Health assessment for Synertek, Inc. (Building 1) Site, Santa Clara, Santa Clara County, California, Region 9. CERCLIS No. CAD990832735. Final report
Synertek Building No. 1 is in an industrial and commercial area of Santa Clara, California. Synertek was placed on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's National Priorities List in September 1989. The California Regional Water Quality Control Board (RWQCB), San Francisco Bay Region, is the lead agency for overseeing investigation and remediation at the site. One solvent storage tank and a three tank neutralization system leaked various organic solvents into subsurface soils and groundwater. Those underground tanks were removed in 1985, along with contaminated subsurface soil around the tanks. Several organic compounds, principally 1,1,1-trichloroethane (1,1,1-TCA), trichloroethylene (TCE), 1,1-dichloroethane (1,1-DCA), 1,1-dichloroethylene (1,1-DCE), vinyl chloride, and 1,1,2-trichloro-1,2,2-trifluoroethane (Freon 113) have been detected in shallow on- and off-site groundwater at levels of health concern. Based on information reviewed, the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), and the California Department of Health Services (CDHS) consider this site an indeterminate public health hazard due to incomplete information on possible air contamination. Direct exposure to groundwater contaminants is unlikely since no water wells will be permitted in areas of known contamination until the groundwater extraction and treatment system reduces concentrations of contaminants to a point below levels of health concern.
- Research Organization:
- California Dept. of Health Services, Sacramento, CA (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 5000792
- Report Number(s):
- PB-92-184209/XAB
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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