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**Studies Cited in the Response to Reconsideration Petitions Regarding**  **the Appropriate and Necessary Finding**  December, 2014 (point of contact: Amy Lamson, U.S. EPA, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, e mail: lamson.amy@epa.gov) EPA has placed in the docket a CD containing .pdf copies of the additional studies that EPA cited in the Response to Reconsideration Petitions regarding the Appropriate and Necessary Finding in support of the Mercury and Air Toxics Standard s . This memo and CD supplement the studies provided in docket for the final rule (docket #EPA - HQ - OAR - 2009 - 0234 - 1987). Full citations for these studies are provided in this memo below. Many of the cited studies are under copy right. Copy

righted material is not available in Regulations.gov since it may not be reproduced without consent of the copy right holder. These studies can be viewed in the p ublic reading room at the U . S . EPA Docket Center. In addition, we did not include .pdf copies of any cited presentations, books, or software on this disk drive. In addition, we include several data files related to the non - mercury risk assessment on this CD, which are cited in the petition responses and available on the Internet at <http://www.epa.gov/ttn/atw/utility /utility pg.html > .  a5_oil_m act_floor_analysis_121611.xlsx (labeled as the “MACT Floor analy sis

–oil” in the MATS I CR Data section of the website)  eu_partiii .mbd (labeled as “EGU ICR PartIII ” in the MATS I CR Data section of the website)  mats_final_current_base_hap.inven.xlsx (labeled as the “Emissions Spreadsheet” in the Technical Support Documents section of the website)

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**Memo (and CD) Full Citation**   Amos, H.M., Jacob, D.J., Holmes, C.D., Fisher, J.A., Wang, Q., Yantosca, R.M., Corbitt, E.S., Galarneau, E.,

Rutter, A.P., Gustin, M.S., Steffen, A., Schauer, J.J., Graydon, J.A., St Louis, V.L., Talbot, R.W., Edgerton, E.S., Zhang, Y., Sunderland, E.M. 2012. “Gas -particle partitioning of atmospheric Hg(II) and its effect on global mercury deposition.” Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 12, 591 - 603.  Baker, K.R., Bash, J.O., 2012. “Regional scale photochemical model evaluation of total mercury wet

deposition and speciated ambient mercury.” Atmospheric Environment 49, 151 - 162.  Burger J and Gochfeld M. 2012. “Selenium and mercury molar ratios in saltwater fish from New Jersey:

Individual and species variability complicate use in human health fish consumption advisories.” Environ Res. 114 , 12

–23.  Burger, J. 2002. “Daily consumption of wild fish and game: Exposures of high end recreationalists.” International Journal of Environmental Health Research 12:4, p. 343 - 354.  Burger, J., Stephens, W. L., Boring, C. S., Kuklinski, M., Gibbons, J. W., Gochfeld M. 1999. “Factors in Exposure Assessment: Ethnic and Socioeconomic Differences in Fishing and Consumption of Fish Caught along the Savannah River.” Risk Analysis 19, No. 3, p. 427.  Burger, Joanna, Michael Gochfeld, C. Jeitner, M. Donio, and T. Pittfield. 2012 “Selenium: Mercury Molar

Ratios in Freshwater Fish from Tennessee: Individual, Species, and Geographical Variations have Implications for Management.” EcoHealth DOI: 10.1007/s10393 - 012 - 0761 - y  Butler, T.J., M. D. Cohen, F. M. Vermeylen, G. E. Likens, D. Schmeltz, R. S. Artz. 2008. “Regional

precipitation mercury trends in the eastern USA, 1998

–2005: Declines in the Northeast and Midwest, no trend in the Southe ast,” Atmospheric Environment 42 : 1582

– 1592.  Cabañero AI, Madrid Y, Camara C. 2007. “Mercury - selenium species r atio in repres e ntative fish samples a n d their bioaccessib ility b y an in vitro digestion method.” Biol Trace Elem Res 119:195

–211.  Cabañero AI, Madrid Y, Cámara, C. 2004. “ Selenium and mercury bioaccessibility in f ish sam ples: an in vitro dig e stion method.” Anal Chim Acta 526:51

