PUBLIC HEALTH ASSESSMENT
FORMER NANSEMOND ORDNANCE DEPOT
SUFFOLK, VIRGINIA
EPA FACILITY ID: VAD123933426 
February 19, 2004
Prepared by:
Superfund Site Assessment Branch
Division of Health Assessment and Consultation
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
TABLE OF CONTENTS
VII. PUBLIC HEALTH ACTION PLAN
APPENDIX A: EXPLANATION OF EVALUATION PROCESS
APPENDIX B: PUBLIC COMMENTS RECEIVED
APPENDIX C: ATSDR GLOSSARY OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH TERMS
|
AL |
Action Level |
| AOC | Area of Concern |
| ATSDR | Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry |
| CERCLA | Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 |
| CPW | College Production Well |
| CREG | Cancer Risk Evaluation Guide |
| DDD | 1,1-dichloro-2,2-bis(p-chlorophenyl)ethane |
| DDE | 1,1-dichloro-2,2-bis(p-chlorophenyl)ethylene |
| DDT | 1,1,1-trichloro-2,2-bis(p-chlorophenyl)ethane |
| EE/CA | Engineering Evaluation/Cost Analysis |
|
EMEG |
Environmental Media Evaluation Guide |
| EPA | Environmental Protection Agency |
| FNOD | Former Nansemond Ordnance Depot |
| FUD site | Formerly Used Defense site |
| GE | General Electric |
| HRSD | Hampton Roads Sanitation District |
| kg | kilogram |
| MCL | Maximum Contaminant Level |
| mg | milligram |
| mm | millimeter |
|
NPL |
National Priorities List |
| ppm | part per million |
| ppb | part per billion |
| PAHs | Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons |
| PCB | Polychlorinated Biphenyls |
| PHA | Public Health Assessment |
| PHAP | Public Health Action Plan |
| RAB | Restoration Advisory Board |
| RI/FS | Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study |
| RBC | Risk-based Concentrations |
|
SVOC |
Semi-volatile Organic Compound |
| TCC | Tidewater Community College |
| TNT | 2,4,6-Trinitrotoluene |
| µg/L | microgram per liter |
| ACE | United States Army Corps of Engineers |
| UXO | Unexploded Ordnance |
| VDEQ | Virginia Department of Environmental Quality |
| VDOT | Virginia Department of Transportation |
| VOC | Volatile Organic Compound |
