Health assessment for Metamora Landfill, Metamora, Lapeer County, Michigan, Region 5. CERCLIS No. MID980506562. Final report

Technical Report · Tue Mar 24 04:00:00 EST 1992

OSTI ID:5380512

The Metamora Landfill site was listed on the United States Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) National Priorities List (NPL) on September 21, 1984. The landfill, located 1 mile east of the Village of Metamora, in Metamora Township, Lapeer County, Michigan, operated from 1966 to 1980, accepting municipal and drummed industrial wastes. Due to inadequate containment construction, the landfill has leachate seeps and a plume of organic and inorganic chemical contamination in the ground water. Thousands of drums have been discovered on the site, many have been excavated during remedial actions and removed from the site. The site is considered to be an indeterminate public health hazard. The potential exists for future exposure to hazardous substances at concentrations that may result in adverse health effects. Since access to most of the site is not restricted, contact with and incidental ingestion of surface contaminants on the landfill and inhalation of fugitive dust are also potential health hazards. A number of physical hazards also remain on the site from the gravel mining operation.

• Research Organization: Michigan Dept. of Public Health, Lansing, MI (United States)
• OSTI ID: 5380512
• Report Number(s): PB-92-170158/XAB
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
CONTAMINATION
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
DUSTS
GROUND WATER
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
HAZARDS
HEALTH HAZARDS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
INDUSTRIAL WASTES
INHALATION
INORGANIC COMPOUNDS
INTAKE
LAWS
MANAGEMENT
MATERIALS
MICHIGAN
MUNICIPAL WASTES
NORTH AMERICA
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
POLLUTION
POLLUTION LAWS
PUBLIC HEALTH
RISK ASSESSMENT
SANITARY LANDFILLS
SITE SURVEYS
US SUPERFUND
USA
WASTE DISPOSAL
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTES
WATER
WATER POLLUTION