Public Health Assessment for Bay City Middlegrounds (a/k/a Bay City MiddlegroundsLandfill), Bay City, Bay County, Michigan, Region 5. CERCLIS No. MID981092935

摘要

The Bay City Middleground Landfill (BCM) site was proposed for the United StatesEnvironmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) National Priorities List (NPL) on February 16, 1995. Organic chemicals, including polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) have been found in the soil and groundwater, especially on the west side of the landfill, where a layer of organic chemicals has been found at the bottom of the groundwater. Surface soil on the landfill contains elevated concentrations of metals, pesticides, polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), and other semi-volatile organic chemcials. Sediments in the Saginaw River near the site contain the same chemicals. Some fish living in the Saginaw River contain high concentrations of PCBs, from the BCM site and many other sources in the river's watershed. The BCM site poses a public health hazard under current conditions.