Public-health assessment for Monroe Auto Equipment Company (Paragould Pit), Paragould, Greene County, Arkansas, Region 6. CERCLIS No. ARD980864110. Preliminary report

Technical Report · Mon Jun 22 04:00:00 EDT 1992

OSTI ID:7086146

The Monroe Auto Equipment Company site (aliases Paragould Pit and Finch Road Landfill) is an industrial landfill located near Paragould, Arkansas. The landfill received wastewater treatment sludge, which contained trichlorethylene and various heavy metals, from the Monroe Auto Equipment Company's Paragould manufacturing facility. Groundwater on-site is contaminated with volatile organic compounds and metals with concentrations of trans-1,2-dichloroethene, chromium and lead exceeding U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) drinking water standards. One off-site monitoring well has been shown to be contaminated with cadmium, chromium, and lead. Approximately 3 dozen households are within a 1-mile radius of the site. The entire area depends on groundwater for drinking water and domestic use. Subsurface soil is contaminated with chromium and lead. Exposure pathways of potential concern include ingestion and inhalation of and dermal contact with disturbed contaminated soil and volatilized organic compounds.

• Research Organization: Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Atlanta, GA (United States)
• OSTI ID: 7086146
• Report Number(s): PB-92-201052/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.
ARKANSAS
CADMIUM
CHLORINATED ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS
CHROMIUM
CONTAMINATION
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
ELEMENTS
FEDERAL REGION VI
GROUND WATER
HALOGENATED ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
HAZARDS
HEALTH HAZARDS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
INDUSTRIAL WASTES
INGESTION
INHALATION
INTAKE
LAWS
LEAD
LIQUID WASTES
MANAGEMENT
MATERIALS
METALS
NORTH AMERICA
ORGANIC CHLORINE COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
POLLUTION
POLLUTION LAWS
PUBLIC HEALTH
RISK ASSESSMENT
SANITARY LANDFILLS
SITE SURVEYS
SOILS
TRANSITION ELEMENTS
US SUPERFUND
USA
WASTE DISPOSAL
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTE WATER
WASTES
WATER
WATER POLLUTION