Public Health Assessment for Petitioned Public Health Assessment Eglin Air Force Base (a/k/a USAF Eglin Air Force Base Armament Division) Eglin Air Force Base, Okaloosa County, Florida EPA Facility ID: FL8570024366 April 11, 2003

摘要

Eglin Air Force Base (AFB) is in the Florida Panhandle between Pensacola and Panama City. It is the largest forested military reservation in the United States, covering approximately 464,000 acres. Most of the Eglin Reservation is undeveloped, with small pockets of developed and semi-developed areas. Since 1935 it has been the Air Force's primary munitions testing and training facility. Munitions training and testing, other standard defense missions and related activities, and waste handling practices have contaminated some areas on Eglin. In 1981, the Department of Defense initiated the Installation Restoration Program to identify, evaluate, and clean up contamination from past military activities. Throughout the history of the program, the Air Force has completed site investigations, interim measures, and removal/remedial actions at Eglin AFB, resulting in a 'no further action' status for many of these sites.