Health assessment for Presque Isle National Priorities List (NPL) Site, Erie, Erie County, Pennsylvania, Region 3. CERCLIS No. PAD980508865. Final report

Technical Report · Thu Aug 04 04:00:00 EDT 1988

OSTI ID:6991970

An abandoned gas well on the Presque Isle peninsula in Lake Erie released black contaminated materials during the 1970s and early 1980s. The well has since been returned to service and is being monitored. There was concern for contaminants on the peninsula and concern that the many gas/oil wells on the mainland might release similar contaminants and affect the area's potable water supply. Analyses of material discharged by the well indicated many organic and inorganic contaminants. Specifically, ammonia, antimony, arsenic, beryllium, cadmium, chromium, lead, chloride, strontium, nickel, selenium, silver, titanium, zinc, benzene and polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons. Soils at the gas well were subjected to leachate tests (EP Toxicity Tests) that gave a qualitative indication that heavy metals occur in those materials. No definite link was established between the contaminants and gas/oil wells. Based on the available data, there currently is no known human contact with contaminants that were previously discharged from the gas well at Beach Number 7. Therefore, adverse impact on public health from these releases is considered to be unlikely. There are unresolved public health-related issues concerning groundwater at the beach, soils at the gas well, other gas wells on the peninsula, and mainland groundwater.

• Research Organization: Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Atlanta, GA (USA)
• OSTI ID: 6991970
• Report Number(s): PB-90-144577/XAB
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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