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PETITIONED PUBLIC HEALTH ASSESSMENT

HAWTHORNE MUNICIPAL WELLS
HAWTHORNE, PASSAIC COUNTY, NEW JERSEY
EPA FACILITY ID: NJD980771679

June 28, 2000

Prepared by:

Petition Response Section
Exposure Investigation and Consultation Branch
Division of Health Assessment and Consultation
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry


TABLE OF CONTENTS

PURPOSE AND HEALTH ISSUES

COMMUNITY HEALTH CONCERNS

DEMOGRAPHICS

DISCUSSION

HEALTH OUTCOME DATA

ATSDR CHILD HEALTH INITIATIVE

CONCLUSIONS

RECOMMENDATION

PUBLIC HEALTH ACTION PLAN

PREPARERS OF REPORT

REFERENCES


LIST OF APPENDICES

APPENDIX A: TABLES

APPENDIX B: FIGURES

APPENDIX C: LIST OF ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS

APPENDIX D: ATSDR COMPARISON VALUES AND HEALTH GUIDELINES

APPENDIX E: ATSDR ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGY

APPENDIX F: PUBLIC COMMENTS AND ATSDR'S RESPONSE


LIST OF TABLES

TABLE 1 Exposure Pathways
TABLE 2 Other Comprehensive Sites Located within a 1-Mile Radius of the Borough of Hawthorne
TABLE 3 Groundwater Wells Located within the Borough of Hawthorne
TABLE 4 Volatile Organic Compounds Detected in the Borough of Hawthorne Municipal Water Supply for Raw (Unstripped) and Finished (Stripped) Water Samples: 1988 Results
TABLE 5 Volatile Organic Compounds Detected in the Borough of Hawthorne Municipal Water Supply for Raw (Unstripped) and Finished (Stripped) Water Samples: 1991 Results
TABLE 6 Volatile Organic Compounds Detected in the Borough of Hawthorne Municipal Water Supply before Residential Distribution: Pre-1988 Results (covered time period 02/14/79 to 04/08/86)
TABLE 7 Estimated Exposure Dose for Chemicals that Exceeded Chronic CVs (Based on BHMWS Water Quality from 1979-1986)
TABLE 8 Estimated Cancer Risk (Based on BHMWS Water Quality from 1979-1986)

LIST OF FIGURES

FIGURE 1 Demographic Statistics for the Borough of Hawthorne
FIGURE 2 North and South Wagaraw Well Fields - Borough of Hawthorne

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