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PUBLIC HEALTH ASSESSMENT

DOVER AIR FORCE BASE
DOVER, KENT COUNTY, DELAWARE
EPA FACILITY ID: DE8570024010

December 31, 2003

Prepared by:

Federal Facilities Assessment Branch
Division of Health Assessment and Consultation
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry

TABLE OF CONTENTS

LIST OF TABLES

LIST OF FIGURES

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS

I. SUMMARY

II. BACKGROUND

II.A. Site Description and Operational History
II.B. Remedial and Regulatory History
II.C. ATSDR Activities
II.D. Demographics
II.E. Land Use
II.F. Natural Resources

III. EVALUATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION AND POTENTIAL EXPOSURE PATHWAYS

III.A. Introduction
III.B. Concern: Past Contamination of Off-Base Drinking Water Supply Wells.
III.C. Concern: Arsenic in DAFB Drinking Water Wells
III.D. Concern: Vapor Intrusion from Groundwater Plumes beneath On-Base Buildings
III.E. Concern: Lead-Based Paint in Base Housing
III.F. Concern: Current Land Use at a Former Landfill

IV. COMMUNITY HEALTH CONCERNS

V. ATSDR CHILD CONSIDERATIONS

VI. CONCLUSIONS

VII. RECOMMENDED ACTIONS

VIII. PUBLIC HEALTH ACTION PLAN

IX. PREPARERS OF REPORT

TABLES

FIGURES

APPENDIX A: GLOSSARY

APPENDIX B: COMPARISON VALUES

APPENDIX C: ATSDR'S METHODS FOR DETERMINING WHETHER A HEALTH HAZARD EXISTS

APPENDIX D: VAPOR INTRUSION AND JOHNSON AND ETTINGER INDOOR AIR MODEL

APPENDIX E: RESPONSE TO PUBLIC COMMENTS

LIST OF TABLES

Table 1. Evaluation of Public Potential Health Hazards at DAFB
Table 2. Evaluation of Exposure Pathways at DAFB
Table 3. Contaminant Concentrations in Off-Site Water Supply Wells
Table 4. Chronological Summary of Monitoring Activities at Off-Site Water Supply Wells
Table 5. Area 5 Contamination
Table 6. DAFB Drinking Water Supply
Table 7. Maximum Arsenic Concentration (ppb) in DAFB Drinking Water Supply, 1980-2001
Table 8. TCE and cis-1,2-DCE Concentrations in Deep Columbia Aquifer Monitoring Wells Located in the Eagle Heights Housing Area, 1993–2003

LIST OF FIGURES

Figure 1. Area Map
Figure 2. Site Map
Figure 3. Exposure Pathway Figure
Figure 4. Demographics within a 1-Mile Buffer of Dover Air Force Base
Figure 5. Area 5 Plume and Off-Base Wells
Figure 6. Location of LF26, Ball Fields, and Schools

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