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PUBLIC HEALTH ASSESSMENT

HIPPS ROAD LANDFILL
JACKSONVILLE, DUVAL COUNTY, FLORIDA

Based on the information currently available, we classify this site as a public health hazard. Specific reasons for our classification are:

In the past, nearby residents were exposed to arsenic, cadmium, lead, and tetrachloroethene in the environment at doses associated with noncancer illnesses in human and animal studies. Furthermore, residents were exposed to arsenic, benzene, 1,2-dichloroethane, di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate, methylene chloride, PCBs, and vinyl chloride in the environment at levels that could increase their cancer risk. Presently, all nearby residents drinking water from private wells might be exposed to low levels of solvents and metals. Our exposure evaluation assumed nearby residents were not exposed to metal-containing aerosols via inhalation.
Many citizens with contaminated private well water are reportedly still using their wells for drinking water or other household purposes. At residents' request, Duval CPHU is sampling private wells at area residences to detect groundwater contamination.
Solvents and other contaminants still may be present in on-site surface soils, subsurface soils, and groundwater at unknown concentrations. Solvents are likely to be present in on-site air if the air stripper operates. As of November 18, 1994, the site's fence (along Exline Road) had a hole cut through it, permitting site access and possible exposure to contaminated air on-site.
There are no surface soil samples (0-3 inches deep) in residential yards adjacent to the site. Without this information we cannot characterize the extent and nature of the contamination in this medium, or assess the potential health threat from incidental ingestion.
The number and location of off-site sediment samples is insufficient to characterize the extent and nature of the contamination in this medium. Until off-site sediments are more fully characterized, we fully cannot assess the potential health threat from incidental ingestion.
The number and location of off-site present-day surface water samples is insufficient to characterize the extent and nature of the contamination in this medium. Until off-site surface water is more fully characterized, we cannot fully assess the potential health threat from incidental ingestion or skin absorption. Presently, contaminants may be entering the cypress pond east of the site through groundwater recharge from the site. Flood waters containing contaminants from the site may also be entering this pond. Neighborhood children play in storm water ditches draining the cypress pond.
Neither groundwater movement in directions other than to the northeast of the landfill nor the possibility of off-site plumes in these directions has been fully investigated.
Contaminated groundwater has been found in and around the landfill, and has migrated northeast from the landfill's northern boundary. Many residents living near the contaminant plume northeast of the site may be using private well water for drinking and other household purposes.
The individual solvent inhalation doses we estimated for both healthy and sick individuals exposed to air-stripper effluent have not been associated with illnesses. For some chemicals, our inability to identify an association between air-stripper contaminants and illnesses may be due to inadequate toxicological data. Furthermore, the interactive effects among all airborne contaminants released from the air stripper are unknown. Although our evaluation indicates breathing each contaminant by itself is not a concern, we do not have the toxicological information needed to determine if breathing all of the contaminants at the same time could cause illness or worsen pre-existing illnesses.
Some nearby residents need assistance in understanding the nature of contamination at this site, the potential for exposure to these contaminants, and the possible health risks.
Area physicians and other health professionals need information about possible health effects in residents exposed to contaminants on or around the site.
Nearby residents have been exposed to contaminants at levels associated with noncancer illnesses and increased cancer risks. We do not have sufficient information about the incidence of cancer or noncancer illnesses among people who worked at the site, trespassers, or nearby residents.
Sixty-three chemicals found at the site (Table 3, Appendix B) lack enough toxicological information to determine their public health significance. In addition, there is not enough toxicological information on all exposure routes, particularly skin absorption and (sometimes) inhalation, in ATSDR's toxicological profiles to fully evaluate all potential health effects from exposure to a substance found at the site.

RECOMMENDATIONS

Cease/Reduce Exposure Recommendations

Reduce exposure of nearby residents to contaminated groundwater. Connect homes with private wells containing contaminants above primary drinking water standards to public water. If the air stripper is used, EPA or the potentially responsible parties (PRPs) should maintain the demister on top of the air-stripping tower so that metal-containing aerosols are not emitted.
Perform a well survey and determine which residents living near the groundwater contaminant plume are still using their well water. Encourage residents living close to known or suspected groundwater contamination areas to connect their homes to the public water supply where it is available. Encourage residents already connected to public water to properly plug their private wells so that they are not available for future use by any party. Duval CPHU should continue analyzing private well samples near the site for metals and solvents, as requested, to detect groundwater contamination.
Restrict future uses of the landfill to those compatible with the remaining contamination. Repair the hole in the site's fence along Exline Road to maintain site security and reduce the exposure risk to trespassers and nearby residents. EPA or the PRPs should ensure the fence surrounding the site is kept in good repair, the gates are locked, and the warning signs remain posted on the fence through periodic inspections of the site.

