PUBLIC HEALTH ASSESSMENT
LOUISIANA ARMY AMMUNITION PLANT
DOYLINE, WEBSTER PARISH, LOUISIANA
EPA FACILITY ID: LA0213820533 
June 11, 2003
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 EXPOSURE PATHWAYS
ATSDR CHILD HEALTH CONSIDERATIONS
APPENDIX B: ATSDR'S ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGY AND COMPARISON VALUES
APPENDIX C: ATSDR'S RESPONSES TO PUBLIC COMMENTS
Table 1. Evaluation of Potential Public Health Hazards at Louisiana Army Ammunition Plant
Table 2. Exposure Pathways Evaluation Table
Table 3. LAAP Groundwater Contaminant Plumes
Figure 4. ATSDR's Exposure Evaluation Process
Figure 5. Location of Drinking Water Wells
|
AOC |
area of concern |
| Army | U.S. Army |
| ATSDR | Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry |
| BG | burning ground |
| CERCLA | Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act |
| CREG | ATSDR's cancer risk evaluation guide |
| CRP | community response plan |
| CVs | comparison value |
| DOD | Department of Defense |
| DNT | dinitrotoluene |
|
EMEG |
ATSDR's environmental media evaluation guide |
| EPA | U.S. Environmental Protection Agency |
| FFA | Federal Facility Agreement |
| FS | feasibility study |
| HMX | high melting explosive (or cyclotetramethylenetetra-nitriamine) |
| IRP | installation restoration program |
| kg | kilogram |
| LAAP | Louisiana Army Ammunition Plant |
| LAP | load, assemble, and pack |
| LDEQ | Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality |
|
LF |
landfill |
| MCL | EPA's maximum contaminant level |
| NFA | no further action |
| NPDES | National Pollution Discharge Elimination System |
| NPL | EPA's National Priorities List |
| OU | operable unit |
| OWL | Oily waste landfarm |
| PAH | polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon |
| PA/SI | preliminary assessment/site investigation |
| PCBs | polychlorinated biphenyls |
|
PHA |
public health assessment |
| PHAP | Public Health Action Plan |
| ppb | parts per billion |
| ppm | parts per million |
| RBC | EPA's risk-based concentration |
| RCRA | Resource Conservation and Recovery Act |
| RDX | research and development explosive (or cyclotrimethylenetrinitriamine) |
| RECAP | Risk Evaluation/Corrective Action Program |
|
RfD |
EPA's reference dose |
| RI | remedial investigation |
| RMEG | ATSDR's reference dose media evaluation guide |
| ROD | record of decision |
|
SVOCs |
semi-volatile organic compounds |
| TDS | total dissolved solid |
| 1,3,5-TNB | 1,3,5-trinitrobenzene |
| TNT | trinitrotoluene |
|
TRC |
technical review committee |
| USATHAMA | U.S. Army Toxic and Hazardous Materials Agency |
| VOCs | volatile organic compounds |
