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CFASE Public Comments | US EPA ARCHIVE DOCUMENT Coalition For A Safe Environment 1601 N. Wilmington Blvd., Wilmington, California 90744 P.O. Box 1918 Wlmingon, California 90748 wilmingtoncoalition @ prodigy.net 310-834-1128 September 28, 2010 Steven John, Director Southern California Field Office U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 600 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 1460 Los Angeles, CA 90017 Phone 213-244-1804 FAX 213-244-1850 [email protected] Jennifer Lucky, M.P.H. Project Director Human14thImpact Partners 274 Street Oakland, CA 94612 510-740-0146 [email protected] Re: US EPA Draft Los Angeles and Long Beach Maritime Port HIA Scoping Plan. Su: CFASE Public Comments The Coalition For A Safe Environment (CFASE) and Long Beach Coalition For A Safe Environment (LBCFASE) wishes to submit our public comments on the US EPA Draft Los Angeles and Long Beach Maritime Port HIA Scoping Plan. CFASE would like to complement the US EPA and Human Impact Partners for the excellent job in preparing this first in the nation Port HIA S coping Plan. This document is a testament that your staffs were listening to community input, taking note of important issues, took a comprehensive holistic view, reviewed previously submitted related documentation which resulted in a very thorough draft. The Coalition would now like to submit our additional public comments to further provide insight into our experiences with the Ports and Goods Movement Industry and how we perceive their negative impacts and how we believe that they should be identified, addressed and mitigated. We found it easier to redline and mark-up the original draft vs submitting a paragraph-by-paragraph critique. Do to our limited skills we were not able to revise the charts and ask that you incorporate our recommendations for the addition of new boxes of information. In some instances some information was applicable to more than one category and ask that where obvious please add and insert. We added a nine health determinant “Light Pollution” as this is yet another negative impact on our communities and public health. We ask that you do an internet search to find applicable scientific studies. I have attached two relevant information documents, one an article on “Health Effects of Light Pollution” and the other the State of New Jersey Light Pollution Study Commissions Report. I have attached a list by health subject category of public health scientific studies that we use as a reference that we have been compiling over the years; most were provided by the USC Keck School of Medicine via Andrea Hricho. Many are already contained in your reference but many are not and we would like to have them added. Of particular note is our listing of petroleum industry public health studies that no one else has. We understand that an issue regarding putting the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach at a competitive disadvantage by requiring them to incorporate an HIA into their EIS/EAJEIR process and not other ports in the state or nation has arisen. We recommend that all Ports in California and the US be required by US EPA to incorporate an HIA into their EIS/EA/EIR process. We find nothing wrong for the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach being the first as they also the largest Port complex in the US and have the largest negative impacts on Port Communities in the nation. Although we appreciated the extension of the public comment period we still believe that we needed an additional 2-3 weeks to finish our comments and should it be offered we would accept and submit additional comments. Cordially, Jesse N. Marquez Executive Director Coalition For A Safe Environment jnmarquez @ prodigy.net 310-704-1265 Gabrielle Weeks Long Beach Coalition For A Safe Environment gabrielleweeks @ gmail.com Coalition For A Safe Environment Public Health Impact Studies Index APPENDIX A: Appendix A-i: Respiratory and Children’s Health Appendix A-2: Traffic Proximity Appendix A-3: Particulate Matter Appendix A-4: Cardiovascular and Neurologic Appendix A-5: Reproductive and Developmental Appendix A-6: Cancer Appendix A-7: Noise Appendix A-8: Petroleum Industry Note: 1. Primary Public Health Studies Research Conducted By: USC Southern California Environmental Health Sciences Center - Children’s Environmental Health Center 2. Petroleum Industry Public Health Studies Research Conducted By: Coalition For A Safe Environment 3. List is periodically updated by the Coalition For A Safe Environment Page 1 of 16 8/23/09 Appendix A-i: Respiratory and Children’s Health 1. Avol, E., J. Gauderman, S. Tan et al (2001 ) “Respiratory Effects of Relocating to Areas of Differing Air Pollution Levels” American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Volume 164, pp206’7-20’72, 2001. (Research done at USC) 2. Barck, C., J. Lundahi, et al. (2005). “Brief exposures to N02 augment the allergic inflammation in asthmatics.” Environ Res 97(1): 58-66. 