Moffett Field - Former Naval Air Station
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The former naval air station is now owned and operated by the NASA Ames Research Center. Tenant military activities include the 129th Rescue Wing of the California Air National Guard, operating the HC-130J Combat King II and HH-60G Pave Hawk aircraft. Moffett Federal Airfield is a joint civil-military airport located in an unincorporated part of Santa Clara County between northern Mountain View and northern Sunnyvale, California. On November 10, 2014, NASA Ames announced that it would be leasing 1000 acres of the airfield property to Google for 60 years.
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Moffett Field - Former Naval Air Station
Moffett Field Naval Air Station
The 1,500-acre Naval Air Station Moffett Field site is located in Moffett Field, California. Military activities at the site contaminated groundwater, soil and wetlands with volatile organic compounds (VOCs), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and pesticides. Cleanup activities are in various phases of completion. Operation and maintenance activities and monitoring are also ongoing.
Risks and pathways addressed by the cleanup include health risks from people ingesting or touching contaminants in soil and groundwater.
View a full list of contaminants of concern for this site
Want to know more? https://cumulis.epa.gov/supercpad/cursites/csitinfo.cfm?id=0902734
These statistics were generated from a different era. Today, the EPA represents corporate interests and is no longer an advocate for public health.
Moffett Field 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.”
Aqueous Film Forming Foam Report to Congress, October, 2017
Moffett is included in the report “Bases and Facilities with Significant Historical U.S. Nuclear Weapons or Naval Nuclear Propulsion Missions - 2002” Radioactive
Compiled by Stephen I. Schwartz, 2002
https://www.brookings.edu/bombs-in-the-backyard/
Moffett Field - Source - DOD
Groundwater Contaminants
1,1,1-Trichloroethane 11000.0 ppb
1,1-Dichloroethylene 3000.0 ppb
1,2-Dichlorobenzene 9000.0 ppb
1,2-Dichloroethane (EDC) 53000.0 ppb
1,2-Dichloroethylene (mixture) 200000.0 ppb
1,3-Dichlorobenzene 800.0 ppb
1,4-Dichlorobenzene 16000.0 ppb
2,4-Dimethylphenol 18000.0 ppb
2-Methylphenol 18000.0 ppb
4-Methylphenol 170000.0 ppb
4-Nitrophenol 2000.0 ppb
Acenaphthene 4000.0 ppb
Acetone 87000.0 ppb
Aluminum 611000.0 ppb
Antimony and compounds 417000.0 ppb
Arsenic (cancer) 1830000.0 ppb
Barium and compounds 3080000.0 ppb
Benzene 6400000.0 ppb
Beryllium and compounds 4100.0 ppb
Bis(2-chloroethyl)ether 4000.0 ppb
Bis(2-chloroisopropyl)ether 900.0 ppb
Bis(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (DEHP) 250000.0 ppb
Butyl benzyl phthalate 500.0 ppb
Cadmium and compounds 37200.0 ppb
Carbon disulfide 6000.0 ppb
Carbon tetrachloride 36000.0 ppb
Chlordane 220.0 ppb
Chlorobenzene 240000.0 ppb
Chloroform 8000.0 ppb
Chloromethane 3000.0 ppb
Contaminants: DDE,4,4- 10.0 ppb
Copper and compounds 24000.0 ppb
DDD,4,4- 580.0 ppb Pyrene 600.0 ppb
DDT 100.0 ppb Dieldrin 110.0 ppb
Dibutyl phthalate 11000.0 ppb
Dichloroethane, 1,1- 7000.0 ppb
Diethyl phthalate 8000.0 ppb
Dimethyl phthalate 11000.0 ppb
Endrin 30.0 ppb HCH -technical 90.0 ppb
Ethylbenzene 850000.0 ppb
Fluorene 8000.0 ppb
Fluoride 660000.0 ppb
Iron 59200000.0 ppb
Isophorone 900.0 ppb
Lead 91600.0 ppb
Manganese and compounds 7190000.0 ppb
Mercury and compounds (inorganic) 260.0 ppb
Methyl ethyl ketone 110000.0 ppb
Methylene chloride 51000.0 ppb
Methylnaphthalene,2 7000.0 ppb
Molybdenum 19300.0 ppb
Naphthalene 17000.0 ppb
Nickel and compounds 135000.0 ppb
N-Nitrosodiphenylamine 42000.0 ppb
Phenol 8000.0 ppb
