7-24 HRAP dated June 26, 2015

Sensitive Receptor List

7-34     Section 5.2.4 states that no farms in 5 miles.  RIDEM subsequent comments dispute this statement.  The Sensitive Receptor List included in the HRA Table 4 was the same list as provided in HRAP.  RIDEM’s comments indicated that some farms observed during a cursory review were missing from list.  However, no receptors were added to HRA list from original HRAP.  Please provide rationale for no additional receptors being added to list when RIDEM states that farms can be seen in a “cursory review”.

RESPONSE 7-34

 

Following RIDEM comments, additional review identified several area farms. The individual pollutant deposition rates at the impacted farms were used as the basis for the Crop, Beef, Dairy, Pig, Chicken, and Egg Ingestion values for all residential receptors in the HRA study area. No additional receptors were added to the list, but all pollutant exposure input values were affected by the use of these ingestion values.  The CREC health risk assessment conservatively assumed that the impacted residents exclusively ingested locally grown meat and dairy products because there are local farms in the area.

                                                 

RESPONDENT:

 

Michael Feinblatt, ESS Group, Inc.

DATE:

May 17, 2016