PUBLIC HEALTH ASSESSMENT
HANFORD 1100-Area (USDOE)
RICHLAND, BENTON COUNTY, WASHINGTON
CERCLIS NO. WA4890090075
November 20, 1995
Prepared by:
Energy Section
Federal Facilities Assessment Branch
Division of Health Assessment and Consultation
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION AND OTHER HAZARDS
Table 1 Operable and Suboperable Units of the 1100 Area
Table 2 Range of Contaminant Concentrations in On-site Soil Samples
Table 3 Contaminant Concentration in On-site Groundwater Monitoring Wells
Table 4 Potential Exposure Pathways Considered by ATSDR
Table B-1 Population Data: By Counties
Table B-2 Housing Data: By Counties
Table B-3 Population Data: Tri-Cities
Table B-4 Housing Data: Tri-Cities
Table C-1 Releases to Land, Benton County, Washington State
Table C-2 Releases to Surface Water, Benton County, Washington State
Table C-3 Releases to Air by the Department of Energy, Benton County, WA
Table C-4 Releases to Air by Other than the Department of Energy, Benton County, WA
Figure 1. Location of Hanford Site.
Figure 2. The 1100 Area: Operable Units and Vicinity.
Figure 3. Operable Unit EM-1: Sites of Contamination.
Figure 4. Major surface water features of Hanford.
Figure 5. Direction of Ground- and Surface Water Flow.
ATSDR | Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry |
BW | Body Weight |
C | Contaminant Concentration |
CERCLA | Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 |
Cr | Chromium |
CREG | Cancer Risk Evaluation Guide |
CSF | Cancer Slope Factor |
DEHP | Di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate |
dl | deciliter |
DOE | Department of Energy |
ED | Exposure Dose |
EF | Exposure Factor |
EM | Equipment Maintenance |
EMEG | Environmental Media Evaluation Guide |
EPA | Environmental Protection Agency |
FFS | Focused Feasibility Study |
FY | Fiscal Year |
HARP | Health Activities Recommendation Panel |
IARC | International Agency for Research on Cancer |
IR | Intake Rate |
IQ | Intelligence Quotient |
IRIS | Integrated Risk Information System |
IU | Isolated Unit |
kg | kilogram |
L | Liters |
LFI | Limited Field Study |
log | logarithm |
m | meter |
m3 |
cubic meter |
MCL | Maximum Contaminant Level |
mg | milligram |
mg/kg | milligram per kilogram |
µg | microgram |
µg/dl | microgram per deciliter |
µg/m3 |
microgram per cubic meter |
MRL | Minimal Risk Level |
NPL | National Priorities List |
NTIS | National Technical Information Service |
NTP | National Toxicology Program |
OSHA | Occupational Safety and Health Administration |
PAHs | Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons |
PCBs | Polychlorinated Biphenyls |
PHAP | Public Health Action Plan |
PMCL | Proposed Maximum Contaminant Level |
ppb |
parts per billion |
ppm | parts per million |
RAC | Reasonably Assumed a Carcinogen |
RCRA | Resource Conservation and Recovery Act |
RfC | Reference Concentration |
RfD | Reference Dose |
RMEG | Reference Dose (or Concentration) Media Evaluation Guide |
ROD | Record of Decision |
SARA | Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act |
TCE | Trichloroethylene |
TRI | Toxic (Chemical) Release Inventory |
TMO | Tetramethyloxirane |
USACE | US Army Core of Engineers |
VOCs | Volatile Organic Compounds |
WADOE | Washington State Department of Ecology |