PUBLIC HEALTH ASSESSMENT
ORGANIC CHEMICALS, INC.
GRANDVILLE, KENT COUNTY, MICHIGAN
FIGURES
LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 2. Primary Sources of Contamination

Figure 2. Primary Sources of Contamination

Figure 3. Figure 3.OCI Site Layout
TABLES
LIST OF TABLES
Table 1. Contaminants of concern at the Organic Chemicals site.
| VOLATILE ORGANIC CHEMICALS | OTHER SEMI-VOLATILE ORGANIC CHEMICALS |
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POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS |
METALS AND INORGANIC CHEMICALS |
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| aldrin alpha-chlordane dieldrin heptachlor lindane polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) |
Table 2. Maximum concentrations of contaminants of concern found in groundwater
from monitoring wells on the Organic Chemicals site.
| Chemical | Date | Maximum Concentration (ppb) |
Reference | Comparison Value (ppb) |
| acetone | 1989 | 1,000.J | 2 | 1,000R |
| 1993 | ND | 6 | ||
| aldrin | 1989 | ND | 2 | 0.3E, 0.002C |
| 1993 | 0.033J | 6 | ||
| arsenic | 1989 | 22.5 | 2 | 3E, 0.02C |
| 1993 | 21.6 | 6 | ||
| barium | 1989 | 149.J | 2 | 700R |
| 1993 | 166.J | 6 | ||
| benzene | 1989 | 520.J | 2 | 1C |
| 1993 | 155 | 6 | ||
| benzo(b)fluoranthene | 1989 | ND | 2 | carcinogen |
| 1993 | 2.J | 6 | ||
| benzyl alcohol | 1989 | 970 | 2 | NA |
| 1993 | ND | 6 | ||
| beryllium | 1989 | 2.2B | 2 | 0.008C |
| 1993 | 3.5JB | 6 | ||
| bis(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate | 1989 | 50.J | 2 | 3C |
| 1993 | 28 | 6 | ||
| carbazole | 1989 | ND | 2 | NA |
| 1993 | 150 | 6 | ||
| chlorobenzene | 1989 | 1,500.J | 2 | 200R |
| 1993 | 205 | 6 | ||
| chloroform | 1989 | 130 | 2 | 6C |
| 1993 | ND | 6 | ||
| 2-chloronaphthalene | 1989 | ND | 2 | NA |
| 1993 | 1.J | 6 | ||
| chromium | 1989 | 32.1 | 2 | 10,000R (III)
carcinogen (VI) |
| 1993 | 20.9 | 6 | ||
| copper | 1989 | 21.2J | 2 | 1,300MG |
| 1993 | 28.9J | 6 | ||
| cyanide | 1989 | 11.7 | 2 | 200R |
| 1993 | ND | 6 | ||
| dibenzofuran | 1989 | 7.J | 2 | NA |
| 1993 | 2.J | 6 | ||
| 1,1-dichloroethane | 1989 | 7 | 2 | carcinogen |
| 1993 | ND | 6 | ||
| 1,2-dichloroethane | 1989 | 51.J | 2 | 0.4C |
| 1993 | 9.J | 6 | ||
| 1,1-dichloroethylene | 1989 | 260.J | 2 | 90E, 0.06C |
| 1993 | 39 | 6 | ||
| 1,2-dichloroethylene (total) | 1989 | 1,200.J | 2 | 70A (cis)
200R (trans) |
| 1993 | 565 | 6 | ||
| di-n-octylphthalate | 1989 | 2.J | 2 | NA |
| 1993 | 3.J | 6 | ||
| ethylbenzene | 1989 | 2,200 | 2 | 1,000R |
| 1993 | 310 | 6 | ||
| isophorone | 1989 | ND | 2 | 4C |
| 1993 | 4.J | 6 | ||
| lead | 1989 | 21.4 | 2 | 15PL, carcinogen |
| 1993 | 1.JB | 6 | ||
| manganese | 1989 | 541 | 2 | 50R |
| 1993 | 346 | 6 | ||
| mercury | 1989 | 5 | 2 | NA |
| 1993 | ND | 6 | ||
| methylene chloride | 1989 | 9,600 | 2 | 5C |
| 1993 | 15 | 6 | ||
| 2-methylnaphthalene | 1989 | 55 | 2 | NA |
| 1993 | 25 | 6 | ||
