- Letter from Robert Varney (USEPA) to Ian Bowles (Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs), July 7, 2008, Re; Response to Letter regarding Corrective Measures Study (CMS) Proposal (PDF) (1 p., 47 KB)
- Letter from Ann R. Klee (GE) to Robert W. Varney (USEPA), June 16, 2008, Re: Pittsfield/Housatonic River Site Rest of River Corrective Measures Study (2 pp., 33 KB)
- Letter from Ian Bowles (MA Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs) to Robert W. Varney (USEPA), June 16, 2008, Re: Housatonic River - Rest of the River Corrective Measure Study (2 pp., 39 KB)
- Letter from Silfer (GE) to Svirsky (USEPA), December 19, 2007, Re: Rest of River, Flaws in EPA Model (PDF) (4 pp., 935 KB)
- Letter from Svirsky (USEPA) to Simon (MHC), November 20, 2007, Re: Rest of River Phase I Cultural Resource Assessment (PDF) (3 pp., 18 KB)
- Letter from Mooney (GE) to Svirsky (USEPA), November 15, 2007, Re: Rest of River, Phase 1 Cultural Resources Assessment - Credentials of Underwater Archaeologist (PDF) (4 pp., 158 KB)
- Letter (with attachments) from Svirsky (USEPA) to Silfer (GE), October 16, 2007, Re: EPAs Conditional Approval of the Phase 1 Cultural Resources Assessment (CRA) - Credentials of Archaeologists Conducting the CRA (PDF) (9 pp., 550 KB)
Related Correspondence
Corrective Measures Study Proposal
- Letter (with attached report) from Silfer (GE) to Svirsky (USEPA), August 3, 2007, Re: Rest of River, Corrective Measures Study-Supplement to Model Input Addendum (PDF) (80 pp., 2 MB)
- Letter (with table) from Silfer (GE) to Svirsky (USEPA), May 31, 2007, Re: Rest of River Corrective Measures Study Proposal - Addendum to Supplement (PDF) (3 pp., 344 KB)
- Letter (with Attachment 1 Apportionment of Direct Drainage PCB Loads) from Svirsky (USEPA) to Silfer (GE), May 24, 2007, Re: EPA's Conditional Approval of the Model Input Addendum to the CMS Proposal (PDF) (17 pp., 291 KB)
- Letter (with attached Technical Memorandum) from Silfer (GE) to Svirsky (USEPA), May 14, 2007, Re: Rest of River Corrective Measures Study Proposal - Model Code (PDF) (20 pp., 708 KB)
- Letter (with report) from Silfer (GE) to Svirsky (USEPA), May 11, 2007, Re: Rest of River Corrective Measures Study Proposal - Supplement (PDF) (145 pp., 2.39 MB)
- Letter (with report) from Silfer (GE) to Svirsky (USEPA), April 16, 2007, Re: Rest of River Corrective Measures Study Proposal - Model Input Addendum (PDF) (54 pp., 7.89 MB)
- Letter from Svirsky (USEPA) to Silfer (GE), April 13, 2007, Re: EPA's Conditional Approval of the Corrective Measures Study Proposal (PDF) (20 pp., 147 KB)
- Corrective Measures Study Proposal, February 2007 (PDF) (341 pp., 17 MB)
Reports and Documents
- Public Comments to EPA Regarding GE's Corrective Measures Study Proposal, March 2007
- Dan McGuiness, Executive Director, Northwestern Connecticut Council of Governments (PDF) (1 p., 87 KB)
- Curtis Read, Chairman, Northwest Conservation District, Inc (PDF) (1 p., 155 KB)
- Gary Whipple, Candlewood Valley (CT) Chapter or Trout Unlimited (PDF) (1 p., 69 KB)
- Brian and Lisa Rodden, Citizen (PDF) (1 p., 105 KB)
- Tom Farley, Land Design, Inc. (PDF) (1 p., 95 KB)
- Jesse Klingebiel, Housatonic River Commission (PDF) (4 pp., 428 KB)
- Peter Traub, Citizen (PDF) (1 p., 67 KB)
