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groundwater contamination from the C-6 Radar Facility reaching off-base residential wells?

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groundwater contamination from the C-6 Radar Facility reaching off-base residential wells?

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No. The C-6 Radar Facility is located approximately 3 miles north of the town of Portland. The site is in an undeveloped section of Eglin AFB that is closed to the public. During a 2000 site investigation, the extent of the trichloroethylene (TCE) contamination was defined to be entirely on Eglin AFB property. To ensure that the contamination does not migrate to areas where people are using groundwater wells, long-term monitoring of the groundwater is conducted at the site on an annual basis. Therefore, this site poses no past, present, or future public health hazard. • Contact with herbicide contamination: Could people be exposed to harmful levels of herbicide contamination at sites in the Herbicide Exposure Unit (SS-25/DP-09), C-52A Aerial Overspray Area (AOC-24), Upper Memorial Lake (LF-51), and Hardstand 7 (SS-26) (reported Herbicide Orange sites)? No. Human exposure to herbicide contamination on Eglin AFB is minimal. Access to the Herbicide Exposure Unit (DP-09 and SS-25), the C-5

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