Public Health Assessment for Hill Air Force Base, Davis and Weber Counties, UTAH. EPA Facility ID: UT0571724350

摘要

After conducting a thorough evaluation of available environmental monitoring data and potential exposures situations, ATSDR concluded that exposure to contaminated groundwater, soil, residential indoor air, surface water, and fruits and vegetables do not pose a health hazard to residents and workers of Hill AFB or the surrounding communities. Hill Air Force Base (AFB) is in northern Utah, approximately 30 miles north of Salt Lake City and 8 miles sough of Ogden, Hill AFB stretches across two counties, Davis and Weber, covers 6,700 acres, and has more than 1400 buildings. Hill AFB is bordered by the communities of Sunset, Clinton, Clearfield, and Roy on the west, Layton on the south, and South Weber and Riverdale on the north. Hill AFB has been the location of military activities since 1920 when the War Department established the Ogden Arsenal Army Reserve Depot in the area now occupied by the northwestern portion of Hill AFB. The Ogden Arsenal's principal function was to store unused ordnance from World War I. When World War II (WWII) began, the Ogden Arsenal was rebuilt and its mission was expanded to include manufacturing and loading explosives and stocking and distributing motorized and related equipment. In 1940 and 1941, four runways were built and the Ogden Air Depot was activated.