- Various Signatures, Citizens for PCB Removal (PDF) (2 pp., 268 KB)
- Susan Antil, WIC Nutritionist (PDF) (1 p., 69 KB)
- Stephen Antil, Science Dept. Chair, St. Joseph High School (PDF) (1 p., 73 KB)
- Laura A. Johnson, Mass Audubon (PDF) (2 pp., 166 KB)
- Andrew Madden, MA Division of Fisheries & Wildlife (PDF) (2 pp., 216 KB)
- Douglas Joseph LaBarbera, Citizen (PDF) (1 p., 70 KB)
- Susan Steenstrup, Mass Dept of Environmental Protection (PDF) (7 pp., 175 KB)
- Betsey Wingfield, CT Dept of Environmental Protection (PDF) (6 pp., 193 KB)
- Kenneth Munney, US Dept of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service (PDF) (3 pp., 135 KB)
- Judy Herkimer, Housatonic Environmental Action League (HEAL) (PDF) (3 pp., 452 KB)
- Sally Bell, Citizen (PDF) (1 p., 66 KB)
- Peter deFur, TAG for Housatonic River Initiative (PDF) (21 pp., 600 KB)
- Tim Gray, Housatonic River Commission (PDF) (4 pp., 116 KB)
- Dennis Regan, Housatonic Valley Association (PDF) (2 pp., 152 KB)
- Jane Winn, Berkshire Environmental Action Team (PDF) (2 pp., 218 KB)
- Tad Ames, Berkshire Natural Resource Council (PDF) (1 p., 190 KB)
- Marcia Wilkins, Citizen (PDF) (1 p., 93 KB)
Public Comments
- Letter from Silfer (GE) to Svirsky (USEPA), September 17, 2007, Re: Site; Rest of River; Dispute Resolution on Certain Conditions and Directives in EPA's "Conditional Approval" Letters for GE's Model Input Addendum and Supplement (PDF) (2 pp., 113 KB)
- Letter from Svirsky (USEPA) to Silfer (GE), September 17, 2007, Re: Dispute Resolution on Certain Conditions and Directives in EPA's Conditional Approval Letters for GE's Model Input Addendum and Supplement (PDF) (3 pp., 28 KB)
- Letter from Silfer (GE) to Svirsky (USEPA), September 11, 2007, Re: Rest of River, Dispute Resolution on Certain Conditions and Directives in EPA's "Conditional Approval" Letters for GE's Model Input Addendum and Supplement (PDF) (13 pp., 824 KB)
- Letter from Svirsky (USEPA) to Silfer (GE), September 7, 2007, Re: Approval of Request for Extension of Submittal of the CMS Report (PDF) (2 pp., 23 KB)
- Letter from Silfer (GE) to Svirsky (USEPA), August 30, 2007, Re: Rest of River; Dispute Resolution on Condition No. 4 in EPA's "Conditional Approval" Letter for GE's Corrective Measures Study Proposal Supplement (PDF) (2 pp., 254 KB)
- Letter from Svirsky (USEPA) to Silfer (GE), August 29, 2007, Re: Dispute Resolution on EPA's Conditional Approval Letter for GE's Supplement to the Corrective Measures Study Proposal (PDF) (4 pp., 30 KB)
- Letter from Svirsky (USEPA) to Silfer (GE), August 28, 2007, Re: EPA's Conditional Approval of the Supplement to the Model Input Addendum - Housatonic Rest of River CMS Proposal (PDF) (5 pp., 34 KB)
- Letter from Silfer (GE) to Svirsky (USEPA), August 24, 2007, Re: Rest of River; Request for Extension of Time to Prepare CMS Report (PDF) (3 pp., 224 KB)
- Letter from Silfer (GE) to Svirsky (USEPA), August 20, 2007, Re: Rest of River; Addendum to GE's Statement of Position on Objections to Condition No.4 in EPA's Conditional Approval Letter for GE's CMS Proposal Supplement (PDF) (7 pp., 1.02 MB)
- Letter from Svirsky (USEPA) to Silfer (GE), July 31, 2007, Re: EPA's Conditional Approval of the Treatability Study Work Plan and Determination of Water Treatment, 31 July, 2007. (PDF) (5 pp., 43 KB)
