PUBLIC HEALTH ASSESSMENT
LAKE CITY ARMY AMMUNITION PLANT
[(a/k/a LAKE CITY ARMY AMMUNITION PLANT (NORTHWEST LAGOON)]
INDEPENDENCE, JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
EPA FACILITY ID: MO3213890012 
August 6, 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 POTENTIAL EXPOSURE PATHWAYS
APPENDIX A. List of Comparison Values
APPENDIX C. Estimated Exposure and Health Effects
APPENDIX D. Response to Public Comments
Table 1. ATSDR's Hazard Categories for LCAAP
Table 2. Evaluation of Potential Public Health Hazards Associated with the Operable Units at LCAAP
Table 3. Summary of Potential Exposure Pathways at LCAAP
Figure 2. LCAAP Operable Unit and Source Area Map
Figure 3. ATSDR's Exposure Evaluation Process
| ATSDR | Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry |
| B2EHP | bis(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate |
| BDCM | bromodichloromethane |
| bgs | below ground surface |
| CDBM | dibromochloromethane |
| CPF | cancer potency factor |
| CV | comparison value |
| DCE | (1,2) 1,2-dichloroethylene |
| DCE | (1,1) 1,1-dichloroethylene |
| EPA | U.S. Environmental Protection Agency |
| EWI | Explosives Waste Incinerator |
| FS | feasibility study |
| HU | hydrostratigraphic unit |
| IA | initial assessment |
| IWTP | Industrial Wastewater Treatment Plant |
| LCAAP | Lake City Army Ammunition Plant |
| LOAEL | lowest observed adverse effect level |
| MPVE | multi-phase vapor extraction |
| MRL | ATSDR's minimal risk level |
| OU | operable unit |
| PAH | polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons |
| PA/SI | preliminary assessment/site investigation |
| PAS | public availability session |
| PCB | polychlorinated biphenyl |
| PCE | tetrachloroethylene |
| PHAP | public health action plan |
| ppb | parts per billion |
| ppm | parts per million |
| PRW | permeable reactive wall |
| RfD | EPA's reference dose |
| RDX | royal demolition explosive (cyclotrimethylene trinitramine) |
| RI | remedial investigation |
| ROD | record of decision |
| SDWS | safe drinking water standards |
| SVOC | semivolatile organic compound |
| SWMU | solid waste management unit |
| TCE | trichloroethylene |
| USACHPPM | United States Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine |
| VOCs | volatile organic compounds |
