NCD980602163_19840802_Warren County PCB Landfill_SERB C_Long-Term Sampling and PCB Analysis of Residential Private Water Supply Wells in Warren County-OCR

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1IYl 1 Ronald H. Levine, M.D., M.P.H.
DIVISION OF HEALTH SERVICES
P.O. Box 2091
Raleigh, N.C. 27602.2091
August 2, 1984
MEMORANDUM
TO: Mr. James F. Stamey, Chief
Environmental Health Section
FROM: ~~rickland, Head
Solid & Hazardous Waste Management Branch
ST A TE HEAL TH DIRECTOR
SUBJECT: Long-Term Sampling and PCB Analysis of Residential Private
Water Supply Wells in Warren County as Part of the PCB
Landfill Maintenance Project
Mrs. Joyce Lubbers, a member of the Intergovernmental Work Group for
PCB Detoxification from Warren County, informed the Work Group that
several people, whose drinking water wells had been sampled in the
past, had expressed concern that there was no apparent continuing
effort to monitor their wells. Mrs. Lubbers further stated that
these people were of the opinion that the State had verbally promised
to monitor their wells on a routine basis. ·
It was thi consensus of the Work Group that Mrs. Lubbers had expressed
a valid concern and the state should continue to monitor private water
supply wells as part of the committment to monitor health efforts of
tne PCB landfill .
. / ~ Work GrouP. recomm·ended that the Department of Human Resources
"--sample and perform PCB ana ysis on 10 percent of the private water
·,. supply wells within a 3 mile radius of the landfill on an annual
!_ basis. This is the same area and wells that were sampled in January,
1983. The Work Group further recommended that a copy of the analyses
and interpretations be submitted to the Warren County Health Director.
There are currently 36 private water supply wells within the 3 mile
radius. The approximate cost for manpower, equipment, reporting,
and analysis if $160.00 per sample and $640.00 per year for a 10 percent
sample size. It is assumed that additions and deletions would occur
with respect to sample size.
There is no specific budget line item for this long-term reoccuring
cost.
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Mr. James F. Stamey
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It is recommended that the Department of Human Resources, Division of
Health Services, Environmental Health Section, Solid and Hazardous
Waste Management Branch assume this responsibility and establish a
budget procedure for implementation.
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