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1 online resource (xvii, 484 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Historical background -- The Coeur D'Alene system -- Remedial investigation assessment -- Human health risk assessment in the Coeur D'Alene River basin -- Human health risk assessment: lead exposure and uptake: use of the IEUBK model -- Ecological risk assessment -- Remediation objectives and approaches -- Mining megasites: lessons learned. |
| Summary |
For more than 100 years, the Coeur d Alene River Basin has been known as "The Silver Valley" for being one of the most productive silver, lead, and zinc mining areas in the United States. Over time, high levels of metals (including lead, arsenic, cadmium, and zinc) were discovered in the local environment and elevated blood lead levels were found in children in communities near the metal-refining and smelter complex. In 1983, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) listed a 21-square mile mining area in northern Idaho as a Superfund site. EPA extended those boundaries in 1998 to include areas throughout the 1500-square mile area Coeur d'Alene River Basin project area. Under Superfund, EPA has developed a plan to clean up the contaminated area that will cost an estimated $359 million over 3 decades -- and this effort is only the first step in the cleanup process. Superfund and Mining Megasites: Lessons from Coeur d'Alene River Basin evaluates the issues and concerns that have been raised regarding EPA s decisions about cleaning up the area. The scientific and technical practices used by EPA to make decisions about human health risks at the Coeur d'Alene River Basin Superfund site are generally sound; however, there are substantial concerns regarding environmental protection decisions, particularly dealing with the effectiveness of long-term plans. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Contaminated sediments -- Environmental aspects -- Idaho -- Coeur d'Alene River.
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Contaminated sediments -- Environmental aspects. |
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Idaho -- Coeur d'Alene River. |
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Contaminated sediments. |
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Hazardous waste site remediation -- Environmental aspects -- Idaho -- Coeur d'Alene River.
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Hazardous waste site remediation -- Environmental aspects. |
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Hazardous waste site remediation. |
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Environmental risk assessment -- Idaho -- Coeur d'Alene River.
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Environmental risk assessment. |
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Lead -- Idaho -- Coeur d'Alene River.
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Lead. |
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Coeur d'Alene River (Idaho)
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Electronic books.
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National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Superfund Site Assessment and Remediation in the Coeur d'Alene River Basin.
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National Research Council (U.S.). Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Superfund and mining megasites. Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, ©2005 0309097142 (OCoLC)62763199 |
| ISBN |
030955232X (electronic book) |
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9780309552325 (electronic book) |
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0309097142 (paperback) |
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9780309097147 (paperback) |
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0309097124 |
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