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uCRL-JC--10406 0
DEgl 007137
q.,'F;r/• t-E8 0 8 199#%,
a,
A Risk-Based Cleanup Criterion for PCE in Soft" .............
J. I. DanielsT. E. McKone
L. C. Hall
This paper was prepared for the Sixth _mnual DOE ModelConference on Waste Management and Environmental Restoration
October 29--November 2,1990Oak Ridge, TN
September 26,1990
This is a preprint of a paper intended for publication in a journal or proceedings, Since
changes may be made before publicition, this preprint is made available with the
understanding that it will not be cited or reproduced without the permission of theauthor.
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The most importantattrbJte o! a chemicalcontaminant at a hazardous-wastesite for decisionmakersto considerwithregardto itscleanupisthe potentialriskassociatedwithhumanexposure. Forthisreasonwe havedevelopeda strategy for establishinga risk-basedcleanup criterionfor chemicals in soil.We describe this strategy by presenting a cleanup criterion for tetrachloroethylene (PCE) in soilassociatedwitha representativeCalitomla landscape. We beginby discussingthe environmental late andtransport model, developed at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), that we used topredict the equilibriumconcentrationof PCE in five environmental media from a steady-state source insoil. Next, we explainthe conceptand applicationof pathway-exposurefactors (PEFs), the hazard index,and cancer-potency factors (CPFs) for translating the predicted concentrations of PCE into estimatedpotential hazard or risk for hypothetically exposed individuals. Finally, the relationship betweenconcentration and an allowable level of risk is defined and the societal and financial implications arediscussed.
INTRODUCTION
Currently, there are no Federal or State of California regulatory limits for concentrations ofchemical co_amlnants in soilanalogousto the maximum contaminant levels, MCLs, designed to protectagainst adversehealth effectsfrom the ingestionof drinkingwater. Therefore, governmentagencies andresponsibleparties accountablefor the mitigationof hazardous-wastesites in California cannot comparethe concentrationof a chemicaldetected in soilat a praticular siteto a regulatory limit for that chemical insoilto rapidlyascertainwhether the measuredsoilconcentrationmight pose an unacceptablelevel of dskto human health. To overcome this predicament confronting risk managers, we have developed astrategyconsisting of a six-stepprocedurefor establishinga rlsk-basedcleanup criterionfor chemicalsintroduced intosoil. Becausethis strategy accountsfor the multimedia and multiple-pathwayexposurecharacteristics of many soil contaminants, the resulting cleanup criterion for a soil contaminant isconsistentwith a complete assessment of potential riskto exposed populations.
We illustrate the six-stepprocedure for developing risk-based cleanup criterionfor _hemicais insoil withtt_eexampleof tetrachloroethylene(perchicroethylene,PCE) inthe soil of a 100-krn2 landscaperepresenting a typical regionof California. This organicchemical is a common contaminant of sell andgroundwater in many urban areas of Califomla because of its widespread use as an industrial solvent.Additionally, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA, 1985) classified PCE as a PossibleHuman Carcinogen(Group C), and the State of Califomia includes PCE in a listof "Chemicals Knowntothe State to Cause Cancer or Reproductive"toxicity"(California Department of Health Services [CDHS],1990).
Work pedormed umler the auspices of th_)U.S. Department of Energy by the Lawrence LivermoreNational Laboratoryunder ContractW-7405-Eng-48 with funding provided by the State of CaliforniaDepartment of Health Services, Toxic Substances Control Program, Memorandum of UnderstandingNg. 87-T0102.
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MULTIMEDIA PARTITIONING OF PCE INTRODUCED INTO SOIL
Thespedflclandscapeparameters(e.g.,meteorology,hydrogeoiogy,andsoilproperties)usedin• GEOTOXare basedon thenationalland-classificationsystemfordescribingecoregionsof the United
States developedfor the U.S. Departmentof the Interiorand the U.S. Departmentof Agriculture(Bailey,1980). Weestimatedorobtainedfromthe literaturethephysicochemicalpropertiesof PCE(e.g,solid/Ikluldand air/liquidpartitioncoefficientsandthediffusioncoefficientsof PCE inair and water)thatalsoare essentialinputto theGEOTOXmodel. Table2 showstheequilibriumconcentrationsot PCE indifferentenvimrm_entalmediapredictedbyGEOTOXfora 100-km2 Californialandscapeassuminga soil-basedsteady-statesourceof contamination.The predictedconcentrationsappearinginTable 2 arescaledtoa soilconcentrationof PCEof 1 ppm(rng/kg).
