Point Mugu Naval Air Station
Naval Air Station Point Mugu is a former United States Navy air station that operated from 1942 to 2000 in California. In 2000, it merged with nearby Naval Construction Battalion Center Port Hueneme to form Naval Base Ventura County (NBVC). At Point Mugu, NBVC operates two runways and encompasses a 36,000 square mile sea test range, anchored by San Nicolas Island. The range allows the military to test and track weapons systems in restricted air- and sea-space without encroaching on civilian air traffic or shipping lanes.
See below for thousands of pages documenting contamination at Point Mugu dating back to 1985. Many of the most sensitive records are not available without filing a lengthy and costly Freedom of Information Act Request, (FOIA).
Point Mugu Naval Air Station
Naval Air Station Point Mugu 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 to Congress, October, 2017
Aqueous Film Forming Foam to Congress, October, 2017
Point Mugu 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/
Point Mugu - Source - DOD
Site ID: UXO 000005
POINT MUGU NAWS
Unexploded Munitions and Ordnance Area
Soil Contaminants:
Acetone 1.0 ppb
Aluminum 12300.0 ppb
Antimony and compounds 0.2 ppb
Arsenic (noncancer) 2.5 ppb
Barium and compounds 108.0 ppb
Beryllium and compounds 0.54 ppb
Cadmium and compounds 0.87 ppb
Chromium VI and compounds 22.4 ppb
Copper and compounds 15.7 ppb
DDD,4,4- 6.0 ppb
DDE,4,4- 2.0 ppb
Iron 23800.0 ppb
Lead 12.0 ppb
Manganese 426.0 ppb
Methyl chloride 25.0 ppb
Methyl ethyl ketone 0.14 ppb
Methylene chloride 0.03 ppb
Nickel and compounds 19.1 ppb
Silver and compounds 0.09 ppb
Thallium 0.3 ppb
Vanadium 38.9 ppb
Zinc 58.5 ppb
Soil: Contaminants: Silver and compounds 0.01 ppb Thallium 0.05 ppb Beryllium and compounds 0.05 ppb Cadmium and compounds 0.05 ppb Acetone 0.06 ppb Antimony and compounds 0.07 ppb Methylene chloride 0.09 ppb Lead 0.8 ppb Arsenic (noncancer) 0.8 ppb Copper and compounds 0.8 ppb Nickel and compounds 1.6 ppb Chromium VI and compounds 3.6 ppb Zinc 4.4 ppb Barium and compounds 4.49 ppb Vanadium 5.2 ppb Manganese and compounds 22.0 ppb Aluminum 982.0 ppb Iron 2590.0 ppb
Site ID: UXO 000005
POINT MUGU NAWS
Unexploded Munitions and Ordnance Area
Soil Contaminants:
Acetone 1.0 ppb
Aluminum 12300.0 ppb
Antimony and compounds 0.2 ppb
Arsenic (noncancer) 2.5 ppb
Barium and compounds 108.0 ppb
Beryllium and compounds 0.54 ppb
Cadmium and compounds 0.87 ppb
Chromium VI and compounds 22.4 ppb
Copper and compounds 15.7 ppb
DDD,4,4- 6.0 ppb
DDE,4,4- 2.0 ppb
Iron 23800.0 ppb
Lead 12.0 ppb
Manganese 426.0 ppb
Methyl chloride 25.0 ppb
Methyl ethyl ketone 0.14 ppb
Methylene chloride 0.03 ppb
Nickel and compounds 19.1 ppb
Silver and compounds 0.09 ppb
Thallium 0.3 ppb
Vanadium 38.9 ppb
Zinc 58.5 ppb
Soil: Contaminants: Silver and compounds 0.01 ppb Thallium 0.05 ppb Beryllium and compounds 0.05 ppb Cadmium and compounds 0.05 ppb Acetone 0.06 ppb Antimony and compounds 0.07 ppb Methylene chloride 0.09 ppb Lead 0.8 ppb Arsenic (noncancer) 0.8 ppb Copper and compounds 0.8 ppb Nickel and compounds 1.6 ppb Chromium VI and compounds 3.6 ppb Zinc 4.4 ppb Barium and compounds 4.49 ppb Vanadium 5.2 ppb Manganese and compounds 22.0 ppb Aluminum 982.0 ppb Iron 2590.0 ppb
Site ID: SITE 00028
POINT MUGU NAWS
Radioactive Waste Area
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 POINT MUGU NAWS DERA SITE 00011 POINT MUGU NAWS 201803 35 2
Navy California POINT MUGU NAWS DERA SITE 00019 POINT MUGU NAWS 201803 600 2
Navy California POINT MUGU NAWS DERA SITE 00021 POINT MUGU NAWS 201709 247 1
Navy California POINT MUGU NAWS DERA SITE 00024 POINT MUGU NAWS 202502 1,267 8
Navy California POINT MUGU NAWS DERA SITE 00035 POINT MUGU NAWS 201903 80 3
Navy California POINT MUGU NAWS DERA SITE 00038 POINT MUGU NAWS 201901 1,049 2
Navy California POINT MUGU NAWS DERA UST 000006 POINT MUGU NAWS 201702 0 0
Navy California POINT MUGU NAWS DERA UST 000024 POINT MUGU NAWS 202003 77 4
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 POINT MUGU NAWS DERA SITE 00011 POINT MUGU NAWS 201803 35 2
Navy California POINT MUGU NAWS DERA SITE 00019 POINT MUGU NAWS 201803 600 2
Navy California POINT MUGU NAWS DERA SITE 00021 POINT MUGU NAWS 201709 247 1
Navy California POINT MUGU NAWS DERA SITE 00024 POINT MUGU NAWS 202502 1,267 8
Navy California POINT MUGU NAWS DERA SITE 00035 POINT MUGU NAWS 201903 80 3
Navy California POINT MUGU NAWS DERA SITE 00038 POINT MUGU NAWS 201901 1,049 2
Navy California POINT MUGU NAWS DERA UST 000006 POINT MUGU NAWS 201702 0 0
Navy California POINT MUGU NAWS DERA UST 000024 POINT MUGU NAWS 202003 77 4
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