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EXPLANATION: SITES WITH POTENTIAL CONTAMINATION Clandestine Drug labs Sites from Federal Sources(US CDL) Clandestine Drug tabs Sites from Federal Sources is a listing of drug lab location from the U.S.Department of Justice('the Department). It contains addresses of some locations where law enforcement agencies reported they found chemicals or other items that indicated.the presence of either clandestine drug laboratories or dumpsites. In mast cases,the source of the entries is not the Department.and the Department has not verified the entry and does not guarantee its accuracy. Members of the public must verify the accuracy of all entries by,for example,contacting local law enforcement and local health departments. { For more information about Clandestine Drug fabs from Federal Sources in this report contact the Drug Enforcement Administration, 202-307-1000 Source:Drug Enforcement Administration Date of Government Version:03/01/2009 Search Distance in this report: 1/8 mile from Target Property Clandestine Drug Lab Sites from State Sources(CDL) Health and Safety code section 25354.5 requires DTSC removal and disposal of hazardous substances discovered by law enforcement officials while investigating clandestine drug laboratories.The illegal manufacture of psychoactive drugs,primarily methamphetemine, has escalated dramatically since 1980.Cafifomia leads the nation in the number of!Ira drug laboratory seizures.Contaminants at clandestine labs range from highly volatile organic solvents and semwalatile organic compounds,to highly oorrosive inorganic acids and bases,the illicit drug Itself.and other by-products.The DTSC Clandestine Drug tab Removal Program has funded and coordinated removal and disposal actions at more than 12,000 illegal drug labs and drug lab waste abandonments in the last five years. For more information about Clandestine Drug Lab Sites in this report,contact the:California Department of Toxic Substances Control, 800-260-3972 or httpt/ANww.dtmca.gov/SiteC]eanup/ERPA)njg_LabLRemoval.dm Source:California Department of Toxic Substances Control Date of Government Version:06/30/20119 Search Distance in this report: 1/S mile from Target Property CDC Environmental Health Assessments Database The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry,ATSDR,is an agency of the U.S.Public Health Service.It was established by Congress in 1980 under the Comprehensive Environmental Response,Compensation,and Liability Act also known as the Superfund law.This law set up a fund to identify and dean up our country's hazardous waste sites.The Environmental Protection Agency.FPA,and the individual states regulate the investigation and dean up of the sites. Since 1886,ATSDR has been required by law to conduct a public health assessment at each of the sites on the EPA National Priorities List The aim of these evaluations is to find out if people are being exposed to hazardous substances and,if so,whether that exposure I&harmful and should be stopped or reduced.If appropriate,ATSDR also conducts public health assessments when petitioned by concerned Individuals.Public health assessments are carried out by environmental and health scientists from ATSDR and from the states with which ATSDR has cooperative agreements. Exposure:As the first step in the evaluation,ATSDR scientists review environmental data to see how much contamination is at a site, where it is,and how people might come into contact with it Generally,ATSDR does not collect its own environmental sampling data but reviews information provided by EPA,other government agencies,businesses,and the public.When there is not enough environmental information available,the report will indicate what further sampling data is needed. Health Effects:If the review of the environmental data stows that people have or could come into contact with hazardous substances, ATSDR scientists then evaluate whether or not there will be any harmful effects from these exposures.The report focuses on public health,or the health impact on the community as a whole,rather than on individual risks.Again,ATSDR generally makes use of existing scientific information,which can include the results of medical,toxicologic and epidemiologic studies and the data collected in disease registries.The science of environmental health is still developing,and sometimes scientific information on the health effects of certain substances is not available.When this is so,the report will suggest what further research studies are needed. Conclusions:The report presents conclusions about the level of health threat,if any.posed by a site and recommends ways to stop or reduce exposure in its public health aeon plan.ATSDR is primarily an advisory agency,so usually these reports Identify what actions are appropriate to be undertaken by EPA,other responsible parties,or the research or education divisions of ATSDR However,if there is an urgent health threat,ATSDR can issue a public health advisory warning people of the danger.ATSDR can also authorize health education or pilot studies of health effects,full-scale epidemiology studies,disease registries,surveillance studies or research on EXPLANATION AND FOLLOWUP DISCUSSION Report#:2645763.1s Page 12