DEVELOPMENT OF PATHWAY-EXPOSURE FACTORS
Pathway-exposurefactors(PEFs)incorporateinformationon humanphysiology,human-behaviorpatterns,and environmentaltransportto linkenvironmentalconcentrationsof a chemicalto potentialexposurepathwaysand lifetimeaccumulations.Accordingly,we use PEFsdevelopedby McKoneandDaniels(1990)to translateenvironmentalconcentrationsof PCEintoquamitativeestimatesof theamountof PCEthat passesintothe lungsandgastrointestinaltract,andacrossthe sudaceof theskin andweexpresssuch intakesin unitsof rng/kg-d.Forexample,Equation1 is thePEF for ingestionof drinkingwater(Fww).
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whereIw = the liletime-equivalentfluidintake(2 L/d);andBW . the liletime-equivalentbodyweight(58 kg).
Table3 containsthe numericalvaluesandunitsof the PEFsfor the nineexposurepathwaysand fiveenvironmentalmediaapplicableto PCE.
vegetables Fav Fpv Fsv -- ---: (1.6 x 10"4) (14.0) (1.1 x 10"3)
Grains Fag Fpg Fsg . -- ---(2.5 x 10"4) (22.0) (8.0 x 10"4)
Meat Fat Fpt Fst Fwt --(5.7 x 10 6) (2.8 x 10"2) (5.4 x 10"7) (1.9 x 10"6)
Milk Fak Fpk Fsk Fwk ---• (4.0 x 10"6) (2.9 x 10"2) (5.2 x 10"7) (1.2 x 10"6)
Fish .... Frf(2.1 x 10"2)
Soil -- -- Fss -- --(1.5 x 10-6)
Dermalcontact -- Fsd Fwd -- --
{2.6 x 10"6) (3.8 x 10"2)a Subscriptsrefer to the sourcemedia(a = air gases, p = air particles,s = soil, w - drinking water, and
r = surface water) and pathways (h = inhalation,w = water ingestion, v = vegetables, g = grain,t = meat, k = milk, t = fish, s - soll ingestion,and d = dermal contact).
b Drinking-waterconcentrations are obtainedby arithmeticallyaveraging the concentrations in surfaceandgroundwaterso as to reflectthe mix ina local-watersupply. Forcalculationof a cleanupcriterion,we assumehalfof the drinkingwatercomes fromgroundwaterand the other halffrom sudacewater.
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CARCINOGENIC POTENCY AND NONCARCINOGENIC THRESHOLD
The term carcinogenic"potency"is used here to refer to the quantitativeexpressionof increasedtumorigenicresponseper unl dose rate at very lowcloses. The noncarctnooen¢threshold appliesto thedailyexposureover the coumssof a lifetimethat is likely to be withoutappreciable riskof noncarcinogan¢deleteriouseffects;this safe levetis referredto as the reference dose (RfD).
Carcinogenic Potency
' We used the range of PCE cancer-potencyestimates calculated by Bogen et al. (1987) fromrodenttumor-incidence data publishedby the NCl (1977) and NTP (1986). These potency estimates
' were calculatedas a functionof metalxdlzeddose of PCE because there is evidence that it is a _ 04' PCE's metabolismthat 18responsl)le for PCE's ¢arctnogantcity(U.S. EPA, 1985; Bogen et al., 1987). We
To estimate the carcinogenic potency of PCE in terms of human-applied dose, A, which isnecessary for calculation of an acceptable-exposure limit (because exposure is expressed in terms ofappliedand not metabolized dose),theterm q_(M) is multipliedby f, the fractionof the applieddose that ismetabolized(i.e., q_(A) = q_ (M) x f). We calculated the arithmetic means of the fractionmetabolizedofan orally-acquired dose of PCE, f'mo, or a respired or dermally-acquireddose of PCE, f*mr, usingtherespectiveranges of values forthese parametersdevelopedby Bogen and McKone (1988) fromthe dataof Ikeda et al. (1972) and Ohtsuldet al. (1983). Table 5 presentsthe highest and lowest estimates04thepathway-specificvalues of q; (A) basedon the lowestand highestvaluesof q_(M) calculated by Bogenetal. (1987) and based on the meanvaluesoff*mo (26%) and f'mr (20%).