Site Characterization Recommendations

Characterize off-site surface soils. EPA or the PRPs should collect one surface soil sample (0-3 inches deep) from the part of each private yard, bordering the southern eastern, northern, and western site boundaries, that is most likely to have received surface soils blown off site. We recommend these soils be analyzed for inorganics, pesticides, base neutrals, and acid extractables including: arsenic, barium, beryllium, cadmium, chromium, cobalt, cresol, DDT, di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate, 1,2-diphenylhydrazine, hexachloroethane, lead, manganese, mercury, naphthalene, nickel, n-nitrosodiphenylamine, PCBs, selenium, and tin. If significant contamination is found, more samples may need to be taken.
Characterize off-site sediments from storm water run-off. EPA or the PRPs should collect one sediment sample every 150 feet for the first 500 feet of every storm water drainage system leaving the site. These systems include: the storm water swales along the sites northern and western borders, the cypress pond along the eastern site boundary, and any other storm water conduits leaving the site. In addition, we recommend collection of two sediment samples from the ground depression immediately northeast of the intersection of Hipps and Bunion Roads. We recommend these sediments be analyzed for inorganics, pesticides, base neutrals, and acid extractables including: arsenic, barium, beryllium, cadmium, chromium, cobalt, cresol, DDT, di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate, 1,2-diphenylhydrazine, hexachloroethane, lead, manganese, mercury, naphthalene, nickel, n-nitrosodiphenylamine, PCBs, selenium, and tin. If significant contamination is found, more samples may need to be taken.
Characterize surface water quality in the cypress pond east of the site and in flood waters running off from the site. EPA or the PRP should collect one surface water sample from the cypress pond to determine if solvents (VOCs) are present in this water body. pH should be measured on all surface water or groundwater samples collected, and additional analyses for metals should be conducted if the pH is low. In addition, EPA or the PRP should collect flood water samples from the cypress pond and in the site's perimeter ditches at 50 foot intervals during or within 12 hours of the next reported flooding event. In the cypress pond, at least one sample should be collected at the surface to capture oils or other substances less dense than water, and at least one other sample should be collected from below the pond's surface. Flood water samples should be measured for pH and analyzed for inorganics, pesticides, purgeables, base neutrals, acid extractables, and any contaminant of concern not covered by this list. Additional analyses for metals should be conducted if the pH is low.
Characterize off-site groundwater movement in the shallow aquifer. EPA or the PRPs should investigate groundwater movement within ½-mile around the eastern, southern, and western site boundaries and delineate the extent of groundwater contamination in this area. Groundwater samples should be measured for pH and analyzed for inorganics, pesticides, purgeables, base neutrals, acid extractables, radionuclides, and any contaminant of concern not covered by this list.

Environmental Monitoring Recommendations

Continue monitoring groundwater in the contamination area northeast of the site. EPA or the PRPs should continue monitoring the area's groundwater to ensure changes in the composition or migration of the contaminant plume are discovered as quickly as possible. If any groundwater contaminant concentration exceeding a MCL is found, EPA or the PRPs should take appropriate action, including immediately notifying the Duval CPHU of the sample results.
Collect and analyze the water influent to the air stripper at least monthly for the first three months of operation, and at least every three months for the duration of operation. If the air stripper is used, EPA or the PRPs should analyze these samples for metals and all of the volatile organic compounds already detected in the groundwater at this site, as well all of the volatile organic compounds already detected in the air from the air stripper. If any influent sample result exceeds the maximum detected concentration measured during the air stripper's trial run, EPA and FHRS should re-evaluate the influent data to determine if adverse health effects are likely. In addition, if any groundwater contaminant concentration exceeding a MCL is found, EPA or the PRPs should take appropriate action, including immediately notifying the Duval CPHU of the sample results.

Health Activities Recommendation Panel (HARP) Recommendations

The Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as amended, requires ATSDR to perform public actions needed at hazardous waste sites. To determine if public health actions are needed, ATSDR's Health Activities Recommendation Panel (HARP) has evaluated the data and information developed in the Hipps Road Landfill Public Health Assessment.

The Panel has determined that the following actions are needed at this site:

Residents near the site need a public education program to help them understand the most recent findings concerning contaminants found at the site and the possible health risks from exposure to them.
Local physicians and other health care professionals need information about the possible health effects from exposure to contaminants found at the site.
A health study of nearby residents should be conducted. ATSDR's Division of Health Studies has not yet determined the most appropriate type of health study to perform at the site.
More toxicological data should be gathered on the listed unknown contaminants (Table 3, Appendix B). As sufficient studies become available, ATSDR's Division of Toxicology should publish the summary material in toxicological profiles.

If information becomes available indicating additional exposures at levels of concern, ATSDR will evaluate that information to determine what additional actions, if any, are necessary.

