Health assessment for Potter's Septic Tank Service Pits, Maco, Brunswick County, North Carolina, Region 4. CERCLIS No. NCD981023260. Preliminary report

Technical Report · Wed Jul 18 04:00:00 EDT 1990

OSTI ID:6797533

The Potter's Septic Tank Service Pits site--located in Maco, North Carolina--has been placed on the National Priorities List by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The site was used to dispose of waste oil, creosote, and septic sludge, either in shallow, unlined pits or by surface application. An EPA emergency removal occurred at the site in 1983. Soil-gas levels in Area 3 did not show contamination, and unless soil samples show otherwise, the site definition of Potter's Septic Tank Service Pits will include only the area known as Area 1. Volatile organic hydrocarbons, heavy metals, and polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons found in shallow groundwater samples suggest that a large reservoir of contamination may remain at Area 1. The efficiency of the 1983 soil removal was not documented. Based upon information reviewed, the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) has concluded that the site is of potential public health concern because of the risk to human health resulting from possible exposure to hazardous substances at concentrations that may result in adverse human health effects. Human exposure to volatile organic hydrocarbons, heavy metals, and polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons may occur and may have occurred in the past via groundwater, surface water, soil, sediment, air, and the food chain. Recommendations are provided concerning a well monitoring program for residences in the area of the site.

• Research Organization: Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Atlanta, GA (USA)
• OSTI ID: 6797533
• Report Number(s): PB-90-260076/XAB
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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