Health assessment for Powell Road Landfill, Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, Region 5. CERCLIS No. OHD000382663. Preliminary report

Technical Report · Tue Jan 17 04:00:00 EST 1989

OSTI ID:5218614

The Powell Road Landfill site is listed on the National Priorities List. The 67-acre site began operation in 1959 as a municipal landfill after being used as a gravel pit for an unspecified period of time. The environmental contamination on-site consists of benzidine, benzene (5 ppb), trichloroethylene, trans- 1,2-dichloroethylene (78 ppb), styrene (16 ppb), tetrachloroethylene (29 ppb), ethylbenzene (88 ppb), toluene (757 ppb), xylenes (257 ppb), methylene chloride (14 ppb), chloroethane (28 ppb), phenol (202 ppb), methyl ethyl ketone, chloroform, 1,2-dichloroethane, 1,2-dichlorobenzene (34 ppb), bromodichloromethane, and strontium chromate. Based on the available information, 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 contaminated ground water.

• Research Organization: Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Atlanta, GA (USA)
• OSTI ID: 5218614
• Report Number(s): PB-90-108937/XAB
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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