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​   Mare Island - Former Naval Shipyard

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The Mare Island Naval Shipyard was the first US Navy base established on the Pacific Ocean.  It is located 25 miles northeast of San Francisco in Vallejo, California. The Napa River goes through the Mare Island Strait and separates the peninsula from the main portion of the city of Vallejo. The base made a name for itself as an important US West Coast submarine port. The base closed in 1996.  The photo is from 1946.

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​See below for thousands of pages documenting contamination at
 
Naval Shipyard Mare Island

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 Mare Island is identified as a DOD installation with known or suspected releases of PFOS/PFOA, according to a DOD Report to Congress on Aqueous Film-Forming Foam - Nov. 3, 2017.

​No testing results were made public regarding the base, only that it is likely contaminated with the ”forever chemicals.” 

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Mare Island - Source - DOD

Unexploded Munitions and Ordnance Area

CONTAMINATED AREAS
Groundwater Contaminants: 

1,1-Dichloroethylene 1000.0 ppb 
1,2-Dichlorobenzene 2000.0 ppb 
1,2-Dichloroethylene (mixture) 1300000.0 ppb 
2,4-Dimethylphenol 320000.0 ppb 
2-Methylphenol 30000.0 ppb 
4-Methylphenol 12000.0 ppb 
Acetone 65000.0 ppb 
Aluminum 8000000.0 ppb 
Anthracene 6000.0 ppb 
Antimony and compounds 207000.0 ppb 
Arsenic (cancer) 1490000.0 ppb 
Barium and compounds 658000.0 ppb 
Benzene 11000.0 ppb 
Beryllium and compounds 7900.0 ppb 
 Bis(2-chloroethyl)ether 26000.0 ppb 
Bis(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (DEHP) 11000.0 ppb 
Cadmium and compounds 40900.0 ppb 
Carbon disulfide 900.0 ppb 
Chlordane, gamma- 40.0 ppb 
Chlorobenzene 900.0 ppb 
Chloromethane 6000.0 ppb 
Copper and compounds 714000.0 ppb 
DDT 50.0 ppb 
Dichloroethane, 1,1- 2000.0 ppb 
Dieldrin 2800.0 ppb 
Ethyl chloride 800.0 ppb 
Ethylbenzene 2000.0 ppb 
Fluorene 2000.0 ppb 
Heptachlor epoxide 30.0 ppb 
Hexachlorocyclopentadiene 6000.0 ppb 
Iron 32700000.0 ppb
Lead 13100000.0 ppb 
Manganese and compounds 5060000.0 ppb 
Mercury and compounds (inorganic) 50700.0 ppb 
Methyl ethyl ketone 18000.0 ppb 
Methyl isobutyl ketone 5000.0 ppb 
Methylnaphthalene,2 15000.0 ppb 
Molybdenum 166000.0 ppb 
Naphthalene 3000.0 ppb 
Nickel and compounds 160000.0 ppb 
Nitrate 3700000.0 ppb 
Nitrite 2270000.0 ppb 
Phenol 70000.0 ppb 
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) 41800.0 ppb 
Selenium 18700.0 ppb 
Styrene 7000.0 ppb 
Tetrachloroethylene (PCE) 6000.0 ppb 
Toluene 9000.0 ppb 
Trichloroethylene (TCE) 20000.0 ppb
Vanadium 136000.0 ppb 
Vinyl chloride 1300000.0 ppb 
Xylene (mixed) 18000.0 ppb 
Zinc 1130000.0 ppb 

Soil Contaminants: 

Aluminum 36900.0 ppb 
Antimony and compounds 2400.0 ppb 
Arsenic (noncancer) 334.0 ppb 
Barium and compounds 487.0 ppb 
Beryllium and compounds 1.4 ppb 
Cadmium and compounds 23.56 ppb 
Copper and compounds 5200.21 ppb 
Iron 107950.0 ppb 
​​Lead 443000.0 ppb
Manganese and compounds 3360.0 ppb 
Mercury and compounds (inorganic) 384.27 ppb 
Molybdenum 19.6 ppb 
Nickel and compounds 1240.0 ppb 
Selenium 0.58 ppb 
Silver and compounds 64.96 ppb 
Tin and compounds 570.61 ppb 
Vanadium 388.76 ppb 
Zinc 9838.64 ppb 

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City of Vallejo Utility Details Serves: 118,470 Data available: 2012—2017
https://www.ewg.org/tapwater/system.php?pws=CA4810007 
Source: Surface water Contaminants Detected 4 EXCEED EWG HEALTH GUIDELINES

10 Total Contaminants
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EWG's drinking water quality report shows results of tests conducted by the water utility and provided to the Environmental Working Group by the California State Water Resources Control Board, as well as information from the U.S. EPA Enforcement and Compliance History database (ECHO). For the latest quarter assessed by the U.S. EPA (January 2019 - March 2019), tap water provided by this water utility was in compliance with federal health-based drinking water standards.

Legal does not necessarily equal safe. Getting a passing grade from the federal government does not mean the water meets the latest health guidelines.
Legal limits for contaminants in tap water have not been updated in almost 20 years.
The best way to ensure clean tap water is to keep pollution out of source water in the first place.

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​  The California Water Board did not test Vallejo's water for PFOS/PFOA in 2019. 

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DoD's Installation Restoration Program (IRP) Sites that have not Achieved Response Complete (RC)  January 2018
https://www.denix.osd.mil/derp/home/documents/installation-restoration-program-report-to-congress-january-2018/
Key: DERA - Defense Environmental Restoration Account funds
BRAC - Base Realignment and Closure


Navy California MARE ISLAND NSY BRAC SITE 00017 MARE ISLAND NSY 201807 1,091 2
Navy California MARE ISLAND NSY BRAC SITE 00029 MARE ISLAND NSY 202102 4,707 4
Navy California MARE ISLAND NSY BRAC SITE 00030 MARE ISLAND NSY 202006 3,313 4

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