PUBLIC HEALTH ASSESSMENT
LORING AIR FORCE BASE
LIMESTONE, AROOSTOOK COUNTY, MAINE
CERCLIS NO. ME9570024522
March 2, 1999
Prepared by:
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
Division of Health Assessment and Consultation
Federal Facilities Assessment Branch
Atlanta, Georgia
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ACRONYMS, ABBREVIATIONS, AND GLOSSARY
EVALUATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION, EXPOSURE PATHWAYS, AND THE PUBLIC HEALTH IMPLICATIONS
COMMUNITY HEALTH CONCERNS EVALUATION AND HEALTH OUTCOME DATA
AGENCY FOR TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND DISEASE REGISTRY (ATSDR) CHILD HEALTH INITIATIVE
LIST OF TABLES
TABLE 3. No Apparent Public Health Hazard Situation: Wading and Swimming in On-Site Waterways
LIST OF FIGURES
FIGURE 1. Map of Loring Air Force Base
FIGURE 2. Location of the Fish Advisory for the Little Madawaska River and Tributaries
FIGURE 3. Operable Unit 13 Study Areas for Surface Water on and near the Loring Facility
FIGURE 4. Site Disposal Parceling Map for Loring Air Force Base Property
LIST OF APPENDICES
APPENDIX A: ATSDR Public Health Assessment Hazard Categories
APPENDIX B: Site Status for Loring Air Force Base Installation Restoration Program - May 1998
APPENDIX C: Risk Calculations for Ingesting Fish from Waters on or near Loring AFB
APPENDIX D: Addendum to the Health Consultation for Loring Air Force Base - February 1993
ACRONYMS, ABBREVIATIONS, AND GLOSSARY
| ACM | Asbestos Containing Materials |
| adverse health effects | negative or unwanted effects on the health of an individual; for example, effects may include a specific illness or a general decrease in the overall health of a person |
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AFBCA |
Air Force Base Conversion Agency |
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aquifer |
a geologic formation through which groundwater moves and that is capable of producing water in sufficient quantities for a well |
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ATSDR |
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry |
| BB | Butterfield Brook |
| BCT | BRAC Cleanup Team (AFBCA/DB LORING, MEDEP, and USEPA) |
| bioaccumulation | the process by which plants or animals retain chemical pollutants in their tissues at levels greater than in the environment in which they live |
| BRAC | Base Realignment and Closure |
| CERCLA | Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act (Superfund Legislation) |
| conduit |
a natural or artificial channel through which materials such as fluids are transported; for example, a water well |
| conservative | the term used when values for risk parameters are selected in the presence of uncertainty to overestimate risk and thus be protective of public health |
| DDT, DDD, DDE | DDT is a chlorinated pesticide used widely in agriculture in former years and now banned in the United States, and its two major decomposition products are DDE and DDD. |
| DOD | Department of Defense |
| EBGB | East Branch, Greenlaw Brook |
| EBS | Environmental Baseline Survey |
| EDC | Economic Development Conveyance |
| EOD | Explosives Ordnance Discharge |
| FDA | Food and Drug Administration |
| flow field (FF) | areas of groundwater flow defined by grouping areas of concern according to potential contaminant flow pathway and likely discharge zone |
| FLDD | Flight Line Drainage Ditch |
| FOSL | Finding of Suitability to Lease |
| FOST | Finding of Suitability to Transfer |
| groundwater | water beneath the earth's surface in the spaces between soil particles and in rock |
| ingestion | eating and drinking; for example, children taking in environmental media such as surface water, soil, or sediment by mouth |
| IRP |
Installation Restoration Program (Department of Defense) |
| LAFB | Loring Air Force Base |
| LCC | Loring Commerce Centre |
| LDA | Loring Development Authority |
| LMR | Little Madawaska River |
| LS | Limestone Stream |
| MDHS | Maine Department of Human Services |
| MEDEP | Maine Department of Environmental Protection |
| NPL | National Priorities List (of Superfund sites) |
| OU | Operable Unit |
| PAHs | polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons |
| PCBs | polychlorinated biphenyls |
| PHA | public health assessment |
| ppbv | parts per billion by volume |
| Remedial Investigation (RI) | the CERCLA process of determining the type and extent of hazardous material contamination at a site |
| risk drivers | those contaminants responsible for nearly all of the risk for a given exposure situation |
| RME | reasonable maximum exposure |
| SCF | spill containment facility |
| surface water | water flowing in ditches, creeks, and rivers as well as water standing in lakes and ponds |
| USDA | United States Department of Agriculture |
| USEPA | United States Environmental Protection Agency |
| UST | Underground Storage Tank |
| USFWS | United States Fish and Wildlife Service |
| VOCs | volatile organic compounds |
| WBGB | West Branch, Greenlaw Brook |
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