PUBLIC HEALTH ASSESSMENT
SOUTH WEYMOUTH NAVAL AIR STATION
SOUTH WEYMOUTH, NORFOLK COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS
EPA FACILITY ID: MA2170022022
September 30, 1999
Prepared by:
Federal Facilities Assessment Branch
Division of Health Assessment and Consultation
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
TABLE OF CONTENTS
EVALUATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION AND POTENTIAL EXPOSURE PATHWAYS
| ABTFSA | Abandoned Bladder Tank Fuel Storage Area |
| ATSDR |
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry |
| AUL | Activity Use Limitation |
| bgs | below ground surface |
| BOQ | Bachelor Officers Quarters |
| CERCLA | Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act |
| CREG | Cancer Risk Evaluation Guide |
| cy | cubic yard |
| DOD | Department of Defense |
| DPW | Department of Public Works |
| EMEG | Environmental Media Evaluation Guide |
| EBS | Environmental Baseline Survey |
| EIS |
Environmental Impact Statement |
| EPA | United States Environmental Protection Agency |
| FFTA | Fire Fighting Training Area |
| FS | feasibility study |
| FTF | Fuel Tank Farm |
| IRA | Immediate Response Action |
| IRP | Installation Restoration Program |
| LNAPL | light non-aqueous phase liquid |
| LTHA | Lifetime Health Advisory |
| MADEP |
Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection |
| MADPH | Massachusetts Department of Public Health |
| MCP |
Massachusetts Contingency Plan |
| MCL | Maximum Contaminant Level |
| MCLG |
Maximum Contaminant Level Goal |
| NPDES | National Pollution Discharge Elimination System |
| OSHA | Occupational Safety and Health Administration |
| PA | preliminary assessment |
| PAHs | polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons |
| PCBs | polychlorinated biphenyls |
| PCE | tetrachloroethylene |
| PHA | Public Health Assessment |
| PHAP | Public Health Action Plan |
| PPA | potentially productive aquifer |
| ppb | parts per billion |
| ppm | parts per million |
| RAB | Restoration Advisory Board |
| RAM | Release Abatement Measure |
| RAO | Response Action Outcome |
| RCRA | Resource Conservation and Recovery Act |
| RBC | EPA Region III Risk-Based Concentration |
| RDA | Rubble Disposal Area |
| RI | remedial investigation |
| RMEG | Reference Dose Media Evaluation Guide |
| SI | site investigation |
| SL | Small Landfill |
| STP | Sewage Treatment Plant |
| SVOC | semivolatile organic compound |
| SNAS |
Squantum Naval Air Station |
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SSTTDC |
South Shore Tri-Town Development Corporation |
| SWNAS |
South Weymouth Naval Air Station |
|
TLF |
Tile Leach Field |
| TPH | total petroleum hydrocarbon |
| USCG | United States Coast Guard |
| UST | underground storage tank |
| VOC |
volatile organic compound |
| WGL | West Gate Landfill |
| WWII | World War II |