PUBLIC HEALTH ASSESSMENT

SACRAMENTO ARMY DEPOT
SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA
CERCLIS NO. CA0210020780

October 30, 1997

Prepared by:

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

TABLE OF CONTENTS

SUMMARY

BACKGROUND

Site Description and History
Local Demographics
Land Use
Quality Assurance and Quality Control

EVALUATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION AND EXPOSURE PATHWAYS

Introduction
SP Groundwater Plume

CONCLUSIONS

RECOMMENDATIONS/PUBLIC HEALTH ACTION PLAN

PREPARERS OF REPORT

REFERENCES

APPENDICES

Appendix A: Evaluation of Potential Public Health Hazards Associated
With the 55 Sites at SADA

Appendix B: ATSDR Public Health Hazard Conclusion Categories

Appendix C: Glossary

Appendix D: Public Comments on the Sacramento Army Depot Public Health Assessment

LIST OF FIGURES

Figure 1: Area Map, Sacramento Army Depot Activity, Sacramento, California

Figure 2: Site Map of Eight IRP Sites, Parking Lot 3, Freon 113 Area, and Contractors Spoils Area, Sacramento Army Depot Activity, Sacramento, California

Figure 3: Site Map of 13 SWMU Sites, Sacramento Army Depot Activity, Sacramento, California

Figure 4: Site Map of 29 Non-SWMU Sites, Drum Storage Area, and Dark Feature on 1949 Aerial Photo, Sacramento Army Depot Activity, Sacramento, California

Figure 5: Sacramento County Census Tract

Figure 6: Demographics within a 1-Mile Radius of SADA, Sacramento Army Depot Activity, Sacramento, California

Figure 7: ATSDR's Exposure Evaluation Process

Figure 8: Off-Site Wells, Sacramento Army Depot Activity, Sacramento, California

LIST OF TABLES

Table 1: Exposure Pathways

LIST OF ACRONYMS

ASTs	Aboveground storage tanks
ATSDR	Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
BEHP	Bis(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate
BRAC	Base Realignment and Closure
CAMU	Corrective Action Management Unit
CDHS	California Department of Health Services
CREG	Cancer Risk Evaluation Guide for 1 X 10-6
CVRWQCB	Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board
DCA	Dichloroethane
DCE	Dichloroethene
DDD	Dichlorodiphenyldichloroethane
DDE	Dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene
DDT	Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane
DHHS	Department of Health and Human Services
EMEG	Environmental Media Evaluation Guide
EPA	United States Environmental Protection Agency
IRP	Installation Restoration Program
MCLs	Maximum Contaminant Levels
MRL	Minimal Risk Level
NPL	National Priorities List
PAHs	Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
PCBs	Polychlorinated biphenyls
PCE	Tetrachloroethylene
PHA	Public Health Assessment
PHAP	Public Health Action Plan
PPB	Parts per billion
ROD	Record of Decision
RBC	Risk-Based Concentrations
SADA	Sacramento Army Depot Activity
SP	South Post
SVE	Soil vapor extraction
SVOC	Semivolatile organic compound
SWMU	Solid Waste Management Unit
TCA	Trichloroethane
TCE	Trichloroethylene
TPHs	Total petroleum hydrocarbons
UST	Underground storage tanks
UV	Ultraviolet
VOC	Volatile organic compound

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