PUBLIC HEALTH ASSESSMENT
ALABAMA ARMY AMMUNITION PLANT
TALLADEGA COUNTY, ALABAMA
CERCLIS NO.
AL6210020008
January 6, 1998
Prepared by:
Federal Facilities Assessment Branch
Division of Health Assessment and Consultation
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
Site Location and History
Demographics
Land Use and Natural Resources
ATSDR Involvement
Quality Assurance and Quality
Control
POTENTIAL EXPOSURE PATHWAYS
Introduction
Evaluation of Soil Exposure
Pathways
Evaluation of
Groundwater Exposure Pathways
Evaluation
of Surface Water and Sediment Exposure Pathways
Evaluation of Food Chain
Exposure Pathways
Evaluation of Physical Hazards
COMMUNITY/PUBLIC HEALTH CONCERNS
Table 1. ALAAP Study Area
Table 2. Status of Investigation at ALAAP Study Areas
Table 3. Potential Exposure Pathways Table
Figure 1. Area Map
Figure 2. Alabama Army Ammunition Plant Site Map
Figure 3. Study Areas within Area A
Figure 4. Study Areas within Area B
Figure 5. Population Demographics in a One-Mile Buffer
Zone Around the ALAAP Site
Figure 6. ATSDR's Exposure Evaluation Process
ALAAP | Alabama Army Ammunition Plant |
ATSDR | Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry |
BRAC | Department of Defense Base Realignment and Closure |
CERCLA | Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (1980) |
CERFA | Community Environmental Response Facilitation Act |
CREG | cancer risk evaluation guide |
DNB | Dinitrobenzene |
2,4-DNT | 2,4-Dinitrotoluene |
2,6-DNT | 2,6-Dinitrotoluene |
DPA | Diphenylamine |
EMEG | environmental media evaluation guide |
EPA | U.S. Environmental Protection Agency |
FDA | Food and Drug Administration |
FS | feasibility study |
GSA | General Services Administration |
mg/kg | milligrams per kilogram |
µg/L | microgram per liter |
MRL | ATSDR's minimal risk level |
MS | matrix spike |
NC | Nitrocellulose |
NPL | National Priorities List |
PAHs | polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons |
PCBs | polychlorinated biphenyls |
PHA | public health assessment |
PIRP | public involvement and response plan |
QA/QC | quality assurance and quality control |
RI | remedial investigation |
SVOC | semivolatile organic compounds |
1,3,5-TNB | 1,3,5-trinitrobenzene |
TNT | 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene |
US AEC | U.S. Army Environmental Center |
UST | underground storage tank |
VCPs | vitrified clay pipes |
VOCs | volatile organic compounds |