Health Assessment for Fort Howard Paper Company Sludge Lagoons, Green Bay, Brown County, Wisconsin, Region 5. CERCLIS No. WID006136659

摘要

The 293-acre Fort Howard Paper Company Sludge Lagoons, located in Brown County, Wisconsin, are used for disposal of sludge and ash from the Fort Howard paper recycling plant in Green Bay. Since the late 1970s, health officials of the neighboring Oneida Reservation and some local residents have been concerned about possible hazardous air and ground-water emissions from the site. In 1988, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) proposed adding the site to the National Priorities list. However, in 1990, a reformulation of the Hazard Ranking Score caused the site to be dropped from consideration. The monitoring data indicates localized areas of contamination confined to the shallow aquifer. Limited sludge analysis data indicate that the contamination is localized. Likewise, data from one air sampling incident indicate that the site is not producing hazardous air contaminants. The Fort Howard Sludge Lagoons poses no apparent public health hazard. The available information indicates that human exposure to chemicals from the site, if it has occurred, is below a level of health hazard.