PUBLIC HEALTH ASSESSMENT
WASHINGTON NAVY YARD
WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
EPA FACILITY ID: DC9170024310
February 22, 2002
Prepared by:
Federal Facilities Assessment Branch
Division of Health Assessment and Consultation
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Site Description and History
Remedial and Regulatory History
Demographics and Land Use
Natural Resources
ATSDR Activities
Quality Assurance and Quality Control
EVALUATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION AND POTENTIAL EXPOSURE PATHWAYS
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Introduction
Concern: Groundwater
Concern: Surface Water and Sediment
Concern: Soil
Concern: Locally-Caught Fish
CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
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APPENDIX A: Summary of Sites at Washington Navy Yard
APPENDIX B: ATSDR Assessment Methodology and Comparison Values
APPENDIX C: ATSDR Estimates of Human Exposure Doses and Health Effects
APPENDIX D: Glossary
Table 1. Exposure Hazards Summary, Washington Navy Yard
Table 2. Summary of Lower Anacostia River Fish Tissue Studies
Table 3. Exposure Pathways at Washington Navy Yard
Figure 2. Demographics Statistics Near the Washington Navy Yard
Figure 3. Location of Installation Restoration Program Sites
Figure 4. ATSDR's Exposure Evaluation Process
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ATSDR |
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry |
| CERCLA | Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act |
| CMS | corrective measures study |
| COC | contaminants of concern |
| CREG | cancer risk evaluation guide |
| CV | comparison value |
| DC ERA | Washington, D.C., Environmental Regulation Administration |
| DDT | 1,1,1-trichloro-2,2-bis(p-chlorophenyl)ethane |
| EE/CA | Engineering Evaluation/Cost Analysis |
| EMEG | environmental media evaluation guide |
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EPA |
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency |
| FDA | U.S. Food and Drug Administration |
| GSA | General Services Administration |
| MCL | EPA's maximum contaminant level |
| NAVFAC | Naval Facilities Engineering Command |
| NFA | no further action |
| NPL | National Priorities List |
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PA |
preliminary assessment |
| PAH | polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon |
| PCB | polychlorinated biphenyls |
| PCDD | polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxin ("dioxin") |
| PHAP | Public Health Action Plan |
| ppb | parts per billion |
| ppm | parts per million |
| ppt | parts per trillion |
| RCRA | Resource Conservation and Recovery Act |
| RFI | RCRA Facility Investigation |
| SI | site investigation |
| SSI | special sampling investigation |
| SVOC | semi-volatile organic compound |
| 2,3,7,8-TCDD | 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin |
| TEF | toxicity equivalent factor |
| TEQ | TCDD-equivalent |
| TPH | total petroleum hydrocarbons |
| µg/dL | micrograms per deciliter |
| VOC | volatile organic compound |
| WNY | Washington Navy Yard |
