PUBLIC HEALTH ASSESSMENT
F.E. WARREN AIR FORCE BASE
CHEYENNE, LARAMIE COUNTY, WYOMING
CERCLIS NO. WY5571924179
December 9, 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
Table 1 Zone, OU, and Site Designations
Table 2 Evaluation of Potential Public Health Hazards at F.E. Warren AFB
Table 3 Completed and Potential Exposure Pathways at F.E. Warren AFB
Table 5 Summary of Private Well Data that Exceed Comparison Values
Figure 2: Locations of Areas of Contamination
Figure 3: ATSDR's Exposure Evaluation Process 49
ATSDR | Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry |
bgs | below ground surface |
CERCLA | Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act |
CPF | cancer potency factor |
CV | comparison value |
EPA | United States Environmental Protection Agency |
F.E. Warren | F.E. Warren Air Force Base |
FFA | Federal Facilities Agreement |
IRP | Installation Restoration Program |
LOAEL | lowest-observed-adverse-effect-level |
MCL | maximum contaminant level |
mg/kg/day | milligram of contaminant per kilogram body weight per day |
MRL | ATSDR minimal risk level |
mg/m3 | milligram per cubic meter |
NOAEL | no-observed-adverse-effect-level |
OU | operable unit |
PAH | polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon |
PCB | polychlorinated biphenyl |
PCE | tetrachloroethylene |
PHA | public health assessment |
PHAP | public health action plan |
ppb | parts per billion |
ppm | parts per million |
RCRA | Resource Conservation and Recovery Act |
RfD | reference dose |
RI | remedial investigation |
ROD | record of decision |
SSL | EPA soil screening level |
SVOC | semivolatile organic compound |
TCE | trichloroethylene |
USAF | U.S. Air Force |
UST | underground storage tank |
VOC | volatile organic compound |
WDEQ | Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality |