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Recommendation to refer the Baseline Citywide Human Health Risk Assessment to a joint meeting of the Federal and State Legislation and Environmental Affairs Committees for further review. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
On December 2, 2003, the City Council requested the City Manager to prepare a comprehensive human health risk assessment report, encompassing health risks related to
environmental air pollution and airport noise pollution exposure in the City of Long Beach. The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) selected Montgomery-Watson-
Harza Americas, Inc. (MWH) on February 6,2004, to conduct the study and prepare a comprehensive human health risk assessment (HHRA) report related to air quality and noise exposure in the City of Long Beach. The report focuses on the following: Citywide human health risks from environmental air pollution exposure;
0 Current ambient data, including particulate matter (PMIO, PM2.5), and diesel particulate matter (DPM);
0 Current Airport noise data measurements and reports;
0 Identification, review, and validation of scientific methodology and interpretations of relevant scientifically-based studies;
0 Public input;
0 Identification of data gaps and uncertainties; and
0 Evaluation of health risks potentially associated with existing air quality and noise conditions.
The findings and recommendations of the comprehensive retrospective HHRA study of the City of Long Beach are in the Baseline Air Quality and Noise Human Health Risk Assessment: Final Report and Executive Summary, dated February 4,2005. The HHRA City Council Workshop on March 1,2005 provided a summary of the scope, methodology, general data findings and data gap analyses, quantified human health risk assessments, and recommendations related to human health risks from air pollution and noise pollution in Long Beach. Long Beach ambient air quality data is monitored annually by SCAQMD (Southern California Air Quality Management District), and less specific model...
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