Public health assessment for Agate Lake Scrap Yard, Fairview Township, Cass County, Minnesota, Region 5. Cerclis No. MND980898068 (September 29, 1993). Final report

Technical Report · Wed Sep 29 00:00:00 EDT 1993

OSTI ID:5817176

The Agate Lake Scrapyard site operated from 1952 to 1982. The site's owner bought and sold scrap items such as automobiles, appliances, and scrap metal. A home-made burner and a smelter were used to recover aluminum, copper, and lead. Consultants for the responsible parties conducted a remedial investigation study to determine the extent of contamination in groundwater, surface water, and soil, as well as some removal actions. PCBs are present in soil at the site. Dioxins and furans have also been detected in surface soils at the site. VOCs, primarily PCE, were detected in a limited area of shallow groundwater below the site. Because (1) until removed, the levels of metals, PCBs, dioxins, and chlorinated furans have been present in surface materials in concentrations which could be harmful to human health if people are/were exposed to them; (2) access to contaminated media was not completely restricted to prevent trespassing and possible human exposure to chemicals; (3) there were physical hazards at the site; and (4) past activities may have resulted in significant human exposure to persons at the site, the Agate Lake Scrapyard site, as it existed in the past, is classified as a Public Health Hazard for the purposes of the Public Health Assessment.

• Research Organization: Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Atlanta, GA (United States)
• OSTI ID: 5817176
• Report Number(s): PB-94-103371/XAB
• Resource Relation: Other Information: See also PB--90-107996
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
GROUND WATER
RISK ASSESSMENT
PUBLIC HEALTH
ALUMINIUM
APPLIANCES
AROMATICS
AUTOMOBILES
CHLORINE COMPOUNDS
CONTAMINATION
COPPER
DIOXIN
ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE PATHWAY
FURANS
HEALTH HAZARDS
INFORMATION RETRIEVAL
METALS
MINNESOTA
POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS
REMEDIAL ACTION
SCRAP METALS
SMELTERS
SOILS
SURFACE WATERS
US SUPERFUND
CHLORINATED AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
ELEMENTS
EQUIPMENT
HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
HALOGENATED AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS
HAZARDS
HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
LAWS
NORTH AMERICA
ORGANIC CHLORINE COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
POLLUTION LAWS
SCRAP
SOLID WASTES
TRANSITION ELEMENTS
USA
VEHICLES
WASTES
WATER
540250* - Environment
Terrestrial- Site Resource & Use Studies- (1990-)