PUBLIC HEALTH ASSESSMENT
FORT DIX (LANDFILL SITE)
WRIGHTSTOWN, BURLINGTON COUNTY, NEW JERSEY
CERCLIS NO. NJ2210020275
October 18, 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
ATSDR'S CHILD HEALTH INITIATIVE
APPENDIX C: Responses to Public Comments
Table 1: Evaluation of Potential Public Health Hazards at Fort Dix
Table 2: Exposure Pathways
Figure 1: Location Map of Fort Dix
Figure 2: Hydrogeologic Formations at Fort Dix
Figure 3: Demographics of Population Residing within a 1-Mile Radius of Fort Dix
Figure 4: ATSDR's Exposure Evaluation Process
Figure 5: Water Resource Features Within and Around Fort Dix
| ATSDR | Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry |
| BRAC | Base Realignment and Closure Act |
| BOMARC | Boeing Michigan Aeronautical Research Center |
| CERCLA | Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act |
| CERFA | Community Environmental Response Facilitation Act |
| CRP | community relations plan |
| CV | comparison value |
| EPA | U.S. Environmental Protection Agency |
| FORSCOM | Forces Command |
| HARP | Health Activities Recommendation Panel |
| IRP | installation restoration program |
| MCL | EPA's maximum contaminant level |
| µg/m3 | microgram per cubic meter |
| NPL | National Priorities List |
| PAH |
polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon |
| PCB | polychlorinated biphenyl |
| PCE | tetrachloroethylene |
| PHAP | Public Health Action Plan |
| POL | petroleum, oil, and lubricants |
| ppb | parts per billion |
| ppm | parts per million |
| RAB | Restoration Advisory Board |
| TCE | trichloroethylene |
| TPH | total petroleum hydrocarbons |
| SVOC | semivolatile organic compound |
| UST | underground storage tank |
| USARC | U.S. Army Reserve Command |
| UXO | unexploded ordnance |
| VOC | volatile organic compound |
