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PUBLIC HEALTH ASSESSMENT

NAVAL AIR STATION PATUXENT RIVER
ST. MARY'S COUNTY, MARYLAND
CERCLIS NO. MD7170024536

August 18, 1997

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

TABLE OF CONTENTS

ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION/PATHWAYS ANALYSIS/PUBLIC HEALTH IMPLICATIONS

I. NO APPARENT PUBLIC HEALTH HAZARD

II. INDETERMINATE PUBLIC HEALTH HAZARD

A. Fish in Ponds 1, 2, 4, 5, and 6

B. Fish and Shellfish in Patuxent River, Chesapeake Bay, and the Seaplane Basins

Conclusions and Public Health Action Plan for Possible Fish and Shellfish Contamination (Ponds, River, Bay, and Seaplane Basins)

III. NO PUBLIC HEALTH HAZARD

A. Possible Future Contamination of On-base Deep-Water Wells, Prevention Needed

B. Physical Hazards and/or Verified or Suspected Surface Contamination on Installation Restoration Program (IRP) Sites

Conclusions and Public Health Action Plan for Possible Contamination of the Deep Aquifer

Conclusion and Public Health Action Plan for Possible Physical Hazards and/or Verified or Suspected Surface Contamination on Installation Restoration Program (IRP) Sites

COMMUNITY HEALTH CONCERNS EVALUATION AND HEALTH OUTCOME DATA

PREPARERS OF REPORT

DOCUMENTS REVIEWED

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