El Dorado Hills
Naturally Occurring Asbestos
Multimedia Exposure Assessment
El Dorado Hills, California
Warning - some of the links below are to files that are quite large and may be unsuitable for downloading with a slow speed internet connection.
EPA Response December 2005   R.J. Lee Group Critique of the El Dorado Hills NOA Study
R.J. Lee Group - Evaluation of EPA's Analytical Data from the El Dorado Hills Asbestos Evaluation Project (79 pages)   Dated November 2005
EPA Asbestos Assessment for El Dorado Hills (6 pages)   Dated May 2005
EPA Quality Assurance Project Plan (60 pages)   Dated September 2004
Activity Based Outdoor Air Sampling, Field Sampling Plans
 
Community Park and Schools (76 pages)   Dated September 2004
 
Community Park Children's Playground (24 pages)   Dated September 2004
Fixed Ambient Air Sampling Field Sampling Plan
 
Outdoor Reference (33 pages)   Dated September 2004
Soil Sampling Field Sampling Plan
 
Community Park, Schools and Public Areas (52 pages)   Dated September 2004
Figures and Attachments
 
Figure 1-2 Site Locations   Dated September 2004
 
Figure 2-1 Scenario Location Map   Dated September 2004
 
Figure 2-2 Sampling Map   Dated September 2004
 
Appendix F - Reference Levels   Dated September 2004
Media Coverage
Sacramento Bee 7 August 2008  Oak Ridge has a whole new look
El Dorado Hills Telegraph 28 December 2006   New asbestos report refutes industry study
Mountain Democrat 27 December 2006   Don't you love labels
Mountain Democrat 26 December 2006   New fed asbestos study fails to end El Dorado
Sacramento Bee 20 December 2006  Asbestos fears are justified
Sacramento Bee 7 November 2006  Asbestos dust case settled in El Dorado
Sacramento Bee 26 April 2006  Asbestos critique baseless, EPA says
Sacramento Bee 2 April 2006  El Dorado - Foothills asbestos risk doubted
Sacramento Bee 12 January 2006  El Dorado seeks own answers on asbestos
El Dorado Hills Telegraph 10 January 2006   El Dorado Hills asbestos levels contradicted
Sacramento Bee 4 January 2006  El Dorado - A new volley in toxic battle
Mountain Democrat 19 December 2005   El Dorado County delegation talks asbestos in Washington
Sacramento Bee 23 October 2005   El Dorado amends some asbestos and dust regulations
Sacramento Bee 23 July 2005   El Dorado asbestos rules OK'd
Sacramento Bee 28 June 2005   Study cites asbestos impact
Sacramento Bee 28 June 2005   Asbestos raises red flags in state
Sacramento Bee 26 June 2005   Asbestos hotline takes on dust calls
El Dorado Hills Telegraph 31 May 2005   County announces new NOA enforcement
Sacramento Bee 23 May 2005   Politics, asbestos mix in foothills
Sacramento Bee 15 May 2005   Balancing fear, hope in foothills
Sacramento Bee 3 May 2005   Asbestos study brings adjustments
Sacramento Bee 2 May 2005   Asbestos worries widen in foothills
CBS News 29 April 2005   EPA Asbestos in El Dorado Hills (Video clip)
Sacramento Bee 19 April 2005   School faces asbestos warning
Sacramento Bee 5 April 2005   Bill spotlights natural asbestos
Sacramento Bee 21 March 2005   Asbestos testing may get personal
Sacramento Bee 20 March 2005   Asbestos test results set for April release
Village Life 8 December 2004   Asbestos worries remain in EDH
El Dorado Hills Telegraph 1 September 2004   Clearing air over asbestos
Sacramento Bee 29 August 2004   Asbestos exposure found in El Dorado pets
Journal of Environmental Health
 
When Science Crosses Politics, I: The Case of Naturally Occurring Asbestos (9 pages)   Published June 2004
  Letters to the Editor regarding The Case of Naturally Occurring Asbestos   Published October 2004
Mountain Democrat 26 February 2004   Mineral mayhem - The story of asbestos in El Dorado County
Asbestos References:
Asbestos work close to done at Oak Ridge
This report is available in .PDF format on the Department of Conservation website;
Open-File Report 2000-02: Western El Dorado County
available here.
Update on US EPA Activities to Address Naturally Occurring Asbestos, dated August 2004,
available here.
  Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM)
  Polarized Light Microscopy (PLM)
 
Regarding Promontory Village 4 Asbestos Study (9 pages)
 
 
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