Public Health Assessment for Highway 71/72 Refinery Bossier City, Bossier Parish,Louisiana. Region 6. CERCLIS No. LAD981054075

摘要

The Highway 71/72 Refinery site is a former refinery that has been developed forresidential and commercial use. There are three reasons why the Highway 71/72 Refinery has been described as a public health hazard: (1) lead concentrations reported in soil would pose a future health risk to young children if they frequently come in contact with the lead contaminated soil; (2) benzene concentrations reported in indoor air (1990-1994) may pose a health threat if the short-term benzene measurements are representative of daily exposures; and (3) methane concentrations measured indoors and in soil gas may pose a potential explosion hazard. As a precautionary measure, Apartment No. 501 of Building 5 of the Alexis Park Apartment complex has been closed under order of the stated health department.