Health assessment for Atlas Tack Corporation, Fairhaven, Massachusetts, Region 1. CERCLIS No. MAD001026319. Preliminary report

Technical Report · Mon Jun 04 04:00:00 EDT 1990

OSTI ID:6644745

The Atlas Tack Site was listed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on the National Priorities List (NPL) in 1990. From the mid 1940s to 1978, the Atlas Tack Company discharged industrial wastes in the form of organic solvents and metal filings to an unlined lagoon, which was adjacent to a saltwater tidal marsh. The lagoon contents were removed in 1985, transported to RCRA approved landfills and the lagoon was then backfilled. Factory operations ceased in 1985 and currently only a welding company operates on the site. Ground water monitoring, conducted in 1987, detected elevated levels of benzene, toluene, arsenic, cadmium, lead, chromium, and cyanide in monitoring wells drilled in various areas of the site. Subsequent to sludge removal, extraction procedure (EP) toxicity analyses were done on various soil samples recovered from the site. Based on the available information, this site is considered to be of potential public health concern caused by the possibility of exposure to hazardous substances. In accordance with CERCLA as amended, the Atlas Tack Co. site has been evaluated for appropriate follow-up studies. If data becomes available suggesting that human exposure to significant levels of hazardous substances is currently occurring, or has occurred in the past, ATSDR will reevaluate this site for any indicated follow-up.

• Research Organization: Massachusetts Dept. of Public Health, Boston, MA (USA)
• OSTI ID: 6644745
• Report Number(s): PB-90-244005/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.
ALKYLATED AROMATICS
AROMATICS
ARSENIC
BENZENE
CADMIUM
CHROMIUM
CONTAMINATION
CYANIDES
DOCUMENT TYPES
ELEMENTS
FEDERAL REGION I
GROUND WATER
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
HYDROCARBONS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
INDUSTRIAL WASTES
LAND POLLUTION
LAWS
LEAD
MANAGEMENT
MASSACHUSETTS
MATERIALS
METALS
NORTH AMERICA
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC SOLVENTS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
POLLUTION
POLLUTION LAWS
PONDS
PROGRESS REPORT
PUBLIC HEALTH
RISK ASSESSMENT
SEMIMETALS
SITE SURVEYS
SOILS
SOLVENTS
SUPERFUND
SURFACE WATERS
TOLUENE
TRANSITION ELEMENTS
USA
WASTE DISPOSAL
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTES
WATER
WATER POLLUTION