TABLE A-1 Contaminants Reported at the Most Severely Contaminated Army Sites
Installation |
Number of Sites |
Contaminants |
Media Affected |
Source Remediation |
Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD |
254 |
VOCs, SVOCs, metals (Hg), PCBs, explosives, pesticides, UXO, radiation, chemical weapons/munitions, biological warfare material |
Groundwater (GW), surface water (SW), Sediment (Sed), Soil |
Removal of soils, underground storage tanks (USTs), dump debris, and UXO |
Alabama Army Ammunition Plant, AL |
many |
Nitroaromatic compounds, heavy metals (Pb), munitions-related waste (explosives), PCBs |
GW, SW, Sed, Soil |
Incineration and cell storage of contaminated soils |
Anniston Army Depot, AL |
47 |
VOCs, heavy metals, phenols, petroleum HCs, acids, caustics |
GW, Soil |
Removal of soils; hydrogen peroxide injection treatment; SIA GW treatment system |
Camp Bonneville, WA |
14 AOCs |
POLs, solvents, UXO |
Soil |
Removal of USTs, debris (drums), and soil |
Fort Chaffee, AR |
many |
POLs, DDT, chlordane, TCE |
GW, Soil |
Removal of USTs, oil–water separators, wash racks, fuel fill stands, and soil; open burning and detonation |
Fort Dix, NJ |
many |
Heavy metals, POLs, chlorinated solvents, PCBs |
GW, SW, Sed, Soil |
Removal of USTs and soil |
Fort Eustis, VA |
27 |
Petroleum HCs, PCBs, VOCs, pesticides, heavy metals |
GW, SW, Sed, Soil |
Removal of USTs and soil; use of pneumatic pumps and passive skimmers for petroleum removal |
Fort George G. Meade, MD |
many |
Heavy metals, petroleum HCs, VOCs, UXO, asbestos |
GW, Soil |
Removal of aboveground storage tanks (ASTs), buildings, pits, petroleum drums, and soil |
Fort Lewis, WA |
many |
VOCs (TCE), PCBs, heavy metals, waste oils and fuels, coal liquefaction wastes, PAHs, solvents, battery electrolytes |
GW, Soil |
GW extraction and treatment systems; P&T systems; removal of TCE drums (air sparging and soil vapor extraction systems shut down in 1999) |
Fort McClellan, AL |
67 |
VOCs [(TCE and pentachloroethane (PCA)], SVOCs, pesticides, explosives, metals (Pb), UXO, radioactive sources, nonstockpile chemical material |
GW, Soil |
Removal of USTs; removal actions at pistol ranges |
Fort Ord, CA |
61 |
VOCs (carbon tetrachloride); petroleum HCs, heavy metals (Pb), pesticides |
GW, Soil |
Removal of “waste”; recycling of Pb; GW P&T systems |
Fort Richardson, AK |
38 |
White phosphorus, PCBs, heavy metals, POLs, solvents (TCE), dioxins, chemical agents, UXO, explosives, pesticides |
GW, Soil |
Removal of USTs, buried drums, and soil; thermal desorption; heat-enhanced soil vapor extraction; pond draining (to reduce white P) |
Fort Riley, KS |
many |
Solvents, pesticides, Pb |
GW, SW, Sed, Soil |
Removal of soil and incinerators; performed soil vapor extraction pilot test and free-product recovery pilot test |
Fort Ritchie, MD |
many |
UXO, heavy metals, (Pb), asbestos |
GW, Soil |
Removal of USTs, lead paint, and asbestos |
Fort Sheridan, IL |
many |
Fuel HCs, PAHs, metals, UXO |
GW, Soil |
Removal of USTs and soil; performed UXO “clearances” |
Fort Wainwright, AK |
many |
POLs, heavy metals, solvents, pesticides, paints, UXO, ordnance compounds, chemical agents |
GW, Soil |
Removal of soil, drums, fire training pits, and structures; use of air-sparging curtain; removed and recycled old air sparging/soil vapor extraction systems |
Installation |
Number of Sites |
Contaminants |
Media Affected |
Source Remediation |
Fort Wingate, NM |
many |
Explosive compounds, UXO, PCBs, pesticides, heavy metals, asbestos, lead-based paint, nitrates (from TNT) |
GW, Soil |
Removal of soil; disposal of PCB-contaminated building materials; clearance of UXO from Indian tribal lands |
Hamilton Army Airfield, CA |
many |
Metals, VOCs, SVOCs, fuel HCs, POLs, PCBs, PAHs, pesticides |
GW, SW, Sed, Soil |
Removal of USTs and soil; removal of onshore fuel lines; flushing, sealing, and abandoning offshore fuel lines |
Hingham Annex, MA |
many |
POLs, heavy metals, VOCs, PCBs, asbestos |
GW, SW, Sed, Soil |
Removal of USTs, ASTs, oil–water separator, and soil; use of asphalt batching technology |
Iowa Army Ammunition Plant, IA |
42 |
Explosives, heavy metals (Pb), VOCs, pesticides |
GW, SW, Sed, Soil |
Removal of ASTs and soil; excavation and off-site incineration of soils; excavation of explosives-contaminated sumps; creation of wetlands and use of phytoremediation; use of low-temp. thermal desorption; “treatment” of explosives- and metal-contaminated soils |
Jefferson Proving Ground, IN |
many |
Solvents, petroleum HCs, VOCs, PCBs, heavy metals, depleted uranium, UXO |
GW, Soil |
Removal of USTs; “treatment” of soil; UXO removal operations |
Joliet Army Ammunition Plant, IL |
53 |
Explosives, heavy metals, VOCs, PCBs, TNT |
GW, Soil |
Removal of sludge and soil; removal of UXO debris |
Lake City Army Ammunition Plant, MO |
73 |
Explosives, heavy metals, solvents, POLs |
GW, Soil |
Removal action for sumps; P&T system; extraction wells |
Letterkenny, PA |
many |
VOCs, POLs, PCBs, metals (Hg), explosives, asbestos |
GW, SW, Sed, Soil |
Removal of fire-training pits, oil burn pits, and other soils; low-temp. thermal treatment |
Lexington-Blue Grass Army Depot, KY |
67 |
VOCs, SVOCs, heavy metals (Pb), PCBs, pesticides, herbicides, asbestos |
GW, SW, Sed, Soil |
Removal of USTs, transformers, asbestos, soil, and lagoon sludge |
Lone Star Army Ammunition Plant, TX |
many |
VOCs, petroleum, heavy metals, explosives |
GW, Soil |
Removal of soil, cisterns, and fuel storage areas; soil “decontamination” |
Louisiana Army Ammunition Plant, LA |
7 |
Oils, grease, degreasers (TCE), phosphates, solvents, metal plating sludges, acids, fly ash, TNT, RDX, HMX |
GW, SW, Sed, Soil |
Incineration of explosives-contaminated soil |
Milan Army Ammunition Plant, TN |
38 |
Munitions-related wastes |
GW, Soil |
Soil excavation; bioremediation of soil; constructed landfill for bioremediated soil; GW treatment plant (granular activated carbon) |
Military Ocean Terminal, Bayonne, NJ |
67 |
Petroleum HCs, BTEX, VOCs, SVOCs, dieldrin, heavy metals, PCBs, asbestos |
GW, Soil |
Removal of USTs, ASTs, soil–water separators, asbestos from buildings, and soil |
Picatinny Arsenal, NJ |
156 |
VOCs, explosives, PCBs, heavy metals, arsenic |
GW, SW, Sed, Soil |
Removal of USTs, buried drums, contaminated pipe, and soil; use of GW extraction and treatment system; use of GW P&T system |
Installation |
Number of Sites |
Contaminants |
Media Affected |
Source Remediation |
Pueblo Chemical Depot, CO |
many (29 potential UXO sites) |
Heavy metals, POLs, VOCs, SVOCs, pesticides, explosives, PCBs, and UXO |
GW, Soil |
Removal of soil; decontamination, demolition, and removal of buildings; GW extraction and treatment systems; sheet-pile barriers; soil bioremediation |
Red River Army Depot, TX |
many |
TCE, pesticides, metals |
GW, SW, Sed |
Removal of soil and lagoon sludge |
Redstone Arsenal, AL |
298 (216 Army; 82 Marshall Space Flt.) |
Heavy metals, solvents, chemical weapons/munitions, pesticides |
GW, SW, Sed, Soil |
GW extraction and treatment system; air strippers; soil vapor extraction systems; construction of industrial septic tank system |
Riverbank Army Ammunition Plant, CA |
6 |
Chromium, cyanide, zinc |
GW, Soil |
Removal action at evaporation and percolation ponds; ion exchange system in GW treatment system; GW extraction system |
Rocky Mountain Arsenal, CO |
209 |
Pesticides, chemical agents, VOCs, chlorinated organics, PCBs, UXO, heavy metals, solvents, asbestos |
GW, Soil |
Removal of drums, soil, and asbestos materials; GW excavation and treatment systems; chemical and sanitary sewer plugging; off-post soil tillage |
Sacramento Army Depot, CA |
16 |
Waste oil and grease, solvents, metal plating wastes, caustics, cyanide, metals |
GW, Soil |
Removal of soil; soil vapor extraction systems; air sparging; GW extraction and treatment systems |
Savanna Army Depot, IL |
many |
Explosives, metals (Pb), solvents POLs, VOCs, UXO, pesticides, TNT |
GW, SW, Sed, Soil |
Removal of soil; high-temp. thermal treatment; incineration of TNT-contaminated sediment |
Seneca Army Depot, NY |
36 |
Chlorinated solvents (TCE), radioactive isotopes, heavy metals, petroleum HCs |
GW, SW, Sed, Soil |
Removal of USTs and soil |
Stratford Army Engine Plant, CT |
many |
PCBs, asbestos, fuel-related VOCs, solvents, metals (hexavalent chromium), PAHs |
GW, SW, Sed, Soil |
Removal of USTs |
Sudbury Training Annex, MA |
74 |
VOCs, PCBs, pesticides, heavy metals, arsenic, asbestos, UXO |
GW, Soil |
Removal of drums, USTs, debris, and soil |
Sunflower Army Ammunition Plant, KS |
many |
Nitrates, sulfates, lead, chromium, propellants |
GW, SW, Sed, Soil |
Removal of USTs and soil; cleanup of asbestos dump |
Tobyhanna Army Depot, PA |
many |
Heavy metals, VOCs, PCBs, POLs, UXO |
GW, SW, Sed, Soil |
Removal of soil and sewage drying beds |
Twin Cities Army Ammunition Plant, MN |
25 |
VOCs, PCBs, heavy metals |
GW, SW, Sed, Soil |
Removal of soil; soil vapor extraction system; SVE air sparging system |
U.S. Army Soldiers System Center, MA |
many |
Pesticides, herbicides, pentachlorophenol, solvents, VOCs (TCE) |
GW, SW, Sed, Soil |
Removal of waste oil storage tanks, pavement, and soil |
Umatilla Chemical Depot, OR |
80 |
Explosives, UXO, heavy metals (Pb), pesticides, nitrates |
GW, Soil |
Removal of USTs; bioremediation (by windrow composting) of contaminated soils |
SOURCE: Defense Environmental Restoration Program: Annual Report to Congress FY2001 |
TABLE A-2 Contaminants Reported at Other Military Installations
Site |
Number of Sites |
Contaminants |
Media Affected |
Source Remediation |
Andrews AFB, MD |
22 |
Heavy metals (Ni), SVOCs, VOCs PAHs, PCBs, pesticides |
SW |
Soil removal |
Bangor Naval Submarine Base, ME |
22 |
Residual TNT, RDX, Otto fuel, VOCs |
GW, Sed, Soil |
Removal of soils and USTs; P&T systems; closed loop passive soil washing system with granular activated carbon |
Barbers Point Naval Air Station, HI |
17 |
PCBs, heavy metals (Pb), petroleum HCs, pesticides, solvents, asbestos |
GW, Soil |
Removal of USTs |
Barstow Marine Corps Logistics Base, CA |
38 |
Heavy metals, PCBs, petroleum HCs, pesticides, herbicides, chlorinated VOCs (TCE) |
GW, Soil |
Removal of USTs and industrial waste sludge |
Bergstrom AFB, TX |
30 + 454 AOCs |
Chlorinated VOCs (TCE), pesticides, petroleum HCs, metals, low-level radioactive wastes |
GW, Soil |
Removal of USTs, ASTs, soil, radioactive wastes; soil vapor extraction and air sparging systems |
Camp Lejeune MCB, NC |
176 |
Battery acid, fuels, used oils, paints, thinners, PCBs, pesticides, solvents, metals |
GW, SW, Sed, Soil |
Remediation systems at 23 sites |
Castle AFB, CA |
many |
TCE, PCBs, POLs, pesticides, cyanide, cadmium |
GW, Soil |
Removal of soil and USTs; soil vapor extraction systems; oil–water separators; P&T systems; bioventing systems |
Hanscom AFB, MA |
22 |
VOCs, chlorinated solvents, gasoline, jet fuel, tetraethyl PB, PCBs, Hg |
GW, SW, Sed, Soil |
Removal of soil and USTs; GW/product recovery and soil vapor extraction |
Hill AFB, UT |
106 |
Solvents (TCE), sulfuric and chromic acids, metals, petroleum HCs |
GW, SW, Sed, Soil |
P&T systems |
Homestead, AFB, FL |
26 before/ 540 after hurricane |
Metals (Pb), VOCs, cyanide, pesticides, solvents, PCBs |
GW, Soil |
Removal of USTs and soil; GW extraction and treatment; removal of oil–water separators; remedial bioventing systems |
Lakehurst Naval Air Engineering Station, NJ |
45 |
Fuels, PCBs, solvents (TCE), waste oils |
GW, Soil |
Removal of soil, drums, tanks, and debris; soil washing, asphalt batching, solar-powered soil irrigation and sparge treatment systems; P&T; vapor extraction; soil bioventing |
Langley AFB, VA |
45 |
Petroleum HCs, chlordane, PCBs, heavy metals, solvents |
GW, SW, Sed, Soil |
Removal of USTs and soil; soil vapor extraction system |
SOURCE: Defense Environmental Restoration Program: Annual Report to Congress FY2001 |
TABLE A-3 Prevalence of Organic Contaminants of Concern at Army Installations
|
Chlorinated Solvents |
Explosives |
|||||||
Installation |
PCE |
TCE |
cis-1,2-DCEa |
1,2-DCA |
TCAb |
DNT |
TNT |
HMX |
RDX |
Aberdeen Proving Ground |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
Alabama AAP |
|
|
|
|
|
X |
X |
|
|
Anniston AD |
X |
X |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Badger AAP |
|
|
|
|
X |
X |
|
|
|
Blue Grass Army Depot |
|
|
|
|
|
|
X |
X |
X |
Blue Grass Army Depot-Lexington |
X |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cameron Station |
|
X |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Camp Bonneville |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
X |
Camp Bullis |
|
X |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Camp Crowder |
|
X |
X |
|
X |
|
|
|
|
Camp Kilmer |
X |
X |
X |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Camp Navajo |
|
|
|
|
|
|
X |
|
|
Camp Roberts |
X |
X |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cold Regions Research Lab |
|
X |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cornhusker AAP |
|
|
|
|
X |
|
X |
|
X |
Devens Reserve Training Facility |
|
|
|
|
X |
|
|
|
|
Dugway Proving Ground |
X |
X |
|
|
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
Floyd Wets Site |
|
|
|
|
X |
|
|
|
|
Fort Belvoir |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fort Benning |
|
X |
|
|
X |
|
|
|
|
Fort Bliss |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fort Bragg |
X |
X |
|
|
|
|
X |
|
|
Fort Campbell |
|
X |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fort Carson |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
|
X |
|
|
Fort Des Moines |
X |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fort Detrick |
X |
X |
|
|
|
X |
|
|
X |
Fort Dix |
X |
X |
X |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fort Drum |
|
|
|
X |
|
|
|
|
|
Fort Eustis |
|
X |
|
|
X |
|
|
|
|
Fort Gillem |
X |
X |
|
X |
X |
|
|
|
|
Fort Gordon |
X |
X |
X |
X |
|
X |
|
|
|
Fort Jackson |
X |
X |
X |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fort Knox |
|
X |
X |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fort Leavenworth |
X |
X |
X |
|
X |
|
|
|
|
Fort Lee |
X |
X |
X |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fort Leonard Wood |
X |
X |
X |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fort Lewis |
|
X |
|
X |
|
|
|
|
|
Fort McClellan |
|
X |
X |
|
X |
X |
X |
|
X |
Fort McCoy |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fort McNair |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fort Meade |
X |
X |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fort Monmouth |
X |
X |
X |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fort Richardson |
X |
X |
X |
|
|
X |
|
|
|
Fort Riley |
X |
X |
X |
|
X |
|
|
|
|
Fort Ritchie |
X |
X |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fort Rucker |
|
X |
X |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fort Sam Houston |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fort Shafter |
X |
X |
X |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fort Stewart |
|
X |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fort Story |
X |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fort Wainwright |
X |
X |
|
X |
|
|
|
|
|
Fort Wingate Depot Activity |
|
|
|
|
|
X |
X |
X |
X |
Haines Pipeline |
X |
|
|
X |
|
|
|
|
|
Hamilton Army Airfield |
|
|
|
|
X |
|
|
|
|
Hawthorne Army Depot |
X |
X |
|
|
|
X |
X |
X |
X |
Installation |
Chlorinated Solvents |
Explosives |
|||||||
PCE |
TCE |
cis-1,2-DCEa |
1,2-DCA |
TCAb |
DNT |
TNT |
HMX |
RDX |
|
Holston AAP |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
X |
|
Hunter Army Airfield |
X |
X |
X |
|
X |
|
|
|
|
Indiana AAP |
X |
X |
|
|
X |
X |
|
|
|
Iowa AAP |
X |
X |
X |
|
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
Jefferson Proving Ground |
|
|
|
|
X |
|
|
|
|
Joliet AAP |
|
|
|
X |
X |
X |
X |
|
|
Kansas AAP |
|
|
|
X |
X |
|
X |
X |
X |
Kelly Support Facility |
|
|
|
|
X |
|
|
|
|
Kunia Field Station |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Lake City AAP |
X |
X |
X |
X |
|
|
|
|
|
Letterkenny Army Depot |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
|
X |
X |
|
Lincoln AMSA |
X |
X |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Lone Star AAP |
|
X |
|
X |
|
|
X |
|
X |
Longhorn AAP |
|
X |
|
X |
X |
X |
X |
|
|
Los Alamitos Armed Forces |
X |
X |
X |
X |
|
|
|
|
|
LTA, Marion ENGR Depot |
|
X |
X |
|
|
|
|
|
|
McAlester AAP |
|
X |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Middletown USARC |
|
X |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Milan AAP |
|
|
|
|
|
|
X |
X |
|
Military Ocean TML Sunny Point |
|
|
X |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Newport Chem Depot |
X |
X |
X |
|
|
X |
X |
X |
X |
NTC and Fort Irwin |
X |
X |
|
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
Oakland Army Base |
X |
X |
X |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Papago Military Reservation |
X |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Phoenix Military Reservation |
|
X |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Picatinny Arsenal |
X |
X |
|
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
Presidio of Monterey |
|
X |
|
|
|
|
|
X |
X |
Pueblo Chemical Depot |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
Radford AAP |
X |
X |
|
|
X |
X |
X |
X |
|
Ravenna AAP |
|
|
|
|
|
X |
X |
X |
X |
Red River Army Depot |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
|
|
|
|
Redstone Arsenal |
|
X |
|
|
|
X |
|
X |
X |
Rock Island Arsenal |
|
|
X |
X |
|
|
|
|
|
Rocky Mountain Arsenal |
|
X |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sacramento Army Depot |
|
X |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Savannah Depot Activity |
X |
X |
|
X |
|
X |
X |
X |
X |
Seneca Army Depot Activity |
X |
X |
X |
|
|
|
X |
|
|
Sierra Army Depot |
|
X |
|
X |
|
|
X |
|
|
Soldier Systems Center |
X |
X |
|
|
X |
|
|
|
|
Stratford Army Engine Plant |
X |
X |
|
|
X |
|
|
|
|
Sunflower AAP |
|
X |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tacony Warehouse |
X |
X |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tarheel Army Missile Plant |
X |
X |
X |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tobyhanna Army Depot |
X |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tooele Army Depot |
|
X |
|
|
X |
|
X |
|
|
Twin Cities AAP |
|
X |
|
X |
X |
|
|
|
|
Umatilla Chem Depot |
|
|
|
|
|
X |
X |
|
|
USARC Fort Nathaniel Greene |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
USARC Kings Mills |
|
X |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vint Hill Farms Station |
X |
X |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Volunteer AAP |
|
|
|
|
|
X |
X |
|
|
Walter Reed Army Medical |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Watervliet Arsenal |
X |
X |
X |
|
X |
|
|
|
|
White Sands Missile Range |
|
X |
|
X |
X |
X |
|
|
|
Yakima Training Center |
|
X |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Yuma Proving Ground |
|
|
|
|
|
X |
|
|
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Installation |
Chlorinated Solvents |
Explosives |
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PCE |
TCE |
cis-1,2-DCEa |
1,2-DCA |
TCAb |
DNT |
TNT |
HMX |
RDX |
|
Totals |
51 |
74 |
32 |
24 |
35 |
26 |
30 |
19 |
14 |
Percentage of all installations with this contaminant |
37 |
54 |
23 |
1 |
25 |
19 |
22 |
14 |
10 |
Number of BRAC installations: 23 Number of active installations: 115 Total number of installations: 138 aDoes not include other DCE isomers. bIncludes 1,1,1-TCA and 1,1,2-TCA SOURCE: Compiled by Laurie Haines, Army Environmental Center. |