HEALTH CONSULTATION
AK ZINN
BATTLE CREEK, CALHOUN COUNTY, MICHIGAN
Michigan Department of Community Health
Robin Freer, Resource Specialist
James Bedford, Environmental Toxicologist
Brendan Boyle, Principal Investigator
ATSDR Regional Representative
Louise Fabinski
Regional Services, Region V
Office of the Assistant Administrator
ATSDR Technical Project Officer
William Greim
Division of Health Assessment and Consultation
Superfund Site Assessment Branch
The AK Zinn Wells Health Consultation was prepared by the Michigan Department of Community Health under a cooperative agreement with the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR). It is in accordance with approved methodology and procedures existing at the time the health consultation was initiated.
William Greim
Technical Project Officer, SPS, SSAB, DHAC
The Division of Health Assessment and Consultation, ATSDR, has reviewed this health consultation and concurs with its findings.
Richard Gillig
Chief, SPS, SSAB, DHAC, ATSDR
Table 1. Concentrations
of chemicals in surface soil samples collected from the AK Zinn property by
the MDEQ, June 1997.
| Chemical | Concentration (ppm) |
No. of samples above MDEQ Industrial/ Commercial Criteria (Ref. 6) |
No. of samples above MDEQ Residential Criteria (Ref. 7) |
|
| Maximum | Median | |||
| acenaphthene | 2.9 | 0.29 | 0 | 0 |
| acenaphthylene | 3.3 | ND | 0 | 0 |
| anthracene | 7.3 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| antimony | 157 | 2.51 | 0 | 1 |
| arsenic | 372 | 8.41 | 2 | 32 |
| barium | 746 | 65.7 | 0 | 0 |
| benzo(a)anthracene | 21 | 1.65 | 0 | 2 |
| benzo(a)pyrene | 21 | 1.3 | 1 | 14 |
| benzo(b)fluoranthene | 28 | 1.7 | 0 | 5 |
| benzo(g,h,i)perylene | 30 | 1.35 | 0 | 0 |
| benzo(k)fluoranthene | 19 | 1.1 | 0 | 0 |
| beryllium | 6.59 | 0.321 | 0 | 2 |
| gamma-BHC (Lindane) | 0.0033 | ND | 0 | 0 |
| bis(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate | 43 | ND | 0 | 0 |
| butylbenzylphthalate | 0.19 | ND | 0 | 0 |
| cadmium | 38 | 1.28 | 0 | 0 |
| carbazole | 4 | 0.355 | 0 | 0 |
| alpha-chlordane | 5 | ND | 0 | 0 |
| gamma-chlordane | 5.4 | 0.109 | 0 | 0 |
| chromium | 51.6 | 13.9 | 0 | 0 |
| chrysene | 25 | 2.05 | 0 | 0 |
| cobalt | 12.4 | 4.8 | 0 | 0 |
| copper | 1,170 | 39.6 | 0 | 0 |
| cyanide | 6.28 | 0.352 | 0 | 0 |
| 4,4'-DDD | 1.5 | ND | 0 | 0 |
| 4,4'-DDE | 0.49 | 0.0465 | 0 | 0 |
| 4,4'-DDT | 1.6 | 0.068 | 0 | 0 |
| di-n-butylphthalate | 0.4 | ND | 0 | 0 |
| dibenz(a,h)anthracene | 5.2 | 0.59 | 0 | 6 |
| dibenzofuran | 5.6 | 0.44 | 0 | 0 |
| 1,4-dichlorobenzene | 0.049 | ND | 0 | 0 |
| dieldrin | 0.1 | ND | 0 | 0 |
| dimethylphthalate | 0.1 | ND | 0 | 0 |
| endosulfan I | 0.22 | ND | 0 | 0 |
| endosulfan II | 0.85 | ND | 0 | 0 |
| endosulfan sulfate | 0.084 | ND | 0 | 0 |
| endrin | 14 | ND | 0 | 0 |
| endrin aldehyde | 0.76 | ND | 0 | 0 |
| endrin ketone | 2.1 | ND | 0 | 0 |
| fluoranthene | 48 | 2.7 | 0 | 0 |
| fluorene | 3.6 | 0.33 | 0 | 0 |
| heptachlor | 0.24 | ND | 0 | 0 |
| heptachlor epoxide | 0.35 | ND | 0 | 0 |
| indeno(1,2,3-cd)pyrene | 21 | 1.25 | 0 | 2 |
| lead | 1,640 | 119 | 5 | 5 |
| manganese | 1,290 | 375 | 0 | 0 |
| mercury | 2.51 | 0.251 | 0 | 0 |
| methoxychlor | 0.024 | ND | 0 | 0 |
| methylene chloride | 0.041 | ND | 0 | 0 |
| 2-methylnaphthalene | 54 | 0.28 | 0 | 0 |
| 4-methylphenol | 0.19 | ND | 0 | 0 |
| naphthalene | 28 | 0.41 | 0 | 0 |
| nickel | 35.6 | 11.9 | 0 | 0 |
| 3-nitroaniline | 0.93 | ND | 0 | 0 |
| pentachlorophenol | 0.13 | ND | 0 | 0 |
| phenanthrene | 48 | 2.6 | 0 | 0 |
| pyrene | 47 | 2.45 | 0 | 0 |
| selenium | 23.8 | 1.22 | 0 | 0 |
| silver | 1.28 | 0.576 | 0 | 0 |
| thallium | 10.4 | ND | 0 | 0 |
| vanadium | 96.8 | 16.6 | 0 | 0 |
| zinc | 9,400 | 97.6 | 0 | 0 |
Reference: 5
ND -- Not detected in 50% or more of the samples
Table 2. Concentrations of chemicals in subsurface soil
samples collected from the AK Zinn property by the MDEQ, June 1997.
