Public health assessment for Tar Lake, Mancelona, Antrim County, Michigan, Region 5. Cerclis No. MID980794655. Final report

Technical Report · Tue Jan 18 04:00:00 EST 1994

OSTI ID:5208749

The Tar Lake site was listed on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) National Priorities List (NPL) in September 1983. From 1910 until 1944, the site operators recovered and reprocessed volatile chemicals generated in producing the charcoal. Residues from the recovery/reprocessing operation were dumped into a natural depression on the site, now called Tar Lake. These residues have a thick tarry consistency and now cover approximately 4 acres of the site to a thickness of up to 27 feet. The site poses an indeterminate public health hazard. Surface soil on the site and the surface material from the lake needs to be analyzed so that health hazards can be properly assessed. The areal extent of off-site groundwater contamination needs to be better defined and a residential well survey performed to identify private well users. There is contamination in the groundwater and a potential for direct contact with material in the lake.

• Research Organization: Michigan Dept. of Public Health, Lansing, MI (United States)
• OSTI ID: 5208749
• Report Number(s): PB-94-139706/XAB
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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09 BIOMASS FUELS
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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
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552000 -- Public Health
99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS
ABANDONED SITES
ADSORBENTS
CHARCOAL
CONTAMINATION
ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE PATHWAY
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
GROUND DISPOSAL
GROUND WATER
HAZARDS
HEALTH HAZARDS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
INDUSTRIAL PLANTS
MANAGEMENT
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PRODUCTION
PUBLIC HEALTH
RISK ASSESSMENT
SOLID WASTES
WASTE DISPOSAL
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTES
WATER