| From: | duorganizer@miltoxproj.org |
| Date: | 21 Feb 2001 17:03:53 -0000 |
| Reply: | cpeo-military |
| Subject: | [CPEO-MEF] Perchlorate |
"Something came across my desk that I think will be useful in the effort now underway to identify drinking water supplies vulnerable to contamination from military facilities. It is a list of locations where perchlorate has been found in soil and water, and not surprisingly, many of them are military and related facilities. Given that perchlorate is a serious health threat, especially to children, and is often released to the environment via open detonation and other ordnance practices, this is important information to share. EPA does not have a final toxicity assessment but recommends the continued use of a 1995 provisional referencedose range, which translates to 4 to 18 ppb in drinking water. I've listed below the facilities that appear to be related to military activity or manufacturing of explosives where, through wells or soil sampling, perchlorate has been found in the environment. Since only a small percentage of perchlorate-using and/or -manufacturing facilities have been investigated, the list does not give a full picture of where the contamination is. There are many states where there has been no testing for perchlorate. Apparently, at nearly every facility where an effort has been made to look for perchlorate in soil and groundwater, it has been found. The list is accurate as of Nov. 2000." Apache Nitrogen Products Benson, AZ (explosives manufacturing) monitoring well, max. conc. ppb: 670 Aerodyne Gila River Ind. Res. Chandler, AZ (propellant testing) monitoring well, ppb: 18 Davis Monthan AFB Tucson, AZ (explosives/propellant disposal) soil, max. conc. not confirmed Unidynamics Phoenix Inc. Phoenix Goodyear Airport Goodyear, AZ (explosives/ordnance manufacturing) monitoring well, ppb: 80 Universal Propulsion Phoenix, AZ (rocket manufacturing) soil Unidynamics Phoenix. Inc. White Tanks Disposal Area Maricopa County, AZ explosives/ordnance disposal public water supply well, unconfirmed report: 4 ppb Atlantic Research East Camden, AR rocket manufacturing disposal - OB/OD monitoring well 1,500 ppb surface water 480,000 ppb soil Aerojet General also affects Mather AFB Rancho Cordova, CA rocket manufacturing public water supply well 260 ppb monitoring well 640,000 ppb Alpha Explosives Lincoln, CA explosives manufacturing monitoring well 67,000 ppb reported in surface water Boeing/Rocketdyne, NASA at Santa Susana Field Lab USDOE Santa Susana, CA rocket research, testing and production monitoring well 750 ppb Edwards AFB Jet Propulsion Lab, North Base Edwards, CA rocket research monitoring well 300 ppb El Toro Marine Corps Air Station Orange Co. CA explosives disposal monitoring well 380 ppb Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Site 300 Tracy, CA U.S. DOE explosives research monitoring well 84 ppb Lockheed Propulsion Upper Santa Ana Valley Redlands, CA rocket manufacturing public water supply well 87 ppb Massachusetts Military Reservation Cape Cod, MA military training, weapons testing munitions disposal at Camp Edwards monitoring wells 300 ppb Fort Wingate Depot Activity Gallup, NM explosives disposal monitoring well 2,860 ppb Holloman AFB Alamogordo, NM rocket testing monitoring well 40 ppb seasonal surface water 16,000 ppb soil Los Alamos National Lab Los Alamos, NM DOE chemicals lab public water supply well 3 ppb monitoring well 220 ppb deep borehole water 1,662 ppb Melrose Air Force Range Melrose, NM explosives public water supply well 25 ppb White Sands Missile Range White Sands, NM rocket testing monitoring well 21,000 ppb soil Longhorn Army Ammunition Depot Karnak, TX propellant handling monitoring well 91,000 ppb reported in surface water soil PANTEX Plant (DOE) Amarillo, TX explosives monitoring well 5 ppb Red River Army Depot Texarkana, TX propellant handling monitoring well 80 ppb ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | |
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