Health assessment for Buckeye Reclamation Company, St. Clairsville, Belmont County, Ohio, Region 5. CERCLIS No. OHD980509657. Preliminary report

Technical Report · Mon Nov 14 04:00:00 EST 1988

OSTI ID:5184075

The Buckeye Reclamation Company site is listed on the National Priorities List. The 658-acre site was originally the location of deep mining operations until about 1940. The surface was used as a disposal site for mine wastes. In 1971, 50 acres of the site was licensed by the Ohio Department of Health as a public sanitary landfill. Between 1976 and 1979, the landfill received industrial wastes. The environmental contamination on-site identified so far consists of arsenic (200 ppb) and chromium (120 ppb) from seeps from the mounded mining waste. These seeps are acidic (pH approximately 4). 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 ground water, surface water, soil, sediment, and air. All these pathways, both on- and off-site, need to be evaluated.

• Research Organization: Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Atlanta, GA (USA)
• OSTI ID: 5184075
• Report Number(s): PB-90-108382/XAB
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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