| Chemical | Concentration (ppm) |
No. of samples above MDEQ Industrial/ Commercial Criteria (Ref. 6) |
No. of samples above MDEQ Residential Criteria (Ref. 7) |
|
| Maximum | Median | |||
| acenaphthene | 0.37 | ND | 0 | 0 |
| anthracene | 1.2 | ND | 0 | 0 |
| antimony | 2.5 | ND | 0 | 0 |
| arsenic | 159 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| barium | 115 | 39.95 | 0 | 0 |
| benzo(a)anthracene | 2.8 | 0.071 | 0 | 0 |
| benzo(a)pyrene | 2.1 | 0.082 | 0 | 1 |
| benzo(b)fluoranthene | 2 | 0.083 | 0 | 0 |
| benzo(g,h,i)perylene | 1.6 | 0.0725 | 0 | 0 |
| benzo(k)fluoranthene | 1.9 | 0.064 | 0 | 0 |
| beryllium | 1.1 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 |
| bis(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate | 0.044 | ND | 0 | 0 |
| butylbenzylphthalate | 0.096 | ND | 0 | 0 |
| cadmium | 11.5 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 |
| carbazole | 0.52 | ND | 0 | 0 |
| alpha-chlordane | 0.005 | ND | 0 | 0 |
| gamma-chlordane | 0.0087 | ND | 0 | 0 |
| chromium | 16 | 9.35 | 0 | 0 |
| chrysene | 3 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 |
| cobalt | 5.7 | 4.75 | 0 | 0 |
| copper | 31.3 | 8.3 | 0 | 0 |
| cyanide | 0.3 | 0.18 | 0 | 0 |
| 4,4'-DDD | 0.03 | ND | 0 | 0 |
| 4,4'-DDE | 0.027 | ND | 0 | 0 |
| 4,4'-DDT | 0.13 | ND | 0 | 0 |
| di-n-butylphthalate | 0.032 | ND | 0 | 0 |
| dibenz(a,h)anthracene | 0.71 | ND | 0 | 0 |
| dibenzofuran | 0.24 | ND | 0 | 0 |
| endrin | 0.0049 | ND | 0 | 0 |
| endrin aldehyde | 0.0051 | ND | 0 | 0 |
| fluoranthene | 5.7 | 0.16 | 0 | 0 |
| fluorene | 1.8 | ND | 0 | 0 |
| indeno(1,2,3-cd)pyrene | 1.5 | 0.045 | 0 | 0 |
| lead | 92.2 | 20.4 | 0 | 0 |
| manganese | 1,070 | 598.5 | 0 | 0 |
| mercury | 0.2 | ND | 0 | 0 |
| methylene chloride | 0.005 | ND | 0 | 0 |
| 2-methylnaphthalene | 0.71 | ND | 0 | 0 |
| naphthalene | 0.3 | ND | 0 | 0 |
| nickel | 16.5 | 9.8 | 0 | 0 |
| phenanthrene | 5.4 | 0.15 | 0 | 0 |
| pyrene | 5.1 | 0.135 | 0 | 0 |
| selenium | 1.2 | ND | 0 | 0 |
| silver | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 |
| thallium | 1.2 | ND | 0 | 0 |
| vanadium | 32.3 | 14.9 | 0 | 0 |
| zinc | 613 | 31.4 | 0 | 0 |
Reference: 5
ND -- Not detected in 50% or more of the samples
Table 3. Concentrations of chemicals in
groundwater samples collected from the AK Zinn property by the MDEQ, June 1997.
| Chemical | Concentration (ppb) |
No. of samples exceeding MDEQ Contact Criteria (Ref. 11) |
No. of samples exceeding U.S. EPA Drinking Water Standards (Ref. 7) |
|
| Maximum | Median | |||
| arsenic | 26.5 | 6.6 | 0 | 0 |
| barium | 232 | 150 | 0 | 0 |
| beryllium | 0.4 | ND | 0 | 0 |
| bis(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate | 3 | ND | 0 | 0 |
| cadmium | 1.5 | ND | 0 | 0 |
| chromium | 46.5 | 34.4 | 0 | 0 |
| cobalt | 9.8 | 3.4 | 0 | 0 |
| copper | 36.1 | 8.8 | 0 | 0 |
| cyanide | 29.5 | 7.7 | 0 | 0 |
| 1,2-dichloroethylene (total) | 43 | ND | 0 | 0 |
| diethylphthalate | 2 | ND | 0 | 0 |
| 2-hexanone | 8 | ND | 0 | 0 |
| lead | 22.7 | 4.6 | 0 | 4 |
| manganese | 1,040 | 374 | 0 | 4 |
| 4-methyl-2-pentanone | 12 | ND | 0 | 0 |
| methylene chloride | 11 | 5 | 0 | 2 |
| nickel | 25.3 | 24.7 | 0 | 0 |
| selenium | 5.6 | ND | 0 | 0 |
| 1,1,2,2-tetrachloroethane | 3 | ND | 0 | 0 |
| trichloroethylene | 280 | ND | 0 | 1 |
| vanadium | 26.8 | 23.8 | 0 | 0 |
| zinc | 480 | 175 | 0 | 0 |
Reference: 5
ND -- Not detected in 50% or more of the samples
1. As of October 1, 1995, the environmental protection and regulation functions of the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (MDNR) were transferred to the newly-formed Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ).
2. 40 CFR Part 61, Section 61.145(a).
