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PUBLIC HEALTH ASSESSMENT

SENECA ARMY DEPOT
ROMULUS, SENECA COUNTY, NEW YORK
EPA FACILITY ID: NY0213820830 Exiting ATSDR Website

March 30, 2000

Prepared by:

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


TABLE OF CONTENTS

LIST OF TABLES

LIST OF FIGURES

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS

SUMMARY

BACKGROUND

EVALUATION OF POTENTIAL EXPOSURE PATHWAYS

COMMUNITY HEALTH CONCERNS

ATSDR CHILD HEALTH INITIATIVE

CONCLUSIONS

PUBLIC HEALTH ACTION PLAN

PREPARERS OF REPORT

REFERENCES

TABLES

FIGURES

APPENDIX A. GLOSSARY

APPENDIX B. COMPARISON VALUES


LIST OF TABLES

Table 1. Geographic Areas of Seneca Army Depot Activity

Table 2. Evaluation of Public Health Hazards Associated With High Priority Areas of Concern at Seneca Army Depot Activity

Table 3. Exposure Pathways

Table 4. Summary of Contaminant Concentrations in On-site Groundwater (Ash Landfill Area)

Table 5. Summary of Radiological Constituents in On-Site Groundwater

Table 6. Summary of Contaminant Concentrations in On-Site Soil

Table 7. Summary of Contaminant Concentrations in On-Site Surface Water

Table 8. Summary of Contaminant Concentrations in On-Site Sediment


LIST OF FIGURES

Figure 1. Area Map

Figure 2. Site Map

Figure 3. ATSDR's Exposure Evaluation Process

Figure 4. VOC Plume Associated at the Ash Landfill


LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS

AOC

area of concern
ATSDR Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
BRAC Base Realignment and Closure
CERCLA Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980
CREG ATSDR's cancer risk evaluation guide
CV ATSDR's comparison value
1,2-DCE 1,2-dichloroethylene
DWQS New York State's drinking water quality standard

EMEG

ATSDR's environmental media evaluation guide
EPA U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
ESI environmental site investigation
FLHSA Finger Lakes Health Systems Agency
IRP Installation Restoration Program
MCL EPA's maximum contaminant level
NYSDEC New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
NYSDOH New York State Department of Health

OUs

operable units
PAH polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon
pCi/L picocuries per liter
PCB polychlorinated biphenyls
PHA public health assessment
PHAP public health action plan
ppb parts per billion
ppm parts per million
RI remedial investigation
RI/FS remedial investigation/feasibility study
RMEG ATSDR's reference dose media evaluation guide
SI site investigation
SVOCs semivolatile organic compounds
SWMU solid waste management unit
TCE trichloroethylene
USACE U.S. Army Corp of Engineers
UXO unexploded ordnance
VOCs volatile organic compounds

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