Health Assessment for Craig Farms (Craig Farm Drum), Parker, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Region 3. CERCLIS No. PAD980508527

摘要

The Craig Farms site was originally two abandoned strip mine pits. Between approximately 1958 and 1963, at least 2,500 tons of waste material contained in 55-gallon drums were deposited uncovered at the site. Surface water from the site flows into an unnamed tributary to the Valley Run creek which feeds into the Allegheny River 2.6 miles away. There are visible areas of dark seepage at the site. The site is used by local people for hunting. The environmental contamination on-site identified so far is resorcinol, trihydroxydiphenyls, total phenols, and benzene in groundwater. 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 dermal contact with on-site environmental media. It is important to note that the site has been incompletely characterized, and environmental media and human exposure pathways other than those identified thus far may be of concern.