Final Report Adjustments to the Hud National Survey Dust Data for Section 403 Analyses

By Blubaugh, Timothy

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Reproduction Date: 2007

Title:	Final Report Adjustments to the Hud National Survey Dust Data for Section 403 Analyses
Author:	Blubaugh, Timothy
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Language:	English
Subject:	Ecology, Natural resource issues, Environemtal protection
Collections:	Environmental Awareness Library Collection
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Publisher:	United States Environmental Protection Agency


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Table of Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS Page EXECUTIVE SUMMARY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii 1.0 INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1.1 PEER REVIEW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2.0 EFFECT OF LOW TAP WEIGHTS ON DUST-LEAD CONCENTRATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2.1 Why Dust-Lead Concentrations May Be Biased . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2.2 Statistical Assessment of Low Tap Weight Samples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 2.3 Laboratory Assessment of Low Tap Weight Samples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 2.4 Correcting the Bias in Dust-Lead Concentration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 3.0 WIPE SAMPLES IN HUD NATIONAL SURVEY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 4.0 DISCUSSION, SUMMARY, AND CONCLUSIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 5.0 REFERENCES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 APPENDIX A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-1 APPENDIX B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-1 LIST OF TABLES Table 1. Floor Dust-Lead Concentrations and Dust-Lead Loadings by Tap Weight for the 284 Privately-Owned Houses in the HUD National Survey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Table 2. Window Sill Dust-Lead Concentrations and Dust-Lead Loadings by Tap Weight for the 284 Privately-Owned Houses in the HUD National Survey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Table 3. Window Trough Dust-Lead Concentrations and Dust-Lead Loadings by Tap Weight for the 284 Privately-Owned Houses in the HUD National Survey . . . . . . . . . 8 Table 4. Floor, Window Sill, and Window Trough Dust-Lead Concentrations and Dust-Lead Loadings by Tap Weight For the 284 Privately-Owned Houses in the HUD National Survey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Table 5. Results of Outlier Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Table 6. Test Matrix for Laboratory Experiments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Table 7. Floor Dust-Lead Concentrations Corrected for Bias and Dust-Lead Loadings by Tap Weight for the 284 Privately-Owned Houses in the HUD National Survey . . . 17 Table 8. Window Sill Dust-Lead Concentrations Corrected for Bias and Dust-Lead Loadings by Tap Weight for the 284 Privately-Owned Houses in the HUD National Survey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Table 9. Window Trough Dust-Lead Concentrations Corrected for Bias and Dust-Lead Loadings by Tap Weight for the 284 Privately-Owned Houses in the HUD National Survey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Table 10. Floor, Window Sill, and Window Trough Dust-Lead Concentrations Corrected for Bias and Dust-Lead Loadings by Tap Weight for the 284 Privately-Owned Houses in the HUD National Survey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Table 11. Distribution of Wipe Samples Taken in the HUD National Survey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21