Health assessment for Shieldalloy Corporation, Newfield Borough, Gloucester County, New Jersey, Region 2. CERCLIS No. NJD002365930. Preliminary report

Technical Report · Tue Nov 15 04:00:00 EST 1988

OSTI ID:7246606

The Shieldalloy Corporation site is on the National Priorities List. The approximately 62-acre site is an active specialty plant making chromium alloy products. Past disposal practices have resulted in extensive chromium contamination of the ground water. On-site contamination consists of hexavalent chromium (55 ppm) in ground water; and chromium in sludge (20%). Off-site contamination consists of hexavalent chromium in ground water (33 ppm) and surface water (35 ppm), and trichloroethylene (3 ppm) in surface water. The trichloroethylene may not be site related. Low-level radioactive wastes have been reported to be on-site, but no supporting documentation was presented. The Company is licensed by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 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 via ground water, surface water, soils, sludges, airborne particulate, and ingestion of contaminated fish.

• Research Organization: Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Atlanta, GA (USA)
• OSTI ID: 7246606
• Report Number(s): PB-90-137662/XAB
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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