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

TABLE OF CONTENTS

LIST OF TABLES

LIST OF FIGURES

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS

SUMMARY

BACKGROUND

Site Location and History
Demographics
Land Use and Natural Resources
ATSDR Involvement
Quality Assurance and Quality Control

EVALUATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION AND
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

CONCLUSIONS

PUBLIC HEALTH ACTION PLAN

PREPARERS OF REPORT

REFERENCES

TABLES

FIGURES

APPENDICES

APPENDIX A: Glossary

LIST OF TABLES

Table 1. ALAAP Study Area
Table 2. Status of Investigation at ALAAP Study Areas
Table 3. Potential Exposure Pathways Table

LIST OF FIGURES

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

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS

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

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