HEALTH CONSULTATION
CONRAIL-JACKSON YARD
JACKSON, MICHIGAN
Figure 1. Jackson Conrail Property
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 Conrail-Jackson Yard Property 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.
Adrienne Hollis for RG
Chief, SPS, SSAB, DHAC, ATSDR
Table 1. Concentrations of volatile organic compounds in water from residential wells in the
Frogtown community, Jackson, Michigan, 1993-1996.
| Chemical | Maximum Concentration (ppb) |
| benzene |
6 .1
|
| 2-butanone |
60
|
| carbon disulfide |
2.6
|
| chlorodibromomethane |
3.6
|
| chloroform |
1.9
|
| dichlorobromomethane |
2.4
|
| dichlorodifluoromethane |
3
|
| 1,2-dichloroethane |
1
|
| 1,2-dichloropropane |
0.6
|
| ethylbenzene |
8.1
|
| methylene chloride |
0.7
|
| styrene |
1.2
|
| tetrachloroethylene |
15.9
|
| tetrahydrofuran |
29
|
| toluene |
0.6
|
| 1,1,1-trichloroethane |
0.7
|
| trichloroethylene |
15.5
|
| 1,2,4-trimethylbenzene |
0.5
|
| 1,3,5-trimethylbenzene |
0.5
|
| xylenes (total) |
25.3
|
Reference: 4
Table 2. Concentrations of chemicals in surface soil samples collected from
the Conrail-Jackson Yard property , Jackson, Michigan, during the E & E
site inspection, 1987, and the MDEQ integrated assessment, April 1997.
| Chemical | Date | Concentration (ppm) |
No. of samples above MDEQ Industrial/ Commercial Criteria (Ref. 5) |
No. of samples above MDEQ Residential Criteria (Ref. 6) |
Reference | |
| Maximum | Median | |||||
| acenaphthene |
1987
|
0.48
|
ND
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
1997
|
0.22
|
ND
|
0
|
0
|
||
| acenaphthylene |
1987
|
1
|
ND
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
1997
|
0.21
|
0.0915
|
0
|
0
|
||
| acetone |
1987
|
1.2
|
0.365
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
1997
|
0.013
|
ND
|
0
|
0
|
||
| aldrin |
1987
|
ND
|
ND
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
1997
|
0.00032
|
ND
|
0
|
0
|
||
| anthracene |
1987
|
3.1
|
ND
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
1997
|
0.57
|
0.19
|
0
|
0
|
||
| antimony |
1987
|
56
|
45
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
1997
|
10.7
|
4.05
|
0
|
0
|
||
| arsenic |
1987
|
77.1
|
27
|
0
|
7
|
|
|
1997
|
136
|
24.85
|
1
|
12
|
||
| barium |
1987
|
652
|
93.5
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
1997
|
191
|
76.5
|
0
|
0
|
||
| benzene |
1987
|
ND
|
ND
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
1997
|
0.002
|
ND
|
0
|
0
|
||
| benzo(a)anthracene |
1987
|
12
|
ND
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
1997
|
3.6
|
0.975
|
0
|
0
|
||
| benzo(a)pyrene |
1987
|
9.2
|
8.7
|
0
|
4
|
|
|
1997
|
4.1
|
1.55
|
0
|
5
|
||
| benzo(b)fluoranthene |
1987
|
29
|
14.5
|
0
|
3
|
|
|
1997
|
6.6
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
||
| benzo(g,h,i)perylene |
1987
|
5.8
|
2.9
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
1997
|
2.2
|
0.62
|
0
|
0
|
||
| benzo(k)fluoranthene |
1987
|
3
|
ND
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
1997
|
3.5
|
1.7
|
0
|
0
|
||
| beryllium |
1987
|
1.4
|
ND
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
1997
|
1.6
|
0.835
|
0
|
0
|
||
| alpha-BHC |
1987
|
ND
|
ND
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
1997
|
0.0048
|
ND
|
0
|
0
|
||
| delta-BHC |
1987
|
ND
|
ND
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
1997
|
0.0074
|
ND
|
0
|
0
|
||
| bis(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate |
1987
|
4.6
|
ND
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
1997
|
0.54
|
ND
|
0
|
0
|
||
| 2-butanone |
1987
|
0.097
|
0.027
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
1997
|
ND
|
ND
|
0
|
0
|
||
| butylbenzylphthalate |
1987
|
ND
|
ND
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
1997
|
0.077
|
ND
|
0
|
0
|
||
| cadmium |
1987
|
6.8
|
3.8
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
1997
|
7
|
ND
|
0
|
0
|
||
| carbazole |
1987
|
ND
|
ND
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
1997
|
0.34
|
0.074
|
0
|
0
|
||
| carbon disulfide |
1987
|
0.001
|
0.001
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
1997
|
ND
|
ND
|
0
|
0
|
||
| gamma-chlordane |
1987
|
ND
|
ND
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
1997
|
0.0014
|
ND
|
0
|
0
|
||
| chloroform |
1987
|
0.0009
|
ND
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
1997
|
ND
|
ND
|
0
|
0
|
||
| chromium |
1987
|
317
|
46.5
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
1997
|
132
|
17.6
|
0
|
0
|
||
| chrysene |
1987
|
14
|
10
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
1997
|
4.6
|
1.29
|
0
|
0
|
||
| cobalt |
1987
|
11
|
8.55
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
1997
|
12.4
|
4.85
|
0
|
0
|
||
| copper |
1987
|
1,110
|
227
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
1997
|
318
|
100.65
|
0
|
0
|
||
| cyanide |
1987
|
2.1
|
ND
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
1997
|
1.7
|
0.42
|
0
|
0
|
||
| 4,4'-DDD |
1987
|
ND
|
ND
