PUBLIC HEALTH ASSESSMENT
RICKENBACKER AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE (USAF)
(a/k/a RICKENBACKER AIR FORCE BASE)
COLUMBUS, FRANKLIN COUNTY, OHIO
EPA FACILITY ID: OH3571924544 
May 25, 2000
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
Table 1. Exposure Hazards Summary--Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base
Table 2. Exposure Pathways at Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base
Figure 1. Area Map, Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base, Ohio
Figure 2. Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base, Ohio
Figure 3. ATSDR's Exposure Evaluation Process
Figure 5. Locations of Remedial Investigation Sites, Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base, Ohio
|
AFB |
Air Force Base |
| ATSDR | Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry |
| BCT | BRAC Clean-up Team |
| BRAC | Base Realignment and Closure |
| BTEX | benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylenes (aromatic VOCs) |
| BUSTR | Bureau of Underground Storage Tank Regulations |
| cis-1,2-DCE | cis-1,2-dichloroethylene |
| DDD | 1,1-dichloro-2,2-bis(p-chlorophenyl)ethane |
| DDT | 1,1,1-trichloro-2,2-bis(p-chlorophenyl)ethane |
|
EBS |
environmental baseline study |
| EWH | exceptional warmwater habitat |
| FS | feasibility study |
| FUDS | Formerly Used Defense Site |
| IRP | Installation Restoration Program |
| MCL | USEPA's maximum contaminant level |
| NFA | no further action |
| NPL | National Priorities List |
|
OARNG |
Ohio Army National Guard |
| OHANG | Ohio Air National Guard |
| OEPA | Ohio Environmental Protection Agency |
| PAH | polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons |
| PA | preliminary assessment |
| PCB | polychlorinated biphenyls |
| PHAP | Public Health Action Plan |
| ppb | parts per billion |
| ppm | parts per million |
| RAB | Restoration Advisory Board |
| RANGB | Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base |
| RCRA | Resource Conservation and Recovery Act |
| RI | remedial investigation |
| RPA | Rickenbacker Port Authority |
| SI | site investigation |
| SVOC | semi-volatile organic compound |
| TCDD-2,3,7,8 | 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin |
| TCE | trichloroethylene |
| TPH | total petroleum hydrocarbons |
| USACE | United States Army Corps of Engineers |
| USAF | United States Air Force |
| USEPA | United States Environmental Protection Agency |
| UST | underground storage tank |
| UWBZ | upper water-bearing zone |
| VOC | volatile organic compound |
