Health assessment for Elizabethtown Landfill, Elizabethtown, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Region 3. CERCLIS No. PAD980539712. Final report

Technical Report · Mon Dec 11 04:00:00 EST 1989

OSTI ID:6583303

The Elizabethtown Landfill is a National Priorities List Update 7 site located approximately 1 mile southeast of Elizabethtown in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. The landfill is currently closed but was operated between 1958 and 1973 for the disposal of industrial and municipal wastes. The current owner and occupant of the site is Waste Management, Inc. (WMI). Remedial activities at the site have included the installation of a leachate collection system, the construction of a sedimentation pond, the installation of a soil gas collection system and flare, and the regrading and capping of the site. Low concentrations of several volatile organic compounds (VOC's) were detected in groundwater samples that were recently collected (1988) from on-site and off-site wells. Private wells with known contamination are not currently being used for drinking water. However, the use of VOC-contaminated water for nonpotable indoor use may lead to VOC inhalation exposures. Workers at the WMI buildings may also be exposed to other landfill gases that escape into the building from the underlying landfill. Potential health risks resulting from exposures to ambient air and the consumption of off-site plants and animals cannot be assessed because of the absence of supporting analytical data.

• Research Organization: Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Atlanta, GA (USA)
• OSTI ID: 6583303
• Report Number(s): PB-90-250382/XAB
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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