The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 was promulgated to regulate the generation, transportation, storage, treatment, and disposal of hazardous wastes. Simultaneous to the passage of RCRA, the Department of Defense devised a Comprehensive Installation Restoration Program to identify, report, and correct potential environmental deficiencies that could result in groundwater contamination and probable migration of contaminants beyond DOD installation boundaries. Engineering - Science was retained by the Air Force Engineering and Services Center on 15 July 1981 to conduct a records search for Wright-Patterson AFB, the first phase of the Installation Restoration Program. The on-site portion of the records search as performed at Wright-Patterson AFB on 29 and 30 September and 19 through 23 October 1981. During this period, formal interviews were conducted with base personnel familiar with past waste disposal practices and file searches were performed for identified facilities which have generated, handled, transported, or disposed of waste materials. This study contains a summary of Engineering - Science's findings and a rating of potential contamination for each suspected contaminated site. (Author).

The purpose of the Phase II (Stage I) investigation was to determine if environmental contamination had resulted from waste disposal practices at Wright Patterson AFB. In addition, the purpose of the investigation included and estimate of the magnitude and extent of contamination, the identification of environmental consequences of migrating pollutants, and the recommendation of additional investigations to identify the magnitude, extent and direction of movement of discovered contaminants. Only the Phase II (Stage I) portion of the IRP effort at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base was part of this Task Order. Field operations under this task order evaluated 21 sites located within eight zones at WPAFB.

This report provides the Installation Restoration Program (IRP) Phase I-Records Search for Air Force Plant 36, Evendale, Ohio. This is a report of a study conducted to identify past potentially hazardous material disposal sites. Interviews and document searches were conducted to determine sites that were potentially contaminated. Keywords: Installation Restoration Program (IRP), Hazardous waste.

The methodology utilized in the LAFB records search began in September 1984 with a review of past and current industrial operations conducted at the base. Information was obtained from available records, such as shop files and real property files, as well as interviews with past and current base employees from the various operating areas. The next step in the activity review was to determine the past management practices regarding the use, storage, treatment, and disposal of hazardous materials from the various operations on the base. A ground tour of the identified sites were then made by the ESE Project Team to gather site-specific information. A decision was then made, based on all of the above information, regarding the potential for hazardous materials contamination at any of the identified sites.