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PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 97-1340r

[27 Pa.B. 4181]

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APPENDIX A
Table 7
DEFAULT VALUES FOR CALCULATING MEDIUM-SPECIFIC CONCENTRATIONS FOR LEAD
Input Values Used in UBK Model for Lead
(for residential exposure scenario)
Geometric Standard Deviation (GSD) 1.42
(default)
Drinking water intake Model default
Outdoor air lead concentration 0.2 µg/m3
(default)
Soil lead level 495 µg/g
Indoor air lead concentration
(% of outdoor)
30 Indoor dust lead level 495 µg/g
Time spent outdoors Model
default
Soil/dust ingestion
weighting factor (%)
45
Ventilation rate Model
default
Paint lead intake Model
default
Lung absorption Model
default
Maternal contribution method Infant model
Dietary lead intake Model
default
Mother's blood lead at birth 7.5 µg/dL blood
(model default)
GI method/bioavailability Non-linear Target blood lead level 10 µg/dL blood
Lead concentration in drinking water 4.00 µg/L
(default)
Input Values Used in SEGH Equation
(for nonresidential exposure scenario)
Concentration of lead in soil (S) 987 µg/g
Target blood lead level in adults (T) 20 µg/dL blood
Geometric standard deviation of blood lead distribution (G) 1.4
Baseline blood lead level in target population (B) 4 µg/dL blood
Number of standard deviations corresponding to degree of protection required for the target population (n) 1.645 (for 95% of population)
Slope of blood lead to soil lead relationship (|gd) 7.5 µg/dL blood per µg/g soil

REFERENCE

WIXSON, B.G. (1991). The Society for Environmental Geochemistry and Health (SEGH) Task Force Approach to the Assessment of Lead in Soil. Trace Substances in Environmental Health. 11-20.

APPENDIX A

TABLE 8
CONSTITUENTS OF POTENTIAL ECOLOGICAL CONCERN

METALS ORGANICS cont'd
Arsenic III Dichlorobenzene,1,3-
Arsenic V Dichlorobenzene,1,4-
Barium Dichloroethane,1,1-
Beryllium Dieldrin
Cadmium Diethyl phthalate
Chromium III Di-n-butyl phthalate
Chromium VI Endosulfan (mixed isomers)
Cobalt Endosulfan, alpha
Copper Endosulfan, beta
Iron Endrin
LeadEthylbenzene
Manganese Fluoranthene
Mercury, inorganic Fluorene
Mercury, methyl Heptachlor
Molybdenum Hexachloroethane
Nickel Hexachlorocyclohexane (Lindane)
Selenium Kepone *
Vanadium Malathion
Zinc Methoxychlor
Cyanide Mirex *
Naphthalene
ORGANICS Pentachlorobenzene
Acenaphthene Pentachlorophenol
Aldrin * Polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons
Benzene Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB)
Benzo(a)pyrene Phenanthrene
Biphenyl Pyrene
Bis(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate Tetrachloroethane,1,1,2,2-
Bromophenyl phenyl ether,4- Tetrachloroethylene
Butylbenzyl phthalate Tetrachloromethane
Chlordane * Toluene
Chlorobenzene Toxaphene
DDT (and metabolites) Tribromomethane
Diazinon Trichlorobenzene,1,2,4-
Dibenzofuran Trichloroethane,1,1,1-
Dichlorobenzene,1,2- Trichloroethylene
Xylene, m-
[Pa.B. Doc. No. 97-1340. Filed for public inspection August 15, 1997, 9:00 a.m.]



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