PUBLIC HEALTH ASSESSMENT
SUNFLOWER ARMY AMMUNITION PLANT
DESOTO, JOHNSON COUNTY, KANSAS
EPA FACILITY ID: KS3213820878
March 4, 2002
Prepared by:
Federal Facilities Assessment Branch
Division of Health Assessment and Consultation
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Site Description
Operational History
Remedial and Regulatory History
ATSDR Activities
Demographics and Land Use
Quality Assurance and Quality Control
EVALUATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION AND POTENTIAL EXPOSURE PATHWAYS
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Introduction
1. Pathway: Air
2. Pathway: Surface Water and Sediment
3. Pathway: Surface Soil
4. Pathway: Groundwater
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1. Concern: Worker Exposure
2. Concern: Hazardous Waste Being Treated at Kansas Waste Water Treatment, Inc (KWWI), formerly known as Wastewater Treatment, Inc.
3. Concern: Local Family Health Concerns
4. Concern: Blue Baby Syndrome
5. Concern: Cattle Grazing
6. Concern: Transfer of Property
7. Concern: Asbestos
8. Concern: Burning Buildings
9. Concern: Nitrocellulose
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Table 1. Evaluation of Potential Public Health Hazards at Sunflower Army Ammunition Plant
Table 2. Evaluation of Potential Exposure Pathways at Sunflower Army Ammunition Plant
Table 3. Air Sampling Results for Three Test Burns
Table 4. Chemicals Detected above Comparison Values in Kill Creek
Table 5. Chemicals Detected above Comparison Values in Spoon Creek
Table 6. Chemicals Detected above Comparison Values in Captain Creek
Table 7. Chemicals Detected in Fish from Kill Creek
Table 8. Chemicals Detected above Comparison Values in Surface Soil
Table 9. Chemicals Detected above Comparison Values in Groundwater
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Figure 1. Location of Sunflower Army Ammunition Plant
Figure 2. General Layout of Sunflower Army Ammunition Plant
Figure 3. Solid Waste Management Units and Areas of Concern Located at Sunflower Army Ammunition Plant
Figure 4. ATSDR's Exposure Evaluation Process
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Appendix A. ATSDR Site Summary and Health Consultation
Appendix B. Comparison Values
Appendix C. ATSDR Plain Language Glossary
Appendix D. Safe Drinking Water Act Factsheet and Drinking Water Treatment Factsheet
Appendix E. KWWI's NPDES Permit
Appendix F. Responses to Public Comments
| AOC | Area of Concern |
| Army | U.S. Department of the Army |
| ATSDR | Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry |
| CHPPM | Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine |
| CMI | Corrective Measures Investigation |
| CMS | Corrective Measures Study |
| CREG | cancer risk evaluation guide |
| CV | comparison value |
| DWEL | drinking water equivalency level |
| EMEG | environmental media evaluation guide |
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EPA |
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency |
| FAQ | Frequently Asked Questions |
| f/cc | fibers per cubic centimeter |
| FOSET | Finding of Suitability for Early Transfer |
| FY | fiscal year |
| GN | guanidine nitrate |
| HMX | cyclotetramethylenetetranitramine |
| IRA | Interim Remedial Action |
| ITS | Intertek Testing Services Environmental Laboratories, Inc. |
| LTHA | lifetime health advisory for drinking water |
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LTM |
long-term monitoring |
| KDHE | Kansas Department of Health and Environment |
| KWWI | Kansas Waste Water Treatment, Inc |
| MCL | maximum contaminant level |
| mg | milligrams |
| mg/kg/day | milligrams per kilogram per day |
| NA | not available |
| NC | nitrocellulose |
| ND | not detected |
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NG |
nitroglycerine |
| NPDES | National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System |
| NQ | nitroguanidine |
| OSHA | Occupational Safety and Health Administration |
| PAH | polyaromatic hydrocarbons |
| PCB | polychlorinated biphenyl |
| ppb | parts per billion |
| ppm | parts per million |
| RAB | Restoration Advisory Board |
| RBC | risk-based concentration |
| RCRA | Resource Conservation and Recovery Act |
| RDX | cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine |
| RFA | RCRA Facility Assessment |
| RFI | RCRA Feasibility Investigation |
| RMEG | reference dose media guide |
| SFAAP | Sunflower Army Ammunition Plant |
| SMCL | secondary maximum contaminant level |
| SWMU | Solid Waste Management Unit |
| SSL | soil screening level |
| SVOC | semi-volatile organic compound |
| TNT | trinitrotoluene |
| TOTO | Taxpayers Opposed to Oz |
| µg/m3 | micrograms per cubic meter |
| VOC | volatile organic compound |