PUBLIC HEALTH ACTIONS

This section describes what ATSDR or FHRS will do at the Hipps Road Landfill site after the completion of this public health assessment report. The purpose of a Public Health Action Plan is to ensure that any existing health hazards are reduced and any future health hazards are prevented. ATSDR or FHRS will do the following:

The Duval County Public Health Unit (CPHU) will continue to monitor private wells near the site to detect increases in current contaminants and the appearance of new contaminants.
FHRS will develop educational materials to inform the residents who obtain their drinking water from private wells of their potential for exposure and possible health risks. In particular, the material will discourage these residents from continued use of their private well water for drinking, cooking or other domestic purposes.
The Duval CPHU will distribute these educational materials to the affected residents and provide consultation to those individuals who require additional information or assistance.
FHRS will develop a physician education program to inform local doctors of the possible health effects their patients may exhibit as a result of their exposure to contaminants from the Hipps Road Landfill site.
ATSDR will assist FHRS in the development of these educational materials to ensure that the information is accurate and reflects the most recent scientific findings and agency guidelines.
ATSDR, Division of Health Studies, will consider conducting a health study of residents likely to have been exposed to site-related contaminants.
ATSDR, Division of Toxicology, will consider developing toxicological profiles for some of the 63 chemicals listed in Table 3, Appendix B. FHRS will work with ATSDR, as needed, to prioritize and select contaminants for future investigation. In addition, ATSDR will update the existing toxicological profiles with new information every three years or as needed.
FHRS will review additional site data as they become available.

ATSDR and/or FHRS will re-evaluate the Public Health Action Plan when new environmental, toxicological, or health outcome data are available.

PREPARERS OF REPORT

Carolyn E. Voyles, M.S.
Environmental Specialist
Office of Toxicology and Hazard Assessment
Florida Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services

E. Randall Merchant, M.S.
Biological Administrator
Office of Toxicology and Hazard Assessment
Florida Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services

ATSDR Technical Project Officer:

Richard R. Kauffman, M.S.
Superfund Site Assessment Branch
Division of Health Assessment and Consultation

ATSDR Regional Representative:

Bob Safay
Regional Services
Office of the Assistant Administrator

CERTIFICATION

This Hipps Road Landfill Public Health Assessment was prepared by the Florida Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services 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 public health assessment was begun.

Richard R. Kauffman, M.S.
Technical Project Officer
Remedial Project Officer
Division of Health Assessment and Consultation (DHAC)
ATSDR

The Division of Health Assessment and Consultation, ATSDR, has reviewed this public health assessment, and concurs with its findings.

Richard Gillig
for Robert C. Williams, P.E., DEE
Director, DHAC, ATSDR

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FHRS. 1981a. Complaint (January 22) about taste and odor in private well water. Florida Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services, Duval County Public Health Unit, Jacksonville, FL.

FHRS. 1981b. Private well sample data results. Florida Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services, Duval County Public Health Unit, Jacksonville, FL.

FHRS. 1983a. Complaint (February 15) about taste and odor in private well water. Florida Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services, Duval County Public Health Unit, Jacksonville, FL.

FHRS. 1983b. Letter (October 7) from William H. Reese to a private citizen concerning the citizen's letter about bottled water provisions and private well testing. Florida Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services, Duval County Public Health Unit, Jacksonville, FL.

FHRS. 1983c. Private well sample data. Florida Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services, Duval County Public Health Unit, Jacksonville, FL.

FHRS. 1984. Private well sample data. Florida Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services, Duval County Public Health Unit, Jacksonville, FL.

FHRS. 1990. Private well sample data. Florida Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services, Duval County Public Health Unit, Jacksonville, FL.

FHRS. 1991. Private well sample data. Florida Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services, Duval County Public Health Unit, Jacksonville, FL.

FHRS. 1992. Private well sample data. Florida Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services, Duval County Public Health Unit, Jacksonville, FL.

FHRS. 1993a. Letter (August 26) from E. Randall Merchant to Patsy Goldberg, EPA, asking EPA to shut down the air stripper after initial samples are collected to evaluate air sample data. Florida Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services, Environmental Toxicology Section, Tallahassee, FL.

FHRS. 1993b. Meeting summary (June 30) with Hipps Road area residents listing exposure and community health concerns. Florida Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services, Environmental Toxicology Section, Tallahassee, FL.

FHRS. 1993c. Memo (August 30) from E. Randall Merchant to the file summarizing the August 24 meeting with Hipps Road area residents. Florida Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services, Environmental Toxicology Section, Tallahassee, FL.

FHRS. 1993d. Private well sample data. Florida Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services, Duval County Public Health Unit, Jacksonville, FL.

FHRS. 1994a. Memo (January 3) from E. Randall Merchant and Carolyn E. Voyles to Richard Kauffman (ATSDR) containing the health consultation for the air stripper at the Hipps Road Landfill site. Florida Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services, Environmental Toxicology Section, Tallahassee, FL.

FHRS. 1994b. Phone conversation record (February 3) with Mr. Donald Miller, Golder Associates, about the placement of a demister screen on the air stripper at the Hipps Road landfill. Florida Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services, Tallahassee, FL.

Florida Times Union. 1991. Hipps Road Residents, Waste Firm Settle Suit. Florida Times Union: December 12. (N.B. The newspaper is not identified on the xerox, but is assumed to be FTU.)

Golder Associates. 1989a. Letter (January 3) to Leanne Moore, EPA, concerning the Hipps Road Landfill methane gas survey. Golder Associates, Inc., Atlanta, GA, under contract to Waste Control of Florida, Inc..

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