PETITIONED PUBLIC HEALTH ASSESSMENT

SHAFFER EQUIPMENT COMPANY
MINDEN, FAYETTE COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA
EPA FACILITY ID: WVD981038300

June 1, 1993

Prepared by:

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Public Health Service
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
Division of Health Assessment and Consultation
Atlanta, Georgia

TABLE OF CONTENTS

LIST OF FIGURES

LIST OF TABLES

SUMMARY

BACKGROUND

A. Site Description and History
B. Site Visits
C. Demographics, Land Use and Natural Resource Use
D. Health Outcome Data

COMMUNITY HEALTH CONCERNS

ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION AND OTHER HAZARDS

A. On-Site Contamination
B. Off-Site Contamination
C. Quality Assurance and Quality Control (QA/QC)
D. Physical and Other Hazards

PATHWAYS ANALYSIS

A. Completed Exposure Pathways
B. Potential Exposure Pathways
C. Eliminated Exposure Pathways

PUBLIC HEALTH IMPLICATIONS

A. Toxicological Evaluations
B. Health Outcome Data Evaluation
C. Community Health Concerns Evaluation

CONCLUSIONS

RECOMMENDATIONS

A. Recommendations and HARP Statement
B. Public Health Actions

PREPARERS OF REPORT

REFERENCES

REFERENCES USED BY ATSDR BUT NOT CITED

APPENDIX 1 - FIGURES

APPENDIX 2 - TABLES

APPENDIX 3 - COMPARISON VALUES AND EVALUATION OF HEALTH STUDIES

APPENDIX 4 - PUBLIC COMMENTS

APPENDIX 5 - SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS

LIST OF FIGURES

1. Location Map

2. Site Map

3. Sampling Locations for PCB Soil Data from Community Health and PCB Exposure in Minden, West Virginia Report dated September 1989

LIST OF TABLES

1. On-site Surface Soil and Subsurface Soil Contamination

1A. On-site PCB Surface Soil Contamination Near SEC Building

1B. On-site Soil Contamination--Areas 1, 2, and 3

2. On-site Sediment Contamination

3. Off-site Surface Soil Contamination

4. Off-site Surface Water Contamination of Arbuckle Creek

5. Off-site Sediment Contamination in Arbuckle Creek

6. Public Water Supplies Raw Water Source Contamination

7. PCB Surface Soil Contamination

8. On-site PCB Surface Soil Contamination, Including Resample of March 1990 Locations

9. On-site PCB Sediment Contamination, Resample of March 1990 Locations

10. On-site PCB Soil Contamination Prior to and During Removal Actions

11. On-site PCB Soil Contamination After Removal Actions

12. PCB Levels in Serum and Adipose Tissue of Selected Populations

13. Environmental and Serum Levels of PCBs in Areas Where Exposure Assessment was Done

14. Exposure Pathways

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