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
1997
|
0.0099
|
ND
|
0
|
0
|
||
| 4,4'-DDE |
1987
|
ND
|
ND
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
1997
|
0.024
|
0.00345
|
0
|
0
|
||
| 4,4'-DDT |
1987
|
ND
|
ND
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
1997
|
0.064
|
0.021
|
0
|
0
|
||
| di-n-butyl phthalate |
1987
|
ND
|
ND
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
1997
|
0.4
|
ND
|
0
|
0
|
||
| di-n-octylphthalate |
1987
|
ND
|
ND
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
1997
|
0.51
|
ND
|
0
|
0
|
||
| dibenz(a,h)anthracene |
1987
|
2
|
ND
|
0
|
1
|
|
|
1997
|
1.4
|
0.77
|
0
|
0
|
||
| dibenzofuran |
1987
|
2.2
|
0.83
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
1997
|
0.39
|
0.29
|
0
|
0
|
||
| dieldrin |
1987
|
ND
|
ND
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
1997
|
0.057
|
0.009
|
0
|
0
|
||
| endosulfan I |
1987
|
ND
|
ND
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
1997
|
0.011
|
ND
|
0
|
0
|
||
| endosulfan II |
1987
|
ND
|
ND
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
1997
|
0.022
|
0.0081
|
0
|
0
|
||
| endosulfan sulfate |
1987
|
ND
|
ND
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
1997
|
0.019
|
ND
|
0
|
0
|
||
| endrin |
1987
|
ND
|
ND
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
1997
|
0.14
|
0.024
|
0
|
0
|
||
| endrin aldehyde |
1987
|
ND
|
ND
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
1997
|
0.039
|
ND
|
0
|
0
|
||
| endrin ketone |
1987
|
ND
|
ND
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
1997
|
0.032
|
ND
|
0
|
0
|
||
| ethylbenzene |
1987
|
0.002
|
ND
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
1997
|
0.003
|
ND
|
0
|
0
|
||
| fluoranthene |
1987
|
19
|
11
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
1997
|
4.8
|
1.25
|
0
|
0
|
||
| fluorene |
1987
|
1.2
|
ND
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
1997
|
0.16
|
ND
|
0
|
0
|
||
| heptachlor epoxide |
1987
|
ND
|
ND
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
1997
|
0.012
|
ND
|
0
|
0
|
||
| indeno(1,2,3-cd)pyrene |
1987
|
6.6
|
4.1
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
1997
|
3.7
|
1.4
|
0
|
0
|
||
| lead |
1987
|
2,490
|
722
|
6
|
6
|
|
|
1997
|
876
|
185
|
1
|
1
|
||
| manganese |
1987
|
747
|
397.5
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
1997
|
489
|
353
|
0
|
0
|
||
| mercury |
1987
|
2.4
|
0.67
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
1997
|
0.62
|
0.19
|
0
|
0
|
||
| methoxychlor |
1987
|
ND
|
ND
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
1997
|
0.14
|
0.014
|
0
|
0
|
||
| 4-methyl-2-pentanone |
1987
|
0.14
|
ND
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
1997
|
ND
|
ND
|
0
|
0
|
||
| methylene chloride |
1987
|
0.007
|
0.004
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
1997
|
0.056
|
0.033
|
0
|
0
|
||
| 2-methylnaphthalene |
1987
|
7.8
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
1997
|
2.4
|
0.665
|
0
|
0
|
||
| 4-methylphenol |
1987
|
ND
|
ND
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
1997
|
0.029
|
ND
|
0
|
0
|
||
| naphthalene |
1987
|
4.4
|
1.8
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
1997
|
1.2
|
0.42
|
0
|
0
|
||
| nickel |
1987
|
48
|
36.5
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
1997
|
51.9
|
19.5
|
0
|
0
|
||
| nitrobenzene |
1987
|
ND
|
ND
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
1997
|
0.082
|
ND
|
0
|
0
|
||
| pentachlorophenol |
1987
|
ND
|
ND
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
1997
|
0.12
|
ND
|
0
|
0
|
||
| phenanthrene |
1987
|
12
|
6
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
1997
|
2.8
|
0.94
|
0
|
0
|
||
| pyrene |
1987
|
25
|
11
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
1997
|
8.2
|
1.6
|
0
|
0
|
||
| selenium |
1987
|
ND
|
ND
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
1997
|
7.1
|
3.1
|
0
|
0
|
||
| tetrachloroethylene |
1987
|
0.12
|
ND
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
1997
|
0.043
|
ND
|
0
|
0
|
||
| thallium |
1987
|
ND
|
ND
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
1997
|
7.1
|
4.4
|
0
|
0
|
||
| toluene |
1987
|
0.055
|
0.0315
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
1997
|
0.006
|
0.0025
|
0
|
0
|
||
| 1,1,1-trichloroethane |
1987
|
0.002
|
ND
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
1997
|
ND
|
ND
|
0
|
0
|
||
| trichloroethylene |
1987
|
ND
|
ND
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
1997
|
0.027
|
ND
|
0
|
0
|
||
| vanadium |
1987
|
21
|
14
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
1997
|
20.7
|
15.5
|
0
|
0
|
||
| xylenes (total) |
1987
|
0.034
|
0.008
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
1997
|
0.014
|
0.0065
|
0
|
0
|
||
| zinc |
1987
|
1,000
|
375
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
1997
|
461
|
171.5
|
0
|
0
|
||
ND --Not Detected (for medians, in more than ½ the samples)
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