Health assessment for Stoughton City Landfill, Stoughton, Wisconsin, Region 5. CERCLIS No. WID980901219. Preliminary report

Technical Report · Fri Dec 02 04:00:00 EST 1988

OSTI ID:5219699

The Stoughton City Landfill is listed on the National Priorities List. The site is located on the northeast edge of Stoughton, Wisconsin, where the city owned and operated a solid-waste landfill from the mid 1950s until it closed operation in 1978. From 1953 to 1963, the site accepted unknown amounts of wastes such as vinyl scrap from a tire manufacturer. In November of 1983, The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources sampled six on-site monitoring wells. The results showed volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in three wells. Subsequent sampling in March of 1984 confirmed VOC contamination in the same wells. Potential environmental pathways include ground water, surface water, and soil. Air is not considered a potential pathway at this time since the landfill was capped and seeded in 1978. No VOCs were detected in the air samples which were taken in 1985. No problems were observed with the landfill cap during the site visit. 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, surface water and soil.

• Research Organization: Wisconsin Div. of Health, Madison, WI (USA)
• OSTI ID: 5219699
• Report Number(s): PB-90-109208/XAB
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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