– 61.  Caffrey, J.M., Landing, W.M., Nolek, S.D., Gosnell, K.J., Bagui, S.S., Bagui , S.C., 2010. “Atmospheric deposition of mercury and major ions to the Pensacola (Florida) watershed: spatial, seasonal, and interannual variability.” Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 10, 5425 - 5434.  California Department of Health Services (CDHS), 1991. Health Risk Assessment for Nickel. Initial Statement for Rulemaking, Proposed Identification of Nickel as a Toxic Air Contaminant

– Technical Support Document, part B. Available at http://www.arb.ca.go v/toxics/id/summary/nickel_tech_b.pdf.  Canuel R, Boucher de Grosbois S, Atikessé L, Lucotte M, Arp P, Ritchie C, et al., 2006. “ New evidence on variations o f human body burden of methyl mercury from fish consumpti o n.” Environ He a lth Perspect 114:302

– 306.

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.  CDC. 2012. Fourth National Report on Human Exposure to Environmental Chemicals Updated Tables,

February 2012: Total Blood Mercury . U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Available on the internet at http://www.cdc.gov/exposurereport/pdf/FourthReport_UpdatedTables_Feb2012.pdf.  Chalmers, A.T., D.M. Argue, D.A. Gay, M.E. Brigham, C.J. Schmitt, D.L. Lorenz. 2011. “Mercury trends in

fish from rivers and lakes in the United States, 1969 - 2005,” Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 175: 175 - 191.  Charbonneau S, Munro I , Nera E, et al., 1976. “ Chronic toxicity of methylmercury in the adult cat.” Interim

Re p ort Tox 5:337 - 349.  Columbia River Inter - Tribal Fish Commission. 1994. A Fish Consumption Survey of the Umatilla, Nez Perce,

Yakima and Warm Springs Tribes of the Columbia River Basin . Technical Report 94 - 3. October.  Corburn, J. 2002. “Combining community -based research and local knowledge to confront asthma and

subsistence - fishing hazards in Greenpoint/Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York.” Environmental Health Perspectives , 110(2).  Daniels, JL, Longnecker , MP, Rowland, AS, Golding, J, and The ALSPAC Study Team

– University of Bristol Institute of Child Health. 2004. “Fish Intake During Pregnancy and Early Cognitive Development of Offspring.” Epidemiology 15:394 - 402.  Dellinger, J.A. 2004. “Exposure assessment and initial intervention regarding fish consumption of tribal me mbers of the Upper Great Lakes Region in the United States,” Environmental Research 95, 325

– 340.  Dittman, J.A., C.T. Driscoll. 2009. “Factors inf luencing changes in mercury concentrations in lake water and yellow perch (Perca flavescens) in Adirondack Lakes.” Biogeochemistry 93: 179

– 196.  Harris, R.C., et al., 2007. “Whole - ecosystem study shows rapid fish - mercury response to changes in mercury deposition.” PNAS 104 (42): 16586 - 16591.  He, M, Ke, CH, Wang, W. X ., 2010. “Effects of c o oking and subcellular di stribution on the bioaccessibility of

trace elements in two marine fish species.” J Agric Fo o d Chem 58 : 3517

– 3523.  Henderson, R. 2007. Letter from Dr. Rogene Henderson, Chair, Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee, to

Administrator Stephen L. Johnson. Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC) Lead Review of the 2nd Draft Lead Human Exposure and Health Risk Assessments Document . September 27, 2007. EPA CASAC - 07 - 007  Hibbeln, JR, Davis, JM, Steer, C, Emmett, C, Rogers, I, Williams, C, Golding, J. 2007. “Maternal seafood

consumption in pregnancy and neurodevelopmental outcomes in childhood (ALSPAC study): an observational cohort study,” Lancet 369:578

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**Memo (and CD) Full Citation**   Holmes, C.D., Jacob, D.J., Corbitt, E.S., Mao, J., Yang, X., Talbot, R., Slemr , F., 2010. “Global atmospheric

model for mercury including oxidation by bromine atoms.” Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 10, 12037 - 12057.  Jaffe, D., Prestbo, E., Swartzendruber, P., Weiss - Penzias, P., Kato, S., Takami, A., Hatakeyama, S., Kajii, Y.,

