PUBLIC HEALTH ASSESSMENT
QUANTA RESOURCES CORPORATION
EDGEWATER, BERGEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY
EPA FACILITY ID: NJD000606442 
September 25, 2002
Prepared By:
New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services
Hazardous Site Health Evaluation Program
Consumer and Environmental Health Services
Division of Epidemiology, Environmental and Occupational Health
Under a Cooperative Agreement with the
The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
TABLE OF CONTENTS
|
AST |
above ground storage tank |
| ATSDR | Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry |
| BTEX | benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, xylene |
| CERCLA | Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (commonly known as Superfund) |
| CREG | Cancer Risk Evaluation Guides |
| FAQs | Frequently Asked Questions |
| GIS | Geographic Information System |
| HAZWOPER | Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response Standard |
| HCV | Health Comparison Value |
| MUA | Municipal Utilities Authority |
| ND | none detected |
| NJDEP | New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection |
| NJDHSS | New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services |
| NPL | National Priorities List |
| PAHs | polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons |
| PCBs | polychlorinated biphenyls |
| PHAP | Public Health Action Plan |
| PPB | parts per billion |
| PPM | parts per million |
| PRP | Potentially Responsible Party |
| QRC | Quanta Resources Corporation |
| RSI | removal site investigation |
| SVOCs | semi-volatile organic compounds |
| USEPA | United States Environmental Protection Agency |
| UST | underground storage tank |
| VOCs | volatile organic compounds |