3. Berhane, K., J. Peters, S. London et al ()“Air Pollution and Bronchitic Symptoms in Southern California Children with Asthma” Environmental health Perspectives, VolumelO7, Number 9, September 1999. 4. Bobak, M., Leon, DA. (1999) “The Effects of Air Pollution on Infant Mortality Appears Specific for Respiratory Causes in the Post neonatal Period.” Epidemiology, November 1999, Volume 10, Number 6:661-662. 5. Brunekreet, B. ( ) “Air Pollution Kills Babies...” Epidemiology, November 1999, Volume 10, Issue 6:661. 6. Delfino, R. J. (2002). “Epidemiologic evidence for asthma and exposure to air toxics: linkages between occupational, indoor, and community air pollution research.” Environmental Health Perspectives 110 Suppi 4: 573-89. 7. Gauderman, W. J., R. McConnell, et al. (2000). “Association between air pollution and lung function growth in southern California children.” American J Respiratory Critical Care Medicine 162(4 Pt 1): 1383-90. 8. Gauderman, W. J., E. Avol, et al. (2004). “The effect of air pollution on lung development from 10 to 18 years of age.” New England Journal Medicine 351(11): 1057-67. 9. Gauderman, W. J., E. Avol, et al. (2005). “Childhood asthma and exposure to traffic and nitrogen dioxide.” Epidemiology 16(6): 737-43. 10. Gauderman, W. 3. (2006). “Air Pollution and Children — An Unhealthy Mix.” New England Journal Medicine 355(1): 78-79. 11. Gilliland, F. D., K. Berhane, et al. (2001). “The effects of ambient air pollution on school absenteeism due to respiratory illnesses.” Epidemiology 12(1): 43-54. 12. Hall, J. V., V. Brajer, et al. (2003). “Economic valuation of ozone-related school absences in the South Coast Air Basin of California.” Contemporary Economic Policy 21: 407-417. 13. Ktinzli, N., R. McConnell, et al. (2003). “Breathless in Los Angeles: the exhausting search for clean air.” American Journal Public Health 93(9): 1494-9. 14. McConnell, R., K. Berhane, et al. (2002). “Asthma in exercising children exposed to ozone: a cohort study.” Lancet 359(9304): 386-91. 15. McConnell, R., K. Berhane, et al. (2003). “Prospective Study of Air Pollution and Bronchitic Symptoms in Children with Asthma.” American Journal Respiratory Critical Care Medicine 168(7): 790-797. Page 2 of 16 8/23/09 16. McConnell, R., et al. (2006). “Traffic, Susceptibility, and Childhood Asthma.” Environmental Health Perspectives 114(5): 766—772. 17. Pandya, R. 3., G. Solomon, et al. (2002). “Diesel exhaust and asthma: hypotheses and molecular mechanisms of action.” Environmental Health Perspectives 110 Suppl 1: 103-12. 18. Peden, D. B. (2002). “Pollutants and asthma: role of air toxics.” Environ Health Perspectives 110 Suppi 4: 565-8. 19. Pereira, L., D. loomia, G. Conceicao et al (1998 ) “Association between Air Pollution and Intrauterine Mortality in Sao Paulo, Brazil” Environmental Health Perspectives, Volume 106, Number 6, June 1998. 20. Pietropaoli, A. P., M. W. Frampton, et al. (2004). “Pulmonary function, diffusing capacity, and inflammation in healthy and asthmatic subjects exposed to ultrafine particles.” Inhalation Toxicol 16 Suppi 1: 59-72. 21. Ritz, B., f. Yu, S. Fruin, et al (2002 ) “Ambient Air Pollution and the Risks of Birth Defects in Southern California” American Journal of Epidemiology, Volume 155, Number 1, 2002. (Research done at UCLA). 22. University of Southern California - Health Science News. (2005). “Air Pollution Found to Pose Greater Danger to Health than Earlier Thought.” 23. University of Southern California - Health Science News. (2005). “Researchers Link Childhood Asthma to Exposure to Traffic-related Pollution.” Page 3 of 16 8/23/09 Appendix A-2: Traffic Proximity 24. Brauer, M., G. Hoek, et al. (2002). “Air pollution from traffic and the development of respiratory infections and asthmatic and allergic symptoms in children.” Am J Respir Crit Care Med 166(8): 1092-8. 25. Brunekreef, B. and J. Sunyer (2003). “Asthma, rhinitis and air pollution: is traffic to blame?” Respir J 21(6): 913-5. 26. Cyrys, J., J. Heinrich, et al. (2003). “Comparison between different traffic-related particle indicators: elemental carbon (EC), PM2.5 mass, and absorbance.” J Expo Anal Environmental Epidemiology 13(2): 134-43. 27. Environmental Protection Agency (2004). “Study of Health Effects of Toxic Air Pollutants on Asthmatic Children in Huntington Park.” 28. Gauderman, W.J. et al. (2007) “Effect of exposure to traffic on lung development from 10 to 18 years of age: a cohort study.” Lancet 369(9561):571-7. 29. Gilliland, F. L., Y;Saxon,A; Diaz-Sanchez,D; (2004). “Effect of glutathione-S-transferase Ml and P1 genotypes on xenobiotic enhancement of allergic responses: randomised, placebo- controlled crossover study.” Lancet 363: 119. 30. Green, R. S., S. Smorodinsky, et al. (2004). “Proximity of California public schools to busy roads.” Environmental Health Perspectives 112(1): 61-6. 31. Lee, Y. L., C. K. Shaw, et al. (2003). “Climate, traffic-related air pollutants and allergic rhinitis prevalence in middle-school children in Taiwan.” Eur Respir J 2 1(6): 964-70.
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