Superfund Records Center SITE: DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES BREAK: 1<0}*X < Q) PP..hi;»-. Health Service OTHER: Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry Atlanta GA 30333 Septerftl^W Mr. Mike Hill (HSL-CAN5) Remedial Project Manager U.S. Environmental Protection Agency John F. Kennedy Federal Building Boston, MA 02203 Dear Mr. Hill: Enclosed please find a copy of the September 25, 1996, Public Health Assessment on the following site prepared by the Connecticut Department of Public Health under a cooperative agreement with the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. RAYMARK INDUSTRIES STRATFORD, FAIRFIELD COUNTY, CONNECTICUT CERCLIS NO. CTD001186618 Also enclosed please find a Reader Evaluation form. This questionnaire is designed to help us improve our communications. We would like to know if we have presented our findings clearly. Reader's responses will help us improve our reports. Please fill out the form, add your own comments, fold the form and drop it in the nearest mailbox. No postage is necessary. If you have any questions, you may call Tina Forrester, our technical project officer, at (404) 639-0638. Sincerely yours, Max M. Howie, Jr. Chief, Program Evaluation, Records, and Information Services Branch Division of Health Assessment and Consultation Enclosures SDMS DocID 524932 RAYMARK INDUSTRIES • BLUE PHA TINA FORRESTER, TECHNICAL PROJECT OFFICER - Approved: 7*5*5 ^TCr\D OMB No. 0923-0016 Exp. Date: 7/31/98 READER EVALUATION Division of Health Assessment and Consultation This questionnaire is designed to help us improve our communications. We would like to know if we have presented ourfindings clearly. Thankyoufor taking the time to respond. 1) Did you read the entire report? QYes QNo If not, which topics did you read about? (Check all that apply.) •Summary • Environmental Exposure • Health Effects • Conclusions/Actions •Community Concerns 2) How longdid it take you to read the report? • Less than 2 hours Q 2-4 hours • More than 4 hours CONCLUSIONS 3) Did our report clearlysay if people have come into contactwith contamination? (Contact means to eat, drink, breathe or touch.) Check all that apply. Soil • Yes • Possible • No • Unclear Air • Yes • Possible • No • Unclear Water • Yes • Possible • No • Unclear Food Chain • Yes • Possible • No • Unclear 4) Did our report clearlysay if health effects are likelyfrom contact? Soil • Likely • Unlikely •Unclear Air •Likely • Unlikely • Unclear Water • Likely Q Unlikely • Unclear Food Chain • Likely • Unlikely • Unclear RECOMMENDATIONS 5) Did our report clearly indicate what we recommend be done next? (Check all that apply.) • Collect more data • Restrict or reduce exposure • Health Study • Health Education • No action at this time CONTENT 6) Does the information in the report support our conclusionsand recommendations? • Yes • No Comments: 7) Did you receive this report in the context of your job? QYes QNo If yes, was enough information provided to allow you to takeaction? • Yes • No If you needed more information, what kind? •Environmental Exposure • Health Effects Comments: 8) Were your health questions answered in theassessment? • Yes • No If no, what questions do you have? (Continued on back) ATSDR 10.20 8/95 9) Is there information in the report that you found confusing? (Check all that apply.) •Summary • Environmental Exposure • Health Effects • Conclusions/Actions • Community Concerns Comments: : 10) Is there information in the report that you found unnecessary? (Check all that apply.) •Summary • Environmental Exposure • Health Effects •Conclusions/Actions • Community Concerns Comments: 11) Which of these categories would best describe you? • 1) Concerned member of the community • 2) Government employee Q 3) Health care professional • 4) Other (please specify) 12) How did you obtain your copy of the report? • 1) Mailed to you by ATSDR. • 2) Went to the library to use thecopy filed there. • 3) Received from a friend. • 4) Other (please specify) Are there any other comments you would like to make about the report? Pleasefold in thirds with address on outside, tape closed, and mail back to us. No postage is required. Thank youfor responding. Public reporting burden o! this collection of information Is estimated to average 15 minutes per response. Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing this burden to PHS Reports Clearance Officer; ATTN; PRA (0923-0016); Hubert H. Humphrey Rm 737-F; 200 Independence Ave.. SW; Washington, DC 20201 This collection is authorized by law (42 U.S.C.9604(i)). eecoEvo'wrepv •g'M 'peonuojjfiD 0091 9SH dojs[rew tpuejg siHHd :u»V uope){nsuo3 pue juauissassy jo uoisiaiq yCnstdag aseasja pue ssDuejsqnsDpa>i jojAouaSv S90|Ajes UBiunH pue quean )o jueuipedaa Aq pjej eg him eOejsod eeeoe vo vinviiv oues'ONiiWHad ssvioisuu 1IVIA1 A1d3d SS3NISna OOES asn ejeAUd JOJ Aqeued sssNisna ivioiddo AllUOIHd sAea 8Ajd jejjv wnjey S31VJLS aSliNfl 3HJ.NI eeeoe ei&ioeo 'ejueuv 0311VW dl uoijueAejd pue IOJJUOQ 9sees)G JOJ sjejueo AUVSS303N ©ojAjes Mlieen 3||qnd 33VlSOd ON S30IAU3S NVIAiriH * H11V3H JO J.N3WldVd3CI Public Health Assessment for RAYMARK INDUSTRIES STRATFORD, FAIRFIELD COUNTY, CONNECTICUT CERCLIS NO. CTD001186618 SEPTEMBER 25, 1996 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry *** % PUBLIC HEALTH ASSESSMENT RAYMARK INDUSTRIES STRATFORD, FAIRFIELD COUNTY, CONNECTICUT CERCLIS NO. CTD001186618 Prepared by Connecticut Department of Public Health Under Cooperative Agreement with the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry THE ATSDR PUBLIC HEALTH ASSESSMENT: A NOTE OF EXPLANATION This Public Health Assessment was prepared by ATSDR pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA or Superftmd) section 104 (i)(6) (42 U.S.C. 9604 (i)(6)), and in accordance with our implementing regulations (42 C.F.R. Part 90). In preparing this document, ATSDR has collected relevant health data, environmental data, and community health concerns from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), state and local health and environmental agencies, the community, and potentially responsible parties, where appropriate. In addition, this document has previously been provided to EPA and the affected states in an initial release, as required by CERCLA section 104 (i)(6)(H) for their information and review. The revised document was released for a 30-day public comment period. Subsequent to the public comment period, ATSDR addressed all public comments and revised or appended the document as appropriate. The public health assessment has now been reissued. This concludes the public health assessment process for this site, unless additional information is obtained by ATSDR which, in the Agency's opinion, indicates a need to revise or append the conclusions previously issued. Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry David Satcher, M.D., Ph.D., Administrator Barry L. Johnson, Ph.D., Assistant Administrator Division of Health Assessment and Consultation Robert C. Williams, P.E., DEE, Director Juan J. Reyes, Deputy Director Exposure Investigations and Consultation Branch Acting Chief Federal Facilities Assessment Branch Acting Chief Petitions Response Branch Acting Chief Superfund Site Assessment Branch Sharon Williams-Fleetwood, Ph.D., Chief Program Evaluation, Records, and Information Services Branch Max M. Howie, Jr., Chief Use of trade names is for identification only and does not constitute endorsement by the Public Health Service or the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Additional copies of this report are available from: National Technical Information Service, Springfield, Virginia (703) 487-4650 FOREWORD The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, ATSDR, is an agency of the U.S. Public Health Service. It was established by Congress in 1980 under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, also known as the Superfund law. This law set up a fund to identify and clean up our country's hazardous waste sites. The Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, and the individual states regulate the investigation and clean up of the sites. Since 1986, ATSDR has been required by law to conduct a public health assessment at each of the sites on the EPA National Priorities List. The aim of these evaluations is to find out if people are being exposed to hazardous substances and, if so, whether that exposure is harmful and should be stopped or reduced. (The legal definition of a health assessment is included on the inside front cover.) If appropriate, ATSDR also conducts public health assessments when petitioned by concerned individuals. Public health assessments are carried out by environmental and health scientists from ATSDR and from the states with which ATSDR has cooperative agreements. Exposure: As the first step in the evaluation, ATSDR scientists review environmental data to see how much contamination is at a site, where it is, and how people might come into contact with it. Generally, ATSDR does not collect its own environmental sampling data but reviews information provided by EPA, other government agencies, businesses, and the public. When there is not enough environmental information available, the report will indicate what further sampling data is needed. Health Effects: If the review of the environmental data shows that people have or could come into contact with hazardous substances, ATSDR scientists