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Superfund Record of Decision (EPA Region 4): Upper East Fork Poplar Creek, Operable Unit 2 (abandoned nitric acid pipeline at Y-12 plant), Oak Ridge, TN, September 1994

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:7141586

The document presents the decision for no further action for the Abandoned Nitric Acid Pipeline at the Oak Ridge Y-12 Plant in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. The baseline risk assessment, conducted as part of the Remedial Investigation (RI) for the site, indicates that conditions related to the Abandoned Nitric Acid Pipeline do not pose an unacceptable threat to human health or the environment. The total carcinogenic risks to either workers or future homesteaders at the Abandoned Nitric Acid Pipeline from all pathways are below 10 to the minus 4 power, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's thresholds of concern for remedial action. Noncarcinogenic hazard indices are below the action level of 1.0 established by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

Research Organization:
Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC (United States). Office of Emergency and Remedial Response
OSTI ID:
7141586
Report Number(s):
PB-94-964054/XAB; EPA/ROD/R--04-94/183
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English