MID-AMERICA TANNING COMPANY
SERGEANT BLUFF, WOODBURY COUNTY, IOWA
CONCLUSIONS
ATSDR and IDPH have concluded, based on the information reviewed, that the site currently poses no public health hazard.
RECOMMENDATIONS
Consider institutional controls to prevent the installation of new water supply wells within the contaminated aquifer.
Maintain and enforce restricted site access.
Address groundwater contamination as needed.
Proceed to the operation and maintenance stage, which will include activities such as
inspection and maintenance of the floating cover, capped soil areas, and fences.
PUBLIC HEALTH ACTION PLAN
The Public Health Action Plan for the Mid-America Tanning site contains a description of actions to
be taken by IDPH and ATSDR regarding the site subsequent to the completion of this public health
assessment. The purpose of the Public Health Action Plan is to ensure that this public health
assessment not only identifies public health hazards, but provides a plan of action designed to
mitigate and prevent adverse human health effects resulting from exposure to hazardous substances
in the environment. The public health actions to be implemented by IDPH and ATSDR are as
follows:
A. Actions Undertaken
Physical hazards have been removed from the site.
Remedial actions have removed contaminated soils and surface water from the site.
B. Actions Planned
New environmental data will be reviewed that may become available to determine if other public
health actions are indicated.
IDPH and ATSDR are available to address any community concerns that may arise during remedial activities at the site.
PREPARER OF THE REPORT
Charles Barton, Ph.D.
State Toxicologist
Chief, Hazardous Waste Site Health Assessment Program
Iowa Department of Public Health
CERTIFICATION
The Mid-America Tanning, Inc., Public Health Assessment has been prepared by the Iowa
Department of Public 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 public health assessment was initiated.
Roberta Erlwein
Technical Project Officer, SPS, SSAB, DHAC, ATSDR
The Division of Health Assessment and Consultation, ATSDR, has reviewed this public health assessment and concurs with its findings.
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Sulfide. DHEW Pub. No. NIOSH 77-158, 1977.
ACGIH: Documentation of the Threshold Limit Values & Biological Exposure Indices, 5th Edition, Cincinnati, 1986.
Field Sampling Trip Report for the Mid-America Tanning Site. Bruce A. Morrison, RPM,
United States Environmental Protection Agency, Region VII, November 10-12, 1992.
Record of Decision, Mid-America Tanning Co. Site, Sergeant Bluff, IA., United States
Environmental Protection Agency, Region VII, Kansas City, KS., September 1991.