2005. “Export of atmospheric mercury from Asia.” Atmospheric Environment 39, 3029 - 3038.  Johansson, K. Bergback, B. and Tyler, G. 2001. “Impact of atmospheric long range transport of lead, mercury

and cadmium on the Swedish forest environment.” Water Air Soil Pollution . Focus 1, 279

–297.  Karamchandani, P., Vijayaraghavan, K., Chen, S. -Y., Seigneur, C., Edgerton, E.S., 2006. “Plume - in - grid

modeling for particulate matter.” Atmospheric Environment 40, 7280 - 7297.  Keeler, G.J., Landis, M.S., Norris, G.A., Christianson, E.M., Dvonch, J.T., 2006. “Sources of mercury wet deposition in Eastern Ohio, USA.” Environmental Science & Technology 40, 5874 - 5881.  Kolker, A., Olson, M.L., Krabbenhoft , D.P., Tate, M.T., Engle, M.A., 2010. “Patterns of mercury dispersion from local and regional emission sources, rural Central Wisconsin, USA.” Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 10, 4467 - 4476.  Kwa ś niak J, Falkowska L, Kwa ś niak M. 2012. “The assessment of organic mercury in Baltic fish by use of an

in vitro dig e stion model.” Food Chem 132:752

–7 5 8 (available online 15 Nov 2011).  Laird BD, Shade C, G antner N, M an Chan H, Sicili ano SD. 2009. “Bioaccessib ility of mercury from traditional

northern country foods measured using an in vitro gast rointestinal model is independent of mercury concentrati on.” Sci Tot Environ. 407:6003

– 6008.  Landis, M.S., Keeler, G.J. 2002. “Atmospheric mercury deposition to Lake Michigan during the Lake

Michigan Mass Balance Study.” Environmental Science &Technology 36, 4518 - 4524.  Li R, Leung GCK. 2012. “Coal consumption and economic growth in China.” En ergy Policy 40 : 438 - 443.  Lohman, K., Seigneur, C., Edgerton, E., Jansen, J., 2006. “Modeling mercury in power plant plumes.”

Environmental Science &Technology 40, 3848 - 3854.  Maulvault AL, Machado R, Afonso C, Lourenço HM, Nunes ML, Coelho I, Langerholc T, Marques A. 2011.

“Bioaccessib ility of Hg, Cd and As in cooke d black scab bard fish an d edible crab.” Food Chem Tox 49: 2808

–2815.  Metian M, Charbonnier L, Oberhaënsli F, Bustamante P, Jeffree R, Ami ard JC, Warnau M. 2008. “Assessment

of me tal, metalloid, and radi o nuclide bi oaccessibility from mussels to human consumers, using centrifugation and si m

ulated digestion methods coupled with radiotracer techniques.” Ecotox Env iron Safe 72:1499

– 1502.  Miettinen JK, Rahola T, Hattula T, Rissanen K, Tillander M. 1971. “Elimination of 203 Hg - methylmercury in

man.” Ann Clin Res. Apr 3(2):116 - 22.

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**Memo (and CD) Full Citation**   Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA). 2007. Minnesota Statewide Mercury Total Maximum Daily

Load. March 27.  Moya. J., Itkiin, C., Selevan , S.G., Rogers, J.W., Clickner, R. P. 2008. “Estimates of fish consumption rates for consumers of bought and self - caught fish in Connecticut, Florida, Minnesota, and North Dakota.” Science of the Total Environment 403, issue 1 - 3, p. 89 - 98.  Ouédraogo O, Amyot M. 2011. “Effects of various cooking me thods and f o od components on bioaccessibility of mercury from fish.” Environ Res 111:1064

– 1 069.  Pres tbo, E.M. and Gay, D.A. 2009. “Wet d eposition of mercury in the US and Canada 1996 - 2005: Results and

