Health Consultation: Vega Baja Solid Waste Disposal Assessment of Chemicals in the Groundwater, Vega Baja, Puerto Rico. EPA Facility ID: PRD980512669

摘要

CDM Federal Programs Corporation (CDM) under the Response Action Contract (RACII) Program performed a Remedial Investigation (RI) and Feasibility Study (FS), for the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Region II at the Vega Baja Solid Waste Disposal Site, Vega Baja, Puerto Rico. The goal of the investigation was to define the nature and extent of site-related contamination in groundwater, nearby public supply wells, springs/seeps, river and drainage ditch sediment and surface water, and to define the hydro-geologic framework of the site. The EPA asked the Puerto Rico Program to Conduct and Coordinate Site Specific Activities to evaluate the data obtained on the RI for organic and inorganic chemicals in the groundwater. The EPA wanted to know whether exposures to chemicals in the groundwater are occurring and if health effects could result from such exposures. The Puerto Rico Department of Health (PRDOH) prepared this Health Consultation under its cooperative agreement with the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) to answer those questions.