PUBLIC HEALTH ASSESSMENT
Coal Tar Contamination Associated with a Former Manufactured Gas Plant
ASHLAND/NORTHERN STATES POWER LAKEFRONT
ASHLAND, ASHLAND COUNTY, WISCONSIN
EPA FACILITY ID: WISFN0507952
September 25, 2003
Prepared by:
Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services
Division of Public Health
Under a Cooperative Agreement with the
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
TABLE OF CONTENTS
II. BACKGROUND AND STATEMENT OF ISSUES
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A. Location and Population
B. Site Description
C. What is a Manufactured Gas Plant?
D. Site History
E. Environmental Investigations
F. Contaminated Media
G. Summary of Public Health Consultations
H. Community and Agency Involvement
IX. APPENDIX A: TABLES OF SAMPLING RESULTS
X. APPENDIX B: PUBLIC COMMENTS ON PHA


