Health Assessment for Gladwell Lace Leather Site Auburn, Kentucky, Region 4.CERCLIS No. KYD045738291

摘要

The Caldwell Lace Leather site, located near Auburn, Kentucky, in Logan County,has been proposed (Update 7) by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for addition to the National Priorities List. The site was used between 1972 and 1986 for disposal of leather tanning wastes and some domestic wastes. Disposal areas have been filled in and covered with soil. The site now is covered with scrub grasses, crops, and trees. On the basis of the information reviewed, this site is of potential public health concern because humans may be exposed to hazardous substances at levels that may result in adverse health effects over time. Human exposure to lead, chromium, heptachlor, or lindane is possibly occurring, principally through ingestion of groundwater from area private water supply wells or from the public water systems that use groundwater (Blue Hole Spring water) as their source. Future remedial workers, if not adequately protected, may also be exposed--principally via inhalation--to contaminants detected in wastes. Additional information is needed to more fully evaluate contaminants with regard to releases, migration, and resulting concentrations at other points of potential human exposure and to evaluate related potential health concerns.