Health assessment for Ormet, Hannibal, Monroe County, Ohio, Region 5. CERCLIS No. OHD004379970. Preliminary report

Technical Report · Thu Jan 19 00:00:00 EST 1989

OSTI ID:5219356

The Ormet site is listed on the National Priorities List. The Ormet facility is an aluminum reduction plant which has been in operation since 1958. The process used is the Hall-Herault process which electrolytically reduces alumina to aluminum in a series of cells or pots. The pots are lined with a mixture of anthracite and pith; the potliner eventually deteriorates and must be replaced. The environmental contamination on-site consists of polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons or PAHs (233 ppm) and cyanide (120 ppm) in retention-pond sludge, including benzo(a)pyrene (160 ppm), benzo(a)anthracene (65 ppm), pyrene (38 ppm), phenanthrene (10 ppm), chrysene (110 ppm), and fluroanthrene (57 ppm). Based on the available information, the site is considered to be of potential public health concern because of the risk to human health caused by the possibility of exposure to hazardous substances via contaminated ground water, soil, sediment, surface water, aquatic organisms, and airborne particulate.

• Research Organization: Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Atlanta, GA (USA)
• OSTI ID: 5219356
• Report Number(s): PB-90-108929/XAB
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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