| 2-methylphenol | 1989 | 51 | 2 | 500R, carcinogen |
| 1993 | 8.J | 6 | ||
| 4-methylphenol | 1989 | 44.J | 2 | carcinogen |
| 1993 | 12 | 6 | ||
| naphthalene | 1989 | 38.J | 2 | 20A |
| 1993 | 13 | 6 | ||
| nickel | 1989 | 15.7J | 2 | carcinogen |
| 1993 | 40.9 | 6 | ||
| N-nitrosodiphenylamine | 1989 | 1,600 | 2 | 7C |
| 1993 | 160 | 6 | ||
| pentachlorophenol | 1989 | 23.J | 2 | 0.3C |
| 1993 | 4.J | 6 | ||
| phenanthrene | 1989 | 7.J | 2 | NA |
| 1993 | 7.J | 6 | ||
| silver | 1989 | ND | 2 | 50R |
| 1993 | 45.5J | 6 | ||
| tetrachloroethylene | 1989 | 2,500 | 2 | 0.7C |
| 1993 | 1.J | 6 | ||
| toluene | 1989 | 53,000 | 2 | 2,000R |
| 1993 | 660 | 6 | ||
| 1,1,1-trichloroethane | 1989 | 4.J | 2 | 200A |
| 1993 | ND | 6 | ||
| trichloroethylene | 1989 | 33,000 | 2 | 3C |
| 1993 | 195 | 6 | ||
| vanadium | 1989 | 30.J | 2 | NA |
| 1993 | ND | 6 | ||
| vinyl chloride | 1989 | 160.J | 2 | 0.2E, carcinogen |
| 1993 | 11 | 6 | ||
| xylenes (total) | 1989 | 6,800 | 2 | 2,000Ei |
| 1993 | 3,450 | 6 | ||
| zinc | 1989 | 45.2 | 2 | 3,000R |
| 1993 | 13.8 | 6 |
Chemicals not detected in this medium during either round of sampling are not listed.
Shaded chemicals exceed comparison values.
ND -- Not Detected
B -- Analyte Detected in Laboratory Blank Sample
J
-- Estimated Value
(cis)-- cis- isomer
(trans)-- trans-
isomer
(III)-- For chromium(III)
(VI)-- For
chromium(VI)
NA -- None Available
carcinogen -- Carcinogen
(proven, probable, or possible) but no CREG available
Comparison Value Bases
E -- ATSDR Environmental Media Evaluation Guide (EMEGs)
Ei -- ATSDR Environmental Media Evaluation Guide, Intermediate-term exposure
C -- ATSDR Cancer Risk Evaluation Guide (CREGs)
A -- U.S. EPA Drinking Water Health Advisory (Lifetime)
MG -- U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Act Maximum Contaminant Level Goal
R -- Reference Dose Media Evaluation Guide (RMEGs), calculated from U.S. EPA Reference Dose (Chronic) by Ingestion, based on 10 kilogram child drinking 1 liter per day of water per day.
PL -- U.S. EPA Proposed Action Level for Lead in Drinking Water
Table 3. Maximum concentrations of contaminants of concern found in surface
soil samples collected on the Organic Chemicals site.
| Chemical | Date | Maximum Concentration (ppm) |
Reference | Comparison Value
(ppm) |
| acenaphthylene | 1989 | ND | 2 | NA |
| 1993 | 0.31J | 6 | ||
| acetone | 1989 | ND | 2 | 200R |
| 1993 | 0.08J | 6 | ||
| aldrin | 1989 | 0.073J | 2 | 0.06E, 0.04C |
| 1993 | ND | 6 | ||
| arsenic | 1989 | 7 | 2 | 0.6E, 0.4C |
| 1993 | 6.4 | 6 | ||
| barium | 1989 | 262 | 2 | 100R |
| 1993 | 2,180 | 6 | ||
| benzene | 1989 | 0.009 | 2 | 20C |
| 1993 | 0.005J | 6 | ||
| benzo(a)anthracene | 1989 | 5.4 | 2 | carcinogen |
| 1993 | 2.1J | 6 | ||
| benzo(b)fluoranthene | 1989 | 5.9 | 2 | carcinogen |
| 1993 | 3.7J | 6 | ||
| benzo(k)fluoranthene | 1989 | 2.6 | 2 | carcinogen |
| 1993 | 3.2 | 6 | ||
| benzo(g,h,i)perylene | 1989 | 4.2 | 2 | NA |
