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Health Consultation: Hemphill Road TCE NPL Site Evaluation of TCE in Drinking Water: Hemphill Road TCE, Gastonia, Gaston County, North Carolina EPA ID: NC0002374445

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    COMMENT PERIOD ENDS: NOVEMBER 27, 2019

    The Hemphill Road TCE (trichloroethylene) National Priority List site is located at 5009 Hemphill Road (SR 2421) in Gastonia, North Carolina. Groundwater contamination was initially detected on the site in 1989. In May 2013, the site was proposed to the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) National Priorities List (NPL), commonly referred to as the “Superfund” list. This listing prompted the North Carolina Division of Public Health’s (DPH) Health Assessment Consultation & Education program (HACE), to initiate a public health consultation for the site. The principal contaminant of concern is the organic solvent trichloroethylene (TCE). The suspected source of the TCE is related to chemical drum recycling operations that took place on the site by a former owner from approximately 1950- 1957. Contaminated groundwater has moved away from the site toward private residential drinking water wells and privately-owned community water systems. Off-site drinking water wells were first identified as contaminated in 1988 at one private residence and in 1989 an additional private well and an on-site supply well were identified as having TCE contamination. The on-site supply well was taken off-line, and filtration systems were to the two private wells. Subsequently, contamination from the site was identified in additional private residential drinking water wells and community water systems that use groundwater as their drinking water source. These were identified by the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) and the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) investigations. People may have been exposed in the past to contaminants in drinking water wells by drinking the contaminated water, getting the contaminated water on their skin, or breathing in chemicals that are able to escape from the water into the air. While there are no known current exposures to residents that could harm health, the potential exists for the health of people living in the six private residences identified with TCE- contaminated well water to experience adverse health effects if water treatment is not continued and maintained.

    Hemphill_Road_TCE_HC_PC-508.pdf

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