Pacific Southwest, Region 9
Serving: Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, Pacific Islands, Tribal Nations
Naturally Occurring Asbestos
Public Meetings
Upcoming Meetings:
- U.S. EPA Community Meeting
May 6, 2005
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Location: Community Services District Gym
- U.S. EPA Availability Session
May 7, 2005
10:00 am - 2:00 pm
Location: Community Services District Gym
1021 Harvard Way, El Dorado Hills
Asbestos Meetings for El Dorado Hills
U.S. EPA and ATSDR Hold Asbestos Meetings
Three Asbestos Reports to be Released
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) invite the public to a community meeting on Friday, May 6, 2005, from 7:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m., at the Community Services District Gym, 1021 Harvard Way, El Dorado Hills.
U.S. EPA will present results from the October 2004 sampling for personal exposures to asbestos at three schools and the El Dorado Hills Community Park. ATSDR will present findings from its Health Consultation on asbestos exposures at Oak Ridge High School.
On the following day, Saturday, May 7, representatives of the two agencies will be available from 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m., at the Community Services District Gym to talk with the public. Additionally, ATSDR will be making presentations on the health effects of asbestos.
A third asbestos report, the Garden Valley Road Study conducted by the State of California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), was released on April 8, 2005. DTSC will be doing outreach in Garden Valley to notify residents of the results.
The U.S. EPA, ATSDR and DTSC are working together to coordinate the release of their reports and to provide technical assistance to the El Dorado Hills community.
May 6, 2005 • 7:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
Location: Community Services District Gym
May 7, 2005 • 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Location: Community Services District Gym
1021 Harvard Way, El Dorado Hills
For More InformationU.S. EPA documents are available at El Dorado County libraries The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency maintains local information repositories with copies of documents related to our work on naturally occurring asbestos at two branches of the El Dorado County Library: |
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| El Dorado County Library Oak Ridge High School branch 1120 Harvard Way, El Dorado Hills |
El Dorado County Library Main branch 345 Fair Lane, Placerville |
A subset of U.S. EPA's results of the October 2004 personal exposure sampling will be available at the above repositories before May 6. Other selected documents are available from the U.S. EPA’s web site at http:// www.epa.gov/region09/ toxic/noa. Please contact the Superfund Records Center at 415-536-2000 to request paper copies. Please contact the people below if you have any questions or concerns |
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| U.S. EPA Asbestos Assessment Jere Johnson, Site Assessment Manager U.S. EPA Region 9 75 Hawthorne Street (SFD-9-1) San Francisco, CA 94105 E-mail: johnson.jere@epa.gov Office: (415) 972-3094 |
ATSDR Health Consultation |
| U.S. EPA toll-free Community Involvement message line: (800) 231-3075 | |
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