Note: This conditional approval letter and the conditions contained within supersede EPA's letter dated July 26, 2007. - Letter from Svirsky (USEPA) to Silfer (GE), July 26, 2007, Re: EPA's Comments on the Treatability Study Work Plan and Determination on Water Treatment (PDF) (6 pp., 27 KB)
- Letter from Silfer (GE) to Svirsky (USEPA), July 25, 2007, Re: GE's Dispute Resolution on Condition No.4 in EPA's "Conditional Approval" Letter for GE's Corrective Measures Study Proposal Supplement (PDF) (18 pp., 1.39 MB)
- Letter from Svirsky (USEPA) to Silfer (GE), July 11, 2007, Re: EPA's Conditional Approval of the CMS Proposal Supplement, and Model Code Proposal, and Approval of the Addendum to Supplement (PDF) (16 pp., 168 KB)
- Letter from Silfer (GE) to Svirsky (USEPA), July 11, 2007, Re: Corrective Measures Study Proposal - Treatability Study Work Plan (PDF) (48 pp., 2.76 MB)
- Letter from Silfer (GE) to Svirsky (USEPA), June 6, 2007, Re: Rest of River Extension of Time to Invoke Dispute Resolution on EPA's " Conditional Approval" Letter on the Model Input Addendum to the CMS Proposal (PDF) (2 pp., 89 KB)
- Letter from Silfer (GE) to Svirsky (USEPA), May 23, 2007, Re: Rest of River Dispute Resolution on Certain Conditions and Directives in EPA's "Conditional Approval" Letter for GE's Corrective Measures Study Proposal (PDF) (2 pp., 52 KB)
- Letter from Svirsky (USEPA) to Silfer (GE), May 22, 2007, Re: Dispute Resolution on EPA's Conditional Approval Letter for GE's Corrective Measures Study Proposal (PDF) (12 pp., 132 KB)
- Letter from McLaren (GE) to Conway (USEPA), May 16, 2007, Re: Rest of River Extension of Dispute Resolution - Corrective Measures Study Proposal (PDF) (2 pp., 70 KB)
- Letter from Silfer (GE) to Svirsky (USEPA), April 27, 2007, Re: Rest of River Dispute Resolution on Certain Conditions and Directives in EPA's "Conditional Approval " Letter for GE's Corrective Measures Study Proposal (PDF) (5 pp., 202 KB)
Related Correspondence
Ecological Risk Assessment
- Responsiveness Summary to Public Comments on New Information, Ecological Risk Assessment for the GE/Housatonic River Site, Rest of River, March 2005 (PDF) (93 pp., 618 KB)
- Ecological Risk Assessment, November 2004 Update - Table of Contents (PDF) (1 p., 59 KB)
(ERA volumes are internally linked from table of contents. Total file size of all linked files >110 mb.) - Summary of Changes/Additions to the July 2004 Ecological Risk Assessment (Changes/Additions included in ERA November 2004 Update) (PDF) (10 pp., 79 KB)
- Responsiveness Summary to the Peer Review of the Ecological Risk Assessment GE/Housatonic River Site Rest of River - June 2004 (PDF) (372 pp., 2.12 MB)
- Ecological Risk Assessment, July 2003 - Table of Contents (PDF) (1 p., 100 KB)
(All ERA volumes are internally linked from table of contents. Total file size of all linked files >250 mb.) - ERA Public Meeting - July 2003
- Ecological Risk Assessment Fact Sheet Housatonic River - Rest of River, June 2003 (PDF) (8 pp., 486 KB)
Reports and Documents
- Comments on the Ecological Risk Assessmemt, November 2004 Update
- Connecticut DEP (PDF) (13 pp., 152 KB)
- Housatonic Environmental Action League (PDF) (4 pp., 171 KB)
- Housatonic River Initiative (PDF) (5 pp., 71 KB)
