HEALTH CONSULTATION
CIRCUITRON CORPORATION
FARMINGDALE, NASSSU COUNTY, NEW YORK
CONCLUSION
Based on presumed past exposures to volatile organic compounds such as 1,1,1-trichloroethane and trichloroethene in a public drinking water supply, the site posed a public health hazard, according to ATSDR's current public health hazard categories (Appendix D), to the local residents for some unknown period of time up to 1977. In 1977, the major exposure route (contaminated municipal drinking water supply well) was removed. The site currently poses no apparent public health hazard as ingestion of contaminated drinking water is not occurring and is not expected to occur in the future.
The remedial activities completed and those planned for this site are protective of public health. The demolition of the Circuitron building and removal of contaminated soils and sediments eliminated the potential for exposure to any residual contamination remaining in the structure or in on-site soils. Implementation of the groundwater treatment system for the Circuitron Site will remove contamination from the Upper Glacial Aquifer and prevent site-related contaminants from affecting the Magothy Aquifer, which is used as a source of drinking water.
The NYS DOH recommends implementation of the remedial activities planned for the Circuitron site. Construction of the groundwater treatment system should proceed in a timely manner. The NYS DOH will review the worker and community heath and safety plan and provide appropriate recommendations prior to commencement of remedial activities.
Wendy Kuehner
Bureau of Environmental Exposure Investigation
New York State Department of Health
Agency for Toxic Substance and Disease Registry (ATSDR). March 1992. Public Health Assessment Guidance Manual. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Atlanta, Georgia. U.S. Public Health Service.
New York State Department of Health, Bureau of Environmental Exposure Investigation. Project Files: Circuitron Corporation Site, East Farmingdale, Suffolk County (Site ID#152082).
New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH). 1993 Public Health Assessment for the Circuitron Corporation Site. Prepared under a cooperative agreement with the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.
New York State Department of Health. 1995 Health Consultation for the Circuitron Corporation Site. Prepared under a cooperative agreement with the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.
Roy F. Weston, Inc. 1994. Final Draft Focused Feasibility Study, Second Operable Unit For The Circuitron Corporation Site. EPA Contract No. 68-W9-0022. United States Bureau of the Census. 1991. 1990 Census of population and housing summary tape file 1B. US Department of Commerce.
United States Bureau of the Census. 1992. 1990 Census of population and housing summary tape file 3A CD-ROM. US Department of Commerce.
United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA). 1997. Remedial Action Report, Contaminated Sediment and Soil Removal for the Circuitron Corporation Site.
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