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PRELIMINARY PUBLIC HEALTH ASSESSMENT
AMERICAN CREOSOTE WORKS, INCORPORATED
CERCLIS NO. LAD000239814
March 9, 1995
Prepared by
Louisiana Department of Health & Hospitals
TABLE OF CONTENTS SUMMARY
BACKGROUND
COMMUNITY HEALTH CONCERNS
ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION AND OTHER HAZARDS
PATHWAYS ANALYSIS
PUBLIC HEALTH IMPLICATIONS
CONCLUSIONS
RECOMMENDATIONS
PREPARERS OF REPORT
CERTIFICATION
REFERENCES
APPENDIX A - FIGURES
APPENDIX B - RESPONSIVENESS SUMMARY
TABLES
TABLE 1. Contaminant Concentration Range in On-Site Soil (0-3") Samples in parts per billion (ppb)
TABLE 2.1 Contaminant Concentration Range (ppb) in Subsurface Soil Samples (5-20 ft)
at the Process Area, Impoundment Area, and the Tarmat Area
TABLE 2.2 Contaminant Concentration (ppb) in Subsurface Soil Samples at the Waste
Cell Area, Southern Portion Area, and north of Creosote Branch
TABLE 3. Contaminant Reported in On-Site Surface Water
TABLE 4. Contaminants Reported in On-Site Sediment
TABLE 5. Contaminant Concentration in On-Site Groundwater Monitoring Wells
TABLE 6. Contaminants Reported in Off-Site Sediment Samples
TABLE 7. Completed Exposure Pathways
TABLE 8. Potential Exposure Pathways
Table 9. Ratio of average age adjusted death rates between 1989-1991 and 1979-1981 (10
age groups, 1980 Louisiana age distribution)
Table 10. Age adjusted death rates of cancer (US-40 direct, 10 age groups) per 100,000
Louisiana residents, 1989-1991 average, 1990 population, Black & White
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