- General Electric Company (PDF) (36 pp., 307 KB)
- Massachusetts Audubon (PDF) (2 pp., 63 KB)
- EPA Seeks Public Comment: Releases Ecological Risk Assessment for GE Pittsfield / Housatonic River Site
Public Comments
- Charge for the Ecological Risk Assessment Peer Review for the Rest of the Housatonic River (PDF) (7 pp., 28 KB)
- FINAL Comments from ERA Peer Review Panel - 2004
- Forbes (PDF) (21 pp., 134 KB)
- LaPoint (PDF) (22 pp., 127 KB)
- Oris (PDF) (18 pp., 158 KB)
- Ottinger (PDF) (23 pp., 150 KB)
- Sample (PDF) (29 pp., 293 KB)
- Stahl (PDF) (28 pp., 345 KB)
- Thompson (PDF) (46 pp., 507 KB)
- Public Presentation from the ERA Public Peer Review Meeting - 1/13/2004
- DeFur (PDF) (36 pp., 1.7 MB)
- GE (PDF) (88 pp., 1.03 MB)
- MADEP (PDF) (11 pp., 27 KB)
- Evans (PDF) (3 pp., 200 KB)
- Gray (PDF) (10 pp., 547 KB)
- Herkimer (PDF) (8 pp., 438 KB)
- Munney US DOI (PDF) (5 pp., 359 KB)
Ecological Risk Assessment Peer Review
- Environmental Remediation Contract GE/Housatonic River Project Pittsfield, Massachusetts
- Amphibian Reproductive Success Within Vernal Pools Associated with the Housatonic River Pittsfield to Lenoxdale, Massachusetts (PDF) (29 pp., 1 MB)
- Dietary Exposure of Mink to Fish from the Housatonic River: Effects on Reproduction and Survival (PDF) (106 pp., 508 KB)
- Fish Biomass Estimate for Housatonic River Primary Study Area (PDF) (129 pp., 11 MB)
- Fish Reproductive Health Assessment in PCB Contaminated Regions of the Housatonic River, Massachusetts, USA: Investigations of Causal Linkages Between PCBs and Fish Health
- Fish Phase I Study (PDF) (272 pp., 6 MB)
- Fish Phase II Study (PDF) (259 pp., 4.5 MB)
- A Stochastic Population Model Incorporating PCB Effects for Wood Frogs (Rana sylvatica) Breeding in Vernal Pools Associated with the Housatonic River Pittsfield to Lenoxdale, Massachusetts (PDF) (49 pp., 451 KB)
- Final Report- Frog Reproduction and Development Study: 2000 Rana pipiens Reproduction and Development Study (PDF) (431 pp., 8 MB)
- Final Report - Frog Reproduction and Development Study: 2000 Ranasylvatica Vernal Pool Study (PDF) (888 pp., 27.59 MB)
- Assessment of In Situ Stressors and Sediment Toxicity in the Lower Housatonic River (PDF) (127 pp., 1.42 MB)
- Exposure and Effects of Chemical Contaminants on Tree Swallows Nesting Along the Housatonic River, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts, 1998 - 2000 (PDF) (84 pp., 4.67 MB)
- Ecological Field Studies Conducted by General Electric for the Housatonic River Project
- GE Northern Leopard Frog Report (PDF) (31 pp., 876 KB)
(5 Internally linked documents include photo log and field survey data (5mb).) - GE Kingfisher Report (PDF) (55 pp., 2.39 MB)
- GE Largemouth Bass Report (PDF) (327 pp., 25.21 MB)
- GE Mink and Otter Report (PDF) (118 pp., 15.19 MB)
- GE Robin Report (PDF) (46 pp., 4.34 MB)
- GE Small Mammal Report (PDF) (37 pp., 2.91 MB)
- GE Tree Swallow Report.pdf (PDF) (43 pp., 1.6 MB)
- GE Wood Frog Report (PDF) (33 pp., 300 KB)
- GE Northern Leopard Frog Report (PDF) (31 pp., 876 KB)
- Ecological Characterization of the Housatonic River (Primary Study Area) (PDF) (281 pp., 3.28 MB)
- Ecological Characterization of the Housatonic River Downstream of Woods Pond (PDF) (187 pp., 936 KB)
Supporting Documents
