PUBLIC HEALTH ASSESSMENT
BOEING MICHIGAN AERONAUTICAL RESEARCH CENTER/MCGUIRE MISSLE
NEW EGYPT, OCEAN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY
EPA FACILITY ID: NJ2570026268 
September 23, 2002
Prepared by:
Federal Facilities Assessment Branch
Division of Health Assessment and Consultation
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
TABLE OF CONTENTS
EVALUATION OF CONTAMINATION AND POTENTIAL HUMAN EXPOSURE
CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
APPENDIX A: RADIOLOGICAL DATA REVIEW
APPENDIX D: RADIATION AND RADIOLOGIC MATERIAL
APPENDIX E: RESPONSE TO PUBLIC COMMENTS
Table 1. Evaluation of IRP Sites at the BOMARC Site
Table 2. Area Drinking Water Wells
Table 3. Exposure Pathways Evaluation Table
Table 4. Maximum Estimated Annual Committed Effective Doses for Radiation Exposure Near BOMARC
Figure 4. ATSDR's Exposure Evaluation Process
Figure 5. BOMARC Missile Accident Site
Figure 6. Area of the TCE Plume
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AFB |
Air Force Base |
| AFIERA | Air Force Institute for Environment, Safety, and Occupational Health Risk Analysis |
| AFRL | Air Force Research Laboratory |
| Air Force | U.S. Air Force |
| Am | americium |
| ATSDR | Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry |
| BOMARC | Boeing Michigan Aeronautical Research Center |
| Bq/g | becquerels per gram |
| CEDE | committed effective dose equivalent |
| CERCLA | Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act |
| CREG | ATSDR's cancer risk evaluation guide |
| CV | comparison value |
|
DCE |
dichloroethylene |
| DD | decision document |
| DOD | U.S. Department of Defense |
| EIS | Environmental Impact Statement |
| EMEG | ATSDR's environmental media evaluation guide |
| EOD | explosive, ordnance, and demolition |
| EPA | U.S. Environmental Protection Agency |
| FS | feasibility study |
| g | gram |
| ICRP | International Commission on Radiological Protection |
|
IRP |
Installation Restoration Program |
| JP-4 | jet fuel |
| LANL | Los Alamos National Laboratory |
| µg | microgram |
| MCL | EPA's maximum contaminant level |
| MOGAS | automobile gasoline |
| mrem | millirem |
| mSv | millisievert |
| MTBE | methyl tertiary butyl ether |
| NCRP | National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements |
|
ND |
not detected |
| NDI | non-destructive inspection |
| NFRAP | no further response action planned |
| NJDEP | New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection |
| OT | other |
| PAHs | polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons |
| PCBs | polychlorinated biphenyls |
|
pCi/g |
picocuries per gram |
| PHA | public health assessment |
| PHAP | Public Health Action Plan |
| ppb | parts per billion |
| ppm | parts per million |
| PRM | Potomac/Raritan/Magothy |
| PQL | practical quantitation limit |
| RAB | restoration advisory board |
| RADCON | Army Radiological Control Team |
| RCRA | Resource Conservation and Recovery Act |
| ResRad | residual radioactive |
| RI | remedial investigation |
| RMEG | ATSDR's reference dose media evaluation guide |
| ROD | record of decision |
| RW | radioactive waste site |
| ST | storage tank |
| SVOCs | semivolatile organic compounds |
| TCE | trichloroethylene |
| USGS | U.S. Geological Survey |
| UST | underground storage tank |
| VOC | volatile organic compound |
| WP | waste pit |
