Preliminary Pollutant Limit Values for Alabama Army Ammunition Plant
Abstract
This report presents the results of calculations by the Preliminary Pollution Limit Value (PPLV) method for 11 known or suspected soil contaminants at the Alabama Army Ammunition Plant, Childersburg, AL. These contaminants remain from World War II production activities. The results can assist Army managers in decisions involved with the disposition of the plant, now considered excess property. Specifically, soil limits are suggested for release of land to unrestricted use and land use restrictions are suggested for existing levels of soil contaminations. The pollutants of concern are: 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene; dinitrotoluenes; 2,4,6-trinitrophenylmethylnitramine; lead; 1,3,5- trinitrobenzene; nitrocellulose; 1-3-dinitrobenzene; diphenylamine; aniline; N, N-dimethylaniline; and nitrobenzene. PPLV values are computed for these substances for several possible future land use situations; subsistence agricultural (essentially unrestricted use); residential housing; apartment housing; industrial; and hunting lands. The PPLV values represent situation- specific soil levels, which based on the methodology and best-available data would be generally considered to present no hazard to humans. The method suggests that vegetable uptake of pollutants could be the pollutant transmission route which causes severest restriction of land use.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Aug 01, 1981
- Accession Number
- ADA104203
Entities
People
- David H. Rosenblatt
- Mitchell J. Small
Organizations
- United States Army Medical Research and Development Command