Site characterization and qualitative human risk assessment for the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research Building Site, Forest Glen, Maryland

Technical Report · Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 1990

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6710888· OSTI ID:6710888

Harrison, W; Nashold, B; Meshkov, N K; Tome, C ^[1]; Boparai, A S; Heinrich, R R; Graczyk, D G ^[2]; Sandberg, S A ^[3]; Foster, S A; Schweighauser, M J ^[4]; Russell, J J ^[5]

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1. Argonne National Lab., IL (USA). Energy Systems Div.
2. Argonne National Lab., IL (USA). Chemical Technology Div.
3. Hydro-Terra, Inc., Columbia, MD (USA)
4. Clement Associates, Inc., Fairfax, VA (USA)
5. Argonne National Lab., IL (USA). Biologi

The proposed eight-acre building site for the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR) facility is a former uncontrolled landfill. As a prerequisite to foundation design and to formulation of an excavation plan, it was necessary to characterize the landfill materials and to conduct a qualitative human risk assessment. Chemical analysis of surface-water, groundwater, and landfill soils followed the analytical protocol promulgated under the US Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) Contract Laboratory Program for its Target Compound List of contaminants. This protocol was used to determine concentrations of volatile organic compounds (VOCs), semivolatile organic compounds (SVOCs) polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)/pesticides, inorganic compounds, radioactive materials, asbestos, and many of the metals analyzed. 49 refs., 19 figs., 24 tabs.

• Research Organization: Argonne National Lab., IL (USA). Energy Systems Div.
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOD
• DOE Contract Number: W-31109-ENG-38
• OSTI ID: 6710888
• Report Number(s): ANL/ESD/TM-9; ON: DE90014801
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
ASBESTOS
ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
CHLORINATED AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS
GROUND WATER
QUALITATIVE CHEMICAL ANALYSIS
INORGANIC COMPOUNDS
METALS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
PESTICIDES
RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS
RADIOECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
SANITARY LANDFILLS
SITE CHARACTERIZATION
SOILS
SURFACE WATERS
VOLATILE MATTER
ABANDONED SITES
CONTAMINATION
ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE
ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE PATHWAY
ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT
HEALTH HAZARDS
HUMAN POPULATIONS
MARYLAND
MILITARY FACILITIES
RISK ASSESSMENT
AROMATICS
CHEMICAL ANALYSIS
ELEMENTS
FEDERAL REGION III
HALOGENATED AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS
HAZARDS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
MANAGEMENT
MASS TRANSFER
MATERIALS
MATTER
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ORGANIC CHLORINE COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
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