ATSDR - PHA - CPS/MADISON INDUSTRIES, (a/k/a CPS CHEMICAL/MADISON INDUSTRIES), OLD BRIDGE TOWNSHIP, MIDDLESEX COUNTY, NEW JERSEY

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PUBLIC HEALTH ASSESSMENT
CPS CHEMICAL/MADISON INDUSTRIES
OLD BRIDGE TOWNSHIP, MIDDLESEX COUNTY, NEW JERSEY
CERCLIS No. NJD002141190

February 10, 1997

Prepared by:

New Jersey Department of Health
Environmental Health Service
Under Cooperative Agreement with the
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry

TABLE OF CONTENTS

LIST OF TABLES

LIST OF FIGURES

A. Site Description and History

Madison Industries

ATSDR Involvement

General Comments:

Madison Industries

Runyon Watershed

C. Demographics, Land Use, and Natural Resources Use

Natural Resources Use

D. Health Outcome Data

COMMUNITY HEALTH CONCERNS

ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION AND OTHER HAZARDS

A. On-site contamination

Surface and Subsurface Soils

Surface Water and Sediments

B. Off-site contamination

Surface and Subsurface Soils

Surface Water and Sediments

Groundwater-Monitoring Wells

Groundwater-Municipal Wells

C. Quality Assurance and Quality Control

D. Physical and Other Hazards

E. Toxic Chemical Release Inventory Data

PATHWAYS ANALYSIS

A. Completed Pathways

B. Potential Exposure Pathways

Surface Water and Sediments

Groundwater: Residential Wells

PUBLIC HEALTH IMPLICATIONS

A. Toxicologic Evaluation

B. Health Outcome Data Evaluation

C. Community Health Concerns Evaluation

CONCLUSIONS

RECOMMENDATIONS

Cease/Reduce Exposure

Site Characterization

HEALTH ACTIVITIES RECOMMENDATION PANEL (HARP) RECOMMENDATIONS

PUBLIC HEALTH ACTIONS

A. Public Health Actions Taken

B. Public Health Actions Planned

PREPARERS OF REPORT

CERTIFICATION

Appendix A - Figures

Appendix B - Response Summary

LIST OF TABLES

Table 1. On-Site Groundwater Contamination, Madison Industries, September,1994.

Table 2. On-Site Groundwater Contamination, CPS Chemical.

Table 3. Off-site Groundwater Contamination (Well PA-A and PA-B), Madison Industries, September 1994.

Table 4. Off-site Groundwater Contamination (Well RW-2 and WCC-14), Madison Industries, September 1994.

Table 5. Off-site Groundwater Contamination (Well RW-5 and DW-12), Madison Industries, September 1994.

Table 6. Off-site Groundwater Contamination (Well WCC-12 and PA-B), CPS Chemical, June 1994.

Table 7. Off-site Groundwater Contamination (Well WCC-16VS and RW-2), CPS Chemical, June 1994.

Table 8. Off-site Groundwater Contamination (Well RW-5), CPS Chemical, June 1994.

Table 9. Off-site Groundwater Contamination (Well PA-6), CPS Chemical, June 1994.

Table 10. Potential Exposure Pathways

Table 11. Cancer Incidence Perth Amboy, Middlesex County 1979 - 1991

Table 12. Standard Incidence Ratios (SIR), Comparison of Observed and Expected Cancer Incidence, Perth Amboy, Middlesex County, 1979 - 1991.

LIST OF FIGURES

Figure 1. Site Location

Figure 2. Site Location (Detail)

Figure 3. Map of Monitoring Wells

Figure 4. Groundwater Plume

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