Health assessment for Carter Lee Lumber Company, Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, Region 5. CERCLIS No. IND016395899. Preliminary report

Technical Report · Thu Sep 06 04:00:00 EDT 1990

OSTI ID:6174417

The Carter Lee Lumber Company (the site), located at 1621 West Washington Street, Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, has been selling lumber products since 1873. About 1971, Carter Lee bought 2-3 acres of land behind its original property from the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago, and St. Louis Railway Corporation, a subsidiary of Penn Central. According to Carter Lee, the railway company, in addition to other unknown individuals, dumped unknown quantities of liquid wastes from tank trucks and railroad cars onto the ground and into a 14-foot deep trench on the property. Surface soil samples were collected in July 1985 by EPA from the trench area where dumping was alleged to have occurred. These samples were contaminated with heavy metals and PHAs at low levels. No sub-surface samples were taken. No air monitoring has been performed. No ground-water samples have been taken. No samples for possible surface water runoff have been taken. Based on the information reviewed, the Indiana State Board of Health has concluded that this site is of potential health concern because of the potential risk to human health resulting from possible exposure to hazardous substances at concentrations that may result in adverse human health effects.

• Research Organization: Indiana State Board of Health, Indianapolis, IN (USA)
• OSTI ID: 6174417
• Report Number(s): PB-91-120444/XAB
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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