Health assessment for MacGillis and Gibbs Company/Bell Lumber and Pole Company, New Brighton, Minnesota, Region 5. CERCLIS No. MND006192694. Preliminary report

Technical Report · Tue Jun 27 04:00:00 EDT 1989

OSTI ID:5253645

The Bell Lumber and Pole Co. and the adjoining MacGillis and Gibbs Co. are listed as one site on the National Priorities List. Both companies are wood-treatment plants and have been in operation since the late 1920s. Both plants used creosote as a preservative through the mid-1950s. Since then, the companies have used two (i.e., light and heavy) oils containing pentachlorophenol (PCP). MacGillis and Gibbs now uses copper-chromated arsenate (CCA), containing chromic acid, cupric oxide and arsenic pentoxide. Chemicals detected in soil and their associated maximum concentrations are 1092 mg/kg of carcinogenic polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons, 2145 mg/kg of noncarcinogenic PAHs, and 2700 mg/kg of pentachlorophenol in disposal area soil; 470 mg/kg each of copper, chromium, and arsenic in surface soil in the CCA process area. Water in the surficial aquifer below the disposal area near the pond is contaminated with a 6-8 ft layer of oil containing up to 29,000 micro g/l of cPAH, 510,000 micro g/l PCP, 260 micro g/l copper and 1100 micro g/l arsenic. Chromium was found in the CCA process area ground water at a concentration of 7,100 micro g/l. The site is considered to be of potential public health concern because of the possibility of human exposure to hazardous substances via contaminated ground water or contaminated soil.

• Research Organization: Minnesota Dept. of Health, Minneapolis, MN (USA)
• OSTI ID: 5253645
• Report Number(s): PB-90-108051/XAB
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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