Health assessment for Commodore Semiconductor Site, Norristown, Pennsylvania, Region 3. CERCLIS No. PAD093730174. Preliminary report

Technical Report · Thu Sep 29 04:00:00 EDT 1988

OSTI ID:7244806

The Commodore Semiconductor Site, located in a residential and light-industrial area in Norristown, Pennsylvania, is an active computer chip manufacturing facility with a history of leaking underground solvent storage tanks. On-site groundwater is contaminated with high levels of trichloroethylene (TCE) and other volatile organic compounds (VOCs) including trans-dichloroethylene, benzene, chloroform, methylene chloride, carbon tetrachloride, and tetrachloroethylene. On-site soils have been sampled on at least one occasion in 1979, and TCE was found at a concentration of 8,840 ppm. An air stripper has been in operation since 1984, but no ambient air data were supplied. 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 if the aquifer were to be used as a primary water supply by nearby residents. On-site soils should be better characterized and access limited for those areas found to be highly contaminated at this active facility.

• Research Organization: Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Atlanta, GA (USA)
• OSTI ID: 7244806
• Report Number(s): PB-90-143579/XAB
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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