Health assessment for Haverhill Municipal Landfill, Haverhill, Massachusetts, Region 1. CERCLIS No. MAD980523336. Preliminary report

Technical Report · Fri Nov 04 04:00:00 EST 1988

OSTI ID:6984394

The Haverhill municipal landfill site has been listed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on the National Priorities List (NPL) as of 1984. The site has operated as an industrial landfill since the late 1930's or early 1940's by Trimount Bituminous Products (TBP). It is suspected that the site started to accept municipal wastes in the 1960's. Elevated levels of benzene, trichloroethylene, methylene chloride, and vinyl chloride were detected in samples drawn from ground water monitoring wells drilled on the landfill site. Arsenic, lead, mercury, manganese and chromium were also detected in on-site ground water. Benzo(a)anthracene was found in a composite soil sample taken at depths of four, fifteen and twenty feet below land surface (bls) on the property. Volatile organic compounds (VOC's) found in ground water were also detected in this soil sample. Dibenzofuran was detected in a soil sample taken at 44 feet bls. Surface water had arsenic, high levels of chromium, lead and cadmium. Trichloroethylene (TCE) was detected here. The site is considered to be of potential public health concern because of the risk to human health caused by the possibility of exposure to hazardous substances. This exposure could occur via ingestion of TCE, vinyl chloride and heavy metal contaminated ground water caused by the leaching of these compounds from materials deposited at the landfill.

• Research Organization: Massachusetts Dept. of Public Health, Boston, MA (USA)
• OSTI ID: 6984394
• Report Number(s): PB-90-136094/XAB
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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