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ATSDR MEDIA
ANNOUNCEMENT
ATSDR Holds Open House to Discuss its Draft Health
Consultation on Vinyl Chloride Contaminated Drinking Water
at Myrtle Grove Trailer Park in Plaquemine, Iberville Parish, Louisiana
Note to Correspondents: A media availability session will be held July 23 from 6:00 p.m. - 6:45 p.m. at the Iberville Parish Media Center, 58035 Plaquemine St., Plaquemine, La. ATSDR staff will be available for interviews during this time. No appointment is necessary.
For Immediate Release: July 18, 2002
The meeting will be held at the Iberville Parish Media Center, 58035 Plaquemine St., beginning with an open forum public meeting from 7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Afterwards, ATSDR staff will be available for one-on-one discussions with residents from 8:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
The ATSDR draft 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 in drinking 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 a known vinyl chloride groundwater plume although no one is believed 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 in the draft health consultation are to continue monitoring the vinyl chloride groundwater plume to better characterize the plume, 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.
The public is invited to submit written comments about the draft health consultation. The public comment period continues through August 20, 2002.
The draft health consultation is available for public review and comment at the following repositories:
Iberville Parish Library 24605 J. Gerald Berret Blvd. Plaquemine, LA Phone: (225) 687-4397 |
Louisiana Environmental Action Network (LEAN) Satellite Office 58038 Fort Street Plaquemine, LA Phone:(225) 685-0729 |
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.
This page last updated on July 19, 2002
For more information, contact ATSDR at:
770-488-0700 or e-mail: atsdmediainquiries@cdc.gov (news media)
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