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PUBLIC HEALTH ASSESSMENT

GENDRON JUNKYARD
PELHAM, HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE
EPA FACILITY ID: NH0002323111

April 25, 2001

Prepared by:

New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services
Bureau of Health Risk Assessment
Under Cooperative Agreement with the
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry

TABLE OF CONTENTS

SUMMARY

I. PURPOSE

II. BACKGROUND

(A) Site Description and History

(B) DHHS Involvement

(D) QA/QC

III. ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION AND OTHER HAZARDS

IV. PATHWAYS OF HUMAN EXPOSURE

(A) Completed Exposure Pathways

(B) Potential Exposure Pathways

V. DISCUSSION - ADULT AND CHILDREN'S HEALTH ISSUES

(A) Public Health Implications of Exposure

(B) Health Outcome Data Review

VI. CONCLUSIONS

VII. RECOMMENDATIONS

VIII. PUBLIC HEALTH ACTION PLAN

IX. PREPARERS OF REPORT

X. REFERENCES

XI. ATSDR CERTIFICATION

APPENDICES

APPENDIX A: TABLES

Table 1: Concentrations of contaminants in auto-shredder residue (ASR) waste on the site.

Table 2a: Concentrations of contaminants in soils that had been beneath the ASR waste pile, March 1999 - May 1999.

Table 2b: Concentrations of contaminants in onsite subsurface soils (1-6 feet below ground surface), January 2000 - February 2000.

Table 2c: Concentrations of contaminants in onsite surface soils near the scrap metal pile, October 2000.

Table 3: Concentrations of contaminants in off-site surface soils (0-3 inches deep), 1997.

Table 4: Concentrations of contaminants in sediments of Island Pond Brook.

Table 5a: Concentrations of metals in groundwater beneath the site, 1999-2000.

Table 5b: Concentrations of organic compounds in groundwater beneath the site, 1999-2000.

Table 6: Lead and arsenic in drinking water samples from the Hobbs Road - Balcom Road area, 1997-2000.

Table 7: Cancer Incidence in Pelham, New Hampshire, 1993 - 1997.

APPENDIX B: FIGURES

Intro Map: Gendron Junkyard, Pelham, NH

APPENDIX C: EVALUATING CANCER DATA AND BASIC CANCER RATE TERMINOLOGY

APPENDIX D: COMMUNITY NEEDS ASSESSMENT SURVEY

APPENDIX E; ATSDR HEALTH CONSULTATIONS (9/28/99, 12/17/99)

APPENDIX F: GLOSSARY

APPENDIX G: DESCRIPTION OF HEALTH COMPARISON VALUES

APPENDIX H: WRITTEN COMMENTS ON PUBLIC COMMENT RELEASE

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