• REDSTONE ARSENAL (USARMY/NASA), MADISON County, AL

Stage of Clean-up: Study Underway

Redstone Arsenal (RSA) is located in Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama. RSA encompasses 38,300 acres, 36,459 of which the Department of the Army controls. The George C. Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) leases the remaining 1,841 acres. Approximately 15,500 acres are woodlands, 9,200 are leased for agricultural use, and 4,100 are designated as the Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge. Morton-Thiokol Chemical Corp., a government contractor-operator, uses a portion of RSA property for the development of solid rocket propellants and the General ANILINE and Film Corp. leases approximately 10 acres for the production of IRON carbonyl. Olin-Mathieson Chemical Co. (DDT manufacturing), Raytheon Co. (rocket motor assembly), Rohm and Haas Allied Chemical and Dye (CHLORINE manufacturing), and Stauffer Chemical Co. (CHLORINE manufacturing) have conducted operations at RSA in the past. Three separate military facilities (Redstone Ordnance Plant, Huntsville Arsenal, and Gulf Chemical Warfare Depot) were established at RSA in 1941 and worked together from 1942 to 1945, producing conventional and chemical munitions used during World War II.  More...

Contaminants Detected
	Ground Water	Surface Water	Air	Soil	Other
1,1,1-TRICHLOROETHANE					X
1,1,2,2-TETRACHLOROETHANE					X
1,1,2-TRICHLOROETHANE					X
1,2-DICHLOROBENZENE					X
1,2-DICHLOROPROPANE					X
1,2-TRANS-DICHLOROETHYLENE					X
1,3-DICHLOROBENZENE					X
1,3-DICHLOROPROPENE (MIXED ISOMERS)					X
1,4-DICHLOROBENZENE					X
2-CHLOROETHYL VINYL ETHER					X
ACENAPHTHENE					X
ARSENIC	X
BARIUM					X
BENZ(A)ANTHRACENE					X
BENZENE					X
BENZO(A)PYRENE					X
BENZO(B)FLUORANTHENE					X
BENZO(K)FLUORANTHENE					X
BERYLLIUM	X
BERYLLIUM COMPOUNDS	X
BIS(2-ETHYLHEXYL)PHTHALATE					X
CADMIUM	X
CARBON TETRACHLORIDE					X
CHLOROBENZENE	X
CHLORODIBROMOMETHANE					X
CHLOROFORM					X
CHROMIUM	X
CHRYSENE					X
CYANIDE COMPOUNDS					X
DICHLOROBROMOMETHANE					X
DICHLOROMETHANE					X
ETHYLBENZENE					X
FLUORANTHENE					X
FLUORENE					X
LEAD					X
PHENANTHRENE					X
PYRENE					X
TETRACHLOROETHYLENE					X
TOLUENE					X
TRIBROMOMETHANE					X
TRICHLOROETHYLENE					X
XYLENE (MIXED ISOMERS)					X

Groundwater and Drinking Water
Were drinking water wells shut down due to contamination?	No data
Are drinking water wells potentially threatened?	No data

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Number of PRPs currently associated with this site:

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