PUBLIC HEALTH ASSESSMENT
ARNOLD ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT CENTER
(a/k/a ARNOLD AIR FORCE BASE)
ARNOLD AIR FORCE BASE STATION, COFFEE COUNTY, TENNESSEE
EPA FACILITY ID: TN8570024044
June 26, 2000
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 A: ATSDR's Comparison Values
APPENDIX B: Estimated Exposures and Health Effects
Table 1. Evaluation of Potential Public Health Hazards Associated With the Installation Restoration Program (IRP) Sites at Arnold Air Force Base
Table 2. Potential Exposure Pathways Evaluation Table
Table 3. PCBs in Catfish from Woods Reservoir
Table 4. Summary of Groundwater Plumes at Arnold Air Force Base
Figure 1. Location of Arnold Air Force Base
Figure 2. Site Locations at Arnold Air Force Base
Figure 3. Surface Water Drainage at Arnold Air Force Base
Figure 4. AAFB Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) Hazards Card
Figure 5. Coffee County Landfill Groundwater Plume: Shallow Aquifer
Figure 6. Coffee County Landfill Groundwater Plume: Intermediate Aquifer
Figure 7. Camp Forrest Plume: TCFM and 1,1-DCE, Intermediate Aquifer
Figure 8. Northwest Plume: Off-post Detections
Figure 9. Model Shop Plume: Shallow Aquifer
Figure 10. Model Shop Plume: Intermediate Aquifer
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AAFB |
Arnold Air Force Base |
| AEDC | Arnold Engineering Development Center |
| AOC | area of concern |
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ATSDR |
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry |
| B2EHP | bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate |
| CPF | cancer potency factor |
| CV | comparison value |
| DCA | dichloroethane |
|
DCE |
dichloroethene |
| EPA | United States Environmental Protection Agency |
| GWTU | groundwater treatment unit |
| IRP | Installation Restoration Program |
| LOAEL | lowest-observed-adverse-effects level |
| MCL | Maximum Contaminant Level |
|
MRL |
minimal risk level |
| MTA | Main Testing Area |
| NOAEL | no-observed-adverse-effects level |
| PAH | polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon |
| PCA | tetrachloroethane |
| PCB | polychlorinated biphenyl |
|
PCE |
tetrachloroethene |
| ppb | parts per billion |
| ppm | parts per million |
| RAB | Restoration Advisory Board |
| RCRA | Resource Conservation and Recovery Act |
| RFA | RCRA Facility Assessment |
|
RfD |
reference dose |
| RFI | RCRA Facility Investigation |
| SLE | systemic lupus erythematosus |
| SWMU | Solid Waste Management Unit |
| TCA | trichloroethane |
| TCE | trichloroethene |
| TCFM | trichlorofluoromethane |
| TDEC | Tennessee Department of Environmental Conservation |
| TDWPC | Tennessee Division of Water Pollution Control |
| TWRA | Tennessee Wildlife Resource Agency |
| VOC | volatile organic compound |
| UXO | unexploded ordnance |
