DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
CORPS OF ENGINEERS, JACKSONVILLE DISTRICT
701 SAN MARCO BOULEVARD
JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA 32207-8915

March 13, 2020
Programs and Project Management Division
Military/Interagency and International Services Branch

Ms. Laura Barrett
Florida Department of Environmental Protection
2600 Blair Stone Road
Tallahassee, FL 32399-2400
Dear Ms. Barrett:
The Jacksonville District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps), has completed a
Preliminary Assessment (PA) for the former Naval Air Station Banana River Off-Base
Disposal Area. Enclosed is the Draft Final PA report for the Florida Department of
Environmental Protection’s (FDEP’s) review. Due to much stakeholder interest for this site,
we ask that FDEP provide comments on or before March 31, 2020.
Comments or questions should be addressed to the undersigned at
john.e.keiser@usace.army.mil or (904)232-1758.

Sincerely,

John E. Keiser
DERP-FUDS Team Lead
Military/Interagency and International
Services Branch
Enclosure

 Defense Environmental Restoration Program
For
Formerly Used Defense Sites

PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT

Naval Air Station Banana River
Off-Base Disposal Area
South Patrick Shores, Brevard County, FL
FUDS Property Number – I04FL0027
DRAFT FINAL REPORT
13 March 2020
Prepared by
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Louis District
for the
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District

 Naval Air Station Banana River Off-Base Disposal Area
Preliminary Assessment

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page Number
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

ES-1
a

1

INTRODUCTION...................................................................................................... 3
1.1 AUTHORITY ...................................................................................................... 3
1.1.1 Laws ............................................................................................................ 3
1.1.2 Regulations and Guidance .......................................................................... 4
1.2 SUBJECT ........................................................................................................... 4
1.3 PURPOSE.......................................................................................................... 5
1.4 SCOPE .............................................................................................................. 5
2 PREVIOUS INVESTIGATIONS ............................................................................... 7
2.1 CORPS OF ENGINEERS INVESTIGATIONS ................................................... 7
2.1.1 Inventory Project Report South Patrick Shores Subdivision I04FL0027, 21
October 1991 ............................................................................................... 7
2.1.2 Revised Findings and Determination of Eligibility South Patrick Shores
Subdivision I04FL0027, 24 August 2019 ..................................................... 7
2.2 OTHER INVESTIGATIONS................................................................................ 8
2.2.1 Patrick Air Force Base Phase I Records Search, 1984 ............................... 8
2.2.2 Patrick AFB Phase II Stage 2 Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study,
1991 ............................................................................................................ 9
2.2.3 Preliminary Assessment, South Patrick Shores, 15 October 1991 .............. 9
2.2.4 Site Analysis of South Patrick Shores, December 1991 ............................ 10
2.2.5 Screening Site Inspection (SI) Report for South Patrick Shores, 29 March
1992 .......................................................................................................... 16
2.2.6 Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry Report for South
Patrick Shores, 8 April 1992 ...................................................................... 17
2.2.7 Patrick AFB Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study Volume 11 A&B,
March 1997................................................................................................ 17
2.2.8 Removal Site Evaluation at the South Patrick Shores, July 2019 .............. 18
3 PROPERTY DESCRIPTION, ACREAGE AND LAND USE .................................. 20
3.1 LOCATION ....................................................................................................... 20
3.2 FORMERLY USED DEFENSE SITE ELIGIBLE PROPERTY .......................... 21
3.2.1 Confirmed Formerly Used Defense Site .................................................... 21
3.2.2 United States Acquisition of Naval Air Station Banana River / Patrick Air
Force Base ................................................................................................ 22
3.2.3 Additional Areas of Use ............................................................................. 24
3.3 LAND USE AND OWNERSHIP HISTORY ....................................................... 26
3.3.1 Prior Land Use........................................................................................... 26
3.3.2 Current Land Use and Ownership ............................................................. 26
3.3.3 Condition of Facilities Constructed for the Military ..................................... 26
3.3.4 Population Demographics.......................................................................... 26
3.4 PHYSICAL PROPERTY CHARACTERISTICS ................................................ 27

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3.4.1 Climatic Data ............................................................................................. 27
3.4.2 Topography ............................................................................................... 28
3.4.3 Regional Geology and Physiology ............................................................. 30
3.4.4 Regional Soils ............................................................................................ 31
3.4.5 Surface Water Hydrology........................................................................... 32
3.4.6 Ground Water Hydrology ........................................................................... 34
3.4.7 Natural Resources (Threatened and Endangered Species) ...................... 35
3.4.8 Historical and Cultural Resources ............................................................. 36
HISTORICAL PROPERTY SUMMARY ................................................................. 37
4.1 CHRONOLOGICAL PROPERTY HISTORY .................................................... 37
4.1.1 1939 - 1950: Naval Air Station Banana River to Patrick Air Force Base ... 37
4.1.2 1942-1947: Solid Waste Disposal activities at Naval Air Station Banana
River Off-Base Disposal Area .................................................................... 42
4.1.3 1950s-1960s Residential Redevelopment ................................................. 47
4.1.4 1991-1992 Environmental Investigations of South Patrick Shores ............ 50
4.2 MILITARY OPERATIONS ................................................................................ 51
4.2.1 Summary of Munitions Activities ................................................................ 51
4.2.1.1 Summary of Chemical Warfare Activities ............................................ 52
4.2.1.2 Certificates of Clearance ..................................................................... 52
4.2.1.3 Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Incidents ................................... 52
4.2.2 Operations Involving Hazardous Toxic Waste ........................................... 56
4.2.2.1 Waste Disposal Areas / Landfills ......................................................... 56
4.2.2.2 Sanitary Sewer and Treatment ........................................................... 61
4.2.2.3 Water Supply ...................................................................................... 61
4.2.2.4 Storm Water Drainage ........................................................................ 62
4.3 MAP ANALYSIS ............................................................................................... 62
4.4 AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION .............................................. 62
EVALUATION OF MILITARY MUNITIONS PRESENCE ...................................... 64
5.1 GENERAL EVALUATION OF THE PRESENCE OF MUNITIONS AND
EXPLOSIVES OF CONCERN ................................................................................... 64
5.1.1 Evaluation of Munitions and Explosives of Concern Presence .................. 64
5.1.2 Munitions Technical Data .......................................................................... 65
5.2 GENERAL EVALUATION OF CHEMICAL WARFARE MATERIEL (CWM)
PRESENCE ..................................................................................................... 65
5.3 GENERAL EVALUATION OF MUNITIONS CONSTITUENTS PRESENCE .... 65
5.4 PROPERTY-SPECIFIC LOCATIONS .............................................................. 65
EVALUATION OF HAZARDOUS, TOXIC, RADIOLOGICAL WASTE .....................
PRESENCE ........................................................................................................... 66
6.1 PROPERTY SPECIFIC LOCATIONS .............................................................. 66
EVALUATION OF CON/HTRW AND BD/DR PRESENCE ................................... 68
7.1 EVALUATION OF CON/HTRW PRESENCE ................................................... 68
7.2 EVALUATION OF BD/DR PRESENCE ............................................................ 68
PATHWAY AND ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARD ANALYSIS ................................. 69
8.1 GROUNDWATER PATHWAY.......................................................................... 69
8.1.1 Hydrogeological Setting ............................................................................. 69
8.1.2 Groundwater Receptors............................................................................. 70

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8.1.2.1 Analytical Results Summary (1991-1992) ........................................... 70
8.1.3 Groundwater Conclusions ......................................................................... 71
8.2 SURFACE WATER PATHWAY ....................................................................... 71
8.2.1 Hydrologic Setting ..................................................................................... 71
8.2.2 Surface Water Receptors .......................................................................... 72
8.2.3 Surface Water Conclusions ....................................................................... 72
8.3 SOIL EXPOSURE AND AIR PATHWAYS........................................................ 73
8.3.1 Physical Conditions ................................................................................... 73
8.3.2 Soil and Air Receptors ............................................................................... 73
8.3.3 Soil Exposure and Air Pathway Conclusions ............................................. 73
9 SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS ........................................................................ 75
9.1 AREAS THAT MAY WARRANT NO FURTHER ACTION BY DOD ................. 75
9.2 POTENTIAL HAZARDS THAT MAY WARRANT FUDS PROJECTS .............. 75
9.2.1 HTRW ........................................................................................................ 75
9.2.2 MMRP........................................................................................................ 75
9.2.3 Potential Responsible Party (PRP)/HTRW Considerations ....................... 75
9.2.4 PRP/MMRP Considerations ...................................................................... 76
9.2.5 CON/HTRW ............................................................................................... 76
9.2.6 BD/DR ....................................................................................................... 76
APPENDICES
A

REFERENCE SOURCES AND RECORDS REVIEWED ..................................... A-1
A.1 TEXTUAL AND CARTOGRAPHIC REPOSITORIES ......................................A-1
A.1.1 Air Force Historical Research Agency (AFHRA) .......................................A-1
A.1.2 Brevard County Government ....................................................................A-2
A.1.3 Critical Past LLC .......................................................................................A-2
A.1.4 Defense Environment, Safety and Occupational Health Network and
Information Exchange (DENIX) ................................................................A-2
A.1.5 Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC)..........................................A-3
A.1.6 Environmental Data Resources, Inc. ........................................................A-3
A.1.7 Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) .........................A-4
A.1.8 Library of Congress (LOC)........................................................................A-4
A.1.9 National Archives I at Washington, DC .....................................................A-5
A.1.10
National Archives at College Park (NARA-CP), Textual Records..........A-5
A.1.11
National Archives, Cartographic and Architectural Branch ....................A-9
A.1.12
National Archives at College Park, Still Pictures Branch .....................A-10
A.1.13
National Archives at College Park - Motion Picture, Sound and Video
Reference ............................................................................................A-11
A.1.14
National Archives and Records Administration at Atlanta (NARA- .............
Atlanta) ................................................................................................A-11
A.1.15
National Personnel Records Center Military Personnel Records ........A-13
A.1.16
Patrick Air Force Base, 45th Engineering Squadron ............................A-14
A.1.17
University of Florida George A. Smathers Libraries ............................A-15
A.1.18
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District (CESAJ) ............A-15
A.1.19
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Louis District.................................A-16

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A.1.20
A.1.21

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District ....................................A-17
U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command (NHHC), Naval Aviation
History Branch .....................................................................................A-17
A.1.22
U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command (NHHC), History Branch .A-18
A.1.23
Washington National Records Center (WNRC) ...................................A-18
A.1.24
U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command
(RDECOM) ..........................................................................................A-18
A.2 AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH REPOSITORIES ...................................................A-19
A.2.1 National Aerial Resources (NAR) ...........................................................A-19
A.2.2 National Archives at College Park, Cartographic & Architectural ..................
Branch ....................................................................................................A-19
A.2.3 U.S.Geologic Survey – EROS Data Center ............................................A-21
A.2.4 U.S Department of Agriculture – Farm Service Agency (USDA-FSA) ....A-23
B

REFERENCES AND REFERENCE MATERIAL

C

ABBREVIATIONS, ACRONYMS AND BREVITY CODES

D

GLOSSARY

E

PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT FORM

F

ORDNANCE TECHNICAL DATA SHEETS

G

TEXTUAL REFERENCES OF SOURCE DOCUMENTS (Electronic Copy Only)

H

STILL PHOTOGRAPH REFERENCES (Electronic Copy Only)

I

MAPS/DRAWINGS REFERENCES (Electronic Copy Only)

J

INTERVIEWS

K

ABBREVIATED SITE SAFETY AND HEALTH PLAN (ASSHP)
(Not Applicable for this Report)

L

PROPERTY VISIT REPORT

M

PROPERTY VISIT PHOTOGRAPHS (Included in Appendix L)

N

MUNITIONS RESPONSE SITE PRIORITIZATION PROTOCOL (MRSPP)
(Not Applicable for this Report)

O

NASBROBDA Historical Photographic Analysis

P

RESPONSE TO COMMENTS (Final Report Only)

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REPORT DISTRIBUTION

R

REPORT PLATES
1
Naval Air Station Banana River Off-Base Disposal Area – Vicinity Map
2
Naval Air Station Banana River Off-Base Disposal Area – Property
Map
TABLE OF FIGURES

Figure 1 – Patrick AFB Landfill locations, 1984 .............................................................. 9 
Figure 2 – EPA EPIC Analysis Aerial Imagery from 14 February 1943 ........................ 11 
Figure 3 – EPA EPIC Analysis Aerial Imagery from 26 February 1944 ........................ 12 
Figure 4 – EPA EPIC Analysis Aerial Imagery from 8 December 1947 ........................ 13 
Figure 5 – EPA EPIC Analysis Aerial Imagery from 7 November 1954 ........................ 14 
Figure 6 – EPA EPIC Analysis Aerial Imagery from 23 April 1958 ............................... 16 
Figure 7 – NASBROBDA Vicinity Map, 20 March 2017 imagery .................................. 20 
Figure 8 – FUDS Property Number I04FL0027, NASBROBDA .................................... 21 
Figure 9 – NASBR Proposed Southern Addition, 28 August 1940 ............................... 24 
Figure 10 – Perpetual Restrictive Height Easements NASBROBDA Real Estate ...........
Tracts – September 1974 .......................................................................... 25 
Figure 11 – FUDS Property in Section 23, T26S, R37E on Extract of USGS ..................
Topographic Quadrangle Tropic, FLA - 1949 ............................................ 29 
Figure 12 – Detailed Topographic detail of North ½ Section 23, T26S, R37E - 1940 ... 29 
Figure 13 – USGS Topographic Quadrangle of Naval Air Station Banana River Off- ......
Base Disposal Area and vicinity area, 2012 .............................................. 30 
Figure 14 – Geologic Boundaries by Epoch in Vicinity of South Patrick Shores........... 31 
Figure 15 – Soils Map for NASBROBDA ...................................................................... 32 
Figure 16 – Wetland Map of NASBROBDA .................................................................. 33 
Figure 17 – March 2014 FEMA Flood Insurance Rate Map for NASBROBDA ............. 34 
Figure 18 – NASBR Aerial of Seaplane Base, 27 September 1940 ............................. 37 
Figure 19 – NASBR Landplane Airfield - 6 June 1943.................................................. 38 
Figure 20 – NASBR Site Plan - 30 June 1944 .............................................................. 40 
Figure 21 – WAA Government Surplus Sale at NASBR Advertisement, 16 February
1948 .......................................................................................................... 41 
Figure 22 – Aerial Oblique looking southwest at solid waste disposal area, 13 March
1948 .......................................................................................................... 43 
Figure 23 – Looking northeast from solid waste disposal area; 13 March 1948 ........... 44 
Figure 24 – Looking northwest from solid waste disposal area; 13 March 1948 .......... 45 
Figure 25 – Looking east from solid waste disposal area; 13 March 1948 ................... 45 
Figure 26 – Looking southeast from solid waste disposal area; 13 March 1948 .......... 46 
Figure 27 – Plate Sheet Sections 22 and 23, T26, R37, circa 1956 ............................. 48 
Figure 28 – Location Map of South Patrick Shores. 22 January 1956 .......................... 48 
Figure 29 – Advertisement for homes ½ mile south of Patrick AFB. 22 February 1956 49 
Figure 30 – Regency Group of Taylor Homes Grand Opening, 20 April 1958.............. 50 
Figure 31 – Florida Today – Cases of Hodgkin’s disease in South Patrick Shores, 21
July 1991 ................................................................................................... 51 

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Figure 32 – Munition found in soil from a pool excavation on Second Street, May .........
2003 .......................................................................................................... 53 
Figure 33 – Practice Concrete Bomb found on SE First Street, September 2009 ........ 54 
Figure 34 – Mk 43 Miniature Practice Bomb found in yard on SE First Street, ................
September 2018........................................................................................ 54 
Figure 35 – Expended small arms cartridge cases from a yard on SE First Street,
September 2018........................................................................................ 55 
Figure 36 – Mk 23 Miniature Practice Bomb found in yard on Dorsett Lane, circa
September 2018........................................................................................ 55 
Figure 37 – NASBR Southern Boundary, 30 June 1945............................................... 56 
Figure 38 – Patrick AFB Salvage Yard, 13 March September 1952 ............................. 57 
Figure 39 – Aerial Oblique looking east at solid waste disposal area, 13 March 1948 . 58 
Figure 40 – excerpt of Brevard County “Existing Disposal Sites and Collection Areas,”
1971 .......................................................................................................... 59 
Figure 41 – Heavily corroded material found in a yard on SE First Street within
NASBROBDA, September 2018 ............................................................... 60 
Figure 42 – Heavily corroded material found in yard on Dorset Lane within
NASBROBDA, 30 September 2019 .......................................................... 61 
Figure 43 – FUDS Property Number I04FL0027, NASBROBDA .................................. 63 

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) administers the Defense Environmental
Restoration Program (DERP) Formerly Used Defense Site (FUDS) program. The St.
Louis District of the Corps of Engineers prepared this Preliminary Assessment (PA) for
Property Number I04FL0027, Naval Air Station Banana River Off-Base Disposal
Area (NASBROBDA), in support of DERP-FUDS.
This PA compiles information obtained through historical research at various archives
and records holding facilities. The investigation was primarily a textual, cartographic
and photographic research and analysis effort. It also makes use of property visits and
interviews to gather information concerning the property. The research team directed
efforts towards determining presence of hazardous substances as a result of previous
waste disposal activities at the site associated with the Navy. The research places
emphasis on establishing, if any, the types, quantities and areas of Hazardous, Toxic
and Radioactive Waste (HTRW), munitions and explosives of concern (MEC), and
chemical warfare materiel (CWM) activities. This process obtains information for use in
developing recommendations for further action at NASBROBDA.
The former Naval Air Station Banana River (NASBR), located in Brevard County,
Florida, served as a secondary field to Naval Air Station Jacksonville until its
deactivation on 1 August 1947, when the Navy declared it surplus. The Navy
conducted solid waste disposal operations off base from 1942 through 1947 based on a
verbal agreement and a written letter from the representative of the landowner. Naval
operations of the offsite waste disposal area ended when the Navy completed
restoration activities by February 1948. The Navy transferred the NASBR to the Air
Force in September 1948, which reactivated the installation as the Joint Long Range
Proving Ground. The Air Force renamed it Patrick Air Force Base (AFB) in 1950. The
FUDS property remained undeveloped until homebuilders purchased the land and
began constructing single-family residences in 1956 for the planned South Patrick
Shores community. Homebuilders completed redevelopment of the former disposal
area by 1961. In 1991, residents’ health concerns led state and federal agencies to
investigate the former disposal area. Those studies determined that there was no
apparent public health hazard, and no action was warranted. Health concerns lingered
in the community over the years, and in 2018 buried debris found in residential yards
led to requests for reinvestigation of the area.
Even though 1991 and 1992 studies found no apparent public health hazard and
resulted in a determination of no further remedial action, this investigation finds a HTRW
potential at NASBROBDA, resulting from the Navy’s disposal by burning and burying of
military debris at the site. Further consideration and action from the Jacksonville District
will determine if the identified potential HTRW hazard warrants a FUDS project.
The FUDS-eligible property, according to the Findings and Determination of Eligibility, is
25 acres; however, according to the Army Geospatial Center’s analysis, the Off-Base
Disposal Area may be larger (approximately 52 acres). Historic aerial photographic

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analysis indicates that following the Navy’s “restoration” of the site in 1948, additional
disposal activities may have occurred on site in the early 1950s by unknown parties,
though there is no evidence that Patrick AFB or the military participated at that point.
The residential developers that graded the land, installed roads and utilities, and
constructed the homes found buried material and may have further dispersed it while
grading the development tracts. The subsequent homeowners did not have mandatory
solid waste collection until 1982, and there are accounts of burning and burial of
residential wastes on site before that time. It is unknown if these activities may have
contributed to potential contamination at NASBROBDA.
There is no definitive evidence of MEC within the boundaries of the NASBROBDA
FUDS. NASBROBDA’s use for solid waste disposal, probably included munitions
debris (MD) based MD found at the site in the form of practice bombs (e.g., Mk 23 and
Mk 43 miniature practice bombs and a concrete M85, 100-pound practice bomb).
However, there is no clear, identifiable risk or remediation project associated with MEC
or CWM.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
St. Louis District
1222 Spruce Street
St. Louis, MO 63103-2833
The Environmental and Munitions Branch, Research and
Technical Services Section of the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers, St. Louis District (CEMVS-EC-ER) prepared this
Preliminary Assessment.
The following St. Louis District personnel were significantly
involved in the process:
Individual
Randal Curtis, P.E.

Office, Position
Chief-Research & Technical Services Section, Geological
Engineer

Shelia DeVeydt

Military Research Specialist

Alan Foreman

Cartographer (EC-SG)

Rochelle Hance

Chief-Environmental & Munitions Branch, Civil Engineer

Madeline Kelsey

Technical Writer

David Rose

Safety Specialist (Military Munitions)

Lin Soto Perez

Environmental Engineer

Munira Durakovic

Civil Engineering Student

Other elements of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers provided programmatic and review
oversight of the report.
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District (CESAJ)
Programs and Project Management Division (PPMD)
Military/Interagency and International Services Branch
701 San Marco Boulevard
Jacksonville, FL 32207

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Individual

Office, Position

John Keiser, P.E.

FUDS Program Manager

Frank Araico

FUDS Project Manager

Donna West-Barnhill

FUDS Program Support Team

U.S. Army Geospatial Center (AGC)
Warfighter Geospatial Support & Production Directorate,
Hydrologic & Environmental Analysis Branch (CEAGC-TO-H)
7701 Telegraph Road
Alexandria, VA 22315-3864
http://www.tec.army.mil/
Individual

Office, Position

Shiloh M. Dorgan

Acting Lead, Environmental Analysis Group

Paul Hamilton

Physical Scientist

U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville (USAESCH)
Environmental and Munitions Center of Expertise Directorate (EM-CX)
http://www.environmental.usace.army.mil/
4820 University Square
P. O. Box 1600
Huntsville, AL 35807-4301

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1 INTRODUCTION
1.1

AUTHORITY

Under the authority of the Defense Environmental Restoration Program (DERP) [10
USC §§ 2701 et seq.], and its policies and procedures relating to Formerly Used
Defense Sites (DERP-FUDS), including Department of Defense (DoD) Management
Guidance for the DERP dated 9 March 2012, and Engineering Regulation 200-3-1,
Environmental Quality, Formerly Used Defense Sites (FUDS) Program Policy, the U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) St. Louis District investigated the Naval Air Station
Banana River Off-Base Disposal Area (NASBRODA) in Brevard County, FL.
Completion of this investigation on the former military property supports several federal
laws and rules, DoD Directives and Standards, and Army Regulations as outlined in the
subsequent sub-paragraphs.
1.1.1 Laws
In 1980, Congress enacted the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA), commonly known as Superfund, to respond
to threats posed by historic releases of hazardous substances into the environment.
CERCLA was amended in 1986 by the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization
Act (SARA), which established the process for undertaking remedial actions at inactive
waste sites containing hazardous substances, as well as reporting requirements for
releases of hazardous substances. SARA expanded the provisions of CERCLA and
added major new authorities. These amendments included the addition of Section 120,
Federal Facilities and Section 121, Cleanup Standards. Section 120 requires
departments and agencies of the federal government to comply with the provisions of
CERCLA as amended by SARA. Section 121 establishes the procedures for the
selection of remedial actions and the determination of the degree of remediation.
In 1986, Congress established DERP in 10 USC §§ 2701 et seq. This program directed
the Secretary of Defense to carry out a program of environmental restoration at “[e]ach
facility or site which was under the jurisdiction of the Secretary and owned by, leased to,
or otherwise possessed by the United States at the time of actions leading to
contamination by hazardous substances.” Executive Order 12580 (EO 12580, 23
January 1987), Superfund Implementation, delegated the DoD to be the lead agency
and response authority for releases or threatened releases of hazardous substances,
pollutants and contaminants from any facility or vessel under the jurisdiction, custody, or
control of DoD, subject to Sections 120 and 121 of SARA. Under 40 Code of Federal
Regulations (CFR) §300.120, DoD is identified as the lead agency and response
authority for incidents involving DoD military weapons and munitions under the
jurisdiction, custody and control of DoD.

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1.1.2 Regulations and Guidance
The FUDS Charter designated the Army as the Executive Agent on behalf of DoD
charged with meeting all applicable environmental restoration requirements at FUDS,
regardless of which DoD component previously owned or used the property. The
Secretary of the Army further delegated the program management and execution
responsibility for FUDS to USACE. USACE – St. Louis District, began conducting
historical research and analysis for environmental site characterization in 1992. This
research and analysis was originally captured in Archive Search Reports (ASRs) at
FUDS, active DoD installations, and installation transitions under Base Realignment and
Closure (BRAC) recommendations. Engineering Regulation 200-3-1, Environmental
Quality, Formerly Used Defense Sites (FUDS) Program Policy dated 10 May 2004,
dictates requirements of the CERCLA process as outlined in the National Contingency
Plan (NCP). As such, previous historical records research and analysis reports are
incorporated into Preliminary Assessments (PA), which now include pathway and
environmental hazard assessment.1 The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Louis
District, prepared this PA pursuant to ER 200-3-1 using USACE Formerly Used Defense
Sites (FUDS) Program Guidance for Performing Preliminary Assessments under FUDS,
September 2005 as a guide.2
1.2

SUBJECT

According to the Findings and Determination of Eligibility (FDE), the former solid waste
disposal activities at NASBROBDA comprised approximately 25 acres in Brevard
County, Florida. The former NASBR served as a secondary field to Naval Air Station
Jacksonville until its deactivation on 1 August 1947, when the Navy declared it surplus.
The Navy conducted solid waste disposal operations on site from 1942 through 1947
based on a verbal agreement and a written letter from the representative of the
landowner. Naval operations of the offsite waste disposal area ended when the Navy
completed restoration activities by February 1948. The Navy transferred the NASBR to
the Air Force in September 1948, which reactivated the installation as the Joint Long
Range Proving Ground. The Air Force renamed it Patrick Air Force Base (AFB) in
1950. The FUDS property remained undeveloped until homebuilders purchased the
land and began constructing single-family residences in 1956 for the planned South
Patrick Shores community. Redevelopment of the former disposal area was completed
by 1961. In 1991, residents’ health concerns led state and federal agencies to
investigate the former disposal area. Those studies determined that there was no
apparent public health hazard, and no action was warranted. Health concerns lingered
in the community over the years, and in 2018 buried debris found in residential yards
led to requests for reinvestigation of the area. Plates 1 and 2 in the Report Plates
Appendix show the general location of the property.

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1.3

PURPOSE

Remedial response actions are governed by 40 CFR §300.420-440, and the PA is the
first step in the remedial process described in the NCP. The purpose of the PA is to:
1)
2)
3)
4)

Eliminate from further consideration those sites that pose no threat to
public health or the environment;
Determine if there is any potential need for removal action;
Set priorities for site inspections (if warranted); and
Gather existing data to facilitate later evaluation of the release pursuant to
the CERCLA Hazard Ranking System (HRS) if warranted and if the
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) elects to score the site.

The PA shall include:
i.
ii.
iii.

A description of the release;
A description of the probable nature of the release; and
A recommendation on whether further action is warranted.