General
- Letter from Owens (USEPA) to Bowles (MAEEOA), February 5, 2009, Re: Upper Housatonic River Area of Critical Environmental Concern (PDF) (5 pp., 256 KB)
- Letter from Susan Peterson (CTDEP) to Kevin Mooney (GE), June 18, 2008, Re: Housatonic River - Connecticut; Proposed Biological Monitoring for 2008 (PDF) (2 pp., 434 KB)
- Letter from Mooney (GE) to Peterson (CTDEP), May 22, 2008, Re: Housatonic River - Connecticut Proposed Biological Monitoring for 2008 (PDF) (9 pp., 1.67 MB)
- Rest of River Site Investigation Data Report August 2002
- Volume 1 (PDF) (176 pp., 2.8 MB)
- Volume 2 (PDF) (109 pp., 3.6 MB)
- Supplemental Investigation Work Plan for the Lower Housatonic River, February 22, 2000
- Text and Figures (PDF) (471 pp., 11 MB)
- Appendix A.1 to A.16 - Study Plans (PDF) (305 pp., 7.87 MB)
- Appendix A.17 to A.26 - Study Plans (PDF) (372 pp., 10.9 MB)
- Appendix B.1 to B.6 - Land Use Maps (PDF) (14 pp., 8.62 MB)
- Appendix B.7 to B.10 - Land Use Maps (PDF) (14 pp., 12.3 MB)
- Appendix B.11 to B.14 - Land Use Maps (PDF) (14 pp., 11.6 MB)
- Appendix C.1 to C.5 - Locations of Terraces & Aggrading Bars (PDF) (11 pp., 9.18 MB)
- Appendix C.6 to C.8 - Locations of Terraces & Aggrading Bars (PDF) (11 pp., 10.7 MB)
- Appendix C.9 to C.11 - Locations of Terraces & Aggrading Bars (PDF) (11 pp., 10.7 MB)
- Appendix D - Historical Data and PCB Maps for Reach's 5 & 6 (PDF) (12 pp., 2 MB)
- Supplemental Phase II/RCRA Facility Investigation Report for Housatonic River and Silver Lake
Human Health Risk Assessment
- Responsiveness Summary to Public Comments on New Information - Human Health Risk Assessment for the General Electric Housatonic River Site (PDF) (107 pp., 802 KB)
- Human Health Risk Assessment
GE/Housatonic River Site, Rest of River - February 2005- Vol. I - Main Document (PDF) (1 p., 15 KB)
(All HHRA volumes are internally linked from table of contents. Total file size of all linked files >450 mb.) - Vol. IIIA (PDF) (1031 pp., 3.3 MB)
- Vol. IIIB, App. B - Phase 2 Direct Contact (PDF) (50 pp., 2.6 MB)
- Vol. IV, App.C - Consumption of Fish and Waterfowl (PDF) (736 pp., 6.7 MB)
- Vol. V, App. D - Agricultural Product Consumption (PDF) (552 pp., 6.5 MB)
- Errata Sheet for the Breast Milk Pathway of the HHRA (PDF) (13 pp., 71 KB)
- Vol. I - Main Document (PDF) (1 p., 15 KB)
- Responsiveness Summary for the Human Health Risk Assessment for the GE/Housatonic River Project, Rest of River, March 2004 (PDF) (315 pp., 2.14 MB)
- Summary of Changes / Additions to the June 2003 Baseline Human Health Risk Assessment (PDF) (11 pp., 140 KB)
Change/Addendum to the HHRA Report - Human Health Risk Assessment, June 2003 - Table of Contents (PDF) (1 p., 100 KB)
(All HHRA volumes are internally linked from table of contents. Total file size of all linked files >400 mb.) - Human Health Risk Assessment Fact Sheet Housatonic River - Rest of River, June 2003 (PDF) (8 pp., 288 KB)
- Press Release: EPA Releases Human Health Risk Assessment for GE Pittsfield/Housatonic River Site
- HHRA Public Meeting - June 2003
- Phase 1 Human Health Risk Assessment for Rest of River - Final Draft, November 2001
- Volume 1 - Text and Tables (PDF) (827 pp., 2.35 MB)
- Volume 2 - Sections 1 & 2 - Screening Approach (Fig. 1-1 to 2-4) (PDF) (15 pp., 105 KB)
