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Upper Columbia Remedial Investigation and Feasibility Study: Creating a Citizen’s Guide to Human Health Findings. Session Information Part 1: High level overview of human health knowledge regarding fish, beach, surface water, and air.

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  1. Upper Columbia Remedial Investigation and Feasibility Study:Creating a Citizen’s Guide to Human Health Findings

  2. Session Information Part 1: High level overview of human health knowledge regarding fish, beach, surface water, and air. Part 2: Public communication tools available, and how the tools are tailored to the communities we serve. Part 3: Panel and audience discussion about messaging.

  3. Fish Consumption Advisories Upper Columbia RiverLiz CarrFish Advisories Program Washington State Department of Health Denise BauschLake Roosevelt Recreational AreaNational Park Service

  4. History: Upper Columbia River (Lake Roosevelt) Fish Advisory 1994: DOH coordinated with USGS on development of fish tissue study. 1997: DOH issues first mercury advisory based on USGS data: Limit walleye due to mercury. 1998: USGS conducts a follow-up fish tissue study and finds no changes. 2000: DOH reviewed USGS data no changes made to the advisory. 2005:EPA RI/FS studies are initiated with sediment sampling and fish tissue studies. 2006: EPA reached agreement with Teck Cominco (now called Teck). Teck responsible for conducting RI/FS ecological and human health work with oversight by EPA. 2008: DOH updates Fish Advisory based on EPA samples. Advisory: Limit burbot and largescale sucker – 1 meal per week Walleye- Limit 2 meals per month.

  5. History: Upper Columbia River (Lake Roosevelt) Fish Advisory • 2009-2010: Teck collects fish samples with EPA oversight. • Six sample areas between Grand Coulee Dam and the Canadian border • 2300 fish collected: Burbot, kokanee, lake whitefish, largescale sucker, longnose sucker, mountain whitefish, rainbow trout, smallmouth bass, and walleye • 2012: DOH Updates Fish Advisory ( Mercury & PCBs Drivers) • Women who are or might become pregnant, nursing mothers, and young children: • Walleye, burbot, mountain whitefish, smallmouth bass – 1 meal per week • Largescale Sucker – 2 meals per month • Kokanee, lake whitefish, and rainbow trout are low in contaminants • Everyone should limit largescale sucker to 4 meals per month (PCBs) • Statewide fish advisories due to mercury apply to UCR: • Largemouth bass- 2 meals per month • Northern pikeminnow- Do not eat

  6. Upper Columbia River Fish Advisory- Outreach Workgroup Citizens Groups/NGOs Citizens for a Clean Columbia Lake Roosevelt Forum Tribal Government Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation Spokane Tribe of Indians Local Health Departments NE Tri County Health Department Lincoln County Health Department State Agencies Department of Health Department of Ecology Federal Agencies National Park Service Environmental Protection Agency

  7. Brochure : Translated into English, Spanish & Russian

  8. Poster 11x17 Flyer 8.5 x 11 English only

  9. Poster 11 x 17 Flyer 8.5 x 11 Translated into English, Spanish & Russian

  10. Outreach Distribution Spokane Tribe of Indians Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation Citizens of a Clean Columbia Lake Roosevelt Forum National Park Service NE Tri-County Health Dept Lincoln County Health Dept WA Dept of Health Northport Republic Kettle Falls Colville Colville Indian Reservation Inchelium Nespelem Chewelah Hunters Keller Fruitland Spokane Indian Reservation Wellpinit Grand Coulee Dam Grand Coulee Dam Davenport

  11. For more information about the fish advisory: www.doh.wa.gov/fish DOH Liz Carr Ph: 360.236.3191 NPS Denise Bausch: 509.754.7886

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