• : Table5. Rangeof ca_c-potency estimatesfor PCE for ingestion,respiration, or dermal exposure.I,
Applied potency, ql(A)a
(nngA/kg-d) "1
Metabolized potency, Inhalation
q_(M)b or
. (ing M/k[_-d) "1 Inl_stion c derma!, uptake d ,,
0.095 0.025 0.019
o.42 o. z
a 95%-UCL potency of human applied dose, A, basedon surface-area,interspeciesdose-extrapolationIt. lt
method. Note that ql(A) = ql(M) x f, where f = f'mo or Pmr.
b Rangeof 95%-UCL potency of humanmetabolized dose, M, basedon surface-area,";nterspeciesdose-extrapolation method. Values from Bogenet al. (1987).
• c Calculated using the arithmeticmeanof Pine = 0.26.
d Calculated using the arithmetic mean of Pmr = 0.20. lt is assumed that the fraction of applied dosethat is metabolized is the samefor inhalation and dermal contact(seeBogen, 1988).
DERIVATION OF RISK-BASED SOIL CONCENTRATIONS FOR PCE
• To derivea rangeof risk-basedconcentrationsof PCEinsoilas Possiblecleanupcriterion,wefirstcalculatethetotalcarcinogenicriskandnoncarcinogenichazardindexassociatedwith1 ppmof PCEin
' soil.Wethenusethesevaluesin thederivationol alternativesas cleanupcriterionforPCEinsoil. TheaJterrmiveswe derivecorrespondto eachof threelevelsof excessindivldual-liletlmecancerdsk-1per10,00(_(i.e.,10-4],1 per 100,000[i.e., I0"5), andI per 1,000,000(i.e.,10"6),andto a hazardindexthatdoesnotexceedone. The threelevelsof excessindivldual-liletlmecancerriskwere selectedbecausetheyarecitedbyregulatoryagencies(seeU.S.EPA,19901)andCDH$, 1989)as beingacceptablelevelsofriskassociatedwithexpo_re to a carcinogenpresentInenvironmentalmedia.
C,81culatedTotal Risk for 1 PPM of PCE In SoU
Fora 100-km2 landscapein a typicalCaliforniaregion,the calculatedtotalriskassociatedwith1 ppmof PCEinsoil[RTC(1lc)m)]isdeterminedusingEquation2:
The PCEconcentrationspresentedinTable6 constitutea rangeof risk-basedcleanuplevelsforconsiderationbyriskmanagersfora 100-km2 Californialandscape.However,themethodologydescribedherecanbeusedtodevelopothermoreor lessconservativevaluesforconsideration.Nevertheless,it is 'apparentthattheconcentrationsof PCEin Table6 thatcorrespondtocarcinogenic_ rangingfrom10-4to 10-6 arealilowerthantheconcentrationof PCEassoc"ia,edwitha noncar_nlc hazardindexequalto one. Consequently,theconcentrationof PCEcorrespondingto a hazardindexof onemaybe rejectedfromconsiderationbecauseit isassociatedwitha carcinogenicdskabovetherangeof acceptability(i.e.,10-4 to 10"6),althoughit is likelyto bewithoutappreciableriskof noncaminogenicdeleteriouseffects.Nothwithstanding,selectionof a la_specitlc cleanupcriterionforanychemicalin soilshouldalsoincludeconsiderationofcriteriasuchas likelihoodofpublicexposure,sizeandoverallsusceptibility04thepopulation=risk,andtheprincipalexposurepathway,aswellasuncertaintiesintheinputparametersandfinalresults.
Finally,adoptinga scientificallycrediblelandscape-specificrisk-basedcleanupcriterionfor achemicalin sollwiflbenefitsociety'by servingas a mechanismto protectpublichealthwhilejustifyingdecisionsaboutcleaningup or notcleaningupcontaminatedsites. Suchdecisionsare importantto our
..; societybecausetheywill reducetheenormousoverallcostthat is now contemplatedfor cleaningupeverycontaminatedsitecompletelyandthatthreatensto cripplethenation'seconomiccompetitiveness.
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