Region 8: Risk Assessment Contacts
Region 8 offices are located in Denver and serve CO, ND, MT, SD, UT, WY, and 27 Tribal Nations.
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Key Issues
Region 8 (Mountain & Plains States) Contacts
Human Health Risk Assessment
- Chief Deborah McKean (Mckean.deborah@epa.gov), 303-312-6178
- Superfund Toxicologist, Susan Griffin (Griffin.susan@epa.gov), 303-312-6651
- Superfund Toxicologist, Wendy O'Brien (Obrien.wendy@epa.gov), 303-312-6712
- Drinking Water Toxicologist, Bob Benson (Benson.bob@epa.gov), 303-312-7070
- Superfund Toxicologist, Charlie Partridge (Partridge.charles@epa.gov), 303-312-6094
- Superfund Toxicologist, David Berry (Berry.david@epa.gov), 303-312-6358
- Pesticides, Contaminants of Emerging Concern,
Kristen Keteles (Keteles.kristen@epa.gov), 303-312-6039
Ecological Risk Assessment
- Superfund, Dan Wall,(Wall.dan@epa.gov), 303-312-6560
- U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Liaison, Robyn Blackburn (Blackburn.robyn@epa.gov), 303-312-6663
- U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Liaison, Sherry Skipper (Skipper.sherry@epa.gov), 303-312-6148
General Information
- Contact Region 8 - 303-312-6312 or in the Region 8 states, 800-227-8917
- Español: 303-312-6384 o 800-227-8917, oprima 5
- About Region 8 (Mountains and Plains)
Region 8 Risk Assessment Resources
- Calculating Preliminary Remediation Goals – Information on calculating cleanup goals for a site.
- Contingencies for EPA Region 8's Evaluation and Response for Various Levels of Dioxins Measured in Denver's Front Range Reference Surface Soils (Figure 3)
- Criteria for Evaluating Blood Lead Data Quality and Use
- Denver Front Range Study of Dioxins and Surface Soil Summary Report
- Estimating Site-Specific Exposure to Contaminants in Indoor Dust
- Evaluating and Identifying Contaminants of Concern for Human Health
- Libby Asbestos: Human Health Risk Assessment
- Model Site Conceptual Model for RI/FS Baseline Risk Assessments of Human and Ecological Health
- Model Statement of Work for RI/FS Baseline Risk Assessments of Human Health
- Sample Analysis and Quality Assurance Plan for Urinary Arsenic and Blood Lead Among Residents of VBI70 Neighborhoods
- Sampling Manual for IEUBK Model (1996)
- Standard Operating Procedure: In Vitro Bioacessibility (IVBA) Procedure for Arsenic
- Region 8: Background Soil Arsenic Concentrations (XLS) (2.5MB)
- Region 8: Measurement of Arsenic Relative Bioavailability in Swine; currently links to a non-EPA published literature database]
- Region 8: An in vitro method for estimation of arsenic relative bioavailability in soil; currently links to a non-EPA published literature database
- Region 8: Validation of an In Vitro Bioaccessibility Test Method for Estimation of Bioavailability of Arsenic from Soil and Sediment; currently links to a non-EPA published literature database
- USA Background Dioxin Soils Concentrations (Region 8, November 1999) - Dioxin concentrations from U.S. soil samples.
- Viewpoints on Bioavailability for Wildlife
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