Fallbrook Naval Weapons Station
The Fallbrook Naval Weapons Station is located immediately adjacent to the eastern border of MCB Camp Pendleton. The Fallbrook site has been owned and operated by the government since 1942.
In 1958, NAD Fallbrook was designated an annex of the Naval Ammunition and Net Depot Seal Beach. Unique among naval weapons storage areas, Detachment Fallbrook is located 20 miles inland. Ammunition is transferred to and from ships by a process known as Vertical Replenishment, or VERTREP.
In this operation, ammunition is taken by truck from a magazine on base to a helicopter pad located on the coast inside Camp Pendleton. From there a CH-46 Sea Knight or CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopter picks up the load and transfers it to the receiving ship waiting several miles off the coast.
Detachment Fallbrook is also home to the only West Coast Air-Launched Missile Production and Storage Facility. Here air-launched missiles such as the Phoenix, Sidewinder, Maverick, and HARM are inspected, maintained, and re-certified.
Beginning in 1973 the Department of the Navy (DoN) began placing Vietnam era napalm canisters in storage at Fallbrook. By 1978 all such canisters had been consolidated and placed at the Detachment for storage and maintenance. The stockpile consisted of approximately 34,123 individually crated napalm canisters.
The Navy undertook a Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) removal action to remove and dispose of the napalm stockpile at Fallbrook.
In its 2005 BRAC Recommendations, DoD recommended to realign the Fallbrook, CA, detachment of Naval Surface Warfare Center Division Crane, IN, by relocating gun and ammunition Research and Development & Acquisition to Picatinny Arsenal, NJ.
In 1958, NAD Fallbrook was designated an annex of the Naval Ammunition and Net Depot Seal Beach. Unique among naval weapons storage areas, Detachment Fallbrook is located 20 miles inland. Ammunition is transferred to and from ships by a process known as Vertical Replenishment, or VERTREP.
In this operation, ammunition is taken by truck from a magazine on base to a helicopter pad located on the coast inside Camp Pendleton. From there a CH-46 Sea Knight or CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopter picks up the load and transfers it to the receiving ship waiting several miles off the coast.
Detachment Fallbrook is also home to the only West Coast Air-Launched Missile Production and Storage Facility. Here air-launched missiles such as the Phoenix, Sidewinder, Maverick, and HARM are inspected, maintained, and re-certified.
Beginning in 1973 the Department of the Navy (DoN) began placing Vietnam era napalm canisters in storage at Fallbrook. By 1978 all such canisters had been consolidated and placed at the Detachment for storage and maintenance. The stockpile consisted of approximately 34,123 individually crated napalm canisters.
The Navy undertook a Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) removal action to remove and dispose of the napalm stockpile at Fallbrook.
In its 2005 BRAC Recommendations, DoD recommended to realign the Fallbrook, CA, detachment of Naval Surface Warfare Center Division Crane, IN, by relocating gun and ammunition Research and Development & Acquisition to Picatinny Arsenal, NJ.
Fallbrook - Source - DOD
Soil Contaminants:
Bis(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (DEHP) 0.02 ppb
Dibutyl phthalate 0.02 ppb
Thallium 0.61 ppb
Antimony and compounds 0.95 ppb
Arsenic (noncancer) 1.0 ppb
Lead 3.6 ppb
Nickel and compounds 12.4 ppb
Copper and compounds 17.3 ppb
Chromium VI and compounds 36.0 ppb
Vanadium 73.0 ppb
Zinc 92.6 ppb
Barium and compounds 197.0 ppb
Manganese and compounds 226.0 ppb
Aluminum 18000.0 ppb
Iron 30600.0 ppb
Groundwater Contaminants:
1,2,3,7,8,9-HxCDD 5.0e-06 ppb
Acetone 0.01 ppb
Aluminum 20200.0 ppb
Aluminum 22800.0 ppb
Antimony and compounds 4.93 ppb
Arsenic (noncancer) 3.5 ppb
Arsenic 3.82 ppb
Barium 3170.0 ppb
Beryllium and compounds 0.49 ppb
Bis(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (DEHP) 0.03 ppb
Cadmium and compounds 15.6 ppb
Chromium VI and compounds 43.4 ppb
Chromium 48.6 ppb
Cobalt 14.1 ppb
Copper and compounds 247.0 ppb
Dioxin (2,3,7,8-TCDD) 1.0e-06 ppb
Furan 0.0003 ppb
Iron 28000.0 ppb
Lead 50.2 ppb
Manganese and compounds 446.0 ppb
Mercury and compounds 0.116 ppb
Nickel (Soluble Salts) 26.2 ppb
Nickel and compounds 16.8 ppb
Perchlorate 0.018 ppb
Selenium 0.656 ppb
Silver and compounds 0.895 ppb
Strontium (Stable) 115.0 ppb
Vanadium 85.9 ppb
Zinc 1410.0 ppb
Soil Contaminants:
Bis(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (DEHP) 0.02 ppb
Dibutyl phthalate 0.02 ppb
Thallium 0.61 ppb
Antimony and compounds 0.95 ppb
Arsenic (noncancer) 1.0 ppb
Lead 3.6 ppb
Nickel and compounds 12.4 ppb
Copper and compounds 17.3 ppb
Chromium VI and compounds 36.0 ppb
Vanadium 73.0 ppb
Zinc 92.6 ppb
Barium and compounds 197.0 ppb
Manganese and compounds 226.0 ppb
Aluminum 18000.0 ppb
Iron 30600.0 ppb
Groundwater Contaminants:
1,2,3,7,8,9-HxCDD 5.0e-06 ppb
Acetone 0.01 ppb
Aluminum 20200.0 ppb
Aluminum 22800.0 ppb
Antimony and compounds 4.93 ppb
Arsenic (noncancer) 3.5 ppb
Arsenic 3.82 ppb
Barium 3170.0 ppb
Beryllium and compounds 0.49 ppb
Bis(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (DEHP) 0.03 ppb
Cadmium and compounds 15.6 ppb
Chromium VI and compounds 43.4 ppb
Chromium 48.6 ppb
Cobalt 14.1 ppb
Copper and compounds 247.0 ppb
Dioxin (2,3,7,8-TCDD) 1.0e-06 ppb
Furan 0.0003 ppb
Iron 28000.0 ppb
Lead 50.2 ppb
Manganese and compounds 446.0 ppb
Mercury and compounds 0.116 ppb
Nickel (Soluble Salts) 26.2 ppb
Nickel and compounds 16.8 ppb
Perchlorate 0.018 ppb
Selenium 0.656 ppb
Silver and compounds 0.895 ppb
Strontium (Stable) 115.0 ppb
Vanadium 85.9 ppb
Zinc 1410.0 ppb
Rainbow Municipal WD Utility Details San Diego County, California
https://www.ewg.org/tapwater/system.php?pws=CA3710016
Serves: 19,611 Data available: 2012—2017 Source: Purchased surface water Contaminants Detected 10
EXCEED EWG HEALTH GUIDELINES 28 Total Contaminants
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=CA3710016
Serves: 19,611 Data available: 2012—2017 Source: Purchased surface water Contaminants Detected 10
EXCEED EWG HEALTH GUIDELINES 28 Total Contaminants
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 Fallbrook'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
Navy California FALLBROOK NOC PAC DIV DET DERA SITE 00027 FALLBROOK NOC PAC DIV DET 201706 0 1
Navy California FALLBROOK NOC PAC DIV DET DERA SITE 00031 FALLBROOK NOC PAC DIV DET 201906 162 3
Navy California FALLBROOK NOC PAC DIV DET DERA SITE 00032 FALLBROOK NOC PAC DIV DET 201909 200 3
Navy California FALLBROOK NOC PAC DIV DET DERA SITE 00034 FALLBROOK NOC PAC DIV DET 202003 528 4
Navy California FALLBROOK NOC PAC DIV DET DERA SITE 00053 FALLBROOK NOC PAC DIV DET 201701 0 0
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 FALLBROOK NOC PAC DIV DET DERA SITE 00027 FALLBROOK NOC PAC DIV DET 201706 0 1
Navy California FALLBROOK NOC PAC DIV DET DERA SITE 00031 FALLBROOK NOC PAC DIV DET 201906 162 3
Navy California FALLBROOK NOC PAC DIV DET DERA SITE 00032 FALLBROOK NOC PAC DIV DET 201909 200 3
Navy California FALLBROOK NOC PAC DIV DET DERA SITE 00034 FALLBROOK NOC PAC DIV DET 202003 528 4
Navy California FALLBROOK NOC PAC DIV DET DERA SITE 00053 FALLBROOK NOC PAC DIV DET 201701 0 0
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