PUBLIC HEALTH ASSESSMENT
ANNISTON ARMY DEPOT
ANNISTON, ALABAMA
CERCLIS NO. AL3210020027
January 12, 1999
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. Responses to Public Comments
Table 1. Evaluation of Potential Public Health Hazards Associated With Operable Unit Sites
Table 2. Potential Exposure Pathways
Table 3. Summary of Contaminants in On-Site (SIA) Groundwater
Table 4. Summary of Contaminants in Off-Site Groundwater
Table 5. Public Water Supplies in Calhoun County
Table 6. Summary of Contaminants in Surface Water in Dry Creek
Table 7. Summary of Contaminants in Sediment in Dry Creek
Table 8. Summary of Contaminants in On-Site (SIA) Soil
Figure 1. ANAD Area
Figure 2. ANAD Site
Figure 3. Southeast Industrial Area
Figure 4. ATSDR's Exposure Evaluation Process
| ADEM | Alabama Department of Environmental Management |
| ADPH | Alabama Department of Public Health |
| ANAD | Anniston Army Depot |
| ASA | Ammunition Storage Area |
| ATSDR | Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry |
| CERCLA | Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 |
| CREG | ATSDR's cancer risk evaluation guide |
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CRP |
community relations plan |
| 1,2-DCE | 1,2-dichloroethylene |
| DNAPL | dense nonaqueous phase liquid |
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DOD |
Department of Defense |
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EMEG |
ATSDR's environmental media evaluation guide |
| EPA | United States Environmental Protection Agency |
| FS | feasibility study |
| HMX | high melting explosives |
| IRP | Installation Restoration Program |
| MCL | EPA's maximum contaminant level |
| NA | data not available |
| NCEH | National Center for Environmental Health |
| ND | no detected |
| NPL | National Priorities List |
| OUs | operable units |
| PAHs | polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons |
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PCBs |
polychlorinated biphenyls |
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PHA |
public health assessment |
| PHAP | public health action plan |
| ppb | parts per billion |
| ppm | parts per million |
| RAB | Restoration Advisory Board |
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RCRA |
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act |
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RD/RA |
remedial design and remedial action |
| RI | remedial investigation |
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RMEG |
ATSDR's reference dose media evaluation guide |
| SIA | southeast industrial area |
| SVOC | semivolatile organic compound |
| SWMUs | solid waste management units |
| TCE | trichloroethylene |
| USAEC | United States Army Environmental Center |
| VOCs | volatile organic compounds |
