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PUBLIC HEALTH ASSESSMENT

SUNFLOWER ARMY AMMUNITION PLANT
DESOTO, JOHNSON COUNTY, KANSAS
EPA FACILITY ID: KS3213820878

March 4, 2002

Prepared by:

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

TABLE OF CONTENTS

LIST OF FIGURES

LIST OF APPENDICES

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS

Site Description

Operational History

Remedial and Regulatory History

ATSDR Activities

Demographics and Land Use

Quality Assurance and Quality Control

EVALUATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION AND POTENTIAL EXPOSURE PATHWAYS

1. Pathway: Air

2. Pathway: Surface Water and Sediment

3. Pathway: Surface Soil

4. Pathway: Groundwater

COMMUNITY HEALTH CONCERNS

1. Concern: Worker Exposure

2. Concern: Hazardous Waste Being Treated at Kansas Waste Water Treatment, Inc (KWWI), formerly known as Wastewater Treatment, Inc.

3. Concern: Local Family Health Concerns

4. Concern: Blue Baby Syndrome

5. Concern: Cattle Grazing

6. Concern: Transfer of Property

7. Concern: Asbestos

8. Concern: Burning Buildings

9. Concern: Nitrocellulose

ATSDR CHILD HEALTH INITIATIVE

PUBLIC HEALTH ACTION PLAN

LIST OF TABLES

Table 1. Evaluation of Potential Public Health Hazards at Sunflower Army Ammunition Plant

Table 2. Evaluation of Potential Exposure Pathways at Sunflower Army Ammunition Plant

Table 3. Air Sampling Results for Three Test Burns

Table 4. Chemicals Detected above Comparison Values in Kill Creek

Table 5. Chemicals Detected above Comparison Values in Spoon Creek

Table 6. Chemicals Detected above Comparison Values in Captain Creek

Table 7. Chemicals Detected in Fish from Kill Creek

Table 8. Chemicals Detected above Comparison Values in Surface Soil

Table 9. Chemicals Detected above Comparison Values in Groundwater

LIST OF FIGURES

Figure 1. Location of Sunflower Army Ammunition Plant

Figure 2. General Layout of Sunflower Army Ammunition Plant

Figure 3. Solid Waste Management Units and Areas of Concern Located at Sunflower Army Ammunition Plant

Figure 4. ATSDR's Exposure Evaluation Process

LIST OF APPENDICES

Appendix A. ATSDR Site Summary and Health Consultation

Appendix B. Comparison Values

Appendix C. ATSDR Plain Language Glossary

Appendix D. Safe Drinking Water Act Factsheet and Drinking Water Treatment Factsheet

Appendix E. KWWI's NPDES Permit

Appendix F. Responses to Public Comments

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS

AOC	Area of Concern
Army	U.S. Department of the Army
ATSDR	Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
CHPPM	Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine
CMI	Corrective Measures Investigation
CMS	Corrective Measures Study
CREG	cancer risk evaluation guide
CV	comparison value
DWEL	drinking water equivalency level
EMEG	environmental media evaluation guide
EPA	U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
FAQ	Frequently Asked Questions
f/cc	fibers per cubic centimeter
FOSET	Finding of Suitability for Early Transfer
FY	fiscal year
GN	guanidine nitrate
HMX	cyclotetramethylenetetranitramine
IRA	Interim Remedial Action
ITS	Intertek Testing Services Environmental Laboratories, Inc.
LTHA	lifetime health advisory for drinking water
LTM	long-term monitoring
KDHE	Kansas Department of Health and Environment
KWWI	Kansas Waste Water Treatment, Inc
MCL	maximum contaminant level
mg	milligrams
mg/kg/day	milligrams per kilogram per day
NA	not available
NC	nitrocellulose
ND	not detected
NG	nitroglycerine
NPDES	National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
NQ	nitroguanidine
OSHA	Occupational Safety and Health Administration
PAH	polyaromatic hydrocarbons
PCB	polychlorinated biphenyl
ppb	parts per billion
ppm	parts per million
RAB	Restoration Advisory Board
RBC	risk-based concentration
RCRA	Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
RDX	cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine
RFA	RCRA Facility Assessment
RFI	RCRA Feasibility Investigation
RMEG	reference dose media guide
SFAAP	Sunflower Army Ammunition Plant
SMCL	secondary maximum contaminant level
SWMU	Solid Waste Management Unit
SSL	soil screening level
SVOC	semi-volatile organic compound
TNT	trinitrotoluene
TOTO	Taxpayers Opposed to Oz
µg/m³	micrograms per cubic meter
VOC	volatile organic compound

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