Health assessment for KL Avenue Landfill, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Region 5. CERCLIS No. MID980506463. Preliminary report

Technical Report · Fri Mar 03 04:00:00 EST 1989

OSTI ID:5220699

The KL Avenue Landfill, listed on the National Priorities List, is a former sanitary landfill situated on 87 acres of land west of Kalamazoo. The landfill was closed in May 1979 after volatile organic compounds were detected in residential wells located in the area. Samples taken from 20 off-site monitoring wells and 6 on-site test wells in 1980 revealed maximum concentrations in parts per billion (ppb) of the following contaminants: phenol, 5,100; 1,1-dichloroethane, 360; 1,2-dichloroethane, 240; cis-1,2-dichloroethylene, 52; benzene, 500; toluene, 300; and methylene chloride, 39. Maximum concentrations of lead (390 ppb) and total chromium (59 ppb) were also detected. In 1983, acetone (38,000 ppb), isopropanol (30,000 ppb) and methyl ethyl ketone (5,600 ppb) were detected in monitoring wells. Groundwater monitoring data from 1987 revealed the following maximum concentrations in ppb: pentanoic acid, 4,200; benzoic acid, 3,100; 2-butanone, 2,300; 4-methylphenol, 1,600; cyclohexanol, 1,300; toluene, 1,100; 2-propanol, 1,100; 4-methyl-2-pentanone, 990; 1,1-dichloroethane, 720; and 2-methylbutanoic acid, 680. The site is of potential public health concern because of the risk to human health resulting from possible exposure to hazardous substances at concentrations that may result in adverse health effects. Human exposure to inorganic and volatile organic contaminants may have occurred in the past and may occur via contaminated water, soil or biota.

• Research Organization: Michigan Dept. of Public Health, Lansing, MI (USA). Center for Environmental Health Sciences
• OSTI ID: 5220699
• Report Number(s): PB-90-107806/XAB
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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