PUBLIC HEALTH ASSESSMENT
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE
FAIRBORN, GREENE COUNTY, OHIO
EPA FACILITY ID: OH7571724312
November 12, 1999
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
ATSDR Involvement
Demographics and Land Use
Quality Assurance and Quality Control
EVALUATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION AND POTENTIAL EXPOSURE PATHWAYS
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Concern: Exposure to Contaminated Media at OU1 (Landfills 8 and 10)
Concern: Exposure to Groundwater Contamination
Concern: Potential Impacts to the Mad River and On-Base Lakes
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APPENDIX A: Comparison Value Evaluation Method
APPENDIX B: TEF Approach
APPENDIX C: Exposure Evaluation
APPENDIX D: Glossary
APPENDIX E: Responses to Public Comments
Table 1. Evaluation of Potential Public Health Hazards at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Table 2. Potential Exposure Pathways at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Table 3. Summary of Ambient Air Data that Exceed Comparison Values at OU1 (Landfills 8 and 10)
Table 4. Summary of Surface Soil Data that Exceed Comparison Values at OU1 (Landfills 8 and 10)
Table 6. Summary of Private Well Data that Exceed Comparison Values at OU1 (Landfills 8 and 10)
Table 7. Summary of Wright-Patterson AFB Well Data that Exceed Comparison Values
Table 8. Summary of Surface Water, Sediment, and Fish Tissue Data that Exceed Comparison Values
Figure 2. Patterson Field (Areas A and C) and OU Designations
Figure 3. Wright Field (Area B) and OU Designations
Figure 4. ATSDR's Exposure Evaluation Process
| AOC | area of concern |
| ATSDR | Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry |
| bgs | below ground surface |
| BHC | hexachlorocyclohexane |
| BMP | Basewide Monitoring Program |
| BTEX | benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylenes |
| BUSTR | Bureau of Underground Storage Tank Removals |
| CPF | cancer potency factor |
| CREG | cancer risk evaluation guide |
| CV | comparison value |
| 1,1-DCA | 1,1-dichloroethane |
| cis-1,2-DCE | cis-1,2-dichloroethene |
| DDE | dichlorodiphenylchloroethane |
| DRMO | Defense Reutilization Marketing Office |
| EE/CA | engineering evaluation/cost analysis |
| EMEG | environmental media evaluation guide |
| EPA | United States Environmental Protection Agency |
| FFA | Federal Facilities Agreement |
| FS | feasibility study |
| IRP | Installation Restoration Program |
| J | data qualifier, indicates that the reported concentration is estimated |
| JP-4 | jet petroleum number 4 |
| LOAEL | lowest-observed-adverse-effects-level |
| LNAPL | light non-aqueous phase liquid |
| LTHA | lifetime health advisory |
| MCL | maximum contaminant level |
| ug/m3 | microgram per cubic meter |
| mg/kg/day | milligram contaminant per kilogram body weight per day |
| MRL | minimal risk level |
| N | data qualifier, indicates that the analyte was tentatively identified |
| NAPL | non-aqueous phase liquid |
| NOAEL | no-observed-adverse-effects-level |
| NPDES | National Pollution Discharge Elimination System |
| NPL | National Priorities List |
| ODH | Ohio Department of Health |
| OEPA | Ohio Environmental Protection Agency |
| OSHA | Occupational Safety and Health Administration |
| OU | operable unit |
| PA | preliminary assessment |
| PAH | polyaromatic hydrocarbon |
| PCB | polychlorinated biphenyl |
| PCE | tetrachloroethylene |
| PHA | public health assessment |
| PHAP | public health action plan |
| POL | petroleum, oil, and lubricants |
| POTW | publicly owned treatment works |
| ppb | parts per billion |
| ppm | parts per million |
| ppt | parts per trillion |
| RBC | risk-based concentrations |
| RCRA | Resource Conservation Recovery Act |
| RfD | reference dose |
| RI | remedial investigation |
| RMEG | reference dose media evaluation guide |
| ROD | record of decision |
| SI | site investigation |
| SSL | soil screening level |
| SVOC | semivolatile organic compound |
| TCE | trichloroethylene |
| TEF | toxicity equivalency factor |
| TEQ | toxicity equivalents |
| TPH | total petroleum hydrocarbons |
| USAF | United States Air Force |
| USGS | United States Geological Survey |
| UST | underground storage tank |
| VOC | volatile organic compound |
| WPAFB | Wright-Patterson Air Force Base |
