PUBLIC HEALTH ASSESSMENT
MOUNTAIN HOME AIR FORCE BASE
MOUNTAIN HOME, ELMORE COUNTY, IDAHO
CERCLIS NO. ID3572124557
January 25, 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: ESTIMATED EXPOSURES AND HEALTH EFFECTS FOR CONSUMPTION
OF CONTAMINANTS OF GROUNDWATER
Table 1. Potential Exposure Pathways
Figure 1. Regional Location of Mountain Home AFB
Figure 2. Mountain Home AFB Installation Restoration Program Sites
Figure 3. Demographic Information
Figure 4. ATSDR's Exposure Pathway Evaluation Process
Figure 5. Location of On-Base Production and Monitoring Wells
| AFB | Air Force Base |
| AOC | area of concern |
| ARC | Aerial Resupply and Communication |
| ATSDR | Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry |
| bgs | below ground surface |
| BLM | Bureau of Land Management |
| BPW | base production well |
| BTEX | benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylenes |
| CERCLA | Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act |
| CPF | Cancer Potency Factor |
| CREG | Cancer Risk Evaluation Guide |
|
EMEG |
Environmental Media Evaluation Guide |
| EPA | U.S. Environmental Protection Agency |
| FFA | Federal Facilities Agreement |
| IDHW | Idaho Department of Health and Welfare |
| IRP | Installation Restoration Program |
| JP | jet petroleum |
| LOAEL | Lowest-Observed-Adverse Effect Level |
| LTM | Limited Action Long Term Monitoring |
| Kg | kilograms |
| MATS | Military Air Transport Services |
| MCL |
Maximum Contaminant Level |
| MRL | Minimum Risk Level |
| MW | monitoring well |
| NOAEL | No-Observed-Adverse-Effect Level |
| NPL | National Priorities List |
| NRA | no remedial action |
| OU | operable unit |
| PAH | polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons |
| PHA | Public Health Assessment |
| PHAP | Public Health Action Plan |
| POL | petroleum, oil, and lubricants |
| ppb | parts per billion |
| ppm | parts per million |
| RBC | risk-based concentration |
| RCRA | Resource Conservation and Recovery Act |
| RfD | reference dose |
| RMEG | Reference Dose Media Guide |
| ROD | record of decision |
| SAC | Strategic Air Command Base |
| SAR | Small Arms Range |
| SVOC |
semi-volatile organic compound |
| TAC | Tactical Air Command |
| TCE | trichloroethylene |
| TRPH |
total recoverable petroleum hydrocarbons |
| TVOC | total volatile organic compounds |
| VOC | volatile organic compound |