- Volume 2 - Section 3 - Reaches 5 & 6 Floodplains (Fig. 3-1 to 3-9) (PDF) (19 pp., 12.5 MB)
- Volume 2 - Section 3 - Reaches 5 & 6 Floodplains (Fig. 3-10 to 3-19) (PDF) (20 pp., 17.4 MB)
- Volume 2 - Section 3 - Reaches 5 & 6 Floodplains (Fig. 3-20 to 3-25) (PDF) (16 pp., 12 MB)
- Volume 2 - Section 3 - Reaches 5 & 6 Floodplains (Fig. 3-26 to 3-32) (PDF) (17 pp., 17.1 MB)
- Volume 2 - Section 3 - Reaches 5 & 6 Floodplains (Fig. 3-33 to 3-38) (PDF) (16 pp., 15.3 MB)
- Volume 2 - Section 3 - Reaches 5 & 6 Utility Easement (Fig. 3-39 to 3-44) (PDF) (16 pp., 13.4 MB)
- Volume 2 - Section 3 - Reaches 5 & 6 Riverbank Soil and Sediment Exposure (Fig. 3-45 to 3-50) (PDF) (16 pp., 5.73 MB)
- Volume 2 - Section 3 - Reaches 5 & 6 Riverbank Soil and Sediment Exposure (Fig. 3-51 to 3-56) (PDF) (16 pp., 10 MB)
- Volume 2 - Section 3 - Reaches 5 & 6 Riverbank Soil and Sediment Exposure (Fig. 3-57 to 3-62) (PDF) (16 pp., 12.7 MB)
- Volume 2 - Section 3 - Reaches 5 & 6 Riverbank Soil and Sediment Exposure (Fig. 3-63 to 3-68) (PDF) (16 pp., 14 MB)
- Volume 2 - Section 4 - Reaches 7 & 8 High-Contact Residential Floodplain (Fig. 4-1 to 4-15) (PDF) (25 pp., 15.6 MB)
- Volume 2 - Section 4 - Reaches 7 & 8 Non-High-Contact Residential Area (Fig. 4-16 to 4-20) (PDF) (15 pp., 9.45 MB)
- Volume 2 - Section 4 - Reaches 7 & 8 Non-High-Contact Residential Area (Fig. 4-21 to 4-25) (PDF) (15 pp., 11.8 MB)
- Volume 2 - Section 4 - Reaches 7 & 8 Non-High-Contact Residential Area (Fig. 4-26 to 4-30) (PDF) (15 pp., 12.9 MB)
- Volume 2 - Section 4 - Reaches 7 & 8 Non-High-Contact Residential Area (Fig. 4-31 to 4-35) (PDF) (15 pp., 13.1 MB)
- Volume 2 - Section 4 - Reaches 7 & 8 Sediment (Fig. 4-36 to 4-40) (PDF) (15 pp., 10.6 MB)
- Volume 2 - Section 4 - Reaches 7 & 8 Sediment (Fig. 4-41 to 4-45) (PDF) (15 pp., 12.2 MB)
- Volume 2 - Section 5 - Reach 9 (Fig. 5-1 to 5-3) (PDF) (13 pp., 2.98 MB)
Reports and Documents
- Public Comments on New Information to the Human Health Risk Assessment
- Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection (CT DEP) (PDF) (8 pp., 123 KB)
- General Electric Company (PDF) (52 pp., 186 KB)
- Housatonic Environmental Action League (HEAL) (PDF) (1 p., 68 KB)
- Housatonic River Initiative (HRI) (PDF) (6 pp., 94 KB)
- Public Comments
Public Comments
- Charge for the Human Health Risk Assessment Peer Review for the Rest of the Housatonic River (PDF) (11 pp., 61 KB)
- FINAL Comments from HHRA Peer Review Panel - 2003
- Frey (PDF)(22 pp., 169 KB)
- Hoffman (PDF)(52 pp., 727 KB)
- Kissel (PDF)(12 pp., 65 KB)
- McClellan (PDF)(38 pp., 153 KB)
- Ryan (PDF)(15 pp., 64 KB)
- Shull (PDF)(38 pp., 235 KB)
- Washburn (PDF)(18 pp., 105 KB)
Human Health Risk Assessment Peer Review
Interim Media Protection Goals Proposal
- Interim Media Protection Goals Proposal, for the Housatonic River, Rest of River. Submitted by General Electric, Revised March 9, 2006
- Cover Letter (PDF) (2 pp., 776 KB)
- Revised IMPG Proposal (PDF) (237 pp., 1.99 MB)
- GE Dispute Letter (PDF) (23 pp., 33 KB)
- Interim Media Protection Goals (IMPG) Proposal, September 2005 (PDF) (404 pp., 11.07 MB)
- EPA's response to GE's Interim Media Protection Goals (IMPG) Proposal
- Cover letter (PDF) (5 pp., 42 KB)
- Response (PDF) (33 pp., 190 KB)
Reports and Documents
- Public Input on GE's IMPG Proposal
- Astrid Hagenguth (PDF) (1 p., 76 KB)
- Concerned Stakeholders (PDF) (5 pp., 53 KB)
- Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection (CT DEP) (PDF) (2 pp., 216B)
- Eleanor Saunders (PDF) (1 p., 97 KB)
- Housatonic Environmental Action League, Inc. (HEAL) (PDF) (8 pp., 285 KB)
- Housatonic River Commission (HRC) (PDF) (2 pp., 147 KB)
- Housatonic River Initiative (HRI) (PDF) (2 pp., 67 KB)
- Housatonic Valley Association (HVA) (PDF) (1 p., 68 KB)
- Jane Winn - Berkshire Environmental Action Team (PDF) (2 pp., 38 KB)
- Lynn Fowler (PDF) (1 p., 76 KB)
- Mass Audubon (PDF) (2 pp., 63 KB)
- Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MA DEP) (PDF) (6 pp., 221 KB)
- National Oceanic and Atmosphere Administration ( NOAA) (PDF) (2 pp., 92 KB)
- Rivers Alliance of CT (PDF) (1 p., 109 KB)
- US Fish and Wildlife Service (PDF) (3 pp., 120 KB)
Public Comments
- Letter from Svirsky (USEPA) to Silfer (GE), April 3, 2006, Re: Revised Interim Media Protection Goals Proposal (PDF) (3 pp., 275 KB)
Related Correspondence
Modeling
- Final Model Documentation Report, November 2006 - Volumes 1 and 2 w/Attachments, Table of Contents (PDF) (1 p., 45 KB)
(6 files are internally linked from table of contents. Total file size of all linked files: 87 mb. See list of repositories or contact info for alternatives if downloading is impractical. - Responsiveness Summary to the Peer Review of Model Validation (PDF)(366 pp., 3.1 MB)
- Model Validation Report (including Addendum), March 21, 2006 (PDF) (1 p., 24 KB)
6 files are internally linked from table of contents. Total file size of all linked files: 39 mb. See list of repositories or contact info for alternatives if downloading is impractical. - Responsiveness Summary to the Model Calibration Peer Review (PDF) (232 pp., 2.01 MB)
- Model Calibration: Modeling Study of PCB Contamination in the Housatonic River, December 2004 (PDF) (2 pp., 20 KB)
5 files are internally linked from table of contents. Total file size of all linked files: 68 mb. See list of repositories or contact info for alternatives if downloading is impractical. - Final Modeling Framework Design, Modeling Study of PCB Contamination in the Housatonic River, April 2004 (PDF) (42 pp., 1.7 MB)
All Files are internally linked from table of contents. Total file size of all linked files: 18 mb. - Responsiveness Summary to the Peer Review of the Modeling Framework Design and Quality Assurance Project Plan: Modeling Study of PCB Contamination in the Housatonic River, June 2002 (PDF)(387 pp., 7.05 MB)
- Quality Assurance Project Plan, Modeling Study of PCB Contamination in the Housatonic River, October 2000 (PDF) (108 pp., 1.3 MB)
Reports and Documents
- Model Validation - Final Peer Review Panel Comments, July 2006
- Eric Adams (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) (PDF) (16 pp., 205 KB)
- W. Frank Bohlen (University of Connecticut) (PDF) (16 pp., 262 KB)
- Doug Endicott (Great Lakes Environmental Center) (PDF) (25 pp., 350 KB)
- Marcelo Garcia (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) (PDF) (7 pp., 68 KB)
- Frank Gobas (Simon Fraser University) (PDF) (16 pp., 70 KB)
- Wilbert Lick (University of California, Santa Barbara) EPA Format (PDF) (2 pp., 60 KB)
