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References for U.S. PCB Emissions Inventory

ATSDR, 2000: Toxicological Profile for Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs), Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, November 2000, Chapter 5.

BNS (a), 1999, PCB Sources and Regulations Background Report, Analytical Process Reports, Binational Toxics Strategy, U.S. EPA, October 1999, Table 2, accessed by: www.epa.gov/glnpo/bns/pcb/steppcb.html.

BNS (b), 1999, PCB Sources and Regulations Background Report, Analytical Process Reports, Binational Toxics Strategy, U.S. EPA, October 1999, Introduction, p.1, accessed by: www.epa.gov/glnpo/bns/pcb/steppcb.html.

BNS (c), 2000, Binational Toxics Strategy Draft Step 3 Report: Options for Reducing PCBs, Binational Toxics Strategy (Prepared by: Ross and Associates Environmental Consulting, Ltd.), U.S. EPA, July, 2000, C. Trends in PCB Disposal link, accessed by: www.epa.gov/glnpo/bns/pcb/pcbstepthree.html.

CDEP(a), 1999, PCB's and Submersible Well Pumps, Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection, March, 1999, p. 1, accessed by: http://dep.state.ct.us/wst/pcb/pcbwell.htm.

CDEP(b), 1999, Guide for Removal, Storage, and Disposal of PCB Small Capacitor, Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection, March, 1999, pp. 1-3, accessed by: http://dep.state.ct.us/wst/pcb/removal.htm.

EPA Region 8, 2001: Toxics and Pesticides, PCBs, U.S. EPA Region 8, May 2001, accessed by: http://www.epa.gov/region08/toxics_pesticides/pcb/pcb.html.

Erdal, S., 2001. Fish Intake Health Risks for the Chicago Region, Proposal to US Environmental Protection Agency, February 16.

GLC (a), 2002, Area of Concern Summary Table, Great Lakes Center, University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health, In Progress.

GLC (b), 2002, Lake Ontario Lakewide Management Plan Summary, Great Lakes Center, University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health, In Progress.

Great Lakes Commission (a), 1998 Inventory of Toxic Air Emissions, Point, Area, and Mobile Sources, Great Lakes Commission, Figure 2-55, p. 76, January 2002, accessed by: www.glc.org/air/air3.html.

Great Lakes Commission (b), New Great Lakes Regional Air Toxic Emissions Inventory, Press Release, January, 2002, accessed by: www.glc.org/announce/01/01-02air_inventory.html.

IADN (a), 1998, The Great Lakes Integrated Atmospheric Deposition Network, accessed by: www.epa.gov/glnpo/air/,1998.

IADN (b), 1998, The Great Lakes Integrated Atmospheric Deposition Network, accessed by: www.epa.gov/glnpo/air/IADN/90/index.html, 1998.

IADN (c), 1998, 1998, The Great Lakes Integrated Atmospheric Deposition Network, accessed by: www.epa.gov/glnpo/air/IADN/93/index.html, 1998.

NRC, 2002, National Response Center release reports summarized for eight Great Lakes states, obtained by query of online database, accessed by: www.nrc.uscg.mil, February 2002.

PCS, 2000, Permit Compliance System website, Query Link accessed by: www.epa.gov/enviro, June 2000.

Rheame, S.J., et. al., 2001, Areal Distribution and Concentrations of Contaminants of Concern in Surficial Streambed and Lakebed Sediments, Lake Erie-Lake Saint Clair Drainages, 1990-97, Water Resources Investigations Report 00-4200, U.S. Geological Survey, Lansing, Michigan 2001, p. iii.

STORET, 2001, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Storage and Retrieval water quality website, accessed by: www.epa.gov/STORET, December 2001.

TRI, 2001, Toxic Release Inventory website, Query Link accessed by: www.epa.gov/enviro, June 2000.

U.S. EPA (a), 1999, 1999 PCB Transformer Inventory, accessed by: www.epa.gov/opptintr/pcb/xform.htm, 1999.

U.S. EPA (b), 2001, 2001 PCB Transformer Inventory, accessed by: www.epa.gov/opptintr/pcb/#Xform.htm, 2001.

U.S. EPA (c), 1998, Integrated Atmospheric Deposition Network, accessed by: www.epa.gov/glnpo/air/IADN, 1998.

U.S. EPA (d), 2001, Commercially Permitted PCB Disposal Companies, U.S. EPA Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics, accessed by: www.epa.gov/opptintr/pcb/stordisp.html, June 2001.

U.S. EPA GLNPO (a), 2001, Realizing Remediation II, An Updated Summary of Contaminated Sediment Remediation Activities at Great Lakes Areas of Concern, Great Lakes National Program Office, July 2000, Tables 1 and 2, accessed by: www.epa.gov/glnpo/sediments.html Realizing Remediation II Link, November 2001.

U.S. EPA GLNPO (b), 2001, Area of Concern map, accessed by: www.epa.gov/glnpo/aoc/map.html, December 2001.

U.S. EPA GLNPO (c), 2000, Integrated Atmospheric Deposition Network, accessed by: www.epa.gov/glnpo/air/IADN, 1998.

U.S. EPA GLNPO (d), 2000, Sediment Assessment and Remediation Report,
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, accessed by: www.epa.gov/glnpo/sediment/gpra/index.html, February 2000.

Wagemakers, Julie, et. al., undated, RAPIDS Evolution, p. 1, accessed by: www.epa.gov/ttnchie1/conference/ei10/toxics/emigh.pdf, (.pdf file) post-1999 (undated).

 

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