| 1993 | 1.7 | 6 | ||
| benzo(a)pyrene | 1989 | 21 | 2 | 0.1C |
| 1993 | 2 | 6 | ||
| beryllium | 1989 | 2.5 | 2 | 0.2C |
| 1993 | ND | 6 | ||
| bis(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate | 1989 | 75 | 2 | 40R |
| 1993 | 220 | 6 | ||
| cadmium | 1989 | 10.6 | 2 | 1E, carcinogen |
| 1993 | ND | 6 | ||
| carbazole | 1989 | ND | 2 | NA |
| 1993 | 0.63 | 6 | ||
| alpha-chlordane | 1989 | 0.031 | 2 | 0.03C |
| 1993 | ND | 6 | ||
| chloroform | 1989 | ND | 2 | 20E, 100C |
| 1993 | 0.001J | 6 | ||
| chromium | 1989 | 228 | 2 | 2,000R (III)
carcinogen (VI) |
| 1993 | 1,590 | 6 | ||
| chrysene | 1989 | 39 | 2 | carcinogen |
| 1993 | 2.1 | 6 | ||
| cobalt | 1989 | 31.3 | 2 | NA |
| 1993 | 59.2 | 6 | ||
| copper | 1989 | 189 | 2 | NA |
| 1993 | 526 | 6 | ||
| cyanide | 1989 | 18 | 2 | 40R |
| 1993 | 136 | 6 | ||
| dibenzo(a,h)anthracene | 1989 | ND | 2 | carcinogen |
| 1993 | 0.25J | 6 | ||
| dibenzofuran | 1989 | 0.053J | 2 | NA |
| 1993 | 0.21J | 6 | ||
| 1,1-dichloroethylene | 1989 | ND | 2 | 20E, 1C |
| 1993 | 0.018 | 6 | ||
| 1,2-dichloroethylene (total) | 1989 | ND | 2 | NA (cis) 40R (trans) |
| 1993 | 13 | 6 | ||
| dieldrin | 1989 | 0.22 | 2 | 0.1E, 0.04C |
| 1993 | ND | 6 | ||
| dimethyl phthalate | 1989 | ND | 2 | NA |
| 1993 | 0.69 | 6 | ||
| di-n-octylphthalate | 1989 | 23 | 2 | NA |
| 1993 | 11 | 6 | ||
| ethylbenzene | 1989 | 950 | 2 | 200R |
| 1993 | 25 | 6 | ||
| indeno(1,2,3-cd)pyrene | 1989 | 4.9 | 2 | carcinogen |
| 1993 | 1.4J | 6 | ||
| isophorone | 1989 | ND | 2 | 400R, 70C |
| 1993 | 0.18J | 6 | ||
| lead | 1989 | 1,160 | 2 | carcinogen |
| 1993 | 13,100 | 6 | ||
| lindane | 1989 | 0.0036J | 2 | 0.6C |
| 1993 | ND | 6 | ||
| manganese | 1989 | 1,060 | 2 | 300R |
| 1993 | 2,010 | 6 | ||
| mercury | 1989 | 3.6 | 2 | NA |
| 1993 | 1.6 | 6 | ||
| methylene chloride | 1989 | 1,100 | 2 | 100E, 90C |
| 1993 | 0.005J | 6 | ||
| 2-methylnaphthalene | 1989 | 2.1J | 2 | NA |
| 1993 | 1.6 | 6 | ||
| naphthalene | 1989 | 9.8 | 2 | NA |
| 1993 | 1.4J | 6 | ||
| nickel | 1989 | 34.4 | 2 | carcinogen |
| 1993 | 75.4 | 6 | ||
| nitrobenzene | 1989 | ND | 2 | 1R |
| 1993 | 0.99J | 6 | ||
| N-nitrosodiphenylamine | 1989 | 17 | 2 | 100C |
| 1993 | 3.J | 6 | ||
| phenanthrene | 1989 | 33 | 2 | NA |
| 1993 | 3.1 | 6 | ||
| polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) | 1989 | 14 | 2 | 0.04E, 0.09C |
| 1993 | ND | 6 | ||
| tetrachloroethylene | 1989 | 66 | 2 | 10C |
| 1993 | 9.8 | 6 | ||
| toluene | 1989 | 6,700 | 2 | 400R |
| 1993 | 74 | 6 | ||
| 1,1,1-trichloroethane | 1989 | ND | 2 | NA |
| 1993 | 0.009J | 6 | ||
| trichloroethylene | 1989 | 0.038 | 2 | 60C |
| 1993 | 3 | 6 | ||
| vanadium | 1989 | 31.1 | 2 | NA |
| 1993 | 29.9 | 6 | ||
| xylenes (total) | 1989 | 7,300 | 2 | 400Ei |
| 1993 | 73.J | 6 | ||
| zinc | 1989 | 226 | 2 | 600R |
| 1993 | 598.J | 6 |
Chemicals not detected in this medium during either round of sampling are not listed.
Shaded chemicals exceed comparison values.
ND -- Not Detected
B -- Analyte Detected in Laboratory Blank Sample
J
-- Estimated Value
(cis)-- cis- isomer
(trans)-- trans-
isomer
(III)-- For chromium(III)
(VI)-- For
chromium(VI)
NA -- None Available
carcinogen -- Carcinogen
(proven, probable, or possible) but no CREG available
Comparison Value Bases
E -- ATSDR Environmental Media Evaluation Guide (EMEGs)
Ei -- ATSDR Environmental Media Evaluation Guide, Intermediate-term exposure
C -- ATSDR Cancer Risk Evaluation Guide (CREGs)
R -- Reference Dose Media Evaluation Guide (RMEGs), calculated from U.S. EPA Reference Dose (Chronic) by Ingestion, based on 10 kilogram child subject to pica behavior
Table 4. Maximum concentrations of contaminants of concern found in sub-surface
soil samples collected on the Organic Chemicals site.
| Chemical | Date | Maximum Concentration
(ppm) | Reference | Comparison Value
(ppm) |
| acetone | 1989 | ND | 2 | 200R |
| 1993 | 2.6J | 6 | ||
| arsenic | 1989 | 3.7 | 2 | 0.6E, 0.4C |
| 1993 | 9.9 | 6 | ||
| barium | 1989 | 163 | 2 | 100R |
| 1993 | 120.J | 6 | ||
| benzene | 1989 | ND | 2 | 20C |
| 1993 | 0.33 | 6 | ||
| benzo(a)anthracene | 1989 | ND | 2 | carcinogen |
| 1993 | 7.2 | 6 | ||
| benzo(b)fluoranthene | 1989 | ND | 2 | carcinogen |
| 1993 | 9.4X | 6 | ||
| benzo(k)fluoranthene | 1989 | ND | 2 | carcinogen |
| 1993 | 9.4X | 6 | ||
| benzo(g,h,i)perylene | 1989 | ND | 2 | NA |
| 1993 | 3.5J | 6 | ||
| benzo(a)pyrene | 1989 | ND | 2 | 0.1C |
| 1993 | 5.2 | 6 | ||
| beryllium | 1989 | 1.6 | 2 | 0.2C |
| 1993 | 1.3 | 6 | ||
| bis(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate | 1989 | 47 | 2 | 40R |
| 1993 | 14 | 6 | ||
| cadmium | 1989 | 4 | 2 | 1E, carcinogen |
| 1993 | 1.9 | 6 | ||
| carbazole | 1989 | ND | 2 | NA |
| 1993 | 1.7J | 6 | ||
| chlorobenzene | 1989 | 94 | 2 | 40R |
| 1993 | 0.12 | 6 | ||
| chloroform | 1989 | ND | 2 | 20E, 100C |
| 1993 | 0.79J | 6 | ||
| chromium | 1989 | 194 | 2 | 2,000R (III)
carcinogen (VI) |
| 1993 | 189.2 | 6 | ||
| chrysene | 1989 | ND | 2 | carcinogen |
| 1993 | 5.7 | 6 | ||
| cobalt | 1989 | 7.2J | 2 | NA |
| 1993 | 10.3J | 6 | ||
| copper | 1989 | 46.4 | 2 | NA |
| 1993 | 76 | 6 | ||
| cyanide | 1989 | ND | 2 | 40R |
| 1993 | 4.0 | 6 | ||
| dibenzo(a,h)anthracene | 1989 | ND | 2 | carcinogen |
| 1993 | 1.2J | 6 | ||
| dibenzofuran | 1989 | ND | 2 | NA |
| 1993 | 0.6J | 6 | ||
| 1,1-dichloroethane | 1989 | ND | 2 | carcinogen |
| 1993 | 0.006J | 6 | ||
| 1,2-dichloroethane | 1989 | ND | 2 | 8C |
| 1993 | 0.002J | 6 | ||
| 1,1-dichloroethylene | 1989 | ND | 2 | 20E, 1C |
| 1993 | 0.005J | 6 | ||
| 1,2-dichloroethylene (total) | 1989 | ND | 2 | NA (cis)
40R (trans) |
| 1993 | 0.017 | 6 | ||
| diethyl phthalate | 1989 | ND | 2 | 1,000R |
