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Human and Ecological Risk Assessment - Earthjustice

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Section 4.0<strong>Risk</strong> Characterization50th Percentile <strong>Risk</strong> Results by CCW Type: L<strong>and</strong>fills,Groundwater-to-Drinking-Water Pathway (continued)ChemicalUnlined Units50th Percentile HQ or Cancer <strong>Risk</strong> Value aNoncancerClay-Lined UnitsComposite-LinedUnitsAluminum 4E-06 2E-09 0Antimony 0.05 0.02 0Barium 5E-05 7E-07 0Boron 8E-03 3E-03 0Cadmium 0.02 4E-03 0Cobalt 2E-05 0 0Lead (MCL) b 0.01 2E-07 0Molybdenum 0.02 6E-03 0Nitrate/nitrite (MCL) b 0.04 0.009 0Selenium IV 2E-09 2E-15 0Selenium VI 0.03 0.01 0Thallium 0.2 0.07 0abValues are HQs for all chemicals except arsenic; arsenic values are cancer risk. Zero resultsindicate that contaminant infiltration rates were too small for the contaminant plume to reachthe receptor during the 10,000 year period of the analysis.Values are ratios of exposure concentration to MCL.Table 4-3. 90th Percentile <strong>Risk</strong> Results by CCW Type: SurfaceImpoundments, Groundwater-to-Drinking-Water PathwayChemical90th Percentile HQ or Cancer <strong>Risk</strong> Value aUnlined UnitsConventional CCW – 44 surface impoundmentsCancerClay-Lined UnitsComposite-LinedUnitsArsenic III 2E-03 9E-04 2E-07Arsenic V 7E-04 2E-04 0NoncancerAluminum 2E-03 1E-03 2E-07Barium 5E-03 3E-03 2E-11Boron 7 4 5E-03Cadmium 0.5 0.3 4E-11Cobalt 0.9 0.4 0Lead (MCL) b 3 0.7 1E-21Molybdenum 8 5 7E-03Nitrate/nitrite (MCL) b 20 10 9E-04Selenium IV 0.4 0.1 1E-04(continued)April 2010–Draft EPA document. 4-6

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