PUBLIC HEALTH ASSESSMENT
WILLIAMS AIR FORCE BASE
MESA, MARICOPA COUNTY, ARIZONA
CERCLIS NO. AZ7570028582
December 1, 1997
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
Appendix C: Public Comments On the Williams Air Force Base Public Health Assessment
Table 1: Location and Population Data for Communities Located Near Williams Air Force Base
Table 2: Population Data, Williams Air Force Base and Nearby Area
Table 3: Housing Data, Williams Air Force Base and Nearby Area
Figure 1: Area Map, Williams Air Force Base, Arizona
Figure 2: Site Map of 32 IRP Sites, Williams Air Force Base, Arizona
Figure 3: Demographics Within 1-Mile Radius of Williams Air Force Base, Arizona
Figure 4: ATSDR's Exposure Evaluation Process
Figure 5: Former Skeet Range (Site SS-19), Williams Air Force Base, Arizona
| ACGIH | American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists |
| ADEQ | Arizona Department of Environmental Quality |
| ADWR | Arizona Department of Water Resources |
| AFB | Air Force Base |
| AFBCA | Air Force Base Conversion Agency |
| ASTs | Aboveground storage tanks |
| ASU | Arizona State University |
| ATSDR | Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry |
| BEHP | Bis(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate |
| DDE | Dichlorodiphenyldichloroethene |
| DDT | Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane |
| EPA | United States Environmental Protection Agency |
| FFA | Federal Facilities Agreement |
| HBGL | Health Based Guidance Level |
| IRP | Installation Restoration Program |
| JP-4 | Jet petroleum grade 4 |
| MEK | Methyl ethyl ketone |
| MRL | Minimal Risk Level |
| NPL | National Priorities List |
| OSHA | Occupational Safety and Health Administration |
| OU | Operable Unit |
| OWS | Oil/water separator |
| PAH | Polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons |
| PCB | Polychlorinated biphenyls |
| PCE | Tetrachloroethylene |
| PEL | Permissible Exposure Limit |
| PHA | Public Health Assessment |
| PHAP | Public Health Action Plan |
| POL | Petroleum, oil, and lubricant |
| PRG | Preliminary Remediation Goal |
| PVC | Polyvinyl chloride |
| RAB | Restoration Advisory Board |
| RCRA | Resource Conservation and Recovery Act |
| ROD | Record of Decision |
| SVE | Soil vapor extraction |
| SVOCs | Semivolatile organic compounds |
| TCE | Trichloroethylene |
| TLV | Threshold Limit Value |
| TPH | Total petroleum hydrocarbons |
| USAF | United States Air Force |
| USTs | Underground storage tanks |
| VEMUR | Voluntary Environmental Mitigation Use Restriction |
| VOCs | Volatile organic compounds |