| 1993 | 0.22 | 6 | ||
| dimethyl phthalate | 1989 | ND | 2 | NA |
| 1993 | 0.73 | 6 | ||
| di-n-octylphthalate | 1989 | 0.15J | 2 | NA |
| 1993 | 1.3J | 6 | ||
| ethylbenzene | 1989 | 93 | 2 | 200R |
| 1993 | 38 | 6 | ||
| 2-hexanone | 1989 | ND | 2 | NA |
| 1993 | 0.005J | 6 | ||
| indeno(1,2,3-cd)pyrene | 1989 | ND | 2 | carcinogen |
| 1993 | 4.5 | 6 | ||
| lead | 1989 | 959 | 2 | carcinogen |
| 1993 | 631.J | 6 | ||
| manganese | 1989 | 316 | 2 | 300R |
| 1993 | 808.J | 6 | ||
| mercury | 1989 | 0.16 | 2 | NA |
| 1993 | 7.8 | 6 | ||
| methylene chloride | 1989 | ND | 2 | 100E, 90C |
| 1993 | 0.66J | 6 | ||
| 2-methylnaphthalene | 1989 | 0.17J | 2 | NA |
| 1993 | 0.66 | 6 | ||
| 4-methyl-2-pentanone | 1989 | ND | 2 | NA |
| 1993 | 0.097 | 6 | ||
| 2-methylphenol | 1989 | ND | 2 | 100R, carcinogen |
| 1993 | 0.048J | 6 | ||
| 4-methylphenol | 1989 | ND | 2 | carcinogen |
| 1993 | 0.1J | 6 | ||
| naphthalene | 1989 | 12.J | 2 | NA |
| 1993 | 0.76 | 6 | ||
| nickel | 1989 | 62.8 | 2 | carcinogen |
| 1993 | 25.6 | 6 | ||
| N-nitrosodiphenylamine | 1989 | 240 | 2 | 100C |
| 1993 | 2.0J | 6 | ||
| phenanthrene | 1989 | 0.32J | 2 | NA |
| 1993 | 12 | 6 | ||
| polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) | 1989 | 3.5 | 2 | 0.04E, 0.09C |
| 1993 | 5.6 | 6 | ||
| styrene | 1989 | 16 | 2 | carcinogen |
| 1993 | ND | 6 | ||
| tetrachloroethylene | 1989 | 2.5 | 2 | 10C |
| 1993 | 0.79 | 6 | ||
| toluene | 1989 | 1,800 | 2 | 400R |
| 1993 | 61 | 6 | ||
| 1,1,1-trichloroethane | 1989 | ND | 2 | NA |
| 1993 | 0.025J | 6 | ||
| 1,1,2-trichloroethane | 1989 | ND | 2 | 8R |
| 1993 | 11 | 6 | ||
| trichloroethylene | 1989 | 100 | 2 | 60C |
| 1993 | 0.11 | 6 | ||
| vanadium | 1989 | 34.9 | 2 | NA |
| 1993 | 27.7 | 6 | ||
| xylenes (total) | 1989 | 360 | 2 | 400Ei |
| 1993 | 250 | 6 | ||
| zinc | 1989 | 199 | 2 | 600R |
| 1993 | 170 | 6 |
Chemicals not detected in this medium during either round of sampling are not listed.
Shaded chemicals exceed comparison values.
ND -- Not Detected
B -- Analyte Detected in Laboratory Blank Sample
J -- Estimated Value
X -- Benzo(b)fluoranthene
and benzo(k)fluoranthene were not separable
(cis)-- cis- isomer
(trans)-- trans-
isomer
(III)-- For chromium(III)
(VI)-- For
chromium(VI)
NA -- None Available
carcinogen -- Carcinogen
(proven, probable, or possible) but no CREG available
Comparison Value Bases
E -- ATSDR Environmental Media Evaluation Guide (EMEGs)
Ei -- ATSDR Environmental Media Evaluation Guide, Intermediate-term exposure
C -- ATSDR Cancer Risk Evaluation Guide (CREGs)
R -- Reference Dose Media Evaluation Guide (RMEGs), calculated from U.S. EPA Reference Dose (Chronic) by Ingestion, based on 10 kilogram child subject to pica behavior



