Public health assessment for Kalama Specialty, Burton, Beaufort County, South Carolina, Region 4. CERCLIS No. SCD094995503. Final report

Technical Report · Wed Jun 23 00:00:00 EDT 1993

OSTI ID:6243944

Kalama Specialty Chemicals, Inc. (KSCI) is a former chemical manufacturing plant located near the city of Beaufort, S.C. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) added this site to the National Priorities List (NPL) in September 1984, as a result of chemical contamination of soil and groundwater. The contaminants of concern include benzene, 1,2-dichloroethane, 1,1-dichloroethylene, ethylbenzene, vinyl chloride, lead, mercury, and sodium. The site was owned and operated by Vega Chemicals from 1973 to 1978. Vega Chemicals was a custom manufacturer of hydrogenated chemical products, as well as other specialty chemical products. This company treated their chemical wastewater in an unlined lagoon that discharged into an underground tile field. The Kalama Specialty Chemicals, Inc. site is classified as an indeterminate public health hazard, because the available data do not indicate that humans are being or have been exposed to levels of contaminants that would be expected to cause adverse health effects, however, soil and groundwater exposure pathways have not been fully characterized. The public health assessment was reviewed by the ATSDR Health Activities Recommendation Panel, and the panel has determined that no follow-up health activities are indicated at this time.

• Research Organization: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC (United States). Div. of Water Reactor Safety
• OSTI ID: 6243944
• Report Number(s): PB-93-207199/XAB
• Resource Relation: Other Information: See also PB--90-141961
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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