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Public Health Assessment for Star Lake Canal (a/k/a Star Lake Canal Site-Port Neches) Port Neches, Jefferson County, Texas, EPA Facility ID: TX0001414341
The Star Lake Canal site is located in Port Neches, Jefferson County, Texas, an industrial city adjacent to the Neches River in southeast Texas. The site includes Star Lake Canal, the adjoining Molasses Bayou, and Jefferson Canal. Star Lake Canal is a man-made canal that was dug more than fifty years ago for the purpose of wastewater discharge into the Neches River by local petrochemical facilities. Star Lake Canal is approximately three miles long, up to 20 feet deep, and 100 feet wide. It is surrounded by marsh and weltands with a variety of species of birds and animals, several of which are endangered. Star Lake Canal is not used as a fishery or for a recreational purposes; however, surface water from the canal empties into the Neches River, which is heavily used for fishing and recreational purposes. The Texas Department of Health (TDH) under a cooperative agreement with the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) reviewed available environmental information for the site and evaluated the primary potential exposure pathways. These exposure pathways include fish consumption, drinking water, and potential contact with contaminants in sediment and surface water from the canals.
Public Health Assessment for Star Lake Canal (a/k/a Star Lake Canal Site-Port Neches) Port Neches, Jefferson County, Texas, EPA Facility ID: TX0001414341
The Star Lake Canal site is located in Port Neches, Jefferson County, Texas, an industrial city adjacent to the Neches River in southeast Texas. The site includes Star Lake Canal, the adjoining Molasses Bayou, and Jefferson Canal. Star Lake Canal is a man-made canal that was dug more than fifty years ago for the purpose of wastewater discharge into the Neches River by local petrochemical facilities. Star Lake Canal is approximately three miles long, up to 20 feet deep, and 100 feet wide. It is surrounded by marsh and weltands with a variety of species of birds and animals, several of which are endangered. Star Lake Canal is not used as a fishery or for a recreational purposes; however, surface water from the canal empties into the Neches River, which is heavily used for fishing and recreational purposes. The Texas Department of Health (TDH) under a cooperative agreement with the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) reviewed available environmental information for the site and evaluated the primary potential exposure pathways. These exposure pathways include fish consumption, drinking water, and potential contact with contaminants in sediment and surface water from the canals.
Public Health Assessment for Star Lake Canal (a/k/a Star Lake Canal Site-Port Neches) Port Neches, Jefferson County, Texas, EPA Facility ID: TX0001414341
2001
50 pages
Report
No indication
English
Public Health & Industrial Medicine , Environmental Health & Safety , Public health , Environmental surveys , Risk assessments , Sediments , Environmental contamination , Pathways analysis , Surface water , Fishes , Ground water , Health outcomes , Child health initiative , National Priorities List , Star Lake Canal , Port Neches(Texas)
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