Health assessment for Joliet Army Plant, Joliet, Illinois, Region 5. CERCLIS No. IL0210090049. Preliminary report

Technical Report · Mon Apr 10 04:00:00 EDT 1989

OSTI ID:5184395

The Joliet Army Plant (JAP) Site is listed on the National Priorities List. JAP is a government-owned, contractor-operated facility and is located in Joliet (Will County), Illinois. JAP is currently in a nonproduction status. The site consists of two major areas: a manufacturing area encompassing 14 square miles that produced constituent chemicals and explosive materials, and a Load-Assemble-Package Area encompassing 22 square miles that contained munitions filling and assembly lines. Removal actions have not occurred. Access to the site is unrestricted. Preliminary on-site sampling results have identified trinitrotoluene (TNT) and related organic compounds, cyclotrimethylene trinitramine, and heavy metals (lead, mercury, chromium, and cadmium) in ground water, surface water, soil, and sediment. The site is considered to be of public health concern because of the risk to human health caused by the likelihood of human exposure to hazardous substances. Direct contact with site-related contaminants in soil and sediment by military training units unfamiliar with the facility is possible. In addition, ingestion of fish and commercial livestock and their by-products that bioaccumulate site-related contaminants may pose an unnecessary health risk. Other possible exposure routes identified include ingestion of contaminated groundwater, surface water, and inhalation of volatilized contaminants or contaminants entrained in air.

• Research Organization: Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Atlanta, GA (USA)
• OSTI ID: 5184395
• Report Number(s): PB-90-105958/XAB
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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