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) 480.0 ppb
Selenium 182000.0 ppb
Silver and compounds 9100.0 ppb
Styrene 500.0 ppb Heptachlor epoxide 500.0 ppb
Tetrachloroethylene (PCE) 150000.0 ppb
Toluene 940000.0 ppb
Trichloroethylene (TCE) 57000.0 ppb
Vanadium 27000.0 ppb
Vinyl chloride 120000.0 ppb
Xylene (mixed) 1400000.0 ppb
Zinc 16200.0 ppb
Sediment Contaminants:
2,4-Dinitrotoluene 0.36 ppb
Acetone 11.0 ppb
Aldrin 0.05 ppb
Aluminum 84000.0 ppb
Antimony and compounds 74.0 ppb
Antimony and compounds 74.0 ppb
Arsenic (noncancer) 15.0 ppb
Arsenic (noncancer) 15.0 ppb
Barium and compounds 380.0 ppb
Benz(a)anthracene 0.1 ppb
Benz(a)anthracene 0.1 ppb
Benzene 0.01 ppb
Beryllium and compounds 1.9 ppb
Cadmium and compounds 59.0 ppb
Cadmium and compounds 59.0 ppb
Carbon disulfide 0.04 ppb
Chlordane 1.08 ppb
Chlordane 1.08 ppb
Chloroform 0.03 ppb
Chrysene 0.16 ppb
Chrysene 0.16 ppb
Copper and compounds 390.0 ppb
Copper and compounds 390.0 ppb
DDD 4.3 ppb
DDD 4.3 ppb
DDE 1.1 ppb
DDE 1.1 ppb
DDT 0.02 ppb Dieldrin 0.07 ppb
DDT 0.2 ppb
Dibutyl phthalate 9.49
Dieldrin 0.07 ppb
Endosulfan 0.07 ppb
Endrin 0.35 ppb
Endrin 0.35 ppb
Ethylbenzene 0.13 ppb
Fluoranthene 2.5 ppb
Fluoranthene 2.5 ppb
Fluorene 4.0 ppb
Fluorene 4.0 ppb
Heptachlor epoxide 0.01 ppb
Iron 57600.0 ppb
Lead 1100.0 ppb
Lead 1100.0 ppb Zinc 2100.0 ppb
Manganese and compounds 5410.0 ppb
Mercury and compounds (inorganic) 6.2 ppb
Mercury and compounds (inorganic) 6.2 ppb
Methyl ethyl ketone 0.06 ppb
Methylene chloride 0.4 ppb
Molybdenum 5.6 ppb
Naphthalene 4.1 ppb
Naphthalene 4.1 ppb
Nickel and compounds 160.0 ppb
Nickel and compounds 160.0 ppb
Phenanthrene 11.0 ppb
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) 82.0 ppb
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) 82.0 ppb
ppb Selenium 10.9 ppb
Pyrene 2.7 ppb
Pyrene 2.7 ppb
Silver and compounds 360.0 ppb
Silver and compounds 360.0 ppb
Toluene 0.04 ppb
Vanadium 200.0 ppb
Xylene (mixed) 0.5 ppb
Zinc 2100.0 ppb
Soil Contaminants:
Aluminum 44000.0 ppb
Antimony and compounds 22.0 ppb
Arsenic (noncancer) 4.9 ppb
Barium and compounds 390.0 ppb
Beryllium and compounds 1.4 ppb
Bis(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (DEHP) 0.7 ppb
Cadmium and compounds 2.2 ppb
Chlordane 0.06 ppb
Copper and compounds 57.0 ppb
DDD 0.13 ppb
DDE 0.14 ppb
DDT 0.01 ppb
Dieldrin 0.01 ppb
Endrin 0.02 ppb
Iron 38300.0 ppb
Lead 83.0 ppb
Manganese and compounds 710.0 ppb
Mercury and compounds (inorganic) 0.2 ppb
Nickel and compounds 85.0 ppb
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) 0.31 ppb
Selenium 3.5 ppb
Silver and compounds 0.05 ppb
Vanadium 120.0 ppb
Zinc 166.0 ppb
Surface Water Contaminants:
2,4-Dinitrophenol 120000.0 ppb
Acetone 16000.0 ppb
Carbon disulfide 2000.0 ppb
Carbon disulfide 2000.0 ppb
Chloroform 1000.0 ppb
Phenol 72000.0 ppb
City of Mountain View Serves: 76,000 Data available: 2012—2017 Source: Purchased surface water
https://www.ewg.org/tapwater/system.php?pws=CA4310007
Contaminants Detected 11 EXCEED EWG HEALTH GUIDELINES
23 Total Contaminants
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.
https://www.ewg.org/tapwater/system.php?pws=CA4310007
Contaminants Detected 11 EXCEED EWG HEALTH GUIDELINES
23 Total Contaminants
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.
The California Water Board did not test Mountain View's water for PFOS/PFOA in 2019.
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
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Navy California MOFFETT FIELD NAS BRAC SITE 00025 MOFFETT FIELD NAS 201910 976 3
Navy California MOFFETT FIELD NAS BRAC SITE 00026 MOFFETT FIELD NAS 202001 53 3
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94035 94043 94041 94085 94089 95002 Mountain View