Figure 1.) In addition, six were sites that were
Figure 2. Major Contaminants Found
covered by the Resource Conservation and
at Sites Assessed in Fiscal Year
2002
Recovery Act (RCRA), and four were sites for
which the community or others had petitioned
ATSDR to conduct a public health assessment.
RCRA covers the control of hazardous sub-
stances at operating facilities, such as manufac-
turing plants.
Figure 1. NPL Status of Sites with ATSDR
Public Health Assessment
Activity in Fiscal Year 2002
One fourth of the sites assessed in public health
assessments in fiscal year 2002 were manufac-
turing or industrial sites. Mining industry sites
made up 17% of the sites where public health
assessments were conducted, and waste storage
and government-owned sites accounted for 16%
each. (See Table 1.)
ATSDR estimates that more than 1.7 million
Table 1.
Types of Sites Assessed in Fiscal
people live within 1 mile of 371 sites for which
Year 2002
public health assessments or health consulta-
tions were conducted in fiscal year 2002.
Type of Site
Number of Sites Percentage
Manufacturing
31
25
or industrial
was detected at 21% of the sites. Other con-
Mining
21
17
taminants commonly found were lead, which
Natural area
20
16
was found at 20% of the sites; volatile organic
compounds (VOCs), also found at 20%; tri-
Waste storage
19
16
chloroethylene, found at 19% of the sites; and
or treatment
polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAH), found at
Government
19
16
15% of the sites. (See Figure 2.)
Waste recycling
8
7
Residential
3
2
School
1
1
Total
122
100
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