Public Health Assessment for Ilada Energy Company, East Cape Girardeau, AlexanderCounty, Illinois, Region 5. CERCLIS No. ILD980996789

摘要

The Ilada Energy Company site was an abandoned tank farm that had approximately12 million gallons of tank storage capacity about 1.5 million gallons of oil, sludge, and water, some of which contained a variety of contaminants including metals, solvents, and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). Sampling of two residential wells located nearest to the site identified low levels of di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (DEHP) and heptachlor epoxide, a breakdown product of the insecticide, heptachlor. The presence of DEHP in the off-site residential well indicates past, current, and future exposure to contaminated groundwater by household members may be occurring. The Ilada Energy Site poses no apparent public health hazard at this time. However, continued sampling of monitoring wells is needed to determine identification and movement of the groundwater contaminant plume.