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Health assessment for Dover Gas Light, Dover, Delaware, Region 3. CERCLIS No. DED980693550. Preliminary report

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:7250347
The Dover Gas Light Site, located in Dover, Delaware, is the former site of a coal gasification plant (1859-1948); the site is now paved and serves as a parking lot for a music museum. The by-products of its operations were coal oil and coal tar. Soil and groundwater contamination were discovered in feasibility test borings at the site in 1984. The contaminants of concern at the site include benzene, toluene, ethyl benzene, xylene, naphthalene, benzo-(a)-pyrene, chromium, and lead. They were identified in groundwater from a monitoring well and in soil from test pits. 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 contaminated groundwater, soil and air.
Research Organization:
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Atlanta, GA (USA)
OSTI ID:
7250347
Report Number(s):
PB-90-143728/XAB
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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