HEALTH CONSULTATION
FRESH KILLS LANDFILL,
STATEN ISLAND, RICHMOND COUNTY, NEW YORK
Table 1.
NYSDEC Sample Results and ATSDR Comparison Values for Air Sampling Data.
Fresh
Kills Landfill, Staten Island, NY, May 7-8, 1998.
| Chemical | ATSDR CV for Air (ppb) | CV Type | NYSDEC Data (ppb)* |
| 1,1,2,2- tetrachloroethane | 400 | EMEG-I | 0.144 |
| 1,1,1- trichloroethane | 700 | EMEG-I | 0.518 |
| 1,1,2- trichloroethane | 0.06 ug/m3 | CREG | 0.158 (=0.877 ug/m3) |
| 1,1- dichloroethene | 20 | EMEG-I | 0.001 |
| 1,2- dibromoethane | 0.005 ug/m3 | CREG | 0.163 (=1.27 ug/m3) |
| 1,4- dichlorobenzene | 100 | EMEG-C | 0.661 |
| 1,2- dichloroethane | 200 | EMEG-C | ND |
| 1,2- dichloropropane | 7 | EMEG-I | 0.120 |
| 1,3- dichloropropene | 2 | EMEG-C | 0.246 ** |
| benzene | 4 | EMEG-I | 0.640 |
| bromomethane | 5 | EMEG-C | 0.049 |
| carbon tetrachloride | 50 | EMEG-I | 0.220 |
| chloroethane | 15000 proposed | Acute *** | 0.001 |
| chloroform | 20 | EMEG-C | 0.200 |
| chloromethane | 50 | EMEG-C | 0.998 |
| dichloromethane | 30 | EMEG-I | 1.310 |
| ethyl benzene | 200 | EMEG-I | 1.344 |
| hexachlorobutadiene | 0.05 | CREG | ND |
| styrene | 60 | EMEG-C | ND |
| tetrachloroethylene | 40 | EMEG-C | ND |
| toluene | 1000 | EMEG-C | 4.015 |
| trichloroethylene | 100 | EMEG-I | 0.174 |
| vinyl chloride | 30 | EMEG-I | 0.009 |
| xylenes, total | 100 | EMEG-C | 2.647 **** |
NOTES: All data in units of parts per billion (ppb) unless otherwise noted.
ug/m3= micrograms per cubic meter
EMEG = ATSDR Environmental Media Evaluation Guide;
I = continuous exposures of 2 weeks to 1 year, C = continuous exposures greater than 1 year.
CREG= ATSDR Cancer Risk Evaluation Guide.
ND= not detected
* = data from NY State Dept. of Environmental Conservation, May 21, 1998, memo by P. Gallay.
** = 1,3-dichloropropane data shown is sum of reported numbers for cis- and trans- 1,3-dichloropropane
***= Acute value shown is proposed ATSDR comparison value for exposures up to 2 weeks in length.
****= total xylenes data shown is sum of reported numbers
for m/p-xylene and o-xylene.
Table 2. NYSDEC
Sample Results for Compounds Without an ATSDR CV
Air Sampling
Data, Fresh Kills Landfill, Staten Island, NY, May 7-8, 1998.
| Chemical | NYSDEC Data (ppb) |
| 1,2,4- trichlorobenzene | ND |
| 1,2,4- trimethylbenzene | ND |
| 1,3,5- trimethylbenzene | 0.981 |
| 1,1- dichloroethane | 0.069 |
| 1,2- dichlorobenzene | ND |
| 1,3- dichlorobenzene | 0.212 |
| cis 1,2- dichloroethene | 0.028 |
| chlorobenzene | 0.174 |
| achlorotoluene | 0.114 |
| dichlorodifluoromethane | 1.489 |
| dichlorotetrafluoroethane | 0.068 |
| trichlorotrifluoroethane | 0.192 |
| trichlorofluoromethane | 0.059 |
ND = Compound not detected in sample.