- Wilbert Lick (University of California, Santa Barbara) (PDF) (14 pp., 340 KB)
- E. John List (Flow Science Incorporated) (PDF) (6 pp., 112 KB)
- Public Presentations to the Peer Review Panel for EPA's Model Validation Report, June 28, 2006
- Berkshire Environmental Action Team (PDF) (4 pp., 375 KB)
- General Electric (PDF) (31 pp., 1.6 MB)
- Public Comments to the Peer Review Panel for EPA's Model Validation Report
- Berkshire Environmental Action Team (PDF) (2 pp., 49 KB)
- General Electric (PDF) (105 pp., 4.2 MB)
- Housatonic River Initiative (PDF) (12 pp., 59 KB)
- EPA Response to Preliminary Questions from the Peer Review Panel for the Model Validation Report, April 2006 (PDF) (14 pp., 280 KB)
- Preliminary Questions from the Peer Review Panel for the Model Validation Report, April 2006 (PDF) (3 pp., 105 KB)
- Charge for the Model Validation Report Peer Review, March 2006 (PDF) (3 pp., 100 KB)
- EPA Presentation on the Model Validation Report to the CCC Panel on February 22, 2006
- Overview of Model Validation Report (PDF) (15 pp., 1.29 MB)
- Housatonic River Model Validation (PDF) (20 pp., 2.57 MB)
- Bioaccumulation Model (FCM) (PDF) (17 pp., 2.38 MB)
- Downstream Modeling (PDF) (12 pp., 2.65 MB)
- Housatonic River Example EFDC Simulations (PDF) (7 pp., 1 MB)
- Sensitivity and Uncertainty Analysis (PDF) (18 pp., 4 MB)
Model Validation Peer Review
- Initial Peer Review Panel Comments
- Adams (PDF) (2 pp., 143 KB)
- Endicott (PDF) (11 pp., 419 KB)
- Garcia (PDF) (2 pp., 127 KB)
- Gobas (PDF) (12 pp., 386 KB)
- Lick (first comment) (PDF) (18 pp., 517 KB)
- Lick (second comment) (PDF) (1 p., 100 KB)
- List (PDF) (3 pp., 138 KB)
- Final Peer Review Panel Comments
- Adams (PDF) (7 pp., 124 KB)
- Bohlen (PDF) (9 pp., 22 KB)
- Endicott (PDF) (11 pp., 160 KB)
- Gobas (PDF) (18 pp., 49 KB)
- Garcia (PDF) (3 pp., 74 KB)
- Lick (PDF) (22 pp., 132 KB)
- List (PDF) (6 pp., 114 KB)
- Calibration Report Public Comments to the Peer Review Panel
- Housatonic River Initiative (HRI) (PDF) (1 p., 11 KB)
- Technical Assistance Grant (PDF) (7 pp., 61 KB)
- Housatonic Environmental Action League (HEAL) (PDF) (2 pp., 66 KB)
- General Electric Company (PDF) (34 pp., 511 KB)
- January 5, 2005 CCC Meeting Presentation Materials
- Presentation on the Housatonic River Modeling Study Calibration Report (PDF) (15 pp., 288 KB)
- Presentation on the Final Modeling Framework Design (PDF) (12 pp., 1 MB)
- Presentation on the Housatonic River Model Calibration - Edward Garland HydroQual, Inc. (PDF) (32 pp., 3.4 MB)
- Presentation on PCB Bioaccumulation Model Calibration, Food Chain Model (PDF) (22 pp., 2.6 MB)
- Charge for the Hydrodynamic Modeling Peer Review, February 1999 (PDF) (5 pp., 13 KB)
Model Calibration Peer Review
- Preliminary and Final Peer Review Comments, Modeling Study of PCB Contamination in the Housatonic River, Modeling Framework Design, June 2001
Modeling Framework Peer Review
- Letter from Svirsky (USEPA) to Silfer (GE), November 29, 2006, re: EPA's Determination of the Completion of the Modeling Study (PDF) (2 pp., 74 KB)
Related Correspondence
RCRA Facility Investigation Reports
- Housatonic River - Rest of River RCRA Facility Investigation Report and Appendices, September 2003 (PDF)(1 p., 47 KB)
(Total file size of all linked files: 44 MB.)