Health assessment for Janesville Ash Beds, Janesville, Wisconsin, Region 5. CERCLIS No. WID000712950. Final report

Technical Report · Fri Nov 16 04:00:00 EST 1990

OSTI ID:6014085

The Janesville Ash Beds (JAB) site is listed on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) National Priorities List (NPL). The JAB operated from 1974 to 1985, accepting industrial liquids and sludges. Subsurface soils (at 13 feet) are contaminated with chloroform, benzene, ethylbenzene, tetrachloroethene, bis (2-ethylhexyl) phthalate, and butylbenzylphthalate. The JAB probably contributed 1,2-dichloroethene, trichloroethene, and tetrachloroethene to the ground-water contamination problem. The clay cap over the JAB is expected to retard any additional leaching of contaminants into the ground water. People are unlikely to be exposed to the contaminants in the soil because of the clay cover. Because all residents downgradient of the JAB are on municipal water, ingestion of contaminated ground water is unlikely. The municipal wells are not in the path of the plume. People may be exposed to trichloroethene and tetrachloroethene that evaporate from the ground water and pass through the soil and collect in buildings located over the plume. It is recommended, however, that basement air in a random sample of these buildings be sampled.

• Research Organization: Wisconsin Dept. of Health and Social Services, Madison, WI (USA)
• OSTI ID: 6014085
• Report Number(s): PB-91-153361/XAB
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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