Public Health Assessment for Hartford Residential Vapor Exposures (a/k/a Hartford Residences) Hartford, Madison County, Illinois

摘要

The Village of Hartford is in western Madison County, Illinois. The town is between the Mississippi River levy and the Premcor oil refinery. Oil products have been manufactured in the area during most of the last century, and Hartford residents have been exposed to petroleum products through the years from reported air emissions, spills, and oil line breaks. Also, volatile organic chemicals (VOCs) have been found in soil and a nonaqueous layer of petroleum products currently floats on groundwater under Hartford. Soil gas and vapors have affected homes mainly in the north end of Hartford. Previous complaints dating from the mid-1960s suggest that combustible air and gas mixtures and petroleum odors were present in homes in Hartford.