Health Assessment for Mason County Landfill National Priorities List (NPL) Site, Pere Marquette Township, Mason County, Michigan, Region 5. CERCLIS No. MID980794465

摘要

The Mason County Landfill Site is located approximately three miles south of the City of Ludington and one mile east of Lake Michigan in Pere Marquette Township, Mason County, Michigan. The landfill received general refuse, garbage, industrial refuse, liquids and sludges, and industrial wastes. The landfill was closed to further dumping and disposal in August 1978. Surface soil contaminants of concern are lead and arsenic. Groundwater contaminants of concern are benzene, 1,1-dichloroethene, bis(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate, acetone, sodium, lead, zinc and manganese. Surface water contaminants of concern are cadmium, chromium, manganese, selenium, silver, sodium, beryllium and antimony. Sediment contaminant of concern is arsenic. The site is of potential health concern because of the risk to human health resulting from possible exposure to hazardous substances at concentrations that may result in adverse health effects. Human exposure to VOCs, inorganics, and metals may occur/be occurring/have occurred via ingestion, inhalation, and dermal absorption.