Health assessment for Nebraska Army Ordnance Plant (former), Mead, Saunders County, Nebraska, Region 7. CERCLIS No. NE6211890011. Preliminary report

Technical Report · Thu Apr 16 04:00:00 EDT 1992

OSTI ID:5178054

The former Nebraska Ordance Plant (NOP), a National Priorities List (NPL) site, is located in Saunders County, Nebraska. The plant assembled bombs from 1942 through 1945 and 1950 through 1956. Past waste disposal practices at NOP resulted in soil contamination with trinitrotoluene (TNT), cyclonite (RDX), and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and groundwater contamination with trichloroethylene (TCE), TNT, and RDX. In addition, the unused portions of the former manufacturing buildings contain steam pipes covered with frayed asbestos. From the available information, the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry concludes that the former Nebraska Ordnance Plant NPL site is a public health hazard because a risk to human health may exist from possible exposure to hazardous substances at concentrations that may result in adverse human health effects. Individuals could have skin contact and ingestion exposures to RDX, TNT, and PCBs in on-site soils. Although there are indications that human exposure to on- and off-site contaminants occurred in the past, the site is not being considered for follow-up health activities at this time because no current exposure is occurring at levels of public health concern.

• Research Organization: Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Atlanta, GA (United States)
• OSTI ID: 5178054
• Report Number(s): PB-92-177815/XAB
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
AROMATICS
ASBESTOS
CHEMICAL EXPLOSIVES
CHLORINATED ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS
CHLORINATED AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS
CONTAMINATION
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
EXPLOSIVES
FEDERAL REGION VII
GROUND WATER
HALOGENATED ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS
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HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
HAZARDS
HEALTH HAZARDS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
LAND POLLUTION
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NEBRASKA
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POLLUTION
POLLUTION LAWS
PUBLIC HEALTH
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SITE SURVEYS
SOILS
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WASTE DISPOSAL
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WATER
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