Health Assessment for Preferred Plating Corporation, Farmingdale, New York, Region 2. CERCLIS No. NYD980768774

摘要

The Preferred Plating Corporation is a 0.88-acre site located in Farmingdale, Town of Babylon, Suffolk County, New York. Plating wastes were discharged by the facility into four on-site leaching pits from 1951 to 1976. High levels of hexavalent chromium were detected in the groundwater at the site by the Suffolk County Department of Health Services in 1953 and in subsequent monitoring programs. The pollutants in the wastewater of Preferred Plating Corporation are typical of a metal surface finishing shop. The major chemicals of concern are sodium bichromate, cyanides, acids, organic solvents and heavy metals. Information needs to be obtained on groundwater contamination on the site and the extent of migration off-site and into the water supply aquifers of Long Island. The RI/FS should provide sufficient information to determine the potential threat to public water supply sources from the contaminant plume resulting from activities at the site.