PUBLIC HEALTH ASSESSMENT
NAVAL CONSTRUCTION BATTALION CENTER
(a/k/a DAVISVILLE NAVAL CONSTRUCTION BATTALION CENTER)
DAVISVILLE, WASHINGTON COUNTY, RHODE ISLAND
EPA FACILITY ID: RI6170022036 
July 5, 2001
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. ESTIMATED EXPOSURES AND HEALTH EFFECTS
Table 1. Exposure Hazards Summary--NCBC, Davisville
Table 2. Evaluation of Public Health Hazards at NCBC, Davisville
Table 3. Potential Exposure Pathways
Table 4. Shallow Organic Groundwater Contaminants Detected Near the Shore at Site 09
Table 5. Groundwater Monitoring Well Summary for North of the Nike Battery Site
Table 6. Shellfish Sampling Results
Figure 1. Regional Location of NCBC, Davisville, Rhode Island
Figure 2. NCBC, Davisville Area Map
Figure 3. Installation Restoration Program Sites at NCBC, Davisville
Figure 4. Installation Restoration Program Study Areas at NCBC, Davisville
Figure 5. Population Dynamics in a One-Mile Buffer Zone Around NCBC, Davisville
Figure 6. ATSDR's Exposure Evaluation Process
| ABD | Advance Base Depot |
| ATSDR | Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry |
| CPF | cancer potency factor |
| CV | ATSDR's comparison value |
| EBS | Environmental Baseline Survey |
| EPA | U.S. Environmental Protection Agency |
| FFA | Federal Facility Agreement |
| FS | feasibility study |
| IAS | Initial Assessment Study |
| IRP | Installation Restoration Program |
| MRL | minimal risk level |
| NACIP | Navy Assessment and Control of Installation Pollutants |
| NCBC | Naval Construction Battalion Center |
| PAH | polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons |
| PCB | polychlorinated biphenyls |
| PCI | Peabody Clean Industries |
| PHA | Public Health Assessment |
| PHAP | Public Health Action Plan |
| ppb | parts per billion |
| ppm | parts per million |
| RAB | Restoration Advisory Board |
| RBC | EPA Region III Risk-Based Concentration |
| RfD | reference dose |
| RI | remedial investigation |
| RIDEM | Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management |
| RIEDC | Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation |
| RIDOH | Rhode Island Department of Health |
| ROD | Record of Decision |
| SA | study area |
| SASE | Study Area Screening Evaluation |
| SVOC | semi-volatile organic compound |
| TCE | trichloroethylene |
| TRC | Technical Review Committee |
| VOC | volatile organic compound |
| USACE | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers |
