Health assessment for Tenth Street Dump/Junkyard Site, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Region 6. CERCLIS No. OKD980620967. Preliminary report

Technical Report · Wed May 11 04:00:00 EDT 1988

OSTI ID:5225425

The Tenth Street (Frazier Pit) site is listed on the National Priorities List. The site is a 3.5-acre site previously used as a transformer salvage yard, landfill, and automobile junk yard. The contaminants in on-site soil are lead (5000 ppm) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs, 71,446 ppm). Benzene was found in drums in concentrations up to to 258,760 ppm. 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 ground water. Information concerning ground water or well-monitoring programs was not provided and there may be a potential for exposures through ingestion or direct contact should ground water prove to be contaminated.

• Research Organization: Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Atlanta, GA (USA)
• OSTI ID: 5225425
• Report Number(s): PB-90-111436/XAB
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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