Imperial Beach
Naval Outlying Landing Field
The Imperial Beach Naval Outlying Landing Field is a Navy facility for helicopters, situated on 1,204 acres, 14 miles south of San Diego and within the city limits of Imperial Beach, California. It is known as "The Helicopter Capital of the World".
See below for thousands of pages documenting contamination at Imperial Beach dating back to 1994. Many of the most sensitive records are not available without filing a lengthy and costly Freedom of Information Act Request, (FOIA).
Imperial Beach Naval Outlying Landing Field
Imperial Beach 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.”
mperial Beach - Source - DOD
Soil Contaminants:
Aroclor 7.5 ppb
Arsenic (cancer) 263.0 ppb
Chromium (III) 535.0 ppb
Lead 2020.0 ppb
Copper and compounds 4780.0 ppb
GroundwaterContaminants:
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene 240.0 ppb
1,3,5-Trimethylbenzene 69.0 ppb
2,4-Dimethylphenol 42000.0 ppb
2-Methylnaphthalene 83000.0 ppb
2-Methylphenol (o-Cresol) 36000.0 ppb
4-Methylphenol (p-Cresol) 17000.0 ppb
Aroclor 1254 9.1 ppb
Arsenic (cancer) 5.7 ppb
Benzene 22.0 ppb
Benzene 2300000.0 ppb
Chromium (III) 197000.0 ppb
Chromium 166000.0 ppb
Copper and compounds 93000.0 ppb
Copper and compounds 101000.0 ppb
Ethenylbenzene 5100000.0 ppb
Ethyl benzene 100000.0 ppb
Ethyl benzene 64.0 ppb
Lead 0.016 ppb
Lead 105000.0 ppb
Lead 2.9 ppb
Lead 37000.0 ppb
Mercury (Inorganic) 240.0 ppb
MTBE 2100000.0 ppb
Naphthalene 860000.0 ppb
n-Butylbenzene 2.9 ppb
Nickel and compounds 85000.0 ppb
Phenol 14000.0 ppb
Silver and compounds 7000.0 ppb
Toluene 1200000.0 ppb
Xylene (Mixed) 9800000.0 ppb
Zinc 302000.0 ppb
Soil Contaminants:
Aroclor 7.5 ppb
Arsenic (cancer) 263.0 ppb
Chromium (III) 535.0 ppb
Lead 2020.0 ppb
Copper and compounds 4780.0 ppb
GroundwaterContaminants:
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene 240.0 ppb
1,3,5-Trimethylbenzene 69.0 ppb
2,4-Dimethylphenol 42000.0 ppb
2-Methylnaphthalene 83000.0 ppb
2-Methylphenol (o-Cresol) 36000.0 ppb
4-Methylphenol (p-Cresol) 17000.0 ppb
Aroclor 1254 9.1 ppb
Arsenic (cancer) 5.7 ppb
Benzene 22.0 ppb
Benzene 2300000.0 ppb
Chromium (III) 197000.0 ppb
Chromium 166000.0 ppb
Copper and compounds 93000.0 ppb
Copper and compounds 101000.0 ppb
Ethenylbenzene 5100000.0 ppb
Ethyl benzene 100000.0 ppb
Ethyl benzene 64.0 ppb
Lead 0.016 ppb
Lead 105000.0 ppb
Lead 2.9 ppb
Lead 37000.0 ppb
Mercury (Inorganic) 240.0 ppb
MTBE 2100000.0 ppb
Naphthalene 860000.0 ppb
n-Butylbenzene 2.9 ppb
Nickel and compounds 85000.0 ppb
Phenol 14000.0 ppb
Silver and compounds 7000.0 ppb
Toluene 1200000.0 ppb
Xylene (Mixed) 9800000.0 ppb
Zinc 302000.0 ppb
California American Water Company - Coronado Serves: 96,000
https://www.ewg.org/tapwater/system.php?pws=CA3710001
Data available: 2012—2017 Source: Purchased surface water Contaminants Detected 11 EXCEED EWG HEALTH GUIDELINES
26 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=CA3710001
Data available: 2012—2017 Source: Purchased surface water Contaminants Detected 11 EXCEED EWG HEALTH GUIDELINES
26 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 the California American Water Company's water for PFOS/PFAS 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 IMPERIAL BEACH OLF DERA SITE 00007 IMPERIAL BEACH
Navy California IMPERIAL BEACH OLF DERA UST 000002 IMPERIAL BEACH
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