PUBLIC HEALTH ASSESSMENT
FORT RILEY
(a/k/a FORT RILEY MILITARY RESERVATION)
FORT RILEY, GEARY COUNTY, KANSAS
CERCLIS
NO. KS6214020756
March 29, 2000
Prepared by:
Federal Facilities Assessment Branch
Division of Health Assessment and Consultation
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Site Description and History
The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry Involvement
Demographics and Land Use
Quality Assurance and Quality Control
EVALUATION OF POTENTIAL EXPOSURE PATHWAYS
Introduction
Evaluation of the Groundwater Exposure Pathway
Evaluation of the Soil Exposure Pathway
APPENDIX A. List of Types of Comparison Values
APPENDIX C. Estimated Exposure and Health Effects
Table 2. Exposure Pathways Evaluation Table
Table 3. Summary of Contaminants in Shallow Groundwater Beneath and Downgradient from the MAAF-FFTA
Table 4. Summary of Contaminants in Off-post Private Wells
Figure 3. ATSDR’s Exposure Evaluation Process
Figure 4. Location of Marshall Army Airfield-Former Fire Training Area
| AT | averaging time |
|
ATSDR |
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry |
| bgs | below ground surface |
| BW | body weight |
| CF | conversion factor |
| CPF | cancer potency factor |
| CREG | ATSDR’s cancer risk evaluation guide |
| CV | comparison value |
| 1,2-DCE | 1,2-dichloroethylene |
| DCF | Dry Cleaning Facility |
| DDT | 1,1,1-trichloro-2,2-bis(p-chlorophenyl)ethane |
| EF | exposure frequency |
| ED | exposure duration |
| EPA | U.S. Environmental Protection Agency |
| FFA | Federal Facilities Agreement |
| FS | feasibility study |
| IR | ingestion rate |
| KDHE | Kansas Department of Health and Environment |
| kg | kilogram |
| MCL | EPA’s maximum contaminant level |
| MAAF-FFTA | Marshall Army Airfield- Former Fire Training Area l |
| MRL | ATSDR’s minimal risk leve |
| mg/kg | milligrams of contaminant per kilogram |
| mg/kg/day | milligrams of contaminant per kilogram per day |
| OUs | operable units |
| PAOC | potential area of contamination |
| PAHs | polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons |
| PCBs | polychlorinated biphenyls |
| PCE | tetrachloroethylene |
| PHAP | Public Health Action Plan |
| ppb | parts per billion |
| ppm | parts per million |
| PSF | Pesticide Storage Facility |
| RAB | Restoration Advisory Board |
| RCRA | Resource Conservation and Recovery Act |
| RFD | EPA’s reference dose |
| RI | remedial investigation |
| RMEG | ATSDR’s reference dose media evaluation guide |
| ROD | record of decision |
| SFL | Southwest Funston Landfill |
| SVE | soil vapor extraction |
| TCE | trichloroethylene |
| UST | underground storage tanks |
| VOCs | volatile organic compound |
| XRF | X-ray fluorescence |
| µg/dL | micrograms per deciliter |