Analysis of the NADP mercury deposition network (MDN),” Atmos. Environ . 43, 4332 - 4233.  Shen L, Gao T - m, Cheng X. 2012. “China’s coal policy since 1979: A brief overview.” Energy Policy 40 : 274 -

281.  Shilling, Fraser, Aubrey White, Lucas Lippert, Mark Lubell. 2010. “Contaminated fish consumption in California’s Central Valley Delta.” Environmental Research 110, p. 334 - 344.  Shim SM, Ferruzzi MG, Kim YC, Jan le EM, Santerre CR. 2 0 09. “Impact of phytochemical -rich foods on

bi o accessibility of mercury f rom fish.” Food Chem 1 1 2:46

– 50.  Slemr, F., Brunke, E.G., Ebinghaus, R., Kuss, J., 2011. “Worldwide trend of atmospheric mercury since 1995.” Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 11, May, 4779 - 4787.  Streets, D.G., Zhang, Q., Wu, Y., 2009. “Projections of Global Mercury Emissions in 2050.” Environmental Science &Technology 43, 2983 - 2988.  Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ), 2011. Development Support Document for nickel and inorganic nickel compounds. Available online at http://www.tceq.state.tx.us/assets/public/implementation/tox/dsd/final/june11/nickel_&_compounds.pdf  Tian, Hezhong, Yan Wang, Ke Cheng, Yiping Qu, Jiming Hao, Zhigang Xue, and Fahe Chai. 2012. “Control

strategies of atmospheric mercury emissions from coal - fired power plants in China.” Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association 62(5):576

– 586. DOI: 10.1080/10962247.2012.663733  Torres - Escribano S, Denis S, Blanq u et - Diot S, Calatayud M, Barrios L, Vélez D, Alric M, Montoro R. 2011a. “ Comparison of a static and a dynamic in vitro model to estimate the bioaccessibility of As, Cd, Pb and Hg from food reference materials Fucus sp. (IAEA - 140/TM) and Lobster hepatopancre a s (TORT - 2).” Sci Total E nviron 409: January, 604

–611.  Torres - Escribano S, Ruiz A, Barrios L, Vélez D, Montoro R. 2011b. “Influ ence of mercury bioaccessibility on

exposure assessment associated with c o nsumption of cooked pr e datory fish in Spai n .” J Sci Food Agric 91: April, 9 8 1

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**Memo (and CD) Full Citation**   U.S. EPA. 1989. Risk Assessment Guidance for Superfund. Vol. 1, Human Health Evaluation Manual (Part A) .

EPA/540/1 - 89/002. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Emergency and Remedial Response. Washington, D.C. December.  U.S. EPA. 1992. Supplemental Guidance to RAGS: Calculating the Concentration Term. Office of Solid Waste

and Emergency Response . Publication 9285.7 - 081. Washington, D.C. May.  U.S. EPA. 2001. Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) Development for Total Mercury Fish Tissue Residue in

Brier Creek (Located in the Savannah River Basin). U.S. EPA Region 4. August.  U.S. EPA. 2002. Calculating Upper Confidence Limits for Exposure Point Concentrations at Hazardous Waste

Sites. Office of Emergency and Remedial Response. Washington, D.C. December.  U.S. EPA. 2010. ProUCL Version 4.00.05 User Guide . Office of Research and Development. EPA/600/R07/038, May.  U.S. EPA. 2011e. Exposure Factors Handbook: 2011 Edition, EPA/600/R- 09/052F. September 2011. Table

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Planning and Standards. December 2011.  U.S. EPA. 2012. Peer Review Handbook, 3 rd edition. EPA/100/B - 06/002, Science Policy Council, Washington,

DC. Available on the Internet at http://www.epa.gov/peerreview/pdfs/peer_review_handbook_2012.pdf.  Wang SX, Zhang L, Li GH, Wu Y, Hao JM, Pirrone N, Sprovieri F, Ancora MP. 2010, “Mercury emission and

speciation of coal - fired power plants in China.” Atmos. Chem. Phys. 10, 1183 - 1192, 2010.  Wang, Shuxiao, Lei Zhang, Bin Zhao, Yang Meng, and Jiming Hao. 2012. “Mitigation Potential of Mercury

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