This PA compiles information obtained through historical research at various archives
and records holding facilities. The investigation was primarily a textual, cartographic,
and photographic research and analysis effort. No sampling or quantitative field
assessment techniques were conducted to gather data. The research team directed
efforts toward determining presence of hazardous substances as a result of previous
DoD use, storage, and/or disposal. This process obtains information for use in
developing recommendations for further action at NASBROBDA.
1.4

SCOPE

The investigation team focused on potential Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste
(HTRW) and Munitions and Explosives of Concern (MEC) contamination remaining on
NASBROBDA. The DERP-FUDS property number is I04FL0027. This report presents
the following:
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A review of related property investigations;
Description and characteristics of the immediate surrounding area, including real
estate information, past and present;
A brief history of NASBR and the OBDA operations;
Description of the operations potentially involving HTRW and/or munitions
activities identified at the property;
A map and aerial photographic analysis of the property;
Findings of the visual property visit;
Evaluation of potential contamination on the property;
A pathway and environmental hazard assessment; and
Conclusions regarding Military Munitions Response Program (MMRP), HTRW,
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Building Demolition / Debris Removal (BD/DR) projects and recommendations for
further action.
These factors represent the basis for the evaluation of potential contamination and
associated risks at NASBROBDA.
A description of the sources researched and a detailed listing of records reviewed are
presented in Appendix A. A full bibliography of the references is contained in Appendix
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2 PREVIOUS INVESTIGATIONS
2.1

CORPS OF ENGINEERS INVESTIGATIONS

2.1.1 Inventory Project Report South Patrick Shores Subdivision I04FL0027, 21
October 19913
In 1991, representatives of the Jacksonville District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
visited the South Patrick Shores and prepared an Inventory Project Report (INPR) in
support of DERP-FUDS. The INPR noted several site visits that occurred between 23
July and 23 August 1991 with the purpose of gathering information to determine if DoD
ever acquired or disposed of real estate interest in the property. The team conducted a
review of the land title records, Navy and Air Force real estate records, and the history
of the former NASBR. Interviews with 22 former Navy military and civilian personnel
stationed at NASBR between 1941 and 1948 revealed only a single recollection of the
Navy disposing of debris in the area south of base consisting of “…old wood and items
such as furniture…500 to 1000 feet south of fence line.”
Aerial photography from 1943 through 1958 showed ground disturbances or scarring of
the land in the area where South Patrick Shores is now located. The analysis of the
photos determined presence of ground scarring, pits, excavations, multi-toned debris,
and possible drums.
The INPR concluded that although the Navy acquired a total of 1,822.55 acres of land
for the development of NASBR, no records indicated that the Navy acquired title or
leases of properties near South Patrick Shores during the period of 1939 to 1948 or
after the station transferred to the Air Force in September 1948. After the development
of the South Patrick Shores in the mid-late 1950s, individual lot owners uncovered
debris of military origin, though without any records supporting DoD acquisition or direct
use of the land within the South Patrick Shores, FUDS property eligibility could not be
verified. On 23 October 1991, the Commander of the South Atlantic Division approved
the Findings and Determination of Eligibility (FDE) for the property concluding it was
ineligible for the FUDS program based on information available at the time.
2.1.2 Revised Findings and Determination of Eligibility South Patrick Shores
Subdivision I04FL0027, 24 August 20194
In October 2018, the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) requested
through a letter dated 30 October 2018, that the Jacksonville District conduct further
investigation of South Patrick Shores and reconsider its 1991 FUDS ineligibility
determination, based on concerns from local residents. The Jacksonville District tasked
the Corps’ Research and Technical Services Section of the St. Louis District (CEMVSEC-ER), which specializes in locating historical records for the FUDS program, with
trying to locate relevant documentation to confirm FUDS eligibility. The CEMVS-EC-ER
team searched physical paper, photographic and microfilmed documents in boxes
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and Records Administration (NARA) facilities in metropolitan Washington, DC and
Atlanta (see Appendix A for complete of repositories searched for the revised FDE and
this PA effort). The CEMVS-EC-ER team located primary source military documents
showing that while the Navy never purchased or leased the Off-Base Disposal Area,
there was a verbal agreement between the installation and the property owner’s
representative allowing the Navy to use the area (see Section 3.2.1).
On 24 August 2019, the Director of Regional Business of the South Atlantic Division,
USACE, approved and signed the revised FDE for South Patrick Shores, Property
Number I04FL0027. The FDE determined that the FUDS eligible area consists of
approximately 25 acres based on ground disturbances and scarring discernable on 8
December 1947 historic aerial imagery.
On 16 September 2019, the Jacksonville District administratively revised the name for
FUDS Property Number I04FL0027 from that of the unincorporated area to the more
historically accurate and descriptive Naval Air Station Banana River Off-Base Disposal
Area (NASBROBDA).
2.2

OTHER INVESTIGATIONS

The following paragraphs discuss the relevant information gained from other
investigations performed at South Patrick Shores (NASBROBDA) and Patrick AFB.
2.2.1 Patrick Air Force Base Phase I Records Search, 19845
In 1984, Patrick AFB conducted a Phase I Records Search to investigate past
environmental operations on base including solid waste disposal sites or landfills. The
Phase I report found that the installation disposed of solid waste in on-site landfills until
1972 when the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (AFS) landfill opened (see Figure 1).
The Phase I report found that the U.S. Navy operated the first landfill on the base,
initially designated as LF-1, during the 1940s. The Phase I report found that the navy
buried materials such as general refuse, wet garbage, and industrial-type wastes, such
as waste oils in LF-1. In October 1983, construction personnel discovered 17 buried
drums containing various quantities of waste motor oil and an inert WWII practice bomb.
Landfill LF-2 served as a trench type landfill between 1950 and 1956 and landfills LF-3
and LF-4 also served as trench type landfills from 1956 to 1961. Two other landfills
labeled LF-5A and LF-5B operated as modified trenches between the years 1962 to
1972.6

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Figure 1 – Patrick AFB Landfill locations, 19847
2.2.2 Patrick AFB Phase II Stage 2 Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study, 19918
Patrick AFB conducted groundwater sampling of landfill LF-1 as part of the Installation
Restoration Program (IRP) Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study (RI/FS). The Stage
2 RI/FS sampling found arsenic, lead, thallium, and chromium in groundwater at
concentrations above criteria. Sampling also found lead, pesticides, polynuclear
aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), and petroleum hydrocarbons evident in sediment and
soil. The Phase II Stage 2 investigation also found low levels of petroleum hydrocarbon
in surface water. During construction activity, drums of waste motor oil were excavated
at LF-1, and base personnel subsequently removed and disposed of them and the
adjacent visibly stained soils. The Stage 2 investigation recommended additional
investigation of LF-1 (see Section 2.2.7 for subsequent studies).
2.2.3 Preliminary Assessment, South Patrick Shores, 15 October 19919
The Florida Department of Environmental Regulation (FDER)i conducted a Preliminary
Assessment (PA) for South Patrick Shores covering roughly 228 acres, including
NASBROBDA. The 1991 PA relied on historic aerial imagery, interviews, newspaper
accounts, correspondence, and contemporary written investigations but no primary
source historical military documents from the period when disposal operations occurred.
Items reported to have been found by residents and one of the construction contractors
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FDER merged with the Florida Department of Natural Resources to form the Florida
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included: drums, barrels, paint cans, vehicles (e.g. Jeeps), vehicle and airplane parts,
dishes and utensils, along with miscellaneous other items. During the home
construction in the 1950s, a junk dealer removed several truckloads of items (See more
details in Section 4.2.2.1).
Reporting on sampling by the Florida Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services
(FHRS) from existing irrigation wells, the PA noted that none of the contaminants were
linked with Hodgkin’s disease, and the concentrations did not exceed safe levels for a
lifetime of drinking water consumption. The PA recommended conducting a CERCLA
Site Inspection.
2.2.4 Site Analysis of South Patrick Shores, December 199110
In December 1991, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental Photographic Interpretation Center (EPIC) performed an aerial
photographic analysis of South Patrick Shores covering the period from 1943 to 1958.
The EPIC analysis aided in the assessment of disposal activity prior to construction of
South Patrick Shores that began in 1956.
Aerial imagery from 14 February 1943 revealed a series of north-south parallel drainage
channels south of the air station and an area of scattered ground scars of devegetated
or sparsely vegetated areas in an otherwise vegetated environment. The analysis also
noted the presence of a series of access roads and a shallow excavation containing a
pit, a light-toned object, a probable vehicle, and light-toned material completely devoid
of vegetation (see Figure 2).

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Figure 2 – EPA EPIC Analysis Aerial Imagery from 14 February 194311ii
Imagery from a year later on 26 February 1944 revealed an expanded excavation and a
smoke plume from the pit indicating open burning of material along with possible
vehicles present (see Figure 3).

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Resolution of EPA EPIC annotations and the aerial photo images from the 1991 analysis are
poor on this the best available version of that report. Appendix O has the USACE interpretation
of this imagery.

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Figure 3 – EPA EPIC Analysis Aerial Imagery from 26 February 194412

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Ground disturbances and scarring discernable on 8 December 1947 aerial imagery
indicate the apparent maximum extent of ground disturbances totaling approximately 25
acres (see Figure 4)..

Figure 4 – EPA EPIC Analysis Aerial Imagery from 8 December 194713

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Imagery from 1951, 1953, and 1954 did not indicate an increase in the extent of the
area. Analysis of the 7 November 1954 imagery revealed the presence of a vehicle,
probably a truck, on an access road adjacent to a pit with dark toned material, along
with approximately 14 possible drums near the access road and excavations (see
Figure 5). These features were not evident on earlier imagery and potentially indicate
post-Navy activities.

Figure 5 – EPA EPIC Analysis Aerial Imagery from 7 November 195414

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By 1958, a subdivision appears on the northern portion of the previous ground scarring,
and the southern portion has revegetated, though the previous disturbances are still
somewhat evident. Another pit is located south of a previous excavation, potentially
indicating post-Navy use as well.

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Figure 6 – EPA EPIC Analysis Aerial Imagery from 23 April 195815
2.2.5 Screening Site Inspection (SI) Report for South Patrick Shores, 29 March 199216
In November 1991, EPA conducted a field investigation to determine the nature of
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may occur. During the field investigation, EPA collected 45 soil and groundwater
samples from various locations including an area near the disturbance identified in
historical aerial photographs, residences associated with Hodgkin’s disease cases, and
the neighborhood’s elementary school. Analysis of a groundwater sample collected
from one shallow temporary well showed polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and
lead at levels that would pose a risk to human health if used as a potable water supply;
however, since the water was not used as a potable water supply, the exposure to
these contaminants likely would not occur. Atrazine, a widely used household
herbicide, was present in three of the wells. The analytes detected were at levels
associated with urban areas. Based on the sampling results, EPA designated the site
as No Further Remedial Action Planned (NFRAP).
2.2.6 Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry Report for South Patrick
Shores, 8 April 199217
Congressional Representative Jim Bacchus petitioned the Agency for Toxic Substances
and Disease Registry (ATSDR)iii to conduct a health assessment on South Patrick
Shores related to a citizen’s concern about the number of cases of Hodgkin’s disease in
the neighborhood. ATSDR summarized the findings of the Florida Department of
Health and Rehabilitative Services (FHRS) shallow groundwater sampling and EPA’s
soil and groundwater sampling from August 1991, which indicated a pattern consistent
with local use and not a contaminated plume. ATSDR noted studies identifying two
clusters of Hodgkin's disease, one in the late 1960s and one in the early 1980s but did
not consider the occurrence unusual for Hodgkin's disease. ATSDR also did not find
the incidence of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) to be elevated in the community.
The study noted elevated rates of female breast and cervical cancer, but those cancers
were not associated with chemical exposure. The available soil and groundwater
sampling data did not indicate significant contamination; therefore, the report states,
“ATSDR considers this site to be of no apparent public health hazard.”
ATSDR also reviewed the title search performed for the developer of South Patrick
Shores, which showed a succession of individuals and corporations owned the land
between 1895 and 1940. The March 1992 ATSDR report found: “There is no indication
that the portion of the land in South Patrick Shores ever belonged to either the Navy or
the Air Force”
2.2.7 Patrick AFB Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study Volume 11 A&B, March
199718
By the time of this RI/FS study, Patrick AFB renamed the 1940s-era landfill on Patrick
AFB as PLF-1 or LF-23, and in Phase II, Stage 3, the Air Force collected soil,
groundwater, surface water, sediment, and biota samples. The RI/FS compared the
analytical data to reference values, and after risk assessments, concluded that PLF-1
(LF-23) did not pose an unacceptable risk to the aquatic and terrestrial wildlife species
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ATSDR is a federal public health agency within the United States Department of Health and
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modeled. The report concluded that exceedances exist at the site in surface soil,
groundwater, surface water, and sediment. Based on the results of the Human Health
Risk Assessment (HHRA), the FS evaluated potential remedial alternatives, and, with
input from EPA and FDEP, Patrick AFB selected institutional controls with monitoring
and natural attenuation for PLF-1 (LF-23). The institutional controls to prevent exposure
to groundwater, surface water, and edible fish included posting “No Swimming” and “No
Fishing” signs. Post RI monitoring of the constituents included the following.
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Shallow Groundwater: Arsenic, chromium, lead, thallium, vanadium, beta-BHC
(β-Hexachlorocyclohexane) and carbolic acid (phenol)
Deep Groundwater: Beta-BHC and delta-BHC
Surface Water: Beryllium, lead, mercury and bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate
Edible Fish: Aroclor 1254, 4,4-DDD, 4,4’-DDT, mercury, alpha-BHC, and bis(2ethylhexyl) phthalate

2.2.8 Removal Site Evaluation at the South Patrick Shores, July 201919
EPA’s Emergency Response, Removal, Prevention, and Preparedness Branch
(ERRPPB) conducted a Removal Site Evaluation (RSE) at 165 Dorset Lane in South
Patrick Shores for potential removal action eligibility under NCP. The RSE came in
response to the resident’s complaints to both FDEP and EPA about smelling a “sweet
odor” emanating from buried wastes in the yard suspected of being Volatile Organic
Compounds (VOCs). On 30 November 2018, FDEP’s Office of Emergency Response
personnel screened the yard and home for VOCs using a four-gas meter. No elevated
VOCs were detected other than in a half-pint container reportedly dug up in the yard.
An EPA On-Scene Coordinator (OSC) visited the residence on 5-6 December 2018,
and in-follow-up to this visit the OSC developed a two-phase RSE sampling plan:
collecting soil samples in February and soil-gas samples during the summer (June). In
February 2019, the OSC sampled seven locations, selected by the property owner, at
three different depths (0 - 6, 6 -12 and 12-24 inches). Analytical results of the soil
samples showed no exceedances of the Removal Management Levels (RML). Arsenic
and chromium were present above the Regional Screening Levels, but at
concentrations consistent with background levels found in urban Florida. The OSC
returned in June 2019 and sampled nine locations selected by the property owner. The
OSC placed sampling rods into the ground approximately two feet below surface and
left them overnight, collecting samples the following day via summa canisters. Two
sampling locations had exceedances of Vapor Intrusion Screening Levels (VISL), but
EPA personnel determined they were associated with the landowner’s activities, and no
human health risks were present. Screening for VOCs during both 2019 sampling
events with a four-gas meter in the field resulted in no detects. Based on the
information collected during the RSE, EPA recommended no further action for removal
eligibility under EPA's Superfund Removal Program. EPA notified FDEP of these
findings on 6 August 2019.20
On 8 October 2019, EPA notified FDEP that following USACE’s notification of FUDS
eligibility for the site, EPA was deferring investigation and remediation to USACE.21

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Similarly, on 26 November 2019, ATSDR deferred investigation and remediation to
USACE.22

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3 PROPERTY DESCRIPTION, ACREAGE AND LAND USE
3.1

LOCATION

South Patrick Shores is an unicorporated area consisting of nearly 900 acres and over
ten neighborhood developments in Brevard County, Florida, directly south of Patrick
AFB and the Pineda Causeway (Highway 513) and north of Satellite Beach. The
irregularly shaped boundary of the FUDS-eligible portion of South Patrick Shores
includes approximately 25 acres (see Figure 7 and Figure 8) in the southern half of
Section 23, Township 26 South, Range 37 East (T26S, R37E) of the Tallahassee
Meridian. The approximate center of the property is at latitude N28o 12’ 22” and
longitude W80o 35’ 58”. The property is within EPA Region 4, Florida Congressional
District 8 and ZIP code 32937. The FUDS lies roughly between Ocean Boulevard to the
north, Clairbourne Avenue to the south, Pelican Drive to the west, and Highway A1A to
the east (see Figure 7).

Figure 7 – NASBROBDA Vicinity Map, 20 March 2017 imagery
Legend
FUDS Property Number I04FL0027, NASBROBDA (approximately 25 acres)
Patrick AFB
Former Patrick AFB South Housing area (only 36.48 acres retained)23

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Figure 8 – FUDS Property Number I04FL0027, NASBROBDA
Legend
FUDS Property Number I04FL0027, NASBROBDA (approximately 25 acres)
3.2

FORMERLY USED DEFENSE SITE ELIGIBLE PROPERTY

3.2.1 Confirmed Formerly Used Defense Site
The FDE FUDS-eligible NASBROBDA property is approximately 25 acres. The
irregular shaped FUDS boundary is atypical and is based on the footprint of use
discernable on historic aerial imagery rather than defined, written real estate
agreements. The Navy used the land based on a verbal agreement and unspecific
written correspondence in October 1942 with a real estate broker on behalf of the
private landowner (see section 4.1.2 for detailed discussion). The FUDS lies within the
southern half of Section 23, T26S, R37E of the Tallahassee Meridian in Brevard
County, Florida. For the former NASBR and the current Patrick AFB, the United States
only acquired the land portion of the northern quarter of Section 23, T26S, R37E (see
Figure 11).

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3.2.2 United States Acquisition of Naval Air Station Banana River / Patrick Air Force
Base
The government acquired the land for NASBR through a series of land condemnation
cases/Declaration of Takings filed in 1930 and 1940 at the United States District Court
for the Northern District of Florida, Orlando Division, through Civil Action Number 44
(original 749.43 + acres), Civil Action Number 61 (52.48 + acres, northern addition), and
Civil Action Number 80 (1,052.00 + acres, southern addition). The judgments for those
Civil Actions granted title for the land to the United States (see Figure 9 from September
1940 depicting the Proposed Southern Addition acquired by Civil Case Number 80,
versus the land already acquired by Civil Case Numbers 44 and 61). The United
States’ use of eminent domain to facilitate acquisition of private property for the public
use of establishing military installations was common practice during the military
expansion for World War II. Ultimately, the United States acquired 1,822.55 acres for
NASBR that the Navy transferred to the Air Force effective 1 September 1948.24
The military (United States) did not acquire fee title interest to the southern threequarters of Section 23, which remained with private interests; however, more than two
decades later, the U.S. did acquire height restriction easements on selected tracts
within Section 23, as discussed in Section 3.2.3).25
The March 1992 ATSDR health assessment on South Patrick Shores came to a
conclusion regarding military ownership based on ATSDR Reference 3, “Brevard Title &
Abstract Company, Abstract of Title to certain Lands in Brevard County Florida,
Prepared for Jack Taylor and Leonard Wolf, certified May 29, 1956” which states the
following.
“[T]he title search performed for the developer of the project showed that a
succession of private owners and corporations from 1895 to 1940 owned the
land in question. A review of the judgment rendered in the government's petition
on taking, granted the northern half of Lot 1, Section 23 to the United States.
The southern half of Lot 1 remained in private hands. The corporation that
developed South Patrick Shores later purchased this southern half. The
boundary of the property does not appear to have been moved. There is no
indication that the portion of the land in South Patrick Shores ever
belonged to either the Navy or the Air Force (3).” 26 (bolding added for
emphasis)
ATSDR did not find any evidence that the Navy or Air Force had a titled land interest in
South Patrick Shores. However, the ATSDR statement is not exactly correct. The
United States only acquired the land portion of the northern fourth of Section 23,
Township 26 South Range 37 East for NASBR, not the northern half as stated. The
military obtained the northern fourth of the land (non-water) of Section 23 by Civil Action
Number 80. The legal description of the acquisition through the Civil Case judgment is
“that part of Government Lot 1 lying in the North quarter of Section 23; and the North
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is reflected in the title papers Brevard Title & Abstract Company completed for the
Navy’s Bureau of Yards and Docks and provided to USACE to support managing
Patrick AFB’s real estate holdings. 27
The acquisition of land for NASBR which later became PAFB has no bearing on the
eligibility for the Off-Base Disposal Area. The military did not own or lease the property
known as the Off-Base Disposal Area.

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Figure 9 – NASBR Proposed Southern Addition, 28 August 194028
3.2.3 Additional Areas of Use
The investigation team found no additional areas of undocumented military ownership
or land use associated with NASBROBDA other than the area identified by historical
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1970-71, Patrick AFB acquired perpetual restrictive height easements on a few dozen
tracts of property in South Patrick Shore, including Tract 307E, limiting items on the
tract to 65 feet above mean sea level. This easement partially overlaps the FUDS
eligible property (see Figure 10). While these easements represent a real estate
interest by the military, it does not affect FUDS eligibility either positively or negatively,
as it does not indicate the DoD is exercising jurisdictional control over the land or
indicate a ground based use.

Figure 10 – Perpetual Restrictive Height Easements NASBROBDA Real Estate Tracts
– September 197429
Legend
FUDS Property Number I04FL0027, NASBROBDA
Patrick AFB (active)

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3.3

LAND USE AND OWNERSHIP HISTORY

3.3.1 Prior Land Use
Based on analysis of aerial imagery, NASBROBDA was undeveloped and unimproved
prior to World War II. The title search peformed for the developer of South Patrick
Shores showed a succession of individuals and corporations owned the land between
1895 and 1940.
3.3.2 Current Land Use and Ownership
The public has unrestricted access to NASBROBDA, and there are no known land use
restrictions or restrictive covenants limiting property development. In the mid-to-late
1950s, developers constructed housing on the former NASBROBDA, redeveloping the
area primarily into single-family, 2 to 3 bedroom residential housing with some
commercial use. There are approximately 150 privately owned parcels within the
FUDS, which are primarily residential with a few commercial buildings. Properties near
the FUDS include places of worship, local supermarkets, stores, and restaurants. Local
government/community facilities located within a half-mile radius of the FUDS include
Brevard County Fire and Rescue, South Patrick Park, and Sea Park Elementary School.
The future land use will likely remain the same.
3.3.3 Condition of Facilities Constructed for the Military
The Navy did not construct any facilities on the FUDS during the time of use. Aerial
photographs indicate that prior to the construction of the residential homes in the mid-tolate 1950s, NASBROBDA served as a solid waste disposal area, and no buildings were
present.
3.3.4 Population Demographics
The U.S. Census Bureau provided the general county and state demographics of where
the property is located.
TABLE 3.3.4
U.S. Census Bureau General County and State Demographics 30
Brevard
Census Quick Facts
Florida
County
Population Estimates, July 1, 2018
596,849
21,299,325
Population Estimates Base, April 1, 2010
543,372
18,804,580
Persons under 5 years, percent
4.7%
5.4%
Persons under 18 years, percent
18.5%
20.0%
Persons 65 years and over, percent
23.3%
20.1%
Female persons, percent
51.2%
51.1%
White alone, percent
83.4%
77.4%
Black or African American Alone, percent
10.7%
16.9%

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TABLE 3.3.4
U.S. Census Bureau General County and State Demographics 30
Brevard
Census Quick Facts
Florida
County
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, percent
0.5%
0.5%
Asia alone, percent
2.6%
2.9%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent
0.1%
0.1%
Two or more races, percent
2.7%
2.1%
Hispanic or Latino, percent
10.4%
25.6%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latin, percent
74.5%
54.1%
Veterans, 2013-2017
65,306
1,454,632
Foreign born persons, percent, 2013-2017
8.6%
20.2%
Housing Units, July 1, 2018
280,398
9,547,305
Owner-occupied housing unit rate, 2013-2017
72%
64.8%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2013-2017
$162, 400
$178,700
Median Gross Rent, 2013-2017
$971
$1,077
Building Permits, 2017
2,753
122,719
Households, 2013-2017
227,223
7,510,882
Persons per household, 2013-2017
2.47
2.64
With a disability, under age 65 years, percent, 2013-2017
10.0%
8.6%
Persons without health insurance, under 65 years, percent
13.0%
15.9%
Median Household Income (In 2017 dollars) 2013-2017
$51,536
$50,883
Persons in poverty, percent
12.4%
14.0%
Population per Square Mile, 2010
535
350.6
Land Area in Square Miles, 2010
1,015.66
53,624.76
3.4

PHYSICAL PROPERTY CHARACTERISTICS

This section presents information regarding general property geology, hydrogeology,
terrain features, and climatic data. Threatened and endangered species, sensitive
environments, and places of historical significance (e.g., archeological sites,
cemeteries, national historical landmarks, etc.) are also identified.
3.4.1 Climatic Data
Climatological data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
weather station located in Melbourne, approximately 9.4 miles southwest of the
NASBROBDA property provided representative temperature and precipitation data (see
following table). The nearest source of wind gust data came from the National Weather
Station in Melbourne.

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TABLE 3.4.1
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
Average Climatic Data from 2000 to 201931
Average High
Temperature
(degrees F)
Average Low
Temperature
(degrees F)
Average
Temperature
(degrees F)
Precipitation
(inches)
Snowfall
(inches)

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Annual

71.8

74.6

77.6

81.6

85.4

88.6

89.8

90.0

88.0

83.9

78.2

74.6

82.0

33.0

37.0

41.0

49.0

59.0

68.0

70.0

72.0

69.0

53.0

44.0

38.0

32.0

61.2

64.7

67.9

72.5

77.3

81.0

82.2

82.6

81.2

76.4

69.4

65.4

73.5

2.37

2.02

2.26

2.13

3.71

7.35

6.69

6.61

7.86

4.52

2.06

2.38

49.81

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

For the period from 2000 to 2019, the average maximum temperature for Brevard
County has been 82.0°F, and the average minimum temperature has been 32.0°F. The
average total annual precipitation is 49.81 inches. In the summer, the average
maximum temperature is 90.0°F with an extreme high of 100.0°F. In the winter, the
average minimum temperature is 33.0° F with a recorded extreme low of 25.0°F.32
3.4.2 Topography
The general topography of South Patrick Shores is flat, sandy lands adjacent to the
ocean. South Patrick Shores is located on a barrier island in Brevard County. Barrier
islands are linear islands of sand that parallel many gently sloping coastlines around the
world. The site lies approximately 0 to <20 feet above Mean Sea Level (MSL) with the
Banana River to the west and the Atlantic Ocean to the east (see Figure 11). The
highest elevation at South Patrick Shores corresponds to the sand dunes along the
Atlantic Ocean.33 The primary vegetation type of South Patrick Shores is turf and
landscaping, beach dunes, estuarine wetlands, mangrove communities, and salt marsh
communities. The natural vegetation is saw-palmetto, scrub live oak, runner oak,
cactus, and sea grape.
The 1949 U.S. Geologic Survey (USGS) Tropic Quadrangle covering the FUDS (see
Figure 11) shows the topographic details of natural sand dune elevations rising over 15
feet MSL along the coast line and varying from <4 to 10+ feet MSL through the rest of
Section 23. The 1949 topographic map, based on 1947 aerial imagery, depicts a
devegetated area in white, among the vegetated green, essentially matching the extent
of the NASBROBDA FUDS.34 A series of Navy topographic maps of the installation
circa 1940 provided more detail elevations. The sheet for the southeastern part of
NASBR (see Figure 12) shows the dunes that continue southward onto the southern ¾
of Section 23 denoting the north-south trending savanna depressions and pre-existing
trail road west of NASBROBDA.35 Other sheets show these features continuing both
northward and southward and predate NASBR development of the area.36

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USGS delineation
of devegetated
area of section 23

North-south trail

Area of detailed
topographic map (see
Figure 12)

USGS delineation
of devegetated
area of section 23

North-south topographic
depression

Figure 11 – FUDS Property in Section 23, T26S, R37E on Extract of USGS
Topographic Quadrangle Tropic, FLA - 194937
Note: purple and blue annotations added for clarity.

North-south
trail

North-south
topographic
depression

Figure 12 – Detailed Topographic detail of North ½ Section 23, T26S, R37E - 194038
Note: blue annotations added for clarity.

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The 2012 USGS Tropic Quadrangle covering the FUDS (see Figure 13) does not show
any topographic details, indicating the land is very flat.

Figure 13 – USGS Topographic Quadrangle of Naval Air Station Banana River OffBase Disposal Area and vicinity area, 201239
Note: Approximate FUDS boundary in green added for clarity.
3.4.3 Regional Geology and Physiology
In Florida, Mesozoic and Cenozoic sediments overlie an eroded basement rock
complex ranging from Precambrian to Jurassic. The Peninsular Arch, which is the main
structural feature of Florida, is a northwest-southeast trending positive basement
element cored by a large block of Precambrian rock covered by Paleozoic strata.
Several different lithostratigraphic units from different epochs exist in the vicinity area of
NASBROBDA. The Cedar Keys formation is the sole formation from the Paleocene.
This sequence of interbedded dolostones and evaporites underlie the Oldsmar
formation, which is one of the three formations that constitute the Eocene Epoch. The
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comprising the Eocene layer. Overlying the aforementioned strata is the Suwannee
Limestone, which characterizes the Oligocene Epoch. The Hawthorn Group, which
overlies the Suwannee Limestone, constitutes the Miocene Series. The Pleistocene to
the most recent sedimentation is characterized by undifferentiated sediments. The
geologic boundaries for areas within and in the vicinity of South Patrick Shores can be
grouped by their respective epochs (see
Figure 14).40

Figure 14 – Geologic Boundaries by Epoch in Vicinity of South Patrick Shores41
Legend
FUDS Property Number I04FL0027, NASBROBDA)
Pleistocene/Holocene
Rock type 1: Beach sand
Rock type 2: Clay/mud
Pleistocene
Rock type 1: Calcarenite
Rock type 2: Sand
3.4.4 Regional Soils
The primary soil type at NASBROBDA is sand containing limestone fragments, fine
sandy loam, gravelly sand, and mucky loamy fine sand. The soils are of the CanaveralPalm Beach-Welaka association. Characteristics of the soil include being nearly level to
gently sloping, moderately well-drained to excessively drained, and sandy throughout.
Canaveral soils are on moderately low ridges. They consist of a mixture of light-colored
quartz sand grains and multi-colored shell fragments. Welaka soils have a light-colored
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40 to 60 inches, and below the subsoil there is a mixture of quartz sand and shell
fragments (see Figure 15).

Figure 15 – Soils Map for NASBROBDA42
Note: Approximate FUDS boundary in green added for clarity.
Legend:
Beaches
Canaveral-Palm Beach-Urban land complex
Immokalee sand, 0 to 2 percent slopes
Palm Beach sand
Pomello-Urban land complex
Welaka sand
3.4.5 Surface Water Hydrology
NASBROBDA is located within the Indian River Lagoon watershed, bordered to the east
by the Atlantic Ocean and to the west by the Banana River. These two water bodies
constitute the main surface water resources at South Patrick Shores. The Fish and
Wildlife Service National Inventory of Wetlands identified a surface water pond
approximately 1,000 feet to the west of NASBROBDA (see Figure 16). This pond was
formerly the sewage lagoon for the Brevard County Utilities South Beaches Waste
Water Treatment Plant (WWTP) (see Section 4.2.2).

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Figure 16 – Wetland Map of NASBROBDA43
Legend
FUDS Property Number I04FL0027, NASBROBDA
Freshwater pond
The Banana River is an integral part of the Indian River Lagoon Estuary, which includes
the Mosquito Lagoon, Banana River Lagoon, and North and South Indian River
Lagoons. The Banana River is a designated Aquatic Preserve, and therefore there are
substantial regulations regarding various activities including effluent discharges and
drilling. Figure 17 depicts the 100-year flood hazard areas along the shoreline of
NASBROBDA, as determined on the FEMA Flood Insurance Rate Maps. The 100-year
flood, also known as the 1% annual chance flood or the base flood, is the flood that has
a 1% chance of being equaled or exceeded in any given year. The Special Flood
Hazard Area is the area subject to flooding by the 1% annual chance flood. Areas of
Special Flood Hazard include Zones A, AE, AH, AO, AR, A99, V, and VE, however, only
Zones VE and AE are found within the boundaries of NASBRODA. The Base Flood
Elevation is the water surface elevation of the 1% annual chance flood.

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Figure 17 – March 2014 FEMA Flood Insurance Rate Map for NASBROBDA44
Note: Approximate 25 Acre FUDS boundary in green added for clarity.
Legend
Zone VE:
Coastal flood zone with velocity hazard (wave action); Base Flood
Elevations determined
Zone AE:
Base Flood Elevations determined
Special flood hazard areas subject to inundation by the 1% annual chance floodiv
3.4.6 Ground Water Hydrology
The hydro-geologic system in the South Patrick Shores area is composed of three,
variably interconnected aquifers: the shallow and unconfined water table aquifer; the
composite, laterally discontinuous, semi-confined, Intermediate aquifer; and the
confined upper, Floridan aquifer. The shallow water table aquifer occurs in the sandy
shelly deposits of Pleistocene and Holocene age and is always found within a few feet
(0-8 feet) of the land surface. Recharge to the shallow aquifer is primarily dominated by
iv

The 1% annual chance flood (100-year flood), also known as the base flood, is the flood that
has a 1% chance of being equaled or exceeded in any given year. The Special Flood Hazard
Area is the area subject to flooding by the 1% annual chance flood. Areas of Special Flood
Hazard include Zones A, AE, AH, AO, AR, A99, V, and VE. The Base Flood Elevation is the
water surface elevation of the 1% annual chance flood.

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rainfall, although some upward leakage from underlying aquifers could occur. The
shallow aquifer discharges along all margins of the island, which are at or near sea
level. The topography of the area controls the direction of water flow, which slopes
westward from the primary dune along the Atlantic shore (15-20 feet MSL) to the
Banana River. Water in the shallow aquifer mainly flows to the west and discharges
into the Banana River. The shelly sands comprising the shallow aquifer have relatively
high porosities and permeability, and the rate of water flow is relatively rapid (360
feet/day).
The Intermediate aquifer occurs in thin, discontinuous sands and limestones at depths
of 50 to 110 feet below sea level. Although the aquifer is semi-confined, recharge
occurs as upward leakage from the underlying Floridian Aquifer, and the potentiometric
surface is 20-30 feet above MSL. Potable water supply for the South Patrick Shores
area is from the city of Melbourne and the City of Cocoa municipal well fields, which are
interconnected in this vicinity
Water in the shallow aquifer follows the local topography and flows from areas of higher
elevation to areas of lower elevation. Island topography and water flow slopes from
east to west with discharge occurring in the Banana River and contiguous canals and
creeks. The shallow aquifer’s surface is always within a few feet of the land surface,
and hydraulic conductivities are relatively high. Contaminants that are disposed in the
shallow subsurface are subject to rapid volatilization and/or leaching. Contaminants in
the shallow aquifer are unlikely to migrate into deeper confined and semi-confined
aquifers due to the upward pressure gradient in both of the deeper aquifer systems.45
3.4.7 Natural Resources (Threatened and Endangered Species)
According to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), 16 federally listed threatened
or endangered species may inhabit Brevard County on or near NASBROBDA (see
Table 3.4.7). Determining an accurate accounting of the threatened or endangered
species within NASBROBDA would take extensive fieldwork which is beyond the scope
of this PA. Federal law protects these listed endangered and threatened species, and
they must be considered prior to project development.
TABLE 3.4.7
Federally Listed, Threatened, or Endangered Species 46
Species Common Name
Scientific Name
Status
West Indian (Florida)
Trichechus manatus
Endangered
Manatee
latirostris
Peromyscus polionotus
Southeastern Beach Mouse
Threatened
nineiventris
Audubon’s Crested Caracara Polyborus plancus audubinii
Threatened
Florida Scrub-jay
Aphelocoma coeruluscens
Threatened
Piping Plover
Charadrius melodus
Threatened
Wood stork
Mycteria americana
Endangered

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TABLE 3.4.7
Federally Listed, Threatened, or Endangered Species 46
Species Common Name
Scientific Name
Status
Red-cockaded Woodpecker
Picoides borealis
Endangered
Atlantic Salt Marsh Snake
Nerodia clarkii taeniata
Threatened
Eastern Indigo Snake
Dymarchon corais couperi
Threatened
Green Sea Turtle
Chelonia mydas
Endangered
Hawksbill Sea Turtle
Eremochelys imbricata
Endangered
Leatherback Sea Turtle
Dermochelys coriacea
Endangered
Kemp’s ridley Sea Turtle
Lepidochelys kempii
Endangered
Loggerhead Sea Turtle
Caretta caretta
Threatened
Gopher Tortoise
Gopherus polyphemus
Candidate
Carter’s Mustard
Warea carteri
Endangered
Candidate species are those the USFWS is reviewing for consideration for federal
listing. Candidate species should be considered in the planning process in the event
that they become listed or proposed for listing prior to project completion. Candidate
species receive no statutory protection under the Endangered Species Act (ESA).
3.4.8 Historical and Cultural Resources
The National Park Services’ Cultural Resources Geographic Information System does
not identify any National Register of Historic Places locations within the boundaries of
NASBROBDA and its immediate vicinity.47 USACE contacted the Florida Office of
Cultural and Historical Preservation and the State Archeologist’s Office regarding the
NASBROBDA. At this time, there are no known culturally significant historic or
archeological properties in the immediate vicinity of the FUDS; however, this should not
be construed to mean that no culturally significant sites exist. Both the State Historic
Preservation Office (SHPO) and the State Archeologist’s Office requested USACE
contact them prior to any ground-penetrating work in the area.

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4 HISTORICAL PROPERTY SUMMARY
4.1

CHRONOLOGICAL PROPERTY HISTORY

4.1.1 1939 - 1950: Naval Air Station Banana River to Patrick Air Force Base
In December 1938, the Navy reported the need for additional shore facilities for the
expansion of the U.S. Naval Air program. On 25 April 1939, Congress and the
President of the United States authorized and signed the base program, consisting of
the establishment of new naval bases in the United States. One month later, the
President signed the 1940 appropriation act, which included appropriation of
$17,000,000 for the construction of bases at Jacksonville and Banana River.48
On 6 June 1939, the Navy approved the construction of NASBR. Clearing and dredging
work begun on 18 December 1939, and construction of NASBR started on 28 February
1940. NASBR started operations on 1 October 1940 as a secondary field to the main
7th Naval District Naval Air Station at Jacksonville.49 By December 1940, the Neutrality
Patrol Station at NASBR was 98 percent complete and primarily served to support
seaplane patrol operations (see Figure 18).50

Figure 18 – NASBR Aerial of Seaplane Base, 27 September 194051

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For several months during the summer of 1941, NASBR had only one qualified pilot
who used the base’s only plane for inspection flights.52 The Navy initially planned that
NASBR’s seaplane base would serve as an auxiliary operating base as part of the
defense system of the Atlantic coast.53 However, in July of 1941, the Naval Air Force
Atlantic Division determined the Norfolk seaplane area was too crowded for primary
instruction and sent six Patrol Bomber, Martin (PBM) Mariners to NASBR.54 This action,
somewhat inadvertently, established Banana River as a training base, as opposed to its
original function as an operating base and seaplane service station. In February of
1942, the Gulf Sea Frontier ordered the establishment of a scouting squadron at
Banana River, formally establishing it on 12 March 1942.55 The Transition Training
Squad Atlantic (TTSA) detachment reorganized and expanded its training program in
the fall of 1942.56 The training regime up until this point had been sporadic, but new
regulations helped establish a regular routine for training entire squadrons.57 This
expansion lead to overcrowding on the base and delayed the landplane airfield (see
Figure 19), which was not opened until January of 1943.58

Figure 19 – NASBR Landplane Airfield - 6 June 194359
The Navy Department and the Bureau of Aeronautics transferred “Project Baker,” an
experimental program that field-tested instrument landing devices, radar and other
electronic aids, to NASBR in March of 1942.60 In the summer of 1943, TTSA crews
began training as units, and in the fall of 1943, the 7th Naval District relocated the PBM
Pre-Flight School to Banana River.61 This action consolidated all PBM training to
NASBR. September of 1943 brought the Air Bomber Training Unit (ABTU) to NASBR,
and with it, nearly 200 more men.62 By 31 October 1944, the ABTU had graduated 175
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of the unit.63 On 6 September 1943, the Free French Naval Aviation group arrived from
Jacksonville to partake in a training course under TTSA, with a second group following
shortly thereafter.64 By October 1943, NASBR had set up a portable mooring mast,
which allowed a detachment of Blimp Squadron 21 to make regular stops at Banana
River.65

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Figure 20 – NASBR Site Plan - 30 June 194466
In January of 1944, the Navy commissioned Titusville Boat Facility to serve as a
crash/rescue/salvage unit.67 The 7th Naval District transferred the Titusville boat facility
to NASBR a year later in January 1945.68 In the spring of 1944, Gruman F6F Hellcat
training planes from Melbourne NAS began using the NASBR landing field for refueling
and rearming.69 Other training sites located on NASBR included a machine gun range

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and a skeet range.70 Crews training at NASBR also utilized bombing targets outside the
boundaries of NASBR, such as four located at Lake Okeechobee71 Beginning on 21
December 1944, NASBR used an area approximately two miles south of the base
intermittently as a 50-caliber turret training range with crews firing eastward toward the
Atlantic Ocean.72
Following the end of the war in August 1945, NASBR continued to function as much as
possible as before, but within a year, the peacetime demobilization and personnel
strength reductions impacted NASBR as well. In May 1946, the Navy planned on
placing NASBR on reduced operational status on 1 July. On 30 June, NASBR
completed the first civilian reduction in force with reductions occurring in military units
during this period as well.73
The War Assets Administration (WAA) used NASBR for sales of surplus items. The
WAA did not warrant the used surplus material, which was typically sold “as is, where
is,” varying in condition from essentially unused to salvage. Sales included furniture,
office supplies, heaters, oxygen and acetylene cylinders, spare parts, and
miscellaneous items. In September 1946 and April 1947, the WAA offered 524 of 40
different types of military vehicles for sale, giving veterans first choice. The WAA sale
continued at NASBR through at least February and September 1948.74

Figure 21 – WAA Government Surplus Sale at NASBR Advertisement, 16 February
194875
On 18 July 1947, the Chief of Naval Operations directed NASBR be placed in an
“inactivated status, i.e., in a non-operating, non-active condition requiring no personnel
(except as demanded for fire protection) and no maintenance” effective 1 August 1947,
or as soon thereafter as practicable. In addition, no aircraft could be attached or
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Naval Air Advanced Training.76 On 4 September 1947, all operations at NASBR
ceased, and the Navy assigned the base to the 7th Naval District for disposal.77 In the
late summer of 1948, the Navy transferred NASBR property to the Air Force78, and on
10 June 1949, the Air Force reactivated NASBR facilities as the Joint Long Range
Proving Ground. The base supported a joint Army, Air Force, and Navy project to test
their long-range rockets and missiles from Cape Canaveral. The Air Force renamed the
facility Patrick Air Force Base on 1 August 1950.79
4.1.2 1942-1947: Solid Waste Disposal activities at Naval Air Station Banana River
Off-Base Disposal Area
According to documentation the Navy compiled 11 March 1948, during the initial phases
of construction of NASBR, the Navy began using “a portion of a tract of land of
approximately twenty acres” immediately south of the southern boundary of the
installation in Section 23 as a “dump and destroy” area. 80 The documents state that in
the fall of 1942, the newly assigned Public Works Officer (PWO) determined the Navy
had not negotiated with the owner or real estate agent about the use of the property.
The PWO contacted a local Cocoa, Florida, real estate agent, Gus C. Edwards, who
represented the absentee landowner, for permission. In a letter dated 15 October 1942
(included in the documentation the Navy compiled in 1948), Mr. Edwards indicated as
long as the Navy cleaned up the premises to prevent fire hazards, burned destructible
materials in a limited area, and left indestructible materials, such as concrete, in piles,
he saw “no reason why there can be any objection to this.”81 Mr. Edwards agreed with
the PWO that the Navy could dig furrows with a bulldozer to deposit and bury nonflammable materials. After this non-specific agreement, the station received no other
correspondence regarding the use of the property. Since the disposal area was already
in use at the time that the NASBR PWO requested permission to Mr. Edwards, the
station considered Mr. Edward’s letter from 15 October 1942 as a “license which
permitted the Navy to use the property.”82 The reason given for this off-base disposal
area was the Navy’s desire to burn wooden crates further away from ammunition stored
at the southern end of NASBR, about a mile to the north.83
According to documentation the Navy compiled 11 March 1948, following the
inactivation of NASBR in the summer of 1947, the Public Works Department began
work to “clean up and restore” the off-base disposal area.84 According to the NASBR
PWO, during the time of inactivation “the restoration of the privately owned dump
property became a matter of major concern as literally anything and everything had
been dumped in the area violating the conditional consent of Mr. Edwards which
restricted dumping to burnable materials only.”85 The “cleaning up process consisted of
burning and burying all rubble, trash, etc. to a depth of eight to ten feet and covering it
with six feet of soil. The surface was restored to a comparative level by bulldozing the
eight acres more or less.”86
On 13 August 1947, NASBR sent a letter to Mr. Edwards requesting him to join them for
an inspection of the property to determine the measures necessary to restore the
property to his satisfaction. On 5 February 1948, Mr. Edwards and the alleged owner,

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Vernon C. Fry, visited the property for a visual inspection of the completed “restoration”
of the site. They both expressed their satisfaction; however, Mr. Fry later requested the
Navy compensate him for the use of the property. The Navy took photographs of the
site a month later (see Figure 22, Figure 23, Figure 24, Figure 25, and Figure 26).87

Figure 22 – Aerial Oblique looking southwest at solid waste disposal area, 13 March
194888

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Figure 23 – Looking northeast from solid waste disposal area; 13 March 194889

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Figure 24 – Looking northwest from solid waste disposal area; 13 March 194890

Figure 25 – Looking east from solid waste disposal area; 13 March 194891

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Figure 26 – Looking southeast from solid waste disposal area; 13 March 194892
On 24 February 1948, the former PWO for NASBR wrote that the Navy agreed with Mr.
Edwards that the Navy would only dig shallow furrows and would place a reasonable
soil cover on top of the disposed material. Other than additional soil to cover the
disposed material, Mr. Edwards stated no additional remediation activities were
necessary. In addition, Mr. Edwards expressed satisfaction that the disposal activities
and soil coverage raised the elevation of the land, thus increasing the property’s value.
Consequently, the restoration of the property by disposing the trash at a depth of 8 to 10
feet and covering it with 6 feet of soil exceeded the agreed restoration requirements,
thus benefiting the landowner, according to the former NASBR PWO. He further
recounted that Mr. Edwards never mentioned the matter of monetary compensation for
the use of the land.93 A subsequent claim on June 1948, stated that upon further
examination, Mr. Fry noticed that “long trenches 15 feet deep had been dug over an
estimated 20 acres, and that these trenches had been filled with all kinds of material,
wrecked planes, motors, flying jackets, lime, cement, tin cans, and every kind of rubbish
except lumber.”94
During the claim for compensation investigation, the Navy learned that while Mr. Fry, as
President of Florida Beaches, owned the property prior to a 1938 tax foreclosure
proceeding, Kumprop, Inc., purchased the property on 5 May 1944 and had owned it
since.95 A June 1948 property appraisal determined the property had increased at least
$5.00 per acre in value between the time the Navy used the property to dispose of
materials and the time the Navy released the property.96 Also in 1948, Florida Beaches
filed a lawsuit against Kumprop, Inc. to recover title to the property.97 The outcome of
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that litigation is unknown, and no subsequent agreement or payment to the owners by
the Navy is known to have occurred.
In the late summer of 1948, the Navy transferred the NASBR property to the Air Force98,
and on 10 June 1949, the Air Force reactivated the NASBR facilities, renaming it Patrick
AFB in 1950.99
4.1.3 1950s-1960s Residential Redevelopment
By January 1956, Taylor Made Homes purchased 200 acres south of Patrick AFB with a
plan to build 650, 2 and 3 bedroom concrete block structure homes in a planned
community to be known as South Patrick Shores (see Figure 27 and Figure 28). Street
paving was underway at that time.100 By the end of February 1956, the Regency Group
by Taylor-Made Homes ran advertisements in the Orlando Sentinel for homes one-half
mile south of Patrick AFB off of highway A1A (see Figure 29). The advertisement
offered five models of three bedroom homes with water and sewage systems and “Free
Sprinkling System with Well and Pump” 101 The first South Patrick Shores homes were
occupied on 1 June 1956. In June 1957, Woolf Development Company joined the
South Patrick Shores development with Driftwood Manor comprising 138 homes.
Ultimately, Taylor-Made Homes constructed 400 houses in South Patrick Shores.102

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Figure 27 – Plate Sheet Sections 22 and 23, T26, R37, circa 1956103
Note: shading added for clarity: blue for Patrick AFB, yellow for John Taylor Trustee
tract, and approximate FUDS boundary in green

Figure 28 – Location Map of South Patrick Shores. 22 January 1956104

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Figure 29 – Advertisement for homes ½ mile south of Patrick AFB. 22 February 1956105

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Figure 30 – Regency Group of Taylor Homes Grand Opening, 20 April 1958106
Aerial images show developers constructed residential homes on the southern portion
of NASBROBDA (i.e., SE ¼ of SW ¼ and S ½ of Lot 2 of Section 23, T26, R37, see
Figure 27) between April 1958 and October 1961 (see Appendix O NASBROBDA HPA,
pp. 45-50). Concurrently, the Air Force acquired 316.56 acres in 1957 for the South
Military Family Housing area. Patrick AFB developed additional base housing (i.e., 550
buildings for 999 living units) in Section 26, about ½ mile south of NASBROBDA,
completing them in February 1959.107
4.1.4 1991-1992 Environmental Investigations of South Patrick Shores
In mid-July 1991, FHRS began investigating the number of Hodgkin's lymphoma
(Hodgkin's disease) cases (~10 between 1967 and 1988), a rare form of cancer, over a
seven block area of South Patrick Shores. Two reported cases were from residents
within the NASBROBDA footprint (see Figure 31). Residents and former residents
reported finding military related debris in their yards (e.g. airplane fuselage, a mortar
shell) and drinking the well water until the homes were connected to city water in 1958.
At that time, those researching Navy and Air Force records did not locate any written
evidence to suggest the military had previously owned or leased the property.108

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Figure 31 – Florida Today – Cases of Hodgkin’s disease in South Patrick Shores, 21
July 1991109
Note: Approximate FUDS boundary in green added for clarity.
On 7- 8 August 1991, FHRS along with several federal agencies including ATSDR,
EPA, USACE Jacksonville District, and Patrick AFB, participated in a public meeting
and availability sessions.110 As a result, several of those agencies and Florida
Department of Environmental Regulation (FDER) completed investigations and reported
their finding between October 1991 and April 1992 (see Section 2.2 for summaries of
these investigations). USACE determined NASBROBDA was not eligible for the FUDS
program; ATSDR found no apparent public health hazard, and EPA designated the site
as No Further Remedial Action Planned (NFRAP). Even so, in subsequent years,
health concerns lingered, as reported in the press and expressed by residents.111
4.2

MILITARY OPERATIONS

4.2.1 Summary of Munitions Activities
Although the former NASBR conducted military operations that included both storage
and use of conventional ordnance as part of training areas, gunnery ranges, and
storage facilities, there is no evidence that these activities occurred within the
boundaries of the Navy’s off-site solid waste disposal area. Residents within the OffBase Disposal Area of South Patrick Shores have reported finding military munitions
debris buried on their property (see Section 4.2.1.3), likely associated with the Navy’s
disposal activities. Historic records indicate the designated use of the Navy’s off-site
solid waste disposal area only included burning of “destructible materials” and burying
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4.2.1.1

Summary of Chemical Warfare Activities

The investigation team did not locate any documentation or evidence relating to
Chemical Warfare (CW) activities at NASBROBDA, including training, storage, or
disposal of CW material at this property. Furthermore, the mission of NASBR does not
imply the presence of toxic warfare gases or specifically Chemical Warfare Material
(CWM) (see Appendix D for lengthier definition).
4.2.1.2

Certificates of Clearance

This investigation did not reveal any certificates of ordnance clearance,
decontamination, or dedudding associated with NASBROBDA.
4.2.1.3

Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Incidents

Residents of South Patrick Shores have reported finding military munitions buried on
their property, based on verbal accounts, EOD incident reports, and newspaper
accounts. The most authoritative source for these incidents is the Explosive Ordnance
Disposal Information Management System (EODIMS) Unexploded Ordnance (UXO)
incident response. EODIMS is a joint database of military EOD reports, which the Air
Force maintains. EODIMS includes response actions by the 45th Civil Engineer
Squadron (45 CES) EOD unit at Patrick AFB. The database goes back as far as 1986,
but the database is not comprehensive for all accounts, especially further back. For
example, there is a five-year gap in incident reports from 1995 to 2000.v The public has
referred to items as “mortars,” but skilled munitions personnel have indicated the
“mortars” appear to have been Mk 23 or Mk 43 miniature practice bombs, roughly
similar in shape to a mortar. There were also reports of finding an M85, 100-pound
practice bomb (concrete filled), an Mk 25 marine marker, and expended small arms
casings. There are at least two accounts from residents of finding “live ammo” from
belts of small arms. Many of these accounts were not corroborated from other
sources.113 The following are the most verifiable accounts available of items found
within or contiguous to NASBROBDA.
As reported in Florida Today, a resident of SE First Street recalled finding a metal item
with fins in a telephone line trench in a neighbor’s yard while having a dirt clod fight
when he was 9 years old in 1971. His father told him it was a “mortar.”114 Specific
munition identification of this item is not possible.
In April 1988, the Orlando Sentinel reported that a man found a shell while cleaning out
his father-in-law’s garage on Heron Drive. Seven homes were evacuated, and a stretch
of A1A was closed as the Army’s 66th EOD responded, taking the item to a remote
location of Patrick AFB to detonate.115 It does not appear that the 45 CES EOD
retained records of this incident, and the specific size and type of shell is unknown.
v

EOD records retention guidance required keeping incident reports for only 2 years until fairly
recently.

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Furthermore, the newspaper account does not indicate if the homeowner found the shell
buried on their property or if it was a “souvenir” from another source.
In May 2003, Brevard County Sherriff’s Office responded to an incident in West
Melbourne when an item was found in soil excavated from a backyard on Second Street
in South Patrick Shores. The Sheriff’s office speculated it was a “1950s-era mortar.”116
From the photo accompanying the newspaper article, specific munition identification is
not possible; however, the item more closely resembles a Mk 23 practice bomb than a
mortar, which would be an aberration at a Navy facility (see Figure 32). It does not
appear that the 45 CES EOD responded to this incident.

Figure 32 – Munition found in soil from a pool excavation on Second Street, May
2003117
The 45th CES EOD unit responded on 24 September 2009 to St. Lucie County Sheriffs’
Office Bomb Squad when it was reported that someone had dug up an old bomb at a
property on Dorset Lane within the NASBROBDA boundaries. The county bomb squad
performed an explosive test on the item, and it tested positive for TNT. The EOD team
transported the item to the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS) Range and
disposed of the item they identified as an Mk 25 marine marker (i.e., not a bomb).118
During excavation for a swimming pool in a yard on SE First Street, workers found a
large, cylindrical object that reportedly weighed more than 100 pounds. On 26
September 2009, Patrick Air Base bomb squad identified the item as a “harmless”
“training bomb.”119 The 45 CES EOD reported it as “a practice concrete filled bomb”
and did not denote a spotting charge associated with it.120

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Figure 33 – Practice Concrete Bomb found on SE First Street, September 2009121
On 30 September 2018, the 45th CES EOD unit identified an Mk 43 Mod 1 bomb (i.e.,
miniature practice bomb made of lead-antimony alloy) found in a yard on SE First Street
within the boundaries of NASBROBDA (see Figure 34). The EOD unit determined the
item was non-hazardous and removed the item for disposal.122

Figure 34 – Mk 43 Miniature Practice Bomb found in yard on SE First Street,
September 2018123

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Also in the fall of 2018, a resident on SE First Street posted a picture of expended
cartridge cases (see Figure 35), and a resident on Dorset Lane posted on social media
finding a “mortar” shell (see Figure 36). The former appear to be expended .50 caliber
small arms casings, and the later item appears to be an Mk 23, 8¼ inch long, miniature
practice bomb made of iron.

Figure 35 – Expended small arms cartridge cases from a yard on SE First Street,
September 2018124

Figure 36 – Mk 23 Miniature Practice Bomb found in yard on Dorsett Lane, circa
September 2018125

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4.2.2 Operations Involving Hazardous Toxic Waste
The Navy used the FUDS for solid waste disposal operations for burning destructible
materials and burying non-flammable materials. Review of the inventory of buildings
and facilities of the former NASBR does not indicate that the Navy ever erected any
buildings or facilities at this location.126 Operations at the FUDS indicate the potential
disposal of hazardous materials and a potential release of those substances into the
environment. A general summary of the types of operations and activities the Navy
conducted at the former solid waste disposal area and/or subsequent users that may
have caused the release of hazardous substances, pollutants, or contaminants to the
environment is discussed below.
4.2.2.1

Waste Disposal Areas / Landfills

None of the contemporary available site plans of NASBR, including the annual site
plans showing conditions as of 30 June for 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946 and 1947,
denote a landfill or salvage yard on base or off base (see Figure 37 for an example from
1945 of NASBR southern boundary).127 As noted in Section 2.2, Patrick AFB has done
investigations that have identified a landfill location on the southeastern portion of the
base in operation during the 1940s (i.e., LF-1/PLF-1/LF-23).

Figure 37 – NASBR Southern Boundary, 30 June 1945128
Note: “6’ Wire Mesh Fence” along “South Boundary of U.S. Naval Air Station” and no
other features except the radio tower cluster (i.e., buildings 990-992)
By 1952, Patrick AFB site plans denote the location of a salvage yard along the
southern border of the installation with road access to the southern perimeter road (see
Figure 38).

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Figure 38 – Patrick AFB Salvage Yard, 13 March September 1952129
Review of aerial imagery indicates that operations of a salvage yard, or something else,
began at this location between April and October 1945 (see Appendix O NASBROBDA
HPA).
The NASBR off-site solid waste disposal operations occurred about half a mile south of
the NASBR southern boundary (see Figure 39). Section 4.1.2 discusses additional
details regarding use and operation. The Navy used the FUDS for the disposal of
“wrecked planes, motors, flying jackets, lime, cement, tin cans and every kind of rubbish
except lumber, which had been disposed of by fire”130 by 1942. The NASBR Public
Works Department cleared and restored the area in 1947. The restoration “process
consisted of burning and burying all rubble, trash, etc. to a depth of 8-10 feet and
covering it with 6 feet of soil. The surface was restored to a comparative level by
bulldozing the eight acres more or less.”131 During that clean up, “junk wagons” hauled
“considerable material” from the area.132

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Figure 39 – Aerial Oblique looking east at solid waste disposal area, 13 March
1948133
Aerial imagery shows additional but limited disposal or ground working activities at
NASBROBDA in the early 1950s by undetermined agents that potentially increased the
area of disposal material beyond the 25 acres noted in the FDE (see Appendix O
NASBROBDA HPA, pp. 31 and 32).
Solid waste disposal during construction of the South Patrick Shores residential
neighborhoods in the mid-to-late 1950s is uncertain. The 1991 INPR reported that a
contractor involved with clearing the land prior to residential construction reported
encountering large quantities of buried items including Jeeps, oil barrels, and
unspecified fluids. Central Iron and Salvage Company of Orlando removed some of the
buried debris. Reportedly, most of the materials were found in the first phase of the
development, but aircraft parts were found during construction of Sea Park Elementary
School.134 The first phase of residential development shows the northern portion of
NASBROBDA graded by July 1956 as various stages of construction is evident on
several dozen homes. Construction of the southern portion of NASBROBDA occurred
between April 1958 and October 1961 (see Appendix O NASBROBDA HPA). The
residential developers that graded the land, installed roads and utilities, and constructed
the homes found buried material.135 This grading and earth moving may have shifted
waste material beyond the NASBROBDA footprint discernable on aerial imagery from
the time of military operations.
Initial homeowner solid waste disposal practices used on-site once residential housing
occupies the former NASBROBDA varied house to house as mandatory residential solid
waste (a.k.a. trash) collection did not occur until 1982, based on communications with
the Brevard County Solid Waste Director136. Residents living in the area indicate that
prior to mandatory solid waste collection, individuals disposed of waste by burning or
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personally contracting for trash collection services, personally transporting material to
other locations (dumps), or combinations of all these methods, appears likely to have
occurred.137
In 1971, Brevard County Solid Waste Disposal System developed a map of the
“Existing Disposal Sites and Collection Areas” of the county that depict an active landfill
on Patrick AFB (feature 10) and a collection location on Satellite Beach associated with
Gentilquore Sanitation Service (feature 8). It is not a landfill as would be denoted by a
shaded polygon on the map (see Figure 40). The scale of the map is not detailed
enough to determine a specific location, but it appears to be approximately two miles
south of NASBROBDA.138 As noted in Section 2, Patrick AFB has conducted analysis
and investigations of landfills within the boundaries of that installation.

Figure 40 – excerpt of Brevard County “Existing Disposal Sites and Collection
Areas,” 1971139
The 1991 FDER Preliminary Assessment reported that items found by residents and
one of the construction contractors included the following.
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55-gallon drums
paint cans
“Piper Cubs” (i.e., small airplanes)
stripped 4-engine bomber
vehicles (e.g. Jeeps, military ambulances)
spools of electrical wire
airplane parts

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mess hall trays
china (some with Navy insignias)
automobile batteries
crushed drums
partially filled oil and hydraulic fluid drums
miscellaneous automobile parts (wheel assembly, mufflers and clevis pins)
ammunition (“a mortar shell” and practice bomb, discarded machine gun belt with
ammunition)
airplane parts (canopy and wing fragments, a horizontal tail stabilizer and
fuselage) possible evidence of a buried fuel tank

In the recent decades, local homeowners have reported finding a variety of items that
include “munitions, NAS cutlery, a dog tag, a cockpit, bombs, and many other materials
in their yards.”140 A resident also reported discovering plane parts and pieces,
instrument panels, a practice bomb, munitions, radio equipment, and wires,141 along
with diesel cylinder heads and incinerated material.142 Residents reported finding WWII
.50 caliber bullets, an engine mount, large pieces of metal, an old icebox, glass, and
construction material143. A resident reported finding part of an oil barrel with oil in the
bung.144 During the summer of 2019, Brevard County was in the process of installing
gas lines in the neighborhood of NASBROBDA. A secondhand account claimed the
construction personnel dug up .50 caliber bullets, a Coca-Cola bottle dated between
1937 to 1948, U.S. Navy cutlery and dishware, helicopter parts, and metal.145 Contact
with a representative from Florida City Gas indicted that crews have not found any
"military surplus items" but did find some Coke bottles, beer cans, etc., but it was what
they normally see.146 A resident who described finding a buried 55-gallon drum in his
yard, went on to clarify he only found the partial rusted remains. Interviews with a
number of homeowners for this investigation indicates solid waste material exists
beyond, but in proximity to the NASBROBDA footprint.
Local television news and social media in the fall of 2018 included a number of
accounts of material dug up by local homeowners. Although cutlery, glass dishware,
and bottles are recognizable, ferrous items found in the ground in 2018 are heavily
corroded without a clear indication of their original shape and purpose (see Figure 41).

Figure 41 – Heavily corroded material found in a yard on SE First Street within
NASBROBDA, September 2018147

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Figure 42 – Heavily corroded material found in yard on Dorset Lane within
NASBROBDA, 30 September 2019
4.2.2.2

Sanitary Sewer and Treatment

No sanitary sewers or sewage treatment facilities are directly associated with the Navy’s
operations at the NASBROBDA. In March 1956, Taylor Made Homes and Sea Park
Homes announced plans to build a $2 million sewer system and disposal plant,
constructed in phases, in association with the housing developments at South Patrick
Shores.148 Historic aerial imagery shows construction of this treatment plant about a
thousand feet west of NASBROBDA coincident with the residential housing
development of South Patrick Shores (see Appendix O NASBROBDA HPA). Eventually
this would become the Brevard County Utilities South Beaches Waste Water Treatment
Plant (WWTP) and sewage lagoon. Brevard County planned on closing the WWTP in
1982 and by 1993 converted much of it into soccer fields while retaining a portion for
storm water retention.149
4.2.2.3

Water Supply

No water supply is associated with the Navy’s operations at NASBROBDA. In early
1956 as homebuilders (i.e., Taylor Made Homes and Sea Park Homes) developed the
area, there was no municipal water line to South Patrick Shores, though the developers
were in negotiations with the cities of Melbourne and Cocoa to extend the water lines
there. In the interim, “an area has been set aside for shallow wells from which water will
be pumped to a treatment plant for purification before being pumped to houses.”150
Advertising in 1956 for the homes described them as having “Free Sprinkling System
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By July 1958, the South Patrick Shores development finally had “city water” provided by
the city of Melbourne. That November, Melbourne disconnected a number of
homeowners from city water until they removed their connection to their private water
well supplies. Their failure to disconnect from the private wells caused intrusion of the
private well water into the municipal lines. The State Board of Health sanitary engineer
“found rust and oil had crept into the public lines from these wells.”152
According to interviews with numerous homeowners, most homes retained use of the
shallow domestic water wells for lawn, fruit trees, and garden irrigation following
connection to the Melbourne water supply, and many remain in use currently.
4.2.2.4

Storm Water Drainage

No man made ditches or storm drains existed during the Navy’s operations at the
NASBROBDA, and the area drainage followed the natural sand dunes (see Appendix O
NASBROBDA HPA). There are currently curbs along many, but not all, of the roadways
through NASBROBDA that hold the surface drainage off the road crest. There are
limited storm water drain grates to catch and drain excess water.
4.3

MAP ANALYSIS

The investigation team located a few maps depicting the boundary of a de-vegetated area
at the former disposal area in NASBROBDA but did not find specific layout plans nor
maps depicting the area as a Navy disposal area. The relevant information from the
maps is discussed elsewhere in this PA.
4.4

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION

The U.S. Army Geospatial Center (AGC), Warfighter Geospatial Support & Production
Directorate, Hydrologic & Environmental Analysis Branch (CEAGC-TO-H) provided a
Historical Photographic Analysis (HPA) of NASBROBDA completed in conjunction with
this PA effort and included as Appendix O.
AGC is a major subordinate command center under the Army Corps of Engineers
organized on 1 October 2009 to support the Army’s LandWarNet/Battle Command
concepts, capabilities, and systems. Their mission is to provide timely, accurate, and
relevant geospatial information, capabilities and domain expertise for Army Geospatial
Enterprise implementation in support of unified land operations. Their Hydrologic &
Environmental Analysis Branch has long supported the FUDS program, previously as
the former US Army Corps of Engineers, Engineer Research and Development Center
Topographic Engineering Center (ERDC-TEC).
According to AGC’s analysis, the impacted area may be larger than the 25 acres noted
in the FDE (see Figure 43 – FUDS Property Number I04FL0027, NASBROBDA
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Figure 43 – FUDS Property Number I04FL0027, NASBROBDA
Legend
FDE Approved FUDS Property NASBROBDA (approximately 25 acres)
Extent of disposal activities 1943-47 (approximately 52 acres)

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5 EVALUATION OF MILITARY MUNITIONS PRESENCE
5.1

GENERAL EVALUATION OF THE PRESENCE OF MUNITIONS AND
EXPLOSIVES OF CONCERN

5.1.1 Evaluation of Munitions and Explosives of Concern Presence
The Navy’s use of the land as an off-site solid waste disposal area for the burning of
“destructible materials” and burying “non-inflammable materials”153 does not imply MEC
presence, and there is no definitive evidence of MEC at the NASBROBDA FUDS.
However, EOD incident reports, news accounts, and verbal recollections over the last
five decades reveal that residents of South Patrick Shores have reported finding
possible military munitions on their property (see Section 4.2.1.3). Most of the items
seem to be munitions debris (MD). There are at least two accounts of residents finding
small arms ammunition.
In the fall of 2018, residents dug up an Mk 23 and an Mk 43 miniature practice bomb
(one each). There have been at least two earlier accounts in 1971 and in 2003 of items
the public described as “mortars.” It is more likely the items were miniature practice
bombs that have a similar shape as a mortar. This conclusion is based on photographs
of the 2003 item (see Figure 32) and that mortars are not standard munitions for the
Navy. During construction of a pool in 2009, a resident located a concrete M85, 100pound practice bomb. Other residents have found expended small arms casings, and
there are at least two accounts of small arms ammunition.
During World War II, the Navy used miniature practice bombs and 100-pound practice
bombs, for low altitude horizontal or dive bombing practice, though there is no evidence
to indicate NASBROBDA was used as an air-to-ground or bombing target. Miniature
practice bombs used the AN-Mk 4 practice bomb signal that consisted of a blank 10gauge shotgun shell that contained a black powder expelling charge and a red
phosphorous pyrotechnic mixture (see Appendix F-1). The item found in November
2018 appears to consist of only the inert Mk 43 body (see Figure 34) and did not include
the signal charge (i.e., MD). It is unclear if the other practice items found had spotting
charges present, so confirmation of an MD assessment for all of them is not possible.
The M85 100-pound practice bomb (see Appendix F-2) can have a spotting charge that
may contain 3 pounds of black powder (see Appendix F-3), but the EOD report did
report one as being present.
In September 2009, a person found an Mk 25 marine marker. While the county bomb
squad identified it as containing TNT, it appears that explosives test result is a false
positive. The Mk 25 marine marker (or flare) is a pyrotechnic smoke-producing device
dropped from aircraft to mark a location in the water and contains red phosphorus but
no TNT (see Appendix F-4). The 45th CES EOD unit records indicate that marine
markers are relatively commonly found washed onshore,154 and it is unlikely an Mk 25
would be misidentified as a munition that did contain TNT. As the Mk 25 was fielded
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anomaly associated with marking operations in the nearby Atlantic Ocean and not part
of the NASBROBDA operations.
5.1.2 Munitions Technical Data
The investigation team compiled the following list of military munitions associated with
EOD incidents at NASBROBDA. Technical data, including munitions constituents, of
the following military munitions are provided in Appendix F-Ordnance Technical Data
Sheets.
Page Number
F-1
F-2
F-3
F-4
5.2

Ordnance Technical Data Sheets
Miniature Practice Bombs, AN-Mk 5 Mod 1, AN-Mk 23, AN-Mk 43
Practice Bomb, 100 pound, M85
Spotting charges, M1A1, M3 M5 for M38A2 Practice Bomb
Marker, Location, Marine, Mk 25

GENERAL EVALUATION OF CHEMICAL WARFARE MATERIEL (CWM)
PRESENCE

The PA investigation uncovered no evidence of CWM storage, usage, or disposal at
NASBROBDA. The mission of NASBR or NASBROBDA does not indicate that CWM
would have been present, and the research team discovered no historical records
associating CWM with the property.
5.3

GENERAL EVALUATION OF MUNITIONS CONSTITUENTS PRESENCE

The Ordnance Technical Data Sheets listed in Section 5.1.2 and included in Appendix F
provide information regarding the munitions constituents (MC) on the items identified at
the NASBROBDA FUDS. There is no evidence of MEC within NASBROBDA and
based on the limited amount of MD found to date, there is no reason to suspect that a
MC risk is present.
5.4

PROPERTY-SPECIFIC LOCATIONS

Analysis of the information gathered during the PA investigation did not identify any
other non-range munition-related facilities or sites, such as a gas chamber, ordnance
storage area, or indoor range at NASBROBDA.

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6

EVALUATION OF HAZARDOUS, TOXIC, RADIOLOGICAL WASTE
PRESENCE

Operations and activities conducted at the NASBROBDA FUDS may have caused the
release of hazardous substances, pollutants, or contaminants to the environment.
Historic records indicate that the Navy’s off-site solid disposal area included burning
“destructible materials,” burying “non-flammable materials,” and “literally anything and
everything had been dumped in the area.”155 Details of potential HTRW related to
military operations on the FUDS are discussed in Sections 4.1.2 and 4.2.2.1.
6.1

PROPERTY SPECIFIC LOCATIONS

This investigation uncovered documentation related to the Navy’s disposal of materials
by burning or burying them at an off-site location approximately a half a mile south of
the former NASBR (i.e., current Patrick AFB). Analysis of the recovered documentation
indicates that the Navy operated the solid waste disposal operations from approximately
1942 through 1947, based on a verbal agreement and one written letter from the real
estate agent representing the landowner (see Sections 4.1.2 and 4.2.2.1). Aerial
photographic interpretation of historic imagery revealed the apparent maximum extent
of ground disturbances at NASBROBDA resulting from NASBR operations is likely
greater than the 25 acres noted in the FDE. Operation of the disposal area is discussed
in Section 4.2.2.1. After the termination of the Navy’s operations at the FUDS, in the
early 1950s limited disposal or ground working activities at NASBROBDA by
undetermined agents is discernable, potentially increasing the area of disposal material.
Residential housing construction occurred on the NASBROBDA FUDS between 1956
and 1961. Interviews with a number of residents indicate solid waste material exists
beyond, but in proximity to the NASBROBDA footprint. Earth moving and grading for
roads, utilities, and home construction found buried material, and that may have
dispersed waste material beyond the NASBROBDA footprint discernable on aerial
imagery from the time of military operations. These residential homes remain, and the
future land use is expected to remain the same.
Although there is subsurface waste present at NASBROBDA, it is not at hazardous or
toxic levels, based on sampling completed by agencies. The samples EPA and the
State of Florida collected in 1991 (see Section 2.2.5 and Section 2.2.3) revealed
contaminants in groundwater from one shallow temporary well at levels that would pose
a risk to human health if used as a potable water supply. Since the well water was not
used for drinking water, EPA designated the site as No Further Remedial Action
Planned (NFRAP).
In 2018 and 2019, EPA conducted a Removal Site Evaluation (RSE) at 165 Dorset
Lane (see Section 2.2.8). In November 2018, FDEP screened the yard and home for
VOCs using a four-gas meter; FDEP did not detect elevated VOCs except for a half-pint
container reportedly dug up in the yard. The EPAs RSE soil sampling in February in
2019 and soil-gas sampling in June found no exceedances of the Removal
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Screening Levels, but the concentrations were consistent with background levels found
in urban Florida. The soil-gas sampling in June 2019 had two exceedances of Vapor
Intrusion Screening Levels (VISL), but EPA personnel determined they related to
landowner activities, and no human health risks were present. Screening for VOCs
during both 2019 sampling events with a four-gas meter in the field resulted in no
detects. The EPA recommended no further action for this RSE.

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7

EVALUATION OF CON/HTRW AND BD/DR PRESENCE

7.1

EVALUATION OF CON/HTRW PRESENCE

Based on the findings of this assessment, there is not a Containerized/Hazardous,
Toxic and Radiological Waste (CON/HTRW) potential on the NASBROBDA FUDS
related to the military’s previous use of the property. Historical documents did not
indicate that the Navy placed above ground storage tanks (AST) or underground
storage tanks (UST) for petroleum, oils, and lubricants (POL) on the FUDS.
The photographic interpretation of the 1954 aerial imagery indicates the presence of
“approximately 14 possible drums”156 at the FUDS, and there are a number of credible
accounts of residents finding 55-gallon drums, or at least the remains of them, on site.
While this indicates the potential of thin-walled, ferrous vessels being disposed of on
site, the high corrosion levels noted in 2018 and 2019 and verbal accounts of only
portions of rusted 55-gallon drums being found (see Section 4.2.2.1), indicate that no
thin-walled ferrous containers, such as a 55-gallon drum, would remain intact to hold
containerized waste. Therefore, no FUDS action is recommended related to
CON/HTRW.
7.2

EVALUATION OF BD/DR PRESENCE

There is no evidence that the Navy erected any type of structures or buildings at
NASBROBDA. In addition, the entire footprint of the FUDS has been developed into a
residential housing; therefore, no action related to BD/DR is necessary.

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8 PATHWAY AND ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARD ANALYSIS
HTRW resulting from disposal of military debris associated with the operations of the
former NASBR could potentially result in contamination of groundwater and soil at
NASBROBDA.
8.1

GROUNDWATER PATHWAY

8.1.1 Hydrogeological Setting
The local stratigraphy of NASBROBDA (see Section 3.4.6) is characterized by
undifferentiated marine sands of Holocene to Pleistocene age, discontinuous coquinoid
limestone, sand and shell of the Anastasia formation, sandy shell marl, fine sand and
silty shell of the Caloosahatchee Marl formation, limestone of the Tamiami formation,
sandy marl and thin beds of sandy limestone of the Hawthorn formation; Ocala
limestone of the Eocene-age, and alternating limestone and dolomite beds of the Avon
Park Limestone. An unconfined surficial aquifer occupies the uppermost stratum of
Pleistocene to Holocene sands and shell, the coquina conglomerates of the Anastasia
formation, and the upper sands of the Caloosahatchee Marl formation.
The Screening Site Inspection report for NASBROBDA found approximately four
potable surficial aquifer or shallow wells within one-fourth of a mile of the former solid
waste disposal. The nearest of the four wells is within 200 to 300 feet of the former
solid waste disposal area. Several shallow irrigation wells are also located throughout
NASBROBDA. The only potable Floridian aquifer wells identified within a four-mile
radius of the site are four standby wells situated approximately three miles north of the
site, on Patrick AFB. The primary sources of drinking water at the base are the Cocoa
and Melbourne Municipal Water Systems. The latter system also supplies drinking
water to the coastal communities of South Patrick Shores, Satellite Beach, Indian
Harbor Beach, and Eastern Melbourne.157
The U.S. EPA’s Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) indicates that there
are multiple groundwater drinking wells within a 20-mile radius of NASBROBDA. There
are three types of groundwater systems: the Community Water Systems, which serve
the same people all year-round, the Non-Transient Non-Community, which serve the
same people, but not year-round (e.g. schools that have their own water system); and
the Transient Non-Community, which do not consistently serve the same people (e.g.
rest stops, campgrounds, and gas stations).
NASBROBDA is located south of the surface water system located at Patrick AFB,
which serves a population of 7,500 people. Additionally, a surface water system
situated in the City of Melbourne serves a population of 165,940, including residents of
the NASBROBDA FUDS.158 The U.S. Geologic Survey (USGS), National Water
Information System (NWIS) indicates that there are several USGS observation and
monitoring wells within a 5-mile radius of the FUDS; however, all of the former supply
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This assessment did not identify any private groundwater wells within 5 miles of the
property (i.e., ones not included in the SDWIS or the NWIS). Although the SDWIS
contains drinking water information for populations as few as 1, the Safe Drinking Water
Act that is the impetus for the database applies to drinking water supplies serving
populations of 25 or greater.
8.1.2 Groundwater Receptors
Since 1958, residences in South Patrick Shores receive water from the city of
Melbourne’s municipal water supply. Reportedly, most homes retained use of the
shallow domestic water wells for irrigation which continue to be used.
Ecological receptors may come in contact with groundwater that is released to surface
water (e.g. wetlands and permanent surface water features) or by plant uptake of
shallow groundwater.
8.1.2.1

Analytical Results Summary (1991-1992)

On 13-14 August 1991, the Florida Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services
(FDHRS) collected water samples from 2 deep and 10 shallow, existing irrigation wells
operated by subdivision residents. Testing revealed the presence of atrazine, a widely
used household herbicide first commercially sold in 1958, in three of the wells. The
testing indicated the highest concentration of atrazine to be about twice the safe level
for lifetime exposure in drinking water. However, personnel concluded that the use of
this water for irrigation or air conditioning did not pose any health risk. The FDHRS
determined that the results from the 12 wells in South Patrick Shores did not indicate
the presence of any contaminants that could be hazardous to human health.159
During the EPA’s field investigation conducted the week of 18 November 1991, organic
contaminants were not detected at the private wells and the temporary well installed at
the Sea Park Elementary School. Hazardous levels of Polynuclear Aromatic
Hydrocarbons (PAHs) were detected in temporary well TW-12. Laboratory results for
well TW-12 also revealed concentrations of lead at 30 ppb and aluminum at 620 ppm.
Well TW-12 exhibited elevated levels for several of the parameters analyzed when
compared to the other wells sampled.160

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8.1.3 Groundwater Conclusions
The disposal of military debris at NASBROBDA could potentially result in contamination
of the groundwater given the relatively shallow depth to the aquifer at NASBROBDA.
Additionally, as previous investigations mentioned, the primary direction of surficial
groundwater migration is westward. Hence, the groundwater migration of potential
contaminants could affect areas to the west of NASBROBDA. Previous investigations
revealed concentrations of PAHs, lead, and aluminum in temporary groundwater wells
that could pose a risk to human health if used as a potable water supply. However,
since groundwater supply wells are not in use for drinking water, this pathway is not
complete.
8.2

SURFACE WATER PATHWAY

8.2.1 Hydrologic Setting
The major surface water resources at NASBROBDA are the Atlantic Ocean within 450
feet east of portions of the site and the Banana River about a mile to the west of
NASBROBDA. There are also a series of interconnected canals and lagoons
discharging to the Banana River, about a half mile to the west in the residential
communities west of South Patrick Drive.
The South Patrick Shores and NASBROBDA area is very flat, however topographic
maps from the 1940s indicate that the Banana River was slightly down gradient to
NASBROBDA. Another major surface water resource is the Indian River, about two
miles due west of the Banana River. The Indian River is about 4.5 miles south of the
FUDS. Banana River is part of the Indian River Lagoon, which connects to the Atlantic
Ocean about 77 miles further south. A FEMA flood insurance rate map of South Patrick
Shores indicates that some portions near the property are under the 100-year flood
zone. Zones identified included AEvi and VEvii along the shores of the property.
NASBROBDA and the surrounding area is very flat, and rainfall is generally absorbed
into the sandy ground or evaporates. There are currently curbs along many, but not all,
of the roadways through NASBROBDA that hold surface drainage off the road crest.
There are limited stormwater drain grates to catch and drain excess water on the
roadways. A stormwater pond is present approximately 1,000 feet west of
NASBROBDA, which formerly served as the sewage lagoon beginning in 1956 for the
Brevard County Utilities South Beaches Waste Water Treatment Plant (WWTP).
EPA’s SDWIS Drinking Water Mapping Application (DWMA) indicates that there are 2
surface drinking water intakes within 20 miles of the property, both west of the Indian
River on the mainland of Florida. About 9 miles to the southwest of the property, there
is a surface water supply, City of Melbourne, which supplies water for 162,434 people.
vi

Zone AE: Base Flood Elevations determined
Zone VE: Coastal flood zone with velocity hazard (wave action); Base Flood Elevations
determined
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Lastly, approximately 15 miles to the northwest of the FUDS is the City of Cocoa
surface water system, serving a population of 294,039.161
8.2.2 Surface Water Receptors
The nearest surface drinking water intake supplying water to NASBROBDA is the City
of Melbourne’s John A. Buckley Surface Water Treatment Plant, pumped from Lake
Washington nine miles away.162 As it is on the other side of the Banana and Indian
Rivers, surface water runoff from NASBROBDA would not reach the lake.
The Indian River Lagoon is 156 miles long and makes up 40 percent of Florida’s
eastern coast. The lagoon is home to various species of plants and animals that
depend on its water quality for their existence. Humans are also dependent on the
lagoon for the many recreational and commercial opportunities that it provides.163 Since
the primary direction of groundwater migration at the FUDS is westward, there is a
potential release of the groundwater to surface water.
The USFWS Wetland Inventory maps indicate that there are wetlands located in the
vicinity of the FUDS and along the surface water migration path from this property. One
wetland is the stormwater pond, encompassing approximately 1.56 acres, situated
approximately 1,000 feet west of NASBROBDA and north of Sea Park Elementary
School. The pond is a part of the Palustrine System, which includes all non-tidal
wetlands dominated by trees, shrubs, persistent emergents, and emergent mosses or
lichens. Other wetlands are the canals and lagoons, comprising approximately 209.28
acres, among the residential housing about one-half mile west of the FUDS. This
wetland is part of the Estuarine System and consists of deep-water tidal habitats and
adjacent tidal wetlands that are typically semi-enclosed by land but have sporadic
access to the Indian River Lagoon. These wetlands could be considered a primary
target.164
Potentially complete human exposure pathways are ingestion of surface water and
dermal contact with water and sediment. Ecological receptors include plants, terrestrial
organisms utilizing surface water as a drinking water source, and aquatic organisms
living in the surface water and sediment.
8.2.3 Surface Water Conclusions
While the Navy operated NASBROBDA as a burn and solid waste disposal area,
surface water could have potentially come into contact with this material, and surface
water contamination may have occurred seven decades ago. However, following burial
of the material and redevelopment of the area, there is limited to negligible potential for
surface water to contact any potential contamination, except as migration through
groundwater westward toward the residential canals about a half mile away or the
Banana River a mile away. Therefore, the pathway for surface water is not complete.

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8.3

SOIL EXPOSURE AND AIR PATHWAYS

8.3.1 Physical Conditions
NASBROBDA has been developed for a mixture of uses including single family
residential housing and commercial buildings. Records reviewed indicate the current
parcels in the vicinity include numerous private residences, places of worship,
supermarkets, stores, and restaurants. The primary vegetation types of NASBROBDA
include saw palmetto, scrub live oak, runner oak, cactus, and sea grape. The general
topography of South Patrick Shores can be described as a barrier island encompassing
flat, sandy lands adjacent to the ocean. Originally, the topography gently sloped
westward from coastal dunes along the Atlantic Ocean toward the Banana River but is
essentially flat now.
The public has unrestricted access to NASBROBDA, and there are no barriers or
security systems barring access to the property. The active installation of Patrick AFB,
formerly known as NASBR, is located approximately half a mile north of the FUDS.
8.3.2 Soil and Air Receptors
There is human and ecological exposure to soil (surface and subsurface) through
dermal contact or by ingestion. If soils are disturbed, exposure may also occur through
dust inhalation. The human receptors considered include residents, visitors, and
construction workers. Ecological receptors (plants and animals) are also considered
given the viable habitat that exists near and within the FUDS boundaries.
8.3.3 Soil Exposure and Air Pathway Conclusions
During the field investigation conducted during the week of 18 November 1991, EPA
collected 32 surface and subsurface soil samples from 16 locations in the residential
area of South Patrick Shores. A team collected surface soil samples at a depth of 0 to 6
inches below land surface (bls) and subsurface soil samples at a depth of 18 to 24
inches bls. The EPA team also collected 13 groundwater samples at most of the
residences where soil sampling had occurred. The soil samples contained low levels of
organic contaminants. Sample area SPS-12 differentiated from the other areas as it
had levels of Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) at concentrations of 12-25
ppm. However, according to the ATSDR Toxicological Profile on PAHs, these levels
are consistent with background levels seen in urban areas.165 This sampling data
indicates the exposure pathway is incomplete.
When the Navy deposited debris at NASBROBDA from 1942 to 1947, they potentially
released substances into the atmosphere, which would have been detectable at the
time; however, that material has long since dispersed, and there is not a recent
suspected release to the air. There is no evidence at this time to indicate a complete
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Direct contact of military debris remaining in surface soil by persons residing on site is
possible. Although the potential exposure is lessened by the development of the
property with homes, roads and lawns, a potentially complete exposure pathway
remains possible.
Using LandView6 Census 2000 Population Estimator166, the populations within various
radii and rings around the approximate center of the NASBROBDA (N28o 12’ 22”, W80o
35’ 58”) are included in Table 8.3.3 below.

Radius from
center
¼ Mile
½ Mile
1 Mile
2 Miles
3 Miles
4 Miles

Table 8.3.3 – Total Population on or Within167
Population within a
Ring Radii
Population within a
Radius
Ring
779
0 – ¼ Mile
779
2,614
> ¼ - ½ Mile
1,835
6,160
> ½ - 1 Mile
3,546
10,675
> 1 – 2 Miles
4,515
16,960
> 2 – 3 Miles
6,285
24,602
> 3 – 4 Miles
7,642

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9 SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
9.1

AREAS THAT MAY WARRANT NO FURTHER ACTION BY DOD

The boundaries of NASBROBDA FUDS resulted from a determination of the extent of
the Navy’s waste disposal operation on site. Therefore, there are no areas of the FUDS
property that may not warrant further action by DoD.
9.2

POTENTIAL HAZARDS THAT MAY WARRANT FUDS PROJECTS

9.2.1 HTRW
Sampling conducted in 1991 and 1992 identified limited HTRW, but ATSDR found no
apparent public health hazard as a result, and EPA designated the site as No Further
Remedial Action Planned (NFRAP). Even so, there is a HTRW potential at the
NASBROBDA, resulting from the Navy’s disposal by burning and burying military debris
at the site. Further consideration and action from the Jacksonville District will determine
if the identified potential HTRW hazard warrants a FUDS project.
9.2.2 MMRP
There is no definitive evidence of MEC within the boundaries of the NASBROBDA
FUDS; however, there are clear cases of MD within and/or near the NASBROBDA
boundary and at least two accounts of small arms ammunition. The MD is associated
with Mk 23 and Mk 43 miniature practice bombs. There was also MD from a concrete
M85, 100-pound practice bomb. The September 2009 find of a Mk 25 marine marker, is
an anachronism for the WWII time frame and considered an anomaly associated with
naval marking operations in the nearby Atlantic Ocean and not part of the NASBROBDA
operations.
NASBROBDA’s use for solid waste disposal, probably included MD, but there is no
clear, identifiable risk or remediation project associated with MEC or CWM.
9.2.3 Potential Responsible Party (PRP)/HTRW Considerations
Historic aerial photographic analysis indicates that additional activities, potential
including disposal activities, may have occurred on site in the early 1950s following the
Navy’s “restoration” of the site in 1948. It is unknown if those activities occurred with
the approval and knowledge of the property owner at the time or occurred
surreptitiously. There is no evidence that Patrick AFB or the military participated at that
point. The residential developers that graded the land, installed roads and utilities, and
constructed the homes found buried material and appear to have further dispersed it
while grading the development tracts. The subsequent homeowners did not have
mandatory solid waste collection until 1982, and there are accounts of burning and
burying of residential wastes on site before that time. It is unknown if these activities
may have contributed to potential contamination at NASBROBDA. Previous

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investigations and interviews with homeowners indicate buried solid waste material
exists beyond, but in proximity to the NASBROBDA footprint.
9.2.4 PRP/MMRP Considerations
This assessment did not identify any previous or subsequent use of the property relating
to munitions or explosives; therefore, there are no PRP considerations regarding MMRP
at the NASBROBDA.
9.2.5 CON/HTRW
There are credible accounts of residents finding 55-gallon drums, or at least the remains
of them, on site. High corrosion levels noted on material uncovered in 2018 and 2019
indicates minimal potential of thin walled ferrous vessels, such as 55-gallon drums,
remaining intact.
9.2.6 BD/DR
This assessment did not identify any unsafe structures or debris remaining from the
military’s previous use of NASBROBDA.

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APPENDIX A
REFERENCE SOURCES AND RECORDS
REVIEWED

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A

REFERENCE SOURCES AND RECORDS REVIEWED

The research team searched at the following locations for records relating to munitions,
chemical warfare, and HTRW activities at the NASBROBDA. At these repositories, the
research team used finding aids and records managers to assist in locating documents
relevant to the research topic. The investigation team also accumulated complementary
documents reviewed on the NASBROBDA, but not specifically used. These
complementary documents are stored with the original PA back-up documents.
Appendix B contains the References of all in text endnote citations. All back-up
references gathered for this investigation whether directly cited in this report or not have
been digitized and are available with the digital files. The following subparagraphs
described the research team’s efforts at the noted archival repositories:
A.1

TEXTUAL AND CARTOGRAPHIC REPOSITORIES

The following repositories were consulted primarily for textual and cartographic
information regarding the NASBROBDA.
A.1.1 Air Force Historical Research Agency (AFHRA)
600 Chennault Circle
Maxwell AFB, AL 36112-6424
334-953-5834, Front desk
Tammy Horton
334-953-2960
Archie Difante
334-953-2447
http://airforcehistoryindex.org/
The research team used the online research search engine to identify potentially
relevant material for review based on the following key words: NASBROBDA and
Patrick AFB. As a result they requested and reviewed the following material.
 Reel M2344
 Reel M2345
The two reels of microfilm included unit histories for January 1951 through December
1952. The histories do not mention the Air Force contributing to the landfill at
NASBROBDA.

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A.1.2 Brevard County Government
2725 Judge Fran Jamieson Way
Viera, FL 32940
Virginia Barker, Director Natural Resources Management
321-633-2016
Euripides Rodriguez, Director of Solid Waste Management
321-633-2042
https://www.brevardfl.gov/Government
The research team contacted the Natural Resources Management office for assistance
in locating information regarding drinking water, well water, storm water and sewage
water systems in the area and how they changed over time, along with solid waste
disposal practices.
The Brevard County Director of Solid Waste Management stated that mandatory
collection of solid wastes started in 1982 and provided the team with a map of the
landfills within Brevard County from 1971. In the vicinity of the subject FUDS and
Satellite Beach, there appears to be a collection location (feature 8) noted as
Gentilquore Sanitation Service but the map wasn't detailed enough to determine a
specific location. The County reported not having any transfer stations at that time and
that site did not belong to Solid Waste Management department.
A.1.3 Critical Past LLC
12100 Sunrise Valley Drive
Box E-230-16
Reston, VA 20191
800-249-4430 / 302-724-4153
http://www.criticalpast.com/
The research team used the online research search engine to identify potentially
relevant films and photo images that this company has gathered royalty-free from
various sources including the National Archives. The search engine did not identify any
relevant materials on subject site.
A.1.4 Defense Environment, Safety and Occupational Health Network and
Information Exchange (DENIX)
http://www.denix.osd.mil/
The DENIX website, hosted by the DoD Environment, Safety and Occupational Health
(ESOH), includes working group libraries to share information, including the Recovered
Chemical Warfare Material (RCWM) library. The RCWM Program addresses munitions
with an unknown fill and Chemical Warfare Material (CWM) that are not addressed
(demilitarized) as part of DOD's CWM stockpile. The RCWM Program oversight has
been delegated to the Assistant Secretary of the Army (ASA -IE&E).

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The research team queried the database for the following key words: Banana, Joint
Long Range Proving Ground and Patrick. The team did not find any relevant material
showing a connection to NASBR, JLRPG, Patrick AFB or NASB OBDA having a
chemical warfare material connection.
A.1.5 Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC)
8725 John J. Kingman Road Ste. 0944
Ft. Belvoir, VA 22060-6218
1-800-CAL-DTIC (1-800-225-3842)
Mary Jones, Research
703-767-9603
Registration Office
703-767-8673
http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/
https://www.dtic.mil/REGateway/welcome
The Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC) is the largest central resource for
DoD and government-funded scientific, technical, engineering, and business related
information. It is a DoD Field Activity within the Under Secretary of Defense for
Acquisition, Technology and Logistics (AT&L), reporting to the Director, Defense
Research & Engineering (DDR&E). DTIC provides ready access to relevant information
formerly contained in their various Technical Information Centers or libraries located
throughout the DoD (e.g. scanned PDFs of reports). DTIC’s origins date back to WWII
and a shared Air Corps and Navy document center (i.e. library) to collect, process and
distribute scientific and technical reports. DTIC sponsors a number of additional
Information Analysis Centers (IACs) including most relevantly to this investigation
Homeland Defense and Security Information Analysis Center (HDIAC) (formerly
CBRNIAC). A DTIC information query accesses not only the information catalogue /
database within the DTIC holdings but also within the IACs as well, allowing a search
for a report in multiple different repositories. The unclassified material is available online, though much of the material has distribution restrictions limiting it with DoD.
Classified documents are available as well but are distributed in hard copy form.
The research team conducted an online search of the DTIC database. There were no
relevant documents pertaining to NAS Banana River timeframe.
A.1.6 Environmental Data Resources, Inc.
6 Armstrong Rd, 4th Floor
Shelton, CT 06484
800-352-0050
http://www.edrnet.com/
Founded in 1990, EDP is a leading provider of environmental risk information in the
United States with an extensive database of environmental land records (e.g. Federal,
State and Tribal NPL, CERCLIS, RCRA, landfill, solid waste disposal, leaky tanks,
brownfields, spills and releases, etc.) and historical land use records (historic USGS

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topographic Maps, Sanborn fire insurance maps, aerial imagery, Flood Zone Data,
USDA Soil Conservation Service (SCS) soil surveys) and familiarity with local / regional
hydrologic hydrogeologic and geologic information and water agency records.
The research team tasked EDR with providing a standard package of their
environmental and historical land use records for the subject site, which were used in
preparation of this PA.
A.1.7 Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP)
3900 Commonwealth Boulevard
Tallahassee, FL 32399-3000
https://floridadep.gov/
The research team used the FDEP’s Geospatial Open Data access to the CLOSED
Waste Cleanup (Responsible Party) sites (CAP_RAP) data set. These are sites where
the case file has been closed by the District Waste Cleanup Section and all cleanup
phases, including long term monitoring have been accomplished and are no longer the
responsibility of the district. Cases referred to, and accepted by, other program areas,
e.g., the EPA, State Cleanup/Superfund programs, petroleum programs, dry cleaning
solvent cleanup program are also designated as CLOSED. Within the subject FUDS is
a CAP_RAP site 374247. This concerned a Removal Site Evaluation (RSE) at the
South Patrick Shores, July 2019 (see Section 2.2.8)
A.1.8 Library of Congress (LOC)
101 Independence Ave, SE
Washington, DC 20540
http://www.loc.gov/
http://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/hh/
The Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record/Historic
American Landscapes Survey (HABS/HAER/HALS) collection at the LOC includes
numerous documents, drawings, large-format photographs, and written histories for
more than 38,600 historic structures and sites. The NPS HABS, HAER and HALS
programs is ongoing, new documentation is added continually, and online digitization is
occurring in phases. The research team queried the HABS/HAER/HALS collection of
the LOC and located no additional pertinent material related to the site.
The LOC also operates a cooperative cataloging program, the National Union Catalog
of Manuscript Collections (NUCMC), that creates online records describing archival and
manuscript collections held by repositories located throughout the United States and its
territories. The program provides free searching, via the NUCMC gateways, of archival
and manuscript cataloging in the Online Computer Library Center OCLC WorldCat. The
research team queried the NUMC to assist in locating additional potential collections of
relevant records for the subject site but found nothing relevant.

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A.1.9 National Archives I at Washington, DC
8th and Pennsylvania
Washington, DC 20408-0001
Jill Abraham
202-501-5671
http://www.archives.gov/dc-metro/washington/index.html
The research team reviewed the following items based on analysis of the available
Findings Aids:
Record Group 26 (Records of the U.S. Coast Guard)
Entry 381 Station Files, 1941-1977
Box 4
Record Group 38 (Records of the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations)
Entry 275 Security Classified General Records Relating to the Development of Shore
Stations, 1920-1942
Boxes 14, 17, 20, 24, 28, 44, 45, 53, 55
Record Group 72 (Records of the Bureau of Aeronautics)
Entry 62A General Correspondence, 1925-1942
Boxes 3628, 3904, 3921, 3922, 4015-4018
Entry 217 Records of the Shore Station Development Program, 1940
Boxes 1-5
A.1.10 National Archives at College Park (NARA-CP), Textual Records
8601 Adelphi Road
College Park, MD 20740-6001
301-837-6800
http://www.archives.gov/dc-metro/college-park/index.html
For each of the Record Groups (RG) of potential interest at this repository, the research
team reviewed the Master Location Register (MLR) and Finding Aids available in the
public research rooms to help locate potential Entries / Series / Accessions of records of
relevance and if possible refined to specific boxes. The team also consulted with staff
archivists and the NARA Online Public Access
(http://www.archives.gov/research/search/) search engine (formerly the Archival
Research Catalog or ARC) for additional suggested material. The following is a detailed
list of records researched at this repository.
Record Group 38 (Records of the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations)

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Entry 2 Chief of Naval Operations General Correspondence, July 1942-June
1943
Boxes 39, 133, 145
Entry 2 Chief of Naval Operations General Correspondence, July 1943-June
1944
Boxes 140, 259, 285, 286
Entry 2 Chief of Naval Operations General Correspondence, July 1944-June
1945
Boxes 560, 706, 729
Entry 2 Chief of Naval Operations General Correspondence, July 1945-June
1946
Boxes 1015, 1142, 1161
Entry NM63-1 Index to General Correspondence, 1942-1946
Boxes 2, 24, 41, 369, 448, 881, 910

Entry 353 Records Relating to Naval Activity During World War II (War Diaries)
Box 448
Record Group 51 (Records of the Bureau of Budget)
Entry 149B Inspection Reports, 1940-1945
Boxes 228, 229, 424
Record Group 71 (Records of the Bureau of Yards and Docks)
Entry 1001 Naval Property Case Files, 1941-1958
Boxes 196, 199, 200, 201, 231, 1514
Entry 1037 Lease Files, 1941-1947
Boxes 30, 32
Entry 1040 Record Set of Publications 1945-1963
Boxes 11-18
Record Group 72 (Records of the Bureau of Aeronautics)
Entry 62B General Correspondence, 1943-1945
Boxes 507, 2811, 2843, 2859, 2863, 2935, 2990, 3065, 3072, 3114, 3181,
3282, 3300, 3353

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Entry 62B General Correspondence, 1946
Boxes 397, 406, 407, 482, 496, 507, 509
Entry 62B General Correspondence, 1947
Boxes 407, 424
Entry 67 Confidential Correspondence, 1922-1944
Boxes 1081, 1099, 1122, 1123, 1127, 1168, 1202
Entry 67A Confidential General Correspondence, 1945
Boxes 288, 303
Entry 1001A Unclassified General Correspondence, 1948-1949
Boxes 434, 435
Entry 1001B Unclassified General Correspondence, 1950
Box 223
Entry 1001C Unclassified General Correspondence, 1951
Box 193
Entry 1001E Unclassified General Correspondence, 1953
Box 270
Entry 1001F Unclassified General Correspondence, 1954
Box 194
Entry 1001G Unclassified General Correspondence, 1955
Boxes 209-211
Entry 1001 H Unclassified General Correspondence, 1956
Box 189
Entry 1021 Records Relating to Inactive Air Stations (Real Estate) Files, 19431959
Boxes 1-14
Record Group 77 (Records of the Chief of Engineers)
Entry 276 Project and Geographic Files, 1954 (57A-0374)
Box 18
Entry 435 Project Geographic files, 1949-1950 (53A-0325)
Box 53

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Entry 437 Military Planning Design Construction, 1953 (56D-0398)
Box 304
Entry 543 Central Decimal Files, 1949-1950 (54A-0006)
Boxes 1-2
Record Group 80 (General Records of the Department of the Navy)
Entry 13 Office of the Secretary General Correspondence, July 1942-June 1943
Boxes 126, 127, 180, 209, 210, 333, 362
Entry 16 SEC/NAV General Correspondence (formerly Security Classified),
1940-1947
Boxes 462, 1229, 1241, 2059, 2060
Record Group 127 (Records of the U.S. Marine Corps)
Entry 18B Office of the Commandant General Correspondence, 1939-June 1950
Boxes 206, 214, 217, 233, 1680
Record Group 341 (Records of Headquarters U.S. Air Force (Air Staff))
Entry 2A (UD-UP) Classified Subject Files 1953-55 (Dir/Civil Engineering 60A1049)
Box 8
Entry 17 South Atlantic Engineer, 1958 (62A-1360)
Boxes 9-11
Entry 19 General Records, 1955-1957
Boxes 30, 52, 56-58, 64, 65
Entry 22 Regional Civil Engineer; South Atlantic Civil Engineer Region;
Installation Construction Project Reports and Related Correspondence, 1957
Boxes 10-12
Entry 270 South Atlantic Civil Engineer Base Files, 1956 (60A-1051)
Boxes 7-9
Entry 494 Air Force Real Estate Facilities, 1948-1955
Boxes 43, 73, 105, 143, 172, 206, 216, 256, 309, 353, 416, 417, 465, 466,
522, 586
Entry P513 Real Property Case Files, 1944-1969
Box 29

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Record Group 389 (Records of the Provost Marshal General)
Entry 452A Classified Decimal File, 1942-1946
Boxes 1401, 1402
Entry 461 Subject Files, 1942-1946
Box 2492
Record Group 428 (General Records of the Department of the Navy, 1941-2004)
Entry 5 Office of Information Aviation Files, 1940-1958
Boxes 1-3, 7-9
Record Group 429 (Organizations in the Executive Office of the President)
Entry 12 Central Real Property Surveys
Box 88
A.1.11 National Archives, Cartographic and Architectural Branch
8601 Adelphi Road
College Park, MD 20740
301-837-3200
The research team reviewed the Military, Forts, Posts and Installations Finding Aid
notebooks in the cartographic research room regarding NASBR and Patrick AFB and
reviewed the following items for relevant material:
Record Group 71 (Records of the Bureau of Yards and Docks)
Series I Microfilm Reels
Reels 624, 625
Series II Microfilm Reels Index Cards
Boxes 123, 124
Series II Microfilm Reels
Reel 590
Entry Flat Map Files (paper copies) Naval Air Stations Florida, Banana River
Folder 635-2-5 to 635-3-57
Folder 635-19-1-1 to 635-18-16
Folder 635-19-1 to 635-30-178 and unnumbered
Entry 74 Air Stations Site Plans
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A.1.12 National Archives at College Park, Still Pictures Branch
8601 Adelphi Road
College Park, MD 20740
Reference Desk
301-837-0561
The research team reviewed the file card and album indexes available for the following
for relevant material:
Record Group 71 (Records of the Bureau of Yards and Docks)
Entry 71-CA U.S. Naval Shore Establishments and Shipyards, 1890-1943
Box 71-CA-27
Entry 71-CB Construction Process and Completions U.S. Naval, 1940-1943
Box 71-CB-10
Entry 71-CP Construction and Aerial View of Naval Facilities, 1941-1953
Box 71-CP-06V
Record Group 80 (General Records of the Department of the Navy)
Entry 80-CF Decimal Classified Photographic File, 1916-1945
Box 94
Entry 80-G General Photographic File for the U.S. Navy, 1943-1958
Boxes 308, 320, 332, 459, 1245, 1331, 1336, 1356, 1393, 1449, 1489,
1520, 1688, 1669, 1673, 1916, 1918, 1940, 1978, 1979, 1985
Record Group 342 (Records of U.S. Air Force Commands and Organizations)
Entry 342-B U.S. Air Force Facilities/Sites in Black and White and Color
Boxes 296, 297
Entry 342-FH U.S. Air Force Pre-1954 Still Photograph Collection
Boxes 2111, 4006

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A.1.13 National Archives at College Park - Motion Picture, Sound and Video
Reference
8601 Adelphi Road
College Park, MD 20740
301-837-0526
http://www.archives.gov/dc-metro/college-park/visit-motion-picture-room.html
The research team queried the NARA Online Public Access
(http://www.archives.gov/research/search/) search engine for suggested material but did
not identify pertinent information.
A.1.14 National Archives and Records Administration at Atlanta (NARA-Atlanta)
5780 Jonesboro Road
Morrow, GA 30260
770-968-2100
Nathan Jordan
http://www.archives.gov/southeast/
The research team reviewed the following items based on analysis of the available
Findings Aids and consultation with the staff archivist:
Record Group 77 (Records of the Office of the Chief of Engineers)
Entry 77-13-1281 Jacksonville Real Estate-Real Property Title/Historical Files
Box 16
Record Group 181 (Records of Naval Districts and Shore Establishments)
Entry 00A2191 7th Naval District Jacksonville Central Subject Files, 1942-1945
Boxes 1-30
Entry 00A3027 7th Naval District Legal Office Central Subject Files, 1947-1948
Box 1
Entry 00A-2843 7th Naval District Formerly Classified Correspondence Files,
1944-1948
Boxes 1-5
Entry 00A2547 7th Naval District Central Subject Files, 1944-1945
Boxes 1-2
Entry 00A4232 Central Subject Files (7ND Industrial Manager), 1946-1949
Boxes 1-2
Entry 00A2155 Formerly Classified General Correspondence, 1942-1945
Boxes 7-12

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Entry 00A2944 7th Naval District Jacksonville, Central Subject Files, 1945-1948
Boxes 58, 59, 72
Entry 00A5517 7th Naval District Jacksonville Central Subject Files, 1952-1953
Boxes 1-3
Entry 00A7894 7th Naval District Jacksonville Central Subject Files, 1954-1955
Boxes 1-2
Entry 00A5469 Central Subject Files, 1948-1951 (7ND Industrial Manager)
Box 1
Entry 00A2155 7th Naval District Formerly Classified Correspondence, 19421945
Boxes 1-11
Entry DO-09 7th Naval District General Correspondence NAS Pensacola, 19401959
Boxes 4, 47, 48, 152, 165, 173, 277, 281, 315, 373, 374, 375
Record Group 270 (Records of the War Assets Administration)
Entry 51A1 Disposal Case Files AL through FL, 1947-1949
Box 115
Entry 51A1 Accounting Files, 1946-1947
Box 554
Record Group 341 (Records of Headquarters Air Force)
Entry 498 Correspondence RE: Development of Plans and Procedures, 19481955
Boxes 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172

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A.1.15 National Personnel Records Center Military Personnel Records
(NPRC, MPR)
Appraisal and Disposition Section
1 Archives Drive
St. Louis, MO 63138
314-801-0800
Wilson Sullivan, Archivist, Military Operations Branch
314-801-9174
Mike Ledyard, Chief, Records Retrieval Branch
314-801-9141
Michael Tarabulski
314-801-0739
http://www.archives.gov/st-louis/index.html
The primary mission of the NPRC, MPR is to store the Official Military Personnel Files
(OMPF) from all service branches for veterans for NARA; however, the NPRC, MPR
retains a significant amount of Army and Air Force records accessioned after World War
II that is slowly being processed for retention elsewhere in the NARA system, primarily
at the College Park facility. The material was assigned to basic records groups based
on whether it came from the Army or the Air Force:
Record Group 338 (Records of U. S. Army Commands, 1942-)
Record Group 342 (Records of the U.S. Air Force Commands, Organizations and
Activities)
The research team reviewed the available finding aids for this material and the “01”
Accession Series descriptions to identify boxes of potentially relevant information on the
property and did not identify any pertinent records related to the subject property.

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A.1.16 Patrick Air Force Base, 45th Engineering Squadron
Building 534
1224 Jupiter St
Patrick AFB, FL 32925
Patrick Installation Support Section, Air Force Civil Engineer Center
(AFCEC/CZOE)
Regina D. Butler, Restoration Program Lead
321-494-9298
Loren Lorenz, Restoration Project Manager
321-494-5221
Theresa (Terry) Ahlin, Chief, Asset Accountability (Real Property Officer)
321-494-0653
Mike Willard
Sean Bultman, GIS/GeoBase Development Manager
Ann Heyer, Chief, Project Management
Raymond (Ray) Heard, Base Historian
321-494-2710
The research team met with Restoration Program Lead and Project Manager with the
Air Force Civil Engineer Center (AFCEC) at Patrick AFB. In the 2000s, their office
undertook a fairly extensive and vigorous “Preliminary Assessment” effort across Patrick
AFB and Cape Canaveral AFS, as a follow-on to earlier efforts, to ensure complete
inventory of areas of interest. The Restoration Project Manager worked on that effort as
a contractor, gathering the data. The Restoration office provided the team access to
those reports and others of potential interest, historic aerial imagery
The team also met the Real Property officer (Ms. Ahlin) who provided the team access
to the files and plat maps they had on site. As a point of interest, Ms. Ahlin grew up in
South Patrick Shores (300 Pelican between 1971 and 1987), and she shared anecdotes
regarding things that were dug up in people’s yards during her childhood.
The research team meet with the GIS/GeoBase Development Manager who provided
them access to the CE GIS/Vault (Building 535, Room 102). Upon physical review of
the material, the team requested and received digital scans of a number of the drawers
with potentially relevant information (i.e., D26, D36, D39, D40, E21, E29, E31, E31,
E36, and E37).
The research team contacted the base historian regarding potentially relevant records
but they responded that they do not have any historical records from the NAS Banana
River and they assumed the Navy took all of their records with them when they vacated
the base proper.

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A.1.17 University of Florida George A. Smathers Libraries
Special and Area Studies Collections
P. O. Box 117000
Gainesville, FL 32611-7000
352-273-2757, Special Collections
Steve Hersh, Public and Support Services Assistant
352-273-2543
The research team reviewed the Robert Moore Angas Military Installation Papers at this
repository (http://www.library.ufl.edu/spec/pkyonge/angaswm.htm). The U. S. Navy
contracted with Robert Angas, a professional civil engineer and registered Land
Surveyor to complete reconnaissance studies and boundary descriptions of proposed
and completed navy properties. Many of the studies concern the U. S. Naval Air Station
(NAS) Jacksonville and satellite landing fields and bomb targets and the Naval Base at
Mayport. The depth of the material varies from a page or two of notes on a site to
detailed surveys, land ownership and taking records, and descriptions and drawings of
installations.
Boxes 28-30
A.1.18 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District (CESAJ)
701 San Marco Blvd
Jacksonville, FL 32207
Military/Interagency and International Services Branch
Programs and Project Management Division (PPMD)
John Keiser, CESAJ FUDS Program Manager
Frank Araico, FUDS Program Manager
Donna West-Barnhill, FUDS Program Support Team
Amanda Parker, Public Affairs Specialist
Renae Peckham, FUDS Support
Sandy Sisavath, FUDS Support
Office of Counsel
Don Nelson, Assistant District Counsel
David Hart, Assistant District Counsel
Amber Jackson, Assistant District Counsel
The research team closely coordinated with the FUDS Program Manager, John Keiser,
during all aspects of this PA, who primarily coordinated and interacted with other
elements of the District, Division and the Air Force as required.
The research team began their research of this property by consulting the property
back-up files for this investigation completed by and on behalf of the Corps of Engineers
Geographic District, the Jacksonville District. The majority of these documents have
been digitized and uploaded to the Corps wide FUDS Docs records management
database and applicable documents to this investigation were downloaded from there.
This included the previous INPR/FDE files and other pertinent project files.

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The research team contacted the Real Estate Division regarding any applicable
historical audited real estate of realty files for the subject property. The team identified
that the Mobile District would have been responsible for real estate information on
subject site. As the subject property was originally a naval acquisition and disposal, the
Corps of Engineers does not maintain historical realty files for those tracts.
The CESAJ Office of Counsel conducted legal case law searches using LexisNexis and
Westlaw for the litigation over the land title circa 1947-1949, but did not identify any
cases as implied by correspondence that Vernon Fry of Florida Beaches sought to
regain title to portions of Section 23, Township 26 South, Range 37 East acquired in a
foreclosure by Kumprop, Inc.168. The Westlaw database had Florida cases back even
further, but not one for the dispute in question. They also consulted the Brevard County
Clerk of Court.
The research team contacted Mr. Nelson, Assistant District Counsel, who worked on the
1991 FUDS determination on NASBROBDA. The 1991 determination stated that the
military did not operate or own a facility at NASBROBDA. He recalled contacting the
Patrick AFB historian and getting installation maps and interviewing a number of people
both locally and from different agencies. He recalled being told that during the WWII
time frame a plane crashed and non-salvageable debris may have been left behind. He
felt the relevant information they gathered should be in the backup files.
A.1.19 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Louis District
Environmental and Munitions Branch
Research and Technical Services Section (CEMVS-EC-ER)
1222 Spruce St.
St. Louis, MO 63103-2833
Rochelle R. Hance, Branch Chief
314-331-8784
Randal Curtis, Section Chief
314-331-8786
The research team consulted the National Geologic Map Database Project (NGMDB)
and the USGS Store web page to locate historic USGS quadrangles from 1949 through
1988. The team downloaded quad maps for Section 23, Township 26, Range 37 for
Brevard County, Florida.
https://ngmdb.usgs.gov/topoview/viewer/#12/28.1687/-80.5751
https://store.usgs.gov/
The research team reviewed the following books and secondary sources for
background information pertaining the NASBR:
1985 United States Navy and Marine Corps Bases, Domestic
Paolo E. Coletta
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1989 Air Force Bases Volume I Active Air Force Bases Within the United States
of America on 17 September 1982
Robert Mueller
1995 United States Naval Air Station of World War II Volume I: Eastern States
M.L. Shettle, Jr.
2004 Banana River Sea Stories and War Diaries from a World War II Navy Base
Barbara Marriott
2016 Images of America Patrick Air Force Base
Roger McCormick
2018 Ghosts of World War II NAS Banana River
Barbara Marriott
A.1.20 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District
PO Box 2288
Mobile, AL 36628-0001
Christopher May, Supervisory Realty Specialist, CESAM-RE-C
251-694-3806
Derrick, Moton, Chief Acquisition Branch, CESAM-RE
251-694-3657
John Tetreau, Realty Specialist
251-694-3682
The research team contacted the Mobile District real estate section regarding the
subject property. They provided real estate files and maps documenting the transfer of
NAS Banana River to the Air Force. The information provided did not show the Navy or
Air Force acquiring property in the South Pacific Shores subdivision, however there was
easements for height restrictions.
A.1.21 U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command (NHHC), Naval Aviation History
Branch
Building 200
Washington Navy Yard
Washington, DC 20374-5060
Dale “Joe” Gordon, Lead Reference Archivist
dale.gordon@navy.mil
202-433-9675
http://156.112.98.23/branches/nhcorg4.htm
The research team reviewed the aviation histories relating to NASBR:

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Aviation Commands, 1941-1952 Collection
Boxes 183, 184
Aviation Shore Commands - Pre 1998 Collection
Box 23
World War II NAS Shore Establishments
Box 31
A.1.22 U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command (NHHC), History Branch
805 Kidder Breese Street, SE
Building 108
Washington Navy Yard
Washington, DC 20374-5060
Lisa Crunk, Photo Archivist
Lisa.crunk@navy.mil
202-433-7879
http://www.history.navy.mil/
The research team visited the photo archive to review photos related to Naval Air
Station Banana River, however it did not possess any large scale aerial photos pertinent
to subject property.
A.1.23 Washington National Records Center (WNRC)
4205 Suitland Road
Suitland, MD 20746-8001
Ivan Johnson
301-778-1569
http://www.archives.gov/dc-metro/suitland/
The research team did not identify any pertinent records relating to the subject property
that would be located at this repository.
A.1.24 U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM)
Historical Office
Bldg. E-5027 Blackhawk Road
Aberdeen Proving Ground
Edgewood Area, MD 21010-5423
301-778-1513
The research team did not identify any pertinent records relating to the subject property
at this repository. Available finding aids, Technical Escort movement records, and
historical office listings reviewed did not identify chemical warfare activities for the
subject property.

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A.2

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH REPOSITORIES

The CEMVS-EC-S research team consulted the following repositories for aerial imagery
of the property. Note historical imagery that exceeded 1:40,000 scale was not
considered for acquisition. The light gray shading indicates historical imagery acquired.
A.2.1 National Aerial Resources (NAR)
6 Highland Avenue
Alban, NY 12205
800-827-2994
http://www.aerialsearch.net/
NAR maintains a fairly complete, comprehensive and up-to-date listing of aerial
photography available from numerous sources both public and private. The research
team did not perform a search of imagery for NASBROBDA (I04FL0027) at this
repository.
A.2.2 National Archives at College Park, Cartographic & Architectural Branch
8601 Adelphi Road
College Park, MD 20740
866-272-6272
http://www.archives.gov/research/formats/cartographic.html
The research team consulted the aerial photo coverage overlays in Record Group 373
(Records of the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency) for imagery at a scale of 1:40,000 or
better covering the area. The contractor pulled the index sheets for NASBROBDA
(I04FL0027) and identified the following imagery that covers the site:
Date

Scale

Record
Group

Can Number

1944/02/26

1:20, 000

373

ON009133

ROLL1-3 PROJ 644
35 - 37 VV

1945/04/10

1:20, 000

373

ON001191

3501 BV
5M 165
49-60 VV

1945/11/22
(photo
shows a dat
e of
1945/10/10)

1:23, 000

373

ON003547

16PS 16PL MI 5M-204
208 VV

1947/02/19

1:20, 000

373

ON003552

1947/06/17

120, 0000

373

ON003551

Frames

311 RW 11PT4 M78 5M211
6,7 VV
311 RW 11PT4 M78 5M211
74, 75 VV

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Total
Frames
3
(Only
frame 36
was
acquired)
12
(Only
frame 56
was
acquired)
2
(Only
frame 36
was
acquired)
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Date

Scale

Record
Group

Can Number

1953/12/17

1:15,000

373

ON003893

1954/01/07

1:15,000

373

ON003895

1954/02/12

1:48,000

373

ON006111

1956/02/11

1:66,000

373

ON006804

1956/07/30

1:31,000

373

ON006113

1957/12/11

1:70,000

373

ON094777

1957/12/11

1:34,000

373

ON094777

1957/12/11

1:41,000

373

ON094777

1958/04/12

1:10,000

373

ON005876

Total
Frames
was
acquired)

Frames

1355 MCS M-62 53AFR-18
187 VV
1355 MECS 53 AFR-18
M74
76,77 VV
AFMTC RCA PLG 8A
12804,12805,
128024,12014,12014
70 SRW 6SRS 106 50-43
20 VTM
AFMTC RCA PLG8A
13126VV
MSAF MONTICELLO FLT
72
135
MSAF MONTICELLO FLT
72
68
MSAF MONTICELLO FLT
72
55
160TRS 58-494 PROJ 58-1
62,45

1

2

1

1

1

1

2

The research team also consulted Aerial Photographs in the National Archives-Special
List 25, dated 1990, for available imagery from:
Record Group 57 (Records of the U.S. Geological Survey)
Record Group 95 (Records of the U.S. Forest Service)
Record Group 114 (Records of the Soil Conservation Service)
Record Group 145 (Records of the Agriculture Stabilization and Conservation
Service)
The team located the following imagery in these Record Groups:
Date

Scale

Recor
d
Group

1943

1:20,000

145

1951

1:20,000

145

1958

1:20,000

145

Can Number

Frames

ON030310

CYS-1C-51 & 52

ON37505

CYS-3H-175 thru 177

ON218203

CYS-4V-198 - 200

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2
(Only frame
51 was
acquired)
3
(Only frame
177 was
acquired)
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d
Group

Scale

Can Number

Frames

Total Frames
(Only frame
199 was
acquired)

1977

NA

VECN 5-133 thru 135
VECN 5-169 thru 171

NA

6

A.2.3 U.S.Geologic Survey – EROS Data Center
47914 252nd Street
Sioux Falls, SD 57198
800-252-4547 ext. 2074
http://edcwww.cr.usgs.gov/
CEMVS-EC-SG tasked a contractor to perform an initial search of available imagery for
NASBROBDA (I04FL0027) at this repository. MVS identified the following imagery that
covers the site.
Aerial Photo Mosaics
Acquisition
Date

Scale

Entity ID

Image
Type

Project

Frame Nbr

#
Frames

Note: There was no imagery found for this group.

Aerial Photography Single Frame
Acquisition
Date

12/19/1950
10/13/1969
10/15/1969
10/16/1969
10/16/1969
10/16/1969
11/23/1970
1/18/1976
12/3/1977
12/3/1977
3/30/1983
3/30/1983

Scale

Entity ID (See Note)

Image
Type

Project

Roll Nbr

Frame Nbr

# Prints

6000
0
6605
0
6568
8
6640
9
6640
9
6659
3
6096
6
8000
0
8000
0
8000
0
6475
0
6500
0

ARA007101602148

24

710

16

3

AR611200A2C0119

14

11200

0000A2

2148 thru
2150
119 thru 121

3

AR61120006C0111

13

11200

6

111 thru 112

2

AR61120008C0048

13

11200

8

48 thru 49

2

AR61120008C0049

13

11200

8

49

1

AR61120008C0037

13

11200

8

37

1

AR6147003600097

13

14700

36

97

1

AR1VECU00010011

24

VECU0

1

11 & 17

2

AR1VENC00050133

24

VENC0

5

133 thru 135

3

AR1VENC00050169

24

VENC0

5

3

AR5830031713457

13

83000

3171

169, 171,
173
3457

AR5830031713487

13

83000

3171

3487 thru
3489

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6/9/1987
11/10/1988
11/10/1988
4/2/1989
4/2/1989
4/5/1990
10/15/1990
10/16/1990
4/3/1991
4/3/1991
4/3/1991
4/11/1991
4/11/1991
4/11/1991
10/30/1992
10/30/1992
3/24/1996

6600
0
6500
0
6500
0
6500
0
6500
0
6407
6
6600
0
6300
0
3300
0
3300
0
6600
0
3100
0
3100
0
6200
0
3200
0
6400
0
6566
6

AR5870036310713

13

87000

3631

713 thru 715

3

AR5880038085421

13

88000

3808

3

AR5880038085473

13

88000

3808

AR5890038500488

13

89000

3850

5421 thru
5423
5473 thru
5475
488 thru 490

3

AR5890038500522

13

89000

3850

522 thru 523

2

AR5900040141437

13

90000

4014

4

AR5900041484082

14

90000

4148

AR5900041494206

14

90000

4149

AR5910042100067

13

91000

4210

1437 thru
1440
4082 thru
4083
4206 thru
4208
67 thru 72

6

AR5910042110067

24

91000

4211

67 thru 71

5

AR5910042097681

13

91000

4209

4

AR5910042130001

13

91000

4213

7681 thru
7684
1 thru 2

2

AR5910042140001

24

91000

4214

1 thru 2

2

AR5910042127713

13

91000

4212

2

AR5920044970223

13

92000

4497

7713 thru
7714
223 thru 227

AR5920044963136

13

92000

4496

AR5960050504968

13

96000

5050

3

2
3

5

3135 thru
3137
4968 4970

3
2

Note: Last 4 digits of the Entity ID are the frame number (replace XXXX with frame number – include leading zeros).

DOQ
Acquisition
Date

3/18/1994
1/26/1999

Resolution
(meters)

1
1

Entity ID

Map Name

DI00000000060472
DI00000001103713

TROPIC
TROPIC

Band
Type

Quadrant

NW
NW

RGB
RGB

High Resolution Orthophotography
Beginning
Date

Ending
Date

Resolution
(meters)

12/1/2002
2/1/2006
3/1/2006
11/18/200
8
2/13/2012

12/1/2002
2/1/2006
3/1/2006
1/23/2009

0.5
1
0.5
1

4/10/2012

1

Dataset Name

# Tile

200212_palm_bay-melbourne_fl_6in_sp_bw
200602_brevard_county_fl_1ft_sp_clr
200603_ae_brevard_county_fl_0x5000m_utm_clr
200811_brevard_county_fl_1ft_sp_clr

14
9
4

201202_brevard_county_fl_1ft_sp_clr

NAIP Compressed

Appendix A – Reference Sources and Records Reviewed
Page A-22

10
10

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Preliminary Assessment
Acquisition
Date

Resolution
(meters)

6/20/2007
5/2/2010
6/16/2013
10/17/2015
10/29/2017

Dataset Name

1
1
1
1
1

# Tile

200707_FLORIDA_NAIP_1X0000M_CLR
201004_FLORIDA_NAIP_1X0000M_CNIR
201305_FLORIDA_NAIP_1X0000M_CNIR
201504_FLORIDA_NAIP_1X0000M_UTM_CNIR
201710_FLORIDA_NAIP_1X0000M_UTM_CNIR

1
1
1
1
1

NAPP
Acquisition
Date

Entity ID (See Note)

Project

Roll Nbr

Frame Nbr

3/11/1994
3/18/1994
3/18/1994
1/26/1999

NP0NAPP006957041
NP0NAPP006960093
NP0NAPP006961028
NP0NAPP011078127

NAPP
NAPP
NAPP
NAPP

6957
6960
6961
11078

39 thru 40
93 thru 96
25 thru 28
127 thru
130
149 thru
152

Film
Type

Project
Number

#
Frames

CIR
CIR
CIR
CIR

9404
9404
9404
9903

2
4
4
8

Note: Last 3 digits of the Entity ID are the frame number (replace XXX with frame number – include leading zeros).

NHAP
Acquisition
Date

Scale

Entity ID (See Note)

Project

Roll Nbr

Frame Nbr

122 thru
124
192 thru
194
33 thru 35

2/15/1984

58000

NC1NHAP840037124

NHAP84

37

3/1/1984

58000

NC1NHAP840043192

NHAP84

43

2/26/1986

58000

NC1NHAP840401035

NHAP84

401

Film
Type

#
Frames

CIR

3

CIR

3

CIR

3

Note: Last 3 digits of the Entity ID are the frame number (replace XXX with frame number – include leading zeros).

A.2.4 U.S Department of Agriculture – Farm Service Agency (USDA-FSA)
Aerial Photography Field Office (APFO)
2222 West 2300 Souh
Salt Lake City, UT 84119-2020
801-975-3653
http://www.fsa.usda.gov
CEMVS-EC-SG tasked a contractor to perform an initial search of available imagery for
NASBROBDA (I04FL0027) at this repository. MVS researched imagery for
NASBROBDA and identified the following imagery that covers the site:
NASBROBDA (I04FL0027) – Brevard County, FL
YEAR

RES/SCL

PROG

%COV *

BND/FLM

FMT

QTY *

1958

20000

FSA

(P)

BW

PI

7

1969
1979
1984
1994
1999
2005
2005

50000
40000
60000
40000
40000
2
2

NRCS
FSA
NHAP1
NAPP2
NAPP3
NAIP05
NAIP05

100
100
100
100
100
100

BW
BW
CIRP
CIRP
CIRP
NC
NC

PI
PI
SI
DI

8
8
2
1

GT
MR

78
1

REMARKS

1107
CYS-4V-198 - 200
1108
1109
13817

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Page A-23

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CCM .312GB

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Preliminary Assessment
2006
2006
2007
2007
2010
2010
2013
2013
2015
2015

2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

NAIP06
NAIP06
NAIP07
NAIP07
NAIP10
NAIP10
NAIP13
NAIP13
NAIP15
NAIP15

100
100

100
100
100

NC
NC
NC
NC
M4B
NC
M4B
NC
NC
M4B

MR
GT
MR
GT
GT
MR
GT
MR
MR
GT

1
81
1
100
101
1
101
1
1
102

* %COV and QTY represents amounts for entire county and not necessarily the site

Appendix A – Reference Sources and Records Reviewed
Page A-24

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APPENDIX B
REFERENCES AND REFERENCE MATERIAL

Appendix B – References and Reference Material

 Naval Air Station Banana River Off-Base Disposal Area
Preliminary Assessment

B

REFERENCES AND REFERENCE MATERIAL
The reference numbers below refer to the endnote citations in the main text of
the document. The citations refer to file names of digital scans of the source
material backup documents. On the digital version of this report, the references
are scanned images of the source material, typically saved as Adobe PDF files
for textual material or as a TIF or JPG file for map or photo references. The file
name or the last page of the PDF file indicates the location where the source
material was located. The listing and scope of repositories searched for the
gathered documents are listed in Appendix A - Reference Sources and Records
Reviewed. The following list of endnote references only represents the items
directly cited in preparation of this report, and do not illustrate all the documents
reviewed or copied for the reference material.

1

2004-05-10 ER 200-3-1, Environmental Quality - FUDS Program Policy
1991-09 Guidance for Performing Preliminary Assessments Under CERCLA

2

2005-09-12 FUDS PA Guidance.pdf

3

1991-10-21 INPR_S PATRICK SHORES SUBDI_I04FL0027--_01.08_0500_a.pdf

4

2019-08-24 I04FL0027_Revised_FDE Signed.pdf

5

1984 PAFB_Phase I Records Search.pdf

6

1984 PAFB_Phase I Records Search.pdf, Section 4.2

7

1984 PAFB_Phase I Records Search.pdf, Figure 4.2.1

8

1991-07 Patrick AFB_IRP Phase II Stage 2 RIFS Vol1.pdf

9

1991-10-15 Preliminary Assessment South Patrick Shores.pdf

10

1991-12 Site Analysis South Patrick Shores.pdf

11

1991-12 South Patrick Shores EPIC study.pdf, Figure 2

12

1991-12 South Patrick Shores EPIC study.pdf, Figure 3

13

1991-12 South Patrick Shores EPIC study.pdf, Figure 5

14

1991-12 South Patrick Shores EPIC study.pdf, Figure 8

15

1991-12 South Patrick Shores EPIC study.pdf, Figure 9

16

1992-03-29 Screening Site Inspection Report for South Patrick Shores Subdivision.pdf
1992-03-29 Screening Site Inspection Report for South Patrick Shores Subdivision with all
appendices.pdf

Appendix B – References and Reference Material
Page B-1

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Preliminary Assessment

17

1992-04-08 ATSDR report on South Patrick Shores.pdf
1992-03-08 ATSDR report on South Patrick Shores.pdf, Pages 1, 3, 6

18

1997-03 Patrick AFB RIFS Vol 11A 118315.pdf
1997-03 Patrick AFB RIFS Vol 11B 118316.pdf

19

2019-08-06 EPA Removal Site Eval of 165 Dorsett FDEP CAP_RAP 374247 .pdf

20

2019-08-06 EPA Removal Site Eval of 165 Dorsett FDEP CAP_RAP 374247 .pdf

21

2019-10-08 NASBRODA EPA Deferral to USACE 072953.pdf

22

2019-11-26 Petition Decision Letter South Patrick Shores - Former NAS Banana River
Offbase Disposal Area.pdf

23

2018 Pelican Coast Parcels South Patrick AFB Housing.pdf

24

1940-10-06 General Layout PAFB_V_E29.pdf
1940-12 NASBR Land Parcels PAFB_V_D26.pdf
1957-09-16 NAS BR Title Papers V1 Case 44 I04FL0881 405401.pdf
1957-09-16 NAS BR Title Papers V2 Case 61 I04FL0881 405456.pdf
1957-09-16 NAS BR Title Papers V3 Case 80 I04FL0881 405457.pdf
1984_11-10 RE Patrick AFB Sheet 1 CESAM_RE.pdf

25

1974-09-06 RE Patrick AFB Sheet 3 CESAM_REpdf.pdf

26

1992-03-08 ATSDR report on South Patrick Shores.pdf
1992-04-08 ATSDR report on South Patrick Shores.pdf

27

1957-09-16 NAS BR Title Papers V1 Case 44 I04FL0881 405401.pdf
1957-09-16 NAS BR Title Papers V2 Case 61 I04FL0881 405456.pdf
1957-09-16 NAS BR Title Papers V3 Case 80 I04FL0881 405457.pdf
1992-03-08 ATSDR report on South Patrick Shores.pdf
1992-04-08 ATSDR report on South Patrick Shores.pdf

28

1940 Map of Former NAS Banana River_CESAM_RE.pdf

29

1974-09-06 RE Patrick AFB Sheet 3 CESAM_REpdf.pdf

30

2019-11-23 U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts Brevard County.pdf

31

2019-11-23 NOAA NOWData Melbourne Station.pdf

32

2019-11-23 NOAA NOWData Monthly Minimum Temperature Melbourne.pdf

33

DFEA for Publication_Patrick AFB Shoreline.pdf, Page 44

34

1949 USGS 24000 Topo Tropic FL.tif

35

1940C Topo Survey Sheet 24 PAFB_V_E29.pdf
Appendix B – References and Reference Material
Page B-2

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Preliminary Assessment

36

1940C Topo & Survey Sheet 18 PAFB_V_E29.pdf
1940C Topo & Survey Sheet 21 PAFB_V_E29.pdf
1949 USGS 24000 Topographic Tropic FL.pdf

37

1949 USGS 24000 Topo Tropic FL.tif

38

1940C Topo Survey Sheet 24 PAFB_V_E29.pdf

39

2012_Tropic_USGS_Quad.kmz

40

2019-11-15 DFEA for Publication_Patrick AFB Shoreline.pdf, Pages 43-44

41

2019-11-23 South Patrick Shores Geologic Map.pdf

42

2019-11-15 Soils Map Brevard County.pdf
https://websoilsurvey.sc.egov.usda.gov/App/WebSoilSurvey.aspx

43

2019-11-16 SPS Wetlands Map.pdf
https://fwsprimary.wim.usgs.gov/wetlands/apps/wetlands-mapper/

44

2019-11-16 SPS FEMA FIRM Map.png
https://msc.fema.gov/portal/search?AddressQuery=brevard%20county#searchresultsanchor

45

South Patrick Shores Florida Health.pdf, Pages 16-17

46

2019-11-23 USFWS Endangered Species Brevard County.pdf

47

2019-11-23 National Register of Historic Places Brevard County.pdf

1939-04-25 Naval aviation facilities, etc., 53 Stat. 590 (2).pdf
1939-05-25 Navy Department, appropriations for FY1940., 53 Stat. 757 (1).pdf
48

1947 Building the Navy's Bases in WWII.pdf
49

1985 US Navy and Marine Corps Bases Domestic.pdf, Page 3, 1944-11 NAS BR History
1938- Oct 1944 NHHC_Aviation_WWIIBx31.pdf

50

1940-12-05 Neutrality Patrol Station NARACP_RG51_E149B_B229.pdf

51

1940-09-27 Aerial Oblique Banana River.pdf

52

1944-11 NAS BR History 1938- Oct 1944 NHHC_Aviation_WWIIBx31.pdf, Page 15

53

1944-11 NAS BR History 1938- Oct 1944 NHHC_Aviation_WWIIBx31.pdf, Page 16

54

1944-11 NAS BR History 1938- Oct 1944 NHHC_Aviation_WWIIBx31.pdf, Page 16

55

1944-11 NAS BR History 1938- Oct 1944 NHHC_Aviation_WWIIBx31.pdf, Page 17-18

56

1944-11 NAS BR History 1938- Oct 1944 NHHC_Aviation_WWIIBx31.pdf, Page 20
Appendix B – References and Reference Material
Page B-3

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Preliminary Assessment

57

1944-11 NAS BR History 1938- Oct 1944 NHHC_Aviation_WWIIBx31.pdf, Page 20

58

1944-11 NAS BR History 1938- Oct 1944 NHHC_Aviation_WWIIBx31.pdf, Page 22

59

1940-1943 Banana River Aerials.pdf, Page 22-23

60

1944-11 NAS BR History 1938- Oct 1944 NHHC_Aviation_WWIIBx31.pdf, Page 26, 63

61

1944-11 NAS BR History 1938- Oct 1944 NHHC_Aviation_WWIIBx31.pdf, Page 23

62

1944-11 NAS BR History 1938- Oct 1944 NHHC_Aviation_WWIIBx31.pdf, Page 23

63

1944-11 NAS BR History 1938- Oct 1944 NHHC_Aviation_WWIIBx31.pdf, Page 90

64

1944-11 NAS BR History 1938- Oct 1944 NHHC_Aviation_WWIIBx31.pdf, Page 23

65

1944-11 NAS BR History 1938- Oct 1944 NHHC_Aviation_WWIIBx31.pdf, Page 23-24

66

1944-06-30 NASBR Showing Conditions on NARACP_RG51_E149B_B229.pdf

67

1944-11 NAS BR History 1938- Oct 1944 NHHC_Aviation_WWIIBx31.pdf, Page 24-25

68

1945-03-NAS BR History Nov44-Mar45 NHHC_Aviation_WWIIBx31.pdf, Page 1

69

1944-11 NAS BR History 1938- Oct 1944 NHHC_Aviation_WWIIBx31.pdf, Page 25

70

1944-06-30 NASBR Showing Conditions on NARACP_RG51_E149B_B229.PDF

71

1945-01-19 Lake Okeechobee Aerial Prac Bombing Range NARAATL_RG181_E00A2085_B4.pdf, Page 2

72

1944-12-21 Leases Covering Land South of Station NARA-ATL_RG181_EDO-09_B389.pdf,
Page 1

73

1946-03-31 NAS Banana River History 1Qtr 1946 NHHC Aviation_AvCmdB183.pdf, Page 6
1946-05-31 Reduction Status of NAS Banana River.pdf
1946-06-30 NAS Banana River History 2Qtr NHHC_Aviaion_AvCmdB183.pdf, Page 4
1946-09-30 NAS Banana River History 3Qtr 1946 NHHC_Aviaion_AvCmdB183.pdf

74

1946-09-06 WAA Spot Bid Sales Ad.pdf
1947-03-31 Army Surplus Vehicles to Be Sold to Vets.pdf
1947-03-31 WAA Lottery to Aid Vets in Speedy Purchases.pdf
1948-02-16 - WAA Surplus Sales Ad.pdf
1948-09-21 - WAA Surplus Sales Ad.pdf

75

1948-02-16 - WAA Surplus Sales Ad.pdf

76

1947-07-10 Change in Status of NAS Banana River.pdf, Page 1

77

1985 U.S. Navy and Marine Corps Bases Domestic, Pages 4-5
Appendix B – References and Reference Material
Page B-4

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Preliminary Assessment

78

1949-03-29 Transfer of Banana River AFB NARACP_RG341_E494_B73.pdf

79

1948-08-31 Custody Transfer to Air Force NARACP_RG72_E1001A_B435.pdf
1989, Air Force Bases, volume 1, Active Air Force Bases Within the United States of America
on 17 September 1982, Robert Muller, Pages 459-466
1985, United States Navy and Marine Corps Bases, Domestic, Paolo E. Coletta, Page 41

80

1948-03-11 Use of Lands Owned by Vernon Fry NARACP_RG71_E1001_B200.pdf; Page 17.

81

1948-03-11 Use of Lands Owned by Vernon Fry NARACP_RG71_E1001_B200.pdf; Page 17.

82

1948-03-11 Use of Lands Owned by Vernon Fry NARACP_RG71_E1001_B200.pdf; Pages 1,
8, 11, 13, 17.

83

1948-08-04 Sec of Navy Correspondence NARACP_RG71_E1001_B200.pdf
1944-06-30 NASBR Showing Conditions on NARACP_RG51_E149B_B229.pdf

84

1948-03-11 Use of Lands Owned by Vernon Fry NARACP_RG71_E1001_B200.pdf, Pages
11-15

85

1948-03-11 Use of Lands Owned by Vernon Fry NARACP_RG71_E1001_B200.pdf, Pages
11-15

86

1948-03-11 Use of Lands Owned by Vernon Fry NARACP_RG71_E1001_B200.pdf, Page 2

87

1948-03-11 Use of Lands Owned by Vernon Fry NARACP_RG71_E1001_B200.pdf, Pages 2,
5-7

88

1948-03-22 Use of Area South of NASBR Photos NARACP_RG72_E1001A_B434.pdf, Pages
10 & 11

89

1948-03-22 Use of Area South of NASBR Photos NARACP_RG72_E1001A_B434.pdf, Pages
4&5

90

1948-03-22 Use of Area South of NASBR Photos NARACP_RG72_E1001A_B434.pdf, Pages
6&7

91

1948-03-22 Use of Area South of NASBR Photos NARACP_RG72_E1001A_B434.pdf, Pages
8&9

92

1948-03-22 Use of Area South of NASBR Photos NARACP_RG72_E1001A_B434.pdf, Pages
12 & 13

93

1948-03-11 Use of Lands Owned by Vernon C Fry NARACP_RG72_E1001A_B434.pdf,
Pages 7, 8

94

1948-08-04 Sec of Navy Correspondence NARACP_RG71_E1001_B200.pdf, Page 3

95

1948-06-03 Claim for Use of Lands Owned by Vernon C Fry
NARACP_RG71_E1001_B200.pdf
Appendix B – References and Reference Material
Page B-5

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Preliminary Assessment

1948-06-28 Claim for Use of Land NARACP_RG71_E1001_B200.pdf, Pages 4-5
96

1948-06-30 Claim of Vernon C Fry NARACP_RG71_E1001_B200.pdf

97

1948-06-03 Claim for Use of Lands Owned by Vernon C Fry
NARACP_RG71_E1001_B200.pdf

98

1949-03-29 Transfer of Banana River AFB NARACP_RG341_E494_B73.pdf

99

1948-08-31 Custody Transfer to Air Force NARACP_RG72_E1001A_B435.pdf
1989, Air Force Bases, volume 1, Active Air Force Bases Within the United States of America
on 17 September 1982, Robert Muller, Pages 459-466
1985, United States Navy and Marine Corps Bases, Domestic, Paolo E. Coletta, Page 41

100

1956-01-22 Land Purchased for 650 New Homes.pdf
1956-03-08 - Five Model Homes on Display in New Project near Base.pdf
101

1956-02-22 Advertisement for Taylor Made Homes.pdf

102

1958-07-17 - South Patrick Shores Flourishes.pdf

103

1956c Plat Map S22&23 T 26 R 37 PAFB_V_E21.pdf

104

1956-01-22 Land Purchased for 650 New Homes.pdf

105

1956-02-22 Advertisement for Taylor Made Homes.pdf

106

1958-04-20 Regency Group Homes Open Today.pdf

107

1984_11-10 RE Patrick AFB Sheet 1 CESAM_RE.pdf
2008-09 Patrick AFB Preliminary Assessment Zone 10.pdf
108

1991-07-14 Special Report Cluster of Cancer.pdf
1991-07-17 HRS to Probe Rare Cancer Cases.pdf
1991-07-18 New Cases Deepen Cancer Mystery in Neighborhood Near Air Base.pdf
1991-07-18 Military Dump Buried Under Homes Residents Say.pdf
1991-07-20 Patrick Makes Cleanup Pledge.pdf
1991-07-21 Mystery of Cancer Cases Shakes Quiet Community.pdf
109

1991-07-21 Mystery of Cancer Cases Shakes Quiet Community.pdf

110

1991-08-21 Investigators South Patrick Shores Was Built over Dump.pdf
1992-04-08 ATSDR report on South Patrick Shores.pdf
111

1993-04-25 Gehrig's Disease Hits 6 Times in Year.pdf
1993-05-07 Agencies Probe Pattern of Lou Gehrig's Disease.pdf
1994-12-05 Playing in Chemical Laden Canals at Patrick Made Us Sick.pdf
112

1948-03-11 Use of Lands Owned by Vernon Fry NARACP_RG71_E1001_B200.pdf; Pages
1, 8, 11, and 13.
Appendix B – References and Reference Material
Page B-6

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113

1991-10-15 Preliminary Assessment South Patrick Shores.pdf
Resident at 134 NE 1st Street found ammo in 1996 while renovating their home.
114

1991-07-14 Special Report Cluster of Cancer.pdf

115

1988-04-27 Old Shell Forces an Evacuation.pdf

116

2003-05-08 Police Unearth Rusty Explosive.pdf

117

2003-05-08 Police Unearth Rusty Explosive.pdf

118

2019-07 45th_CES-EOD_Patrick AFB FL incident AFPPATR0909291307Z

119

2009-09-26 Bomb Merely Training Device.pdf
2009-09-26 Police Say Bomb Likely dropped there Decades ago.pdf
120

2019-07 45th_CES-EOD_Patrick AFB FL incident AFPPATR0909281648Z

121

2009-09-26 Bomb Merely Training Device.pdf

122

2019-07 45th_CES-EOD_Patrick AFB FL incident F000FFG8Y10012018153912574Z
2018-09-30 45th CES_EOD Patrick AFB FL_EOD Incident Report Mk-43.pdf
AN-Mk 5, AN-Mk 23, AN-Mk 43, Prac.doc
123

2018-11-07 www.facebook.com_MissionCleanup_Albums 132 SE 1st Street - Mk43.pdf

124

2018-11-07 www.facebook.com_MissionCleanup_Albums 132 SE 1st Street - Mk43.pdf

125

2018-11-07 www.facebook.com_MissionCleanup_Albums 132 SE 1st Street - Mk43.pdf

126

1945-06-30 NASBR Showing Conditions on NARACP_RG71_E Flat Map files (paper
copies).pdf
127

1942-06-30 NAS Banana River Showing Conditions on _Seabee Museum_RG12_B1.pdf
1943-06-30 NASBR Showing Conditions on NARACP_RG71_E Flat Map Files (paper
copies).PDF
1944-06-30 NASBR Showing Conditions on NARACP_RG51_E149B_B229.PDF
1945-06-30 NASBR Showing Conditions on NARACP_RG71_E Flat Map files (paper
copies).PDF
1946-06-30 NASBR Showing Conditions on NARACP_RG71_Series II
Microfilm_Reel590_Fr271.pdf
1947-06-30 NASBR Showing Conditions on PAFB_V_D26.pdf
128

1945-06-30 NASBR Showing Conditions on NARACP_RG71_E Flat Map files (paper
copies).pdf
129

1952-09-25 Patrick AFB Preliminary Master Plan.pdf

130

1948-03-11 Use of Lands Owned by Vernon Fry NARACP_RG71_E1001_B200.pdf, Page 9

Appendix B – References and Reference Material
Page B-7

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131

1948-03-11 Use of Lands Owned by Vernon Fry NARACP_RG71_E1001_B200.pdf; pages 2
and 19
132

1948-03-11 Use of Lands Owned by Vernon Fry NARACP_RG71_E1001_B200.pdf, pages

18
133

1948-03-22 Use of Area South of NASBR Photos NARACP_RG72_E1001A_B434.pdf,
Pages 2 & 3
134

1991-10-15 Preliminary Assessment South Patrick Shores.pdf

135

1991-10-15 Preliminary Assessment South Patrick Shores.pdf

136

2019-10-31 Email [Non-DoD Source] FW_ Naval Air Station Banana River Off-Base Disposal
Area - Questions (UNCLASSIFIED).pdf
137

2020-03-02 NAS Banana River Off-Base Disposal Area - Compilation of Interviews CUI.pdf

138

1971 Map of Landfills in Brevard County.pdf

139

1971 Map of Landfills in Brevard County.pdf

140

2018-11-20 South Patrick Shores – Resident E-mail.pdf, Page 2

141

2018-03-21 South Patrick Shores – Resident E-mail.pdf, Page 1

142

2018-03-27 South Patrick Shores – Resident E-mail.pdf, Page 1

143

2019-05-01 South Patrick Shores – Resident E-mail.pdf, Page 1

144

2019-07-15 South Patrick Shores – Resident E-mail.pdf, Page 2

145

2019-07-22 South Patrick Shores – Resident E-mail.pdf, Page 1

146

2019-10-07 NAS Banana River Off-Base Disposal Area - Florida City Gas
(UNCLASSIFIED).msg
147

2018-11-07 www.facebook.com_MissionCleanup_Albums 132 SE 1st Street - Mk43.pdf

148

1956-03-31 - Two Projects to Get $2 Million Sewer Plant.pdf

149

1993-06-28 - Sewer Sites to Become Soccer Fields.pdf
1993-06-28 Florida Today South Patrick Shores sewer plant turns into a soccer field.pdf
150

1956-03-16 - Good Reception Given Melbourne Water Plants.pdf
1956-03-31 - Two Projects to Get $2 Million Sewer Plant.pdf
151

1956-02-22 Advertisement for Taylor Made Homes.pdf

152

1958-07-17 - South Patrick Shores Flourishes.pdf
1958-11-14 - City Water Polluted by Wells.pdf
Appendix B – References and Reference Material
Page B-8

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Preliminary Assessment

1991-07-18 Military Dump Buried Under Homes Residents Say.pdf
153

1948-03-11 Use of Lands Owned by Vernon Fry NARACP_RG71_E1001_B200.pdf; Pages
1, 8, 11, and 13.
154

2019-07 45th_CES-EOD_Patrick AFB FL.xls

155

1948-03-11 Use of Lands Owned by Vernon Fry NARACP_RG71_E1001_B200.pdf; Pages
1, 8, 11, 13, and 17.
156

1991-12 Site Analysis S Patrick Shores FL_I04FL0027--_01.09_0001_a.pdf; pages 22-23

157

1992-03 Screening Site Inspection Report for South Patrick Shores Subdivision.pdf, Pages
7-9
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2019-11-23 EPA SDWIS City of Melbourne Water Supply.pdf

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1992-03 Screening Site Inspection Report for South Patrick Shores Subdivision.pdf, Pages
5-6
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1992-04-08 ATSDR report on South Patrick Shores.pdf, Page 3

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2019-11-23 EPA SDWIS City of Cocoa Water Supply.pdf

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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) web page
2019-11-22 City of Melbourne Water Treatment.pdf
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2019-11-23 Indian River Lagoon An Introduction to A Natural Treasure.pdf

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Brevard County Wetland Map.kmz

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1992-03-29 Screening Site Inspection Report for South Patrick Shores Subdivision with all
appendices.pdf
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2019-11-23 Circular Area Profiles (CAPS).pdf

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2017-02-15 Total Population within Housing Annex LandView6 Census 2000.pdf

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1948-08-04 Restoration of Land NARACP_RG71_E1001_B200.pdf

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APPENDIX C
ABBREVIATIONS, ACRONYMS,
AND BREVITY CODES

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ABBREVIATIONS, ACRONYMS AND BREVITY CODES
The following list contains abbreviations, acronyms and brevity codes within this
Preliminary Assessment, as well as typical others.
ABTU
AEC
AFB
AFS
AGC
ASR
ASSHP
AST
ATSDR
BD/DR
bls
BRAC
CEMVS-EC-ER
CERCLA
CES
CFR
CON/HTRW
CW
CWM
CWS*
CX
DERA
DERP
DMM
DoD
DWMA
EMCX
EO
EOD
EODMIS
EPA
ESA
FDE
FEMA
FDEP
FDER
FHRS
FUDS
GIS
GPS

Air Bomber Training Unit
Army Environmental Command
Air Force Base
Air Force Station
Army Geospatial Center
Archives Search Report
Abbreviated Site Safety and Health Plan
Aboveground Storage Tank
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
Building Demolition/Debris Removal
below land surface
Base Realignment and Closure
Environmental and Munitions Branch, Research and Technical
Services Section, St. Louis District
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability
Act
Civil Engineer Squadron
Code of Federal Regulations
Containerized/Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste
Chemical Warfare
Chemical Warfare Materials
Chemical Warfare Service
Center of Expertise
Defense Environmental Restoration Account
Defense Environmental Restoration Program
Discarded Military Munitions
Department of Defense
Drinking Water Mapping Application
Environmental & Munitions Center of Expertise
Executive Order
Explosive Ordnance Disposal
Explosive Ordnance Disposal Information Management System
Environmental Protection Agency
Endangered Species Act
Findings and Determination of Eligibility
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Florida Department of Environmental Protection
Florida Department of Environmental Regulation
Florida Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services
Formerly Used Defense Sites
Geographic Information System
Global Positioning System
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HHRA
HPA
HQUSACE
HTRW
INPR
IRP
MC
MD
MEC
MMRP
MPPEH
MRSPP
MSL
NARA
NAS*
NASBR
NASBROBDA
n.d.
NFRAP
NOAA
NWIS
OSC
PA
PAH
PBM
POC
POL
PRP
PWO
RI/FS
RML
RSE
SARA
SDWIS
SHPO
SI
TTSA
USA
USACE
USAESCH
USAFETAC
USAFHRA
USATCES
USATHMA
USC
USCG
USDA

Human Health Risk Assessment
Historic Photographic Analysis
Headquarters, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Hazardous Toxic and Radioactive Waste
Inventory Project Report
Installation Restoration Program
Munitions Constituents
Munitions Debris
Munitions and explosives of concern
Military Munitions Response Program
Material Potentially Presenting an Explosive Hazard
Munitions Response Site Prioritization Protocol
Mean Sea Level
National Archives and Records Administration
Naval Air Station
Naval Air Station Banana River
Naval Air Station Banana River Off-Base Disposal Area
No Date
No Further Remedial Action Planned
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
National Water Information System
On-Scene Coordinator
Preliminary Assessment
Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons
Patrol Bomber, Martin
Point of Contact
Petroleum, Oils and Lubricants
Potentially Responsible Party
Public Works Officer
Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study
Removal Management Level
Removal Site Evaluation
Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act
Safe Drinking Water Information System
State Historic Preservation Office
Site Inspection
Transition Training Squad Atlantic
United States of America
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville
U.S. Air Force Environmental Technical Application Center
U.S. Air Force Historical Research Agency
U.S. Army Technical Center for Explosive Safety
U.S. Army Toxic and Hazardous Materials Agency
United States Code
United States Coast Guard
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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USFWS
USGS
UST
UXO
VISL
VOC
WAA*
WW II
WWTP

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
U.S. Geological Survey
Underground Storage Tank
Unexploded Ordnance
Vapor Intrusion Screening Levels
Volatile Organic Compounds
War Assets Administration
World War II
Waste Water Treatment Plant

* designates an historic acronym

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APPENDIX D
GLOSSARY

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GLOSSARY
The following list contains a glossary of selected terms associated with the FUDS
program; however, inclusion of these terms does not indicate they are specifically
applicable to this PA. Source references for the definitions are provided in the endnotes
that follow.
Active Rangei
A military range that is currently in service and is being regularly used for range
activities
Anomaly Avoidanceii
Techniques employed on property known or suspected to contain UXO, other
munitions that may have experienced abnormal environments (e.g., DMM),
munitions constituents in high enough concentrations to pose an explosive
hazard, or CA, regardless of configuration, to avoid contact with potential surface
or subsurface explosive or CA hazards, to allow entry to the area for the
performance of required operations.
Chain of Custodyiii
The activities and procedures taken throughout the inspection, re-inspection and
documentation process to maintain positive control of MPPEH to ensure the
veracity of the process used to determine the status of material as to its
explosive hazard. This includes all such activities from the time of collection
through final disposition.
Chemical Agent (CA)iv
A chemical compound (to include experimental compounds) that, through its
chemical properties produces lethal or other damaging effects on human beings,
in intended for use in military operations to kill, seriously injure, or incapacitate a
person through its physiological effects. Excluded are research, development,
testing and evaluation (RDTE) solutions, riot control agents, chemical defoliants
and herbicides, smoke and other obscuration materials; flame and incendiary
materials; and industrial chemicals.
Chemical Agent (CA) Hazardv
A condition where danger exists because CA is present in a concentration high
enough to present potential unacceptable effects (e.g., death, injury, damage) to
people, operational capability, or the environment.
Chemical Agent Identification Sets (CAIS)vi
CAIS are military training aids containing small quantities of various chemical
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Chemical Agent (CA) Safetyvii
A condition where operational capability and readiness, people, property, and the
environment are protected from the unacceptable effects or risks of a mishap
involving chemical warfare material (CWM) and CA in other than munitions
configurations.
Chemical Warfare Agents (CWA)
Are the V- and G-series nerve agents, H-series (i.e., “mustard” agents) and Lseries (i.e., lewisite) blister agents, and certain industrial chemicals used by the
military as weapons, including hydrogen cyanide (AC), cyanogens chloride (CK),
or carbonyl dichloride (called phosgene or CGI00. CWA do not include riot
control agents (e.g., w-chloroacetophenone (CN) and
ochlorobenzylidenemalononitrile (CS) tear gas), chemical herbicides, smoke or
incendiary compounds, and industrial chemicals that are not configured as a
military munition.
Chemical Warfare Material (CWM)
Items generally configured as a munition containing a chemical compound that is
intended to kill, seriously injure, or incapacitate a person through its physiological
effects. CWM includes V- and G- series nerve agents or H-series (mustard) and
L-series (lewisite) blister agents in other-than-munition configurations; and
certain industrial chemicals (e.g., hydrogen cyanide (AC), cyanogen chloride
(CK), or carbonyl dichloride (called phosgene or CG)) configured as a military
munition. Due to their hazards, prevalence and military-unique application,
chemical agent identifications sets (CAIS) are also considered CWM. CWM
does not include: riot control devices; chemical defoliants and herbicides;
industrial chemicals (e.g., AC, CK, or CG) not configured as a munition; smoke
and other obscuration producing items; flame and incendiary producing items; or
soil, water, debris or other media contaminated with low concentrations of
chemical agents where no CA hazards exist.viii

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Chemical Warfare Material (CWM) is a general term that includes four subcategories of
specific materials:

CWM, explosively configured are all munitions that contain a CWA fill and
any explosive component. Examples include M55 rockets with CWA, the
M23 VX mine, and the M360 105-millimeter GB artillery cartridge.

CWM, nonexplosively configured are all munitions that contain a CWA fill
but that do not include any explosive components. Examples include any
chemical munition that does not contain an explosive component and VX
or mustard agent spray canisters.

CWM, bulk container are all non-munitions-configured containers of CWA
(e.g., a tone container).

Chemical Agent Identification Sets (CAIS). All forms of CAIS are scored
the same except for CAIS K941, toxic gas set M-1; and K942, toxic gas set
M-2/E-11, which are scored higher due to the relatively large quantities of
agent they contain. ix1
Chemical Warfare Material (CWM) Responsex
Munitions responses and other responses to address the chemical safety;
explosives safety, when applicable; human health; or environmental risks
presented by CA-filled munitions and CA in other than munitions configurations.
(See munitions response.)
Closed Rangexi
A military range that has been taken out of service as a range and that either has
been put to new uses that are incompatible with range activities or is not
considered by the military to be a potential range area. A closed range is still
under the control of a DoD component.
Construction Supportxii
Assistance provided by DoD EOD or UXO-qualified personnel and/or by
personnel trained and qualified for operations involving CA, regardless of
configuration, during intrusive construction activities on property known or
suspected to contain UXO, other munitions that may have experienced abnormal
environments (e.g., DMM), munitions constituents in high enough concentrations
to pose an explosive hazard, or CA, regardless of configuration, to ensure the
safety of personnel or resources from any potential explosive or CA hazards.

On 23 April 2007, the Department of the Army changed the 5 September 1997 Interim
Guidance for Biological Warfare Material (BWM) and Non-Stockpiled Chemical Warfare Material
(CWM) Response Activities to state that CAIS that do not contain dilute amounts of nerve agent
or neat Chemical Agent (i.e., CAIS K941 and K942) are no longer considered CWM.
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Cultural Debrisxiii
Debris found on operational ranges or munitions response sites, which may be
removed to facilitate a range clearance or munitions response, that is not related
to munitions or range operations. Such debris includes, but is not limited to:
rebar, household items (refrigerators, washing machines, etc.), automobile parts
and automobiles that were not associated with range targets, fence posts, and
fence wire.
Defense Sitexiv
Locations that are or were owned by, leased to, or otherwise possessed or used
by the Department of Defense. The term does not include any operational range,
operating storage or manufacturing facility, or facility that is used for or was
permitted for the treatment or disposal of military munitions.
Discarded Military Munitions (DMM)xv
Military munitions that have been abandoned without proper disposal or removed
from storage in a military magazine or other storage area for the purpose of
disposal. The term does not include unexploded ordnance, military munitions
that are being held for future use or planned disposal, or military munitions that
have been properly disposed of, consistent with applicable environmental laws
and regulations.
Disposalxvi
End of life tasks or actions for residual materials resulting from demilitarization or
disposition operations.
Dispositionxvii
The process of reusing, recycling, converting, redistributing, transferring,
donating, selling, demilitarizing, treating, destroying, or fulfilling other life-cycle
guidance, for DoD property.
Documentation of the Explosives Safety Status of Materialxviii
Documentation attesting that material:
(1) does not present an explosive hazard and is consequently safe for
unrestricted transfer within or release from DoD control, or
(2) is MPPEH, with the known or suspected explosive hazards stated, that is only
transferable or releasable to a qualified receiver.
This documentation must be signed by a technically qualified individual with
direct knowledge of:
(1) the results of both the material’s 100 percent inspection and 100 percent reinspection or of the approved process used and the appropriate level of reinspection, and
(2) the veracity of the chain-of-custody for the material. This signature is
followed by the signature of another technically qualified individual who inspects
the material on a sampling basis (sampling procedures are determined by DoD
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Environmental Regulators and Safety Officialsxix
Include, but may not be limited to environmental regulators, environmental
coordinators or hazardous material coordinators, law enforcement officers, and
safety personnel of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA),
American Indians and Alaska Natives, other Federal Land Managers, and/or the
States. When appropriate, public health officials of various agencies may also be
involved.
Explosive Hazardxx
A condition where danger exists because explosives are present that may react
(e.g., detonate, deflagrate) in a mishap with potential unacceptable effects (e.g.,
death, injury, damage) to people, property, operational capability, or the
environment.
Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD)xxi
The detection, identification, on-site evaluation, rendering safe, recovery, and
final disposal of unexploded ordnance and of other munitions that have become
an imposing danger, for example, by damage or deterioration.
Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Personnelxxii
Military personnel who have graduated from the Naval School, Explosive
Ordnance Disposal; are assigned to a military unit with a Service-defined EOD
mission; and meet Service and assigned unit requirements to perform EOD
duties. EOD personnel have received specialized training to address explosive
and certain CA hazards during both peacetime and wartime. EOD personnel are
trained and equipped to perform Render Safe Procedures (RSP) on nuclear,
biological, chemical, and conventional munitions, and on improvised explosive
devices.
Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Unitxxiii
A military organization constituted by proper authority; manned with EOD
personnel; outfitted with equipment required to perform EOD functions; and
assigned an EOD mission.
Explosives or Munitions Emergency Responsexxiv
All immediate response activities by an explosives and munitions emergency
response specialist to control, mitigate, or eliminate the actual or potential threat
encountered during an explosives or munitions emergency. An explosives or
munitions emergency response may include in-place render-safe procedures,
treatment or destruction of the explosives or munitions, and/or transporting those
items to another location to be rendered safe, treated, or destroyed. Any
reasonable delay in the completion of an explosives or munitions emergency
response caused by a necessary, unforeseen, or uncontrollable circumstance will
not terminate the explosives or munitions emergency. Explosives and munitions
emergency responses can occur on either public or private lands and are not
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Explosives Safetyxxv
A condition where operational capability and readiness, people, property, and the
environment are protected from the unacceptable effects or risks or potential
mishaps involving military munitions.
Former Rangexxvi
Former range means the munitions response site is a location that was:
(1) Closed by a formal decision made by the DoD Component with administrative
control over the location, or
(2) Put to a use incompatible with the presence of UXO, DMM, or MC.
Formerly Used Defense Sites (FUDS)xxvii
A FUDS is defined as a facility or site (property) that was under the jurisdiction of
the Secretary of Defense and owned by, leased to, or otherwise possessed by
the United States at the time of actions leading to contamination by hazardous
substances. By the Department of Defense Environmental Restoration Program
(DERP) policy, the FUDS program is limited to those real properties that were
transferred from DoD control prior to 17 October 1986. FUDS properties can be
located within the 50 States, District of Columbia, Territories, Commonwealths,
and possessions of the United States.
Historical Evidencexxviii
Historical evidence means that the investigation:
(1) Found written documents or records, or
(2) Documented interviews of persons with knowledge of site conditions, or
(3) Found and verified other forms of information.
Inactive Rangexxix
A military range that is not currently being used, but that is still under military
control and considered by the military to be a potential range area, and that has
not been put to a new use that is incompatible with range activities.
Interim Holding Facility (IHF)xxx
A temporary storage facility designed to hold recovered chemical warfare
material (RCWM).
Land Use Controls (LUC)xxxi
LUC are physical, legal, or administrative mechanisms that restrict the use of, or
limit access to, real property, to manage risks to human health and the
environment. Physical Mechanisms encompass a variety of engineered
remedies to contain or reduce contamination and/or physical barriers to limit
access to real property, such as fences or signs.

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Long-Term Management (LTM)xxxii
The period of site management (including maintenance, monitoring, record
keeping, 5-year reviews, etc.) initiated after response (removal or remedial)
objectives have been met (i.e., after Response Complete).
Material Potentially Presenting an Explosive Hazard (MPPEH)xxxiii
Material potentially containing explosives or munitions (e.g., munitions containers
and packaging material; munitions debris remaining after munitions use,
demilitarization, or disposal; and range-related debris); or material potentially
contaminating a high enough concentration of explosives such that the material
presents an explosive hazard (e.g., equipment, drainage systems, holding tanks,
piping, ventilation ducts that were associated with munitions production,
demilitarization or disposal operations). Excluded from MPPEH are munitions
within DoD’s established munitions management system and other hazardous
items that may present explosion hazards (e.g., gasoline cans, compressed gas
cylinders) that are not munitions and are not intended for use as munitions.
Military Munitionsxxxiv
Military munitions means all ammunition products and components produced or
used by the armed forces for national defense and security, including ammunition
products or components under the control of the Department of Defense, the
Coast Guard, the Department of Energy, and the National Guard. The term
includes: confined gaseous, liquid, and solid propellants; explosives,
pyrotechnics, chemical and riot control agents, smokes, and incendiaries,
including bulk explosives, and chemical warfare agents; chemical munitions,
rockets, guided and ballistic missiles, bombs, warheads, mortar rounds, artillery
ammunition, small arms ammunition, grenades, mines, torpedoes, depth
charges, cluster munitions and dispensers, demolition charges, and devices and
components thereof.
The term does not include wholly inert items; improvised explosive devices; and
nuclear weapons, nuclear devices, and nuclear components, other than
nonnuclear components of nuclear devices that are managed under the nuclear
weapons program of the Department of Energy after all required sanitization
operations under the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.) have
been completed.
Military Munitions Burial Sitexxxv
A site, regardless of location, where military munitions or CA, regardless of
configuration, were intentionally buried, with the intent to abandon or discard.
This term includes burial sites used to dispose of military munitions or CA,
regardless of configuration, in a manner consistent with applicable environmental
laws and regulations or the national practice at the time of burial. It does not
include sites where munitions were intentionally covered with earth during
authorized destruction by detonation, or where in-situ capping is implemented as
an engineered remedy under an authorized response action.

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Military Munitions Response Program (MMRP) Sitexxxvi
A discrete location within a Munitions response Area (MRA) that may or may not
require a munitions response.
Military Rangexxxvii
Designated land and water areas set aside, managed, and used to conduct
research on, develop, test, and evaluate military munitions and explosives, other
ordnance, or weapon systems, or to train military personnel in their use and
handling. Ranges include firing lines and positions, maneuver areas, firing lanes,
test pads, detonation pads, impact areas, and buffer zones with restricted access
and exclusionary areas.
Military Separation Distance (MSD)xxxviii
MSD is the distance at which personnel in the open must be from an intentional
or unintentional detonation.
Munition Response Area (MRA)xxxix
Any area on a defense site that is known or suspected to contain UXO, DMM, or
MC. Examples include former ranges and munitions burial areas. A munitions
response area is comprised of one or more munitions response sites.
Munition Response Site (MRS)xl
A discrete location within a MRA that is known to require a munitions response.
Munition with the Greatest Fragmentation Distance (MGFD)xli
The munition with the greatest fragment distance that is reasonably expected
(based on research or characterization) to be encountered in any particular area.
Munitions Constituents (MC) xlii
Any materials originating from unexploded ordnance (UXO), discarded military
munitions (DMM), or other military munitions, including explosive and nonexplosive materials, and emission, degradation, or breakdown elements of such
ordnance or munitions.
Munitions Debrisxliii
Remnants of munitions (e.g., fragments, penetrators, projectiles, shell casings,
links, fins) remaining after munitions use, demilitarization, or disposal.

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Munitions and Explosives of Concern (MEC)xliv
This term, which distinguishes specific categories of military munitions that may
pose unique explosives safety risks, means:
(a) Unexploded Ordnance (UXO), as defined in 10 U.S.C. 1(e)(5);
(b) Discarded military munitions (DMM), as defined in 10 U.S.C. 2710 (e)(2); or
(c) Munitions constituents (e.g., TNT, RDX) as defined in 10 U.S.C. 2710(e)(3),
present in high enough concentrations to pose an explosive hazard.
Munitions Responsexlv
Response actions, including investigation, removal actions and remedial actions
to address the explosives safety, human health, or environmental risks presented
by unexploded ordnance (UXO), discarded military munitions (DMM), or
munitions constituents (MC), or to support a determination that no removal or
remedial action is required.
Mutual Agreementxlvi
A meeting of the minds on a specific subject, and a manifestation of intent of the
parties to do or refrain from doing some specific act or acts. Inherent in any
mutual agreement or collaborative process are the acknowledgement of each
member’s role in the process and their differing views of their authorities. The
mutual agreement process will provide a means of resolving differences without
denying the parties an opportunity to exercise their respective authorities should
mutual agreement fail to be achieved.
One Percent Lethality Distancexlvii
A distance calculated from a given CA Maximum Credible Event (MCE) and
meteorological conditions (temperature, wind speed, Pasquill stability factor) and
established as the distance at which dosage from that MCE agent release would
be 150 mg-min/m3 for H and HD agents, 75 mg-min/m3 for HT agent, 150 mgmin/m3 for Lewisite, 10 mg-min/m3 for GB agent, 4.3 mg-min/m3 for VX vapor,
and 0.1 mg-min/m3 for inhalation and deposition of liquid VX.
On-call Construction Supportxlviii
Construction support provided, on an as needed basis, where the probability of
encountering UXO, other munitions that may have experienced abnormal
environments (e.g., DMM), munitions constituents in high enough concentrations
to pose an explosive hazard, or CA, regardless of configuration, has been
determined to be low. This support can respond from off-site when called, or be
on-site and available to provide required construction support.
On-Site Construction Supportxlix
Dedicated construction support, where the probability of encountering UXO,
other munitions that may have experienced abnormal environments (e.g., DMM),
munitions constituents in high enough concentrations to pose an explosive
hazard, or CA, regardless of configuration, has been determined to be moderate
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On-the-Surfacel
A situation in which UXO, DMM or CA, regardless of configuration, are: (A)
entirely or partially exposed above the ground surface (i.e., the top of the soil
layer); or (B) entirely or partially exposed above the surface of a water body (e.g.,
because of tidal activity).
Open Burn (OB)li
An open-air combustion process by which excess, unserviceable, or obsolete
munitions are destroyed to eliminate their inherent explosive hazards.
Open Detonation (OD)lii
An open-air process used for the treatment of excess, unserviceable or obsolete
munitions whereby an explosive donor charge initiates the munitions being
treated.
Operational Rangeliii
A range that is under the jurisdiction, custody, or control of the Secretary of
Defense and that is used for range activities; or although not currently being used
for range activities, that is still considered by the Secretary to be a range and has
not been put to a new use that is incompatible with range activities. (10 U.S.C.
101(e)(3)(A) and (B)). Also includes “military range,” “active range,” and “inactive
range” as those terms are defined in 40 CFR 266.201.
Ordnance and Explosives (OE) liv
Anything related to munitions designed to cause damage to personnel or material
through explosive force, incendiary action or toxic effects. OE is: bombs and
warheads, missiles; artillery, mortar and rocket ammunition, small arms
ammunition; antipersonnel and antitank mines; demolition charges; high
explosives and propellants; depleted uranium rounds; military chemical warfare
materials as defined [below]; and all similar and related items or components,
explosive in nature or otherwise designed to cause damage to personnel or
material (e.g., fuze, boosters/propellants or soils/media contaminated with
explosives if the concentration is sufficient to be reactive.) . . .Unexploded
Ordnance (UXO) is an item of explosive ordnance which has failed to function as
designed or has been abandoned, discarded or improperly disposed of and is still
capable of functioning, causing damage to personnel or material.
Other Than Operational Range
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Physical Evidencelv
Physical evidence means:
(1) Recorded observations from on-site investigations, such as finding intact
UXO or DMM, or components, fragments, or other pieces of military
munitions, or
(2) The results of field or laboratory sampling and analysis procedures, or
(3) The results of geophysical investigations.
Primary Explosiveslvi
Primary explosives are highly sensitive compounds that are typically used in
detonators and primers. A reaction is easily triggered by heat, spark, impact or
friction. Examples of primary explosives are lead azide and mercury fulminate.
Public Access Exclusion Distance (PAED)lvii
The PAED is defined as longest distance of the hazardous fragment distance,
inhabited building distance (IBD) for overpressure, or the One Percent Lethality
Distance. For siting purposes, the PAED is analogous to the IBD for explosives;
therefore, personnel not directly associated with the chemical operations are not
to be allowed within the PAED.
Qualified Receiverlviii
Entities that have personnel who are, or individuals who are, trained and
experienced in the identification and safe handling of used and unused military
munitions, and any known or potential explosive hazards that may be associated
with the MPPEH they receive; and are licensed and permitted or otherwise
qualified to receive, manage, and process MPPEH.
Rangelix
A designated land or water area that is set aside, managed, and used for range
activities of the Department of Defense. The term includes firing lines and
positions, maneuver areas, firing lanes, test pads, detonation pads, impact areas,
electronic scoring sites, buffer zones with restricted access, and exclusionary
areas. The term also includes airspace areas designated for military use in
accordance with regulations and procedures prescribed by the Administrator of
the Federal Aviation Administration.
Range Activitieslx
Research, development, testing, and evaluation of military munitions, other
ordnance, and weapons systems; and the training of members of the armed
forces in the use and handling of military munitions, other ordnance, and
weapons systems.

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Range Clearancelxi
The destruction, or removal and proper disposition of used military munitions
(e.g., unexploded ordnance (UXO) and munitions debris) and other range-related
debris (e.g., target debris, military munitions packaging and crating material) to
maintain or enhance operational range safety or prevent the accumulation of
such material from impairing or preventing operational range use. “Range
clearance” does not include removal, treatment, or remediation of chemical
residues or munitions constituents from environmental media, nor actions to
address discarded military munitions (e.g., burial pits) on operational ranges.
Range Related Debrislxii
Debris, other than munitions debris, collected from operational ranges or from
former ranges (e.g., target debris, military munitions packaging and crating
material).
Recovered Chemical Warfare Materiel (RCWM)lxiii
CWM used for its intended purpose or previously disposed of as waste, which
has been discovered during a CWM response or by chance (e.g., accidental
discovery by a member of the public), that DoD has either secured in place or
placed under DoD control, normally in a DDESB-approved storage location or
interim holding facility, pending final disposition.
Render Safe Procedures (RSP)lxiv
The portion of EOD procedures that involves the application of special disposal
methods or tools to interrupt the functioning or otherwise defeat the firing train of
UXO from triggering an unacceptable detonation.
Secondary Explosiveslxv
Secondary explosives are generally less sensitive to initiation than primary
explosives and are typically used in booster and main charge applications. A
severe shock is usually required to trigger a reaction. Examples are TNT, cyclo1,3,5-trimethylene-2,4,6-trinitramine (RDX or cyclonite), HMX, and tetryl.
Small Arms Ammunitionlxvi
Ammunition, without projectiles that contain explosives (other than tracers) that is
.50 caliber or smaller, or for shotguns.
Team Separation Distance (TSD)lxvii
The distance that munitions response teams must be separated from each other
during munitions response activities involving intrusive operations.
Technical Escort Unit (TEU)lxviii
A DoD organization manned with specially trained personnel that provide
verification, sampling, detection, mitigation, render safe, decontamination,
packaging, escort and remediation of chemical, biological and industrial devices
or hazardous material.

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Technology-aided Surface Removallxix
A removal of UXO, DMM or CWM on the surface (i.e., the top of the soil layer)
only, in which the detection process is primarily performed visually, but is
augmented by technology aids (e.g., hand-held magnetometers or metal
detectors) because vegetation, the weathering of UXO, DMM or CWM, or other
factors make visual detection difficult.
Time Critical Removal Action (TCRA) lxx
Removal actions where, based on the site evaluation, a determination is made
that a removal is appropriate, and that less than 6 months exists before on-site
removal activity must begin.
Transferred rangelxxi
A military range that is no longer under military control and has been leased,
transferred, or returned to another entity, including Federal entities. This includes
a military range that is no longer under military control but was used under the
terms of a withdrawal, executive order, special-use permit or authorization, rightof-way, public land order, or other instrument issued by the Federal land
manager.
Transferring Rangelxxii
A military range that is proposed to be leased, transferred, or returned from the
Department of Defense to another entity, including Federal entities. This includes
a military range that is used under the terms of a withdrawal, executive order,
special-use permit or authorization, right-of-way, public land order, or other
instrument issued by the Federal land manager. An active range will not be
considered a ``transferring range'' until the transfer is imminent.
Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) lxxiii
Military munitions that:
(a)
Have been primed, fuzed, armed, or otherwise prepared for actions;
(b)
Have been fired, dropped, launched, projected, or placed in such a
manner as to constitute a hazard to operations, installations, personnel, or
material; and
(c)
Remain unexploded whether by malfunction, design, or any other cause.
UXO Technicianslxxiv
Personnel who are qualified for and filling Department of Labor, Service Contract
Act, Directory of Occupations, contractor positions of UXO Technician I, UXO
Technician II, and UXO Technician III.

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UXO-Qualified Personnellxxv
Personnel who have performed successfully in military EOD positions, or are
qualified to perform in the following Department of Labor, Service Contract Act,
Directory of Occupations, contractor positions: UXO Technician II, UXO
Technician III, UXO Safety Officer, UXO Quality Control Specialist, or Senior
UXO Supervisor.
Ventinglxxvi
Exposing any internal cavities of MPPEH, to include training or practice
munitions (e.g., concrete bombs), using DDESB- or DoD Component-approved
procedures, to confirm that an explosive hazard is not present.
i

Environmental Protection Agency, Military Munitions Rule, published 12 February 1997
(62 FR 6622)

ii

Department of the Army Office of the Assistant Secretary Installations and
Environment, Memorandum for the Assistant Chief of Staff For Installation
Management, Subject: Munitions Response Terminology, 21 April 2005. (Hereafter
Memorandum, Subject: Munitions Response Terminology, 21 April 2005.)
iii

Memorandum, Subject: Munitions Response Terminology, 21 April 2005.

iv

Corps of Engineers Safety Office (CESO), ER 385-1-92, Safety - Safety and
Occupational Health Requirements for Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste
(HTRW) Activities, 1 September 2000
v

Memorandum, Subject: Munitions Response Terminology, 21 April 2005.

vi

Department of Defense, Munitions Response Site Prioritization Protocol; Proposed
Rule, 22 August 2003; 32 CFR Part 179
vii

Memorandum, Subject: Munitions Response Terminology, 21 April 2005.

viii

Corps of Engineers Safety Office (CESO), ER 385-1-92, Safety - Safety and
Occupational Health Requirements for Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste
(HTRW) Activities, 1 September 2000
ix

Department of Defense, Munitions Response Site Prioritization Protocol; Proposed
Rule, 22 August 2003; 32 CFR Part 179
x

Memorandum, Subject: Munitions Response Terminology, 21 April 2005.

xi

Originally defined in the 26 September 1997 DOD proposed range rule, Closed,
Transferred, and Transferring Ranges Containing Military Munitions, Title 32 Code of
Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 178, which the DoD withdrew on 13 November 2000.

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xii

Memorandum, Subject: Munitions Response Terminology, 21 April 2005.

xiii

Memorandum, Subject: Munitions Response Terminology, 21 April 2005.

xiv

10 U.S.C. 2710(e)(1)

xv

10 U.S.C. 2710(e)(2)

xvi

Memorandum, Subject: Munitions Response Terminology, 21 April 2005.

xvii

Memorandum, Subject: Munitions Response Terminology, 21 April 2005.

xviii

Memorandum, Subject: Munitions Response Terminology, 21 April 2005.

xix

Memorandum, Subject: Munitions Response Terminology, 21 April 2005.

xx

Memorandum, Subject: Munitions Response Terminology, 21 April 2005.

xxi

Memorandum, Subject: Munitions Response Terminology, 21 April 2005.

xxii

Memorandum, Subject: Munitions Response Terminology, 21 April 2005.

xxiii

Memorandum, Subject: Munitions Response Terminology, 21 April 2005.

xxiv

Military Munitions Rule, 40 CFR 260.10

xxv

Memorandum, Subject: Munitions Response Terminology, 21 April 2005.

xxvi

Department of Defense, Munitions Response Site Prioritization Protocol; Proposed
Rule, 22 August 2003; 32 CFR Part 179

xxvii

Department of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Environmental Quality,
Formerly Used Defense Sites (FUDS) Program Policy, ER 200-3-1, dated 20May2004.

xxviii

Department of Defense, Munitions Response Site Prioritization Protocol; Proposed
Rule, 22 August 2003; 32 CFR Part 179
xxix

Environmental Protection Agency, Military Munitions Rule, published 12 February
1997 (62 FR 6622)
xxx

Memorandum, Subject: Munitions Response Terminology, 21 April 2005.

xxxi

Memorandum, Subject: Munitions Response Terminology, 21 April 2005.

xxxii

Memorandum, Subject: Munitions Response Terminology, 21 April 2005..

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xxxiii

Department of the Army Office of the Assistant Secretary Installations and
Environment, Memorandum for the Assistant Chief of Staff For Installation
Management, Subject: Definition Related to Munitions Response Action, 28 October
2003:

xxxiv

10 U.S.C. 101(e)(4)(A) through (C)

xxxv

Memorandum, Subject: Munitions Response Terminology, 21 April 2005.

xxxvi

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-St. Louis District, Ordnance and Technical Services
Branch CEMVS-ED-P developed this term in lieu of using Munitions Response Site
(MRS)
xxxvii

Military Munitions Rule, 40 CFR 266.201

xxxviii

Memorandum, Subject: Munitions Response Terminology, 21 April 2005.

xxxix

Memorandum, Subject: Munitions Response Terminology, 21 April 2005.

xl

Memorandum, Subject: Munitions Response Terminology, 21 April 2005.

xli

Memorandum, Subject: Munitions Response Terminology, 21 April 2005.

xlii

10 U.S.C. 2710(e)(3)

xliii

Memorandum, Subject: Munitions Response Terminology, 21 April 2005.

xliv

Memorandum, Subject: Munitions Response Terminology, 21 April 2005.

xlv

Memorandum, Subject: Munitions Response Terminology, 21 April 2005.

xlvi

Memorandum, Subject: Munitions Response Terminology, 21 April 2005.

xlvii

Memorandum, Subject: Munitions Response Terminology, 21 April 2005.

xlviii

Memorandum, Subject: Munitions Response Terminology, 21 April 2005.

xlix

Memorandum, Subject: Munitions Response Terminology, 21 April 2005.

l

Memorandum, Subject: Munitions Response Terminology, 21 April 2005.

li

Memorandum, Subject: Munitions Response Terminology, 21 April 2005.

lii

Memorandum, Subject: Munitions Response Terminology, 21 April 2005.

liii

Memorandum, Subject: Munitions Response Terminology, 21 April 2005.
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liv

Corps of Engineers Safety Office (CESO), ER 385-1-92, Safety - Safety and
Occupational Health Requirements for Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste
(HTRW) Activities, 1 September 2000
lv

Department of Defense, Munitions Response Site Prioritization Protocol; Proposed
Rule, 22 August 2003; 32 CFR Part 179
lvi

Memorandum, Subject: Munitions Response Terminology, 21 April 2005.

lvii

Memorandum, Subject: Munitions Response Terminology, 21 April 2005.

lviii

Memorandum, Subject: Munitions Response Terminology, 21 April 2005.

lix

10 U.S.C. 101(e)(1)(A) and (B)

lx

10 U.S.C. 101(e)(2)(A) and (B)

lxi

Department of the Army Office of the Assistant Secretary Installations and
Environment, Memorandum for the Assistant Chief of Staff For Installation
Management, Subject: Definition Related to Munitions Response Action, 28 October
2003:

lxii

Department of the Army Office of the Assistant Secretary Installations and
Environment, Memorandum for the Assistant Chief of Staff For Installation
Management, Subject: Definition Related to Munitions Response Action, 28 October
2003:

lxiii

U. S. Army Corps of Engineers (CESO-I)
2003 ER 385-1-95, Safety - Safety and Health Requirements for Ordnance and
Explosives (OE) Operations, 16 June 2003

lxiv

Memorandum, Subject: Munitions Response Terminology, 21 April 2005.

lxv

Memorandum, Subject: Munitions Response Terminology, 21 April 2005.

lxvi

Department of Defense, Munitions Response Site Prioritization Protocol; Proposed
Rule, 22 August 2003; 32 CFR Part 179
lxvii

Memorandum, Subject: Munitions Response Terminology, 21 April 2005.

lxviii

Memorandum, Subject: Munitions Response Terminology, 21 April 2005.

lxix

Memorandum, Subject: Munitions Response Terminology, 21 April 2005.

lxx

40 CFR 300.5
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lxxi

Originally defined in the 26 September 1997 DOD proposed range rule, Closed,
Transferred, and Transferring Ranges Containing Military Munitions, Title 32 Code of
Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 178, which the DoD withdrew on 13 November 2000.
lxxii

Originally defined in the 26 September 1997 DOD proposed range rule, Closed,
Transferred, and Transferring Ranges Containing Military Munitions, Title 32 Code of
Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 178, which the DoD withdrew on 13 November 2000.
lxxiii

10 U.S.C. 101(e)(5)(A) through (C)

lxxiv

Memorandum, Subject: Munitions Response Terminology, 21 April 2005.

lxxv

Memorandum, Subject: Munitions Response Terminology, 21 April 2005.

lxxvi

Memorandum, Subject: Munitions Response Terminology, 21 April 2005.

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APPENDIX E
PA (PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT)
DATA AND SITE CHARACTERISTICS FORM
Reference: U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, Guidance for Performing
Preliminary Assessments Under CERCLA, EPA/540/G-91/013, Publication
9345.0-01A, September 1991; Appendix D.

Appendix E – Preliminary Assessment Form

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Preliminary Assessment
OMB Approval Number: 2050-0095
Approved for Use Through: 1/92
Identification
State:

CERCLIS Number:

Florida

Not Applicable
CERCLIS Discovery Date:

Not Applicable

1.

General Site Information

Name:
Naval Air Station Banana River Off-Base
Disposal Area, I04FL0027
City:

Street Address:
State:

Zip Code:

County:

Co. Code:

South Patrick Shores

FL

32937

Brevard

(FL)
(009)i

Latitude:

Not Applicable

Longitude:

Approximate Area of Site:

N28o 12’ 22’’ , W80o 35’ 58’’

2.

Cong.
Dist:ii

8

Status of Site:
 Active
 Inactive

32 Acres

 Not Specified
 NA (GW plume, etc.)

Owner/Operator Information

Owner:

Operator:

The former site is currently owned by
private residents and commercial buildings

The site has subsequently been redeveloped for residential
housing and is no longer operated

Street Address:

Street Address:

Not applicable

Not applicable

City:

City:

South Patrick Shores

South Patrick Shores

State:

Zip Code:

Telephone:

State:

Zip Code:

FL

32937

Not applicable

FL

32937

Type of Ownership:
Private
 Federal Agency
Name __________
 State
__________
 Indian

Telephone:

Not Applicable

How Initially Identified:
 Citizen Complaint
 PA Petition
 State/Local Program
 RCRA/CERCLA Notification

 County
 Other

 Federal Program
 Incidental
 Not Specified
 Other _DERP-FUDS__

3. Site Evaluator Information
Name of Evaluator:
Randal Curtis, 314-331-8786
Street Address:
1222 Spruce St
Name of EPA or State Agency Contact:
EPA Region 4
City:

4.

Agency/Organization:
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-St. Louis District (CEMVSED-P)
City:
St Louis
Street Address:
State:

Telephone:

Site Disposition (for EPA use only)

Emergency
Response/Removal
Assessment
Recommendation:
Yes
No
Date: __________

CERCLIS Recommendation:
Higher Priority SI
Lower Priority SI
NFRAP
RCRA
Other __________
Date: ______________

Signature:
Name (typed):
Position:

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Date Prepared:
16 December 2019
State:
Missouri

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CERCLIS Number:

5.

Not Applicable

General Site Characteristics
Predominant Land Uses Within 1 Mile of Site (check all that apply):
Industrial Agriculture
DOI
Urban
Commercial Mining
Other Federal Facility
Suburban
Residential DOD
____________________
Rural
Forest/Fields
DOE
Other _______________

Site Setting: Years of Operation:
Beginning Year 1942
Ending Year

1947

Unknown
Type of Site Operations (check all that apply):
Manufacturing (must check subcategory)
Lumber and Wood Products
Inorganic Chemicals
Plastic and/or Rubber Products
Paints, Varnishes
Industrial Organic Chemicals
Agricultural Chemicals
(e.g., pesticides, fertilizers)
Miscellaneous Chemical Products
(e.g., adhesives, explosives, ink)
Primary Metals
Disposal
Metal Coating, Plating, Engraving
Metal Forging, Stamping
Fabricated Structural Metal Products
Electronic Equipment
Other Manufacturing
Mining
Metals
Coal
Oil and Gas
Non-metallic Minerals

6.

Retail
Recycling
Junk/Salvage Yard
Municipal Landfill
Other Landfill
DOD
DOB
DOI
Other Federal Facility __________
RCRA
Treatment, Storage, or

Waste Generated:
Onsite
Offsite
Onsite and Offsite
Waste Deposition Authorized By:
Present Owner
Former Owner
Present & Former Owner
Unauthorized
Unknown
Waste Accessible to the Public:

Large Quantity Generator
Small Quantity Generator
Subtitle D
Municipal
Industrial
“Converter”
“Protective Filer”
“Non- or Late Filer”
Not Specified
Other _______________________

Yes
No

Distance to Nearest Dwelling,
School, or Workplace:
___0__ Feet

Waste Characteristics Information
Source Type:
(check all that apply)

Source Waste Quantity: Tier*:
(include units)

Landfill
______
Surface Impoundment
______
Drums
______
Tanks and Non-Drum Containers
______
Chemical Waste Pile
______

_______________
_______________
_______________
_______________

General Types of Waste (check all that apply)
Metals
Pesticides/Herbicides
Organics
Acids/Bases
Inorganics
Oily Waste
Solvents
Municipal Waste
Paints/Pigments
Mining Waste
Lab/Hospital Waste
Explosives
Radioactive Waste
Construction/Demolition Waste
Other

_______________

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Scrap Metal or Junk Pile
_______________
______
Tailing Pile
_______________
______
Trash Pile (open dump)
_______________
______
Land Treatment
_______________
______
Contaminated Ground Water Plume
(unidentified source)
_______________
______
Contaminated Surface Water/Sediment
(unidentified source)
_______________
______
Contaminated Soil
_______________
______
Other
______
No Sources

Physical State of Waste as Deposited (check
all that apply):
Solid
Liquid

* C = Constituent, W = Wastestream, V = Volume, A = Area

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Sludge
Gas

Powder

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CERCLIS Number: :

Not Applicable

7. Ground Water Pathway
Is Ground Water Used for
Drinking
Water Within 4 Miles:
Yes
No
Type of Drinking Water Wells
Within 4 Miles (check all that
Apply):
Municipal
Private
None

Is There a Suspected Release to
Ground
Water:
Yes
No

List Secondary Target Population Served by Ground
Water Withdrawn From:

Have Primary Target Drinking Water
Wells Been Identified:
Yes
No
If Yes, Enter Primary Target Population:

0 - ¼ Mile

_________

> ¼ - ½ Mile

________

> ½ – 1 Mile

________

> 1 – 2 Miles
> 2 – 3 Miles

_________
________

> 3 – 4 Miles

_________

___ People
Total Within 4 Miles _________
Depth to Shallowest Aquifer:
_<20__ Feet
Karst Terrain/