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
EVALUATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION AND POTENTIAL EXPOSURE PATHWAYS
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 |
