Health assessment for Lacks Industries, Inc. , Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, Region 5. CERCLIS No. MID006014666. Preliminary report

Technical Report · Mon Apr 10 04:00:00 EDT 1989

OSTI ID:5254405

The Lacks Industries, Inc. site, in Grand Rapids, Michigan, has been delisted from the National Priorities List and is being regulated under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. Lacks Industries, Inc. discontinued electroplating operations and die casting for the automobile industry in July 1984 at the plant site. The plant is now used for painting and assembling of plastic parts for automobiles. Previously, plating wastes were discharged to two seepage ponds. It is reported that the prior owner (pre-1960) dumped trichloroethylene (TCE) and tetrachloroethylene (PCE) and metal solutions into a pit in the ground above which was built part of the Lacks Industries building. TCE and PCE were identified in all four downgradient monitoring wells with maximum concentrations of 17 parts per billion (ppb) and 89 ppb, respectively. Toluene (8 ppb), m-xylene (2 ppb) and cis-1,2-dichloroethylene (240 ppb) were each identified in one downgradient well. The two upgradient wells, which are supposed to represent background concentrations, had PCE concentrations of 67 ppb and 74 ppb. Several homes in the area had elevated concentrations of volatile organic compounds (VOCs), nickel, and total chromium. The site is of potential public health concern because of the risk to human health that could result from possible exposure to hazardous substances at levels that may result in adverse health effects over time.

• Research Organization: Michigan Dept. of Public Health, Lansing, MI (USA). Center for Environmental Health Sciences
• OSTI ID: 5254405
• Report Number(s): PB-90-107848/XAB
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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