Public Health Assessment: White Swan Cleaners/Sun Cleaners Area Groundwater Contamination (a/k/a White Swan Laundry and Cleaners incorporated) Wall Township, Momouth County, New Jersey. EPA Facility ID: NJSFN0204241

摘要

On April 30, 2003, the United States Environmental Protection Agency proposed to add the White Swan Cleaners/Sun Cleaners Area Ground Water Contamination site, Wall Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey to the National Priorities 11st. Volatile organic compounds, particularly tetrachloroethylene, have been detected in area ground and surface water, as well as the indoor air of residences and businesses. The source of contamination consists of commingling groundwater plumes from two former dry cleaning operations. Groundwater contamination extends from Route 35 eastward through Sea Girt Borough to the Atlantic Ocean. The site was added to the National Priorities list on September 23, 2004. Through a Cooperative Agreement with the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services conducted a Public Health Assessment of the White Swan Cleaners/Sun Cleaners Area Groundwater Contamination site. The Public Health Assessment included a multichemical, multipathway exposure assessment and an evaluation of public health implications of site-related contaminants. For residences affected by elevated indoor air concentrations of tetrachloroethylene, ventilation systems were installed based on interim remedial action levels. Since the groundwater plumes have not been fully delineated and all buildings located in the vicinity of the plume have not been sampled, it is not possible to assess exposures in all potentially impacted buildings. A remedial investigation is currently being conducted for the site. As such, current exposures pose an Indeterminate Public Health Hazard. A number of substances detected in the indoor air may be associated with the use and storage of household cleaning products and solvents.