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PUBLIC HEALTH ASSESSMENT

BARKHAMSTED-NEW HARTFORD LANDFILL
BARKHAMSTED, LITCHFIELD COUNTY, CONNECTICUT
EPA FACILITY ID: CTD980732333

March 11, 1997

Prepared by:

Connecticut Department of Public Health
Under a Cooperative Agreement with the
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR)


TABLE OF CONTENTS

LIST OF TABLES

LIST OF FIGURES

SUMMARY

BACKGROUND

ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION

PATHWAY ANALYSES

PUBLIC HEALTH IMPLICATIONS

CONCLUSIONS

RECOMMENDATIONS

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THIS DOCUMENT

PREPARERS OF REPORT

REFERENCES

PUBLIC COMMENTS

APPENDICES


LIST OF TABLES

Table 1. On-Site Ground Water Monitoring Wells
Table 2. Landfill Office Well Maximum Contaminant Concentration
Table 3. Surface Water
Table 4a. Surface Soil (non metals).
Table 4b. Surface Soil (metals).
Table 5a. Subsurface Soil (non metal).
Table 5b. Subsurface Soil (metals).
Table 6. Air Sampling Locations
Table 7. Air Sampling Results
Table 8. Leachate Seep On-Site
Table 9. Non-Carcinogenic PAHs Detected in Sediment From Leachate Seeps
Table 10. Carcinogenic PAHs Detected in Sediment From Leachate Seeps
Table 11. Metals Detected in the Sediment From Leachate Seeps
Table 12. Soil Gas Measurements (Maximum values)
Table 13. Private Residential Drinking Water Wells
Table 14. Barkhamsted Town Garage Well Maximum Concentrations
Table 15. Surface soil (residential)
Table 16. Leachate Seep (Town Garage)
Table 17. Non-Carcinogenic PAHs Detected in Sediment in the Unnamed Brook
Table 18. Carcinogenic PAHs Detected in Sediment in the Unnamed Brook
Table 19. Metals Detected in Sediment in the Unnamed Brook
Table 20. Exposure Pathways
Table 21. Calculations for Carcinogenic PAHs Detected in Sediment From the Unnamed Brook


LIST OF FIGURES

Figure 1. Chronology of Activities at Barkhamsted Landfill Site (1970 - Present)

Figure 2. Potential Waste Source Areas

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