ATSDR Finds No Harmful Exposures to Site-Related Contamination At Naval Air Station Brunswick
Cumberland County, Brunswick, Maine
Wednesday, October 13, 2004
No harmful exposures to site-related contamination are associated with groundwater and drinking water, surface water, or indoor air at the Naval Air Station Brunswick site in Brunswick, Maine, finds the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) in its public health assessment on the site. The health assessment is available locally for public review and comment through Nov. 20, 2004.
The health assessment also finds that consumption of locally killed deer does not present a public health hazard.
NAS Brunswick has been an active air station since 1943, when it served the U.S. Navy's anti-submarine warfare operations. Various chemicals were spilled or released to the ground, and some of those chemicals have reached groundwater and on-site tributaries. The primary contaminants of concern are volatile organic compounds (VOCs), such as those in cleaning solvents, and petroleum hydrocarbons used in fuels.
In its evaluation, ATSDR considered past, current, and future potential exposure situations and concluded that they are not of health concern.
The public health assessment is available for review and comment through Nov. 20, 2004, at Curtis Memorial Library, 23 Pleasant St., Brunswick, Maine.
Comments on the public health assessment must be made in writing. Mail comments to
Chief, Records Management Activity
ATSDR
1600 Clifton Road, NE (MS E-60)
Atlanta, GA 30333
Comments received during the public comment period will be logged in to the ATSDR administrative record for this health assessment. Comments received, without the names of individuals who submitted them, and ATSDR responses to the comments will appear in an appendix to the final public health assessment. Names of those who submit comments, however, will be subject to release for requests made under the U.S. Freedom of Information Act.
For more information, community members can contact environmental health scientists Katherine E. Hanks or Gary Campbell, toll-free, at 1-888-422-8737. Regional Representative Gary Perlman also may be contacted at 617-918-1492. Callers should refer to the Naval Air Station Brunswick site in Brunswick, Maine.
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ATSDR Finds No Harmful Exposures to Site-Related Contamination At Naval Air Station Brunswick
Release Date: Wednesday, May 25, 2005
No harmful exposures to site-related contamination are associated with groundwater and drinking water, surface water, or indoor air at the Naval Air Station Brunswick site in Brunswick, Maine, finds the public health assessment released by the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR).
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