langley air force base/nasa langley research center

OFF STATE HIGHWAY 187

LAFB and NASA LaRC sites in Hampton, Virginia consists of two Federal facilities. LAFB covers 3,152 acres, has been an airfield and aeronautical research center since 1917, and is the home base for the First Fighter Wing. NASA LaRC is consists of 787 acres and is a research facility that conducts numerous operations in nearly 200 buildings and 40 wind tunnels. Wastes generated at LAFB include petroleum, oils and lubricants, fuels, solvents, paints, pesticides, photographic chemicals, PCBs, polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and heavy metals. Wastes generated at NASA LaRC include waste oils, solvents, paint wastes, pesticide containers and rinse waters, photographic wastes, scrap materials, used batteries, and printed circuit board plating wastes. PCBs and polychlorinated terphenyls (PCTs) were used in hydraulic systems, electrical equipment, compressors, and casting operations. There are more than 40 sources of possible contamination at the two facilities. These sources include abandoned landfills, fueling areas, wastewater treatment plants, the storm water system, warehouses, spill sites, electrical substations and transformers, fuel tanks, burning areas, septic tanks, storage areas, waste pits, and training areas. LAFB supports more than 10,000 employees, and NASA LaRC employs 5,000 people. The nearby Back River supports commercial and recreational crab, oyster, quahog, and fin fishing. Its two branches, the Northwest and Southwest, form a tidal estuary that empties into the Chesapeake Bay. Site Responsibility The site is being addressed through Federal actions.

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