Public Health Assessment for Palmer Barge Line, Port Arthur, Jefferson Conty, Texas, EPA Facility ID: TXD068104561

摘要

The Palmer Barge Line site was proposed to the National Priorities List (NPL) on May 11, 2000. This site is located adjacent to the State Marine National Priorities List site 4 12 miles northeast of Port Arthur, Jefferson County, Texas. The site encompasses approximately 17 acres of a small peninsula on the northwestern shore of Sabine Lake. The site was used as a municipal landfill from 1956 until 1982 and was operated by a barge cleaning and maintenance company from 1982 to 1997. Palmer Barge's primary operations consisted of cleaning, maintenance, inspection, and degassing of barges and marine equipment. Operations at the site have resulted in the contamination of surface soil and sediment. The primary contaminants of concern at the site include arsenic, benzo(a)pyrene, pentachlorophenol, heptachlor, bis(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate, and 4,4'-DDD. The Texas Department of Health (TDH) and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) evaluated the environmental information available for the site and identified several exposure pathways through which people may come into contact with the site contaminants. These exposure pathways include possible contact with site contaminants in the sediment, surface soil, air, surface water, food chain, and groundwater.