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Petro Processors of Louisiana, Inc. post-hurricane groundwater sampling evaluation, East Baton rouge Parish, Louisiana : EPA facility ID: LAD057482713
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September 30, 2006
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Series: Health consultation
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Description:On August 29 and September 24, 2005, hurricanes Katrina and Rita made landfall along the Gulf Coast. From September 29, 2005 through October 14, 2005, a team of U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) contractors collected samples at the National Priority List (NPL) sites in Louisiana to assess any potential impacts that the hurricanes may have had on remedies completed at those sites. On October 12, 2005, EPA collected groundwater samples from two monitoring wells at the Petro Processors site, located in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana. As part of prudent public health practices, the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals/Office of Public Health/Section of Environmental Epidemiology and Toxicology (LDHH/OPH/SEET) have performed a review of the post-hurricane groundwater data through a cooperative agreement with the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR). SEET staff reviewed the contaminant concentrations found in groundwater from the Petro Processors monitoring wells to determine whether the groundwater was affected by the hurricane. SEET staff evaluated the data to determine whether the groundwater would pose a threat to human health and to establish what further public health actions, if any, may be needed.
The Petro Processors of Louisiana Inc. Superfund Site is located near Scotlandville, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, about ten miles north of the City of Baton Rouge. The site consists of two petrochemical disposal areas on the banks of Bayou Baton Rouge in or near the floodplain of the Mississippi River. The two disposal areas, Scenic Highway and Brooklawn, are situated about 1.5 miles apart and total 77 acres. Brooklawn is the larger of the two areas, estimated at 60 acres. The Scenic Highway location is just west of U.S. Highway 61 and north of the intersection of Scenic Highway 964 and U.S. Highway 61. The Brooklawn location is west- southwest of the Scenic Highway location. Bayou Baton Rouge meanders around both the Scenic Highway and Brooklawn areas, and fingers out into Devil’s Swamp.
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