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ATSDR MEDIA
ANNOUNCEMENT
Public Comment Period
for Health Consultation
on Vinyl Chloride-Contaminated
Drinking Water at Myrtle Grove Trailer Park
in Plaquemine, Iberville Parish, Louisiana
For Immediate Release: July 5, 2002
The public health consultation concludes that the MGTP site poses no apparent public health hazard. None of the health concerns reported by MGTP residents are likely to be the result of exposure to the levels of vinyl chloride or any other contaminant detected in the well water at MGTP.
The levels of vinyl chloride--4.9 parts per billion (ppb) to 13.8 ppb--detected in the MGTP well system would not be expected to produce adverse health effects either in adults or children.
Park residents formerly were exposed to vinyl chloride when drinking, showering, bathing, cooking, dishwashing, and swimming in water supplied by the MGTP well system. Since March 2001, park residents have been using city-supplied water.
The source of the vinyl chloride has not been determined. Areas around the MGTP site might be affected by the vinyl chloride groundwater plume although no one is known to be drinking vinyl chloride-contaminated groundwater at this time. ATSDR will evaluate the potential for exposure in these areas in a separate health consultation.
ATSDR's recommendations are to continue monitoring the vinyl chloride groundwater plume to better characterize the plume and determine its source, and to evaluate potential exposures to groundwater in areas surrounding the MGTP site that might be affected by the vinyl chloride groundwater plume.
Where: The health consultation just completed is available for public review and comment at the following repositories:Iberville Parish Library |
Louisiana Environmental Action |
24605 J. Gerald Berret Blvd. | 58038 Fort Street |
Plaquemine, LA | Plaquemine, LA |
Phone: (225) 687-4397 | Phone:(225) 685-0729 |
Please send written comments to:
Chief, Program Evaluation, Records and Information Services Branch ATSDR, 1600 Clifton Road, NE, Mailstop E-56 Atlanta, GA 30333 |
Comments received during the public comment period will be logged and become part of the administrative record for the health consultation. Comments (without indication of who made them) and responses will be included in an appendix to the final document. Although names of those who have submitted comments will not be included in the final health consultation, they will be subject to release under the Freedom of Information Act.
Community members who would like more information about the health consultation may contact Community Involvement Specialist Youlanda Outin or Public Health Assessor Danielle Langmann, toll free, at 1-888-422-8237. Callers should refer to the Myrtle Grove Trailer Park site. Regional representative Lt. Cmdr. Patrick Young may also be contacted in Dallas at (214) 665-8562.
Members of the news media can request an interview by calling the NCEH/ATSDR Office of Communication at 770-488-0700.
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This page last updated on July 8, 2002
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