From: McCormack, Craig (ECY)

Sent: Thu Jan 13 12:13:56 2011

To: ToxicsRuleMaking

Cc: Hankins, Martha (ECY); McCormack, Craig (ECY)

Subject: Comments by Toxics Cleanup Program, Department of Ecology on Oregon DEQ's Human Health Water Quality Criteria for Toxics.

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Subject: Comments by Toxics Cleanup Program, Department of Ecology, on Oregon Department of Environmental Quality Revised Human Health Water Quality Criteria for Toxics.

Washington’ Department of Ecology, Toxics Cleanup Program, appreciates the opportunity to comment on Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (Oregon-DEQ) Revised Human Health Water Quality Criteria for Toxics. The Toxics Cleanup Program has monitored Oregon-DEQ’s progress on revising Human Health Water Quality Criteria for Toxics with particular focus on the Human Health Focus Group’s evaluation on fish consumption and fish consuming populations in Oregon. The Toxics Cleanup Program would like to acknowledge the extensive and, indeed, precedent setting work accomplished during the Fish Consumption Rate Review Project. As the Toxics Cleanup Program embarks on a similar effort, the Fish Consumption Rate Review Project and the evaluation conducted by the Human Health Focus Group are being used as models of how to proceed in developing cleanup standards protective of high fish consuming populations. Oregon-DEQ’s public outreach and tribal partnership provides a process of engagement and a risk management decision making framework that recognizes Oregon’s fish consuming populations and reasonably ensures health protective standards for these populations.

Craig McCormack

Toxics Cleanup Program

Department of Ecology

Olympia, Washington

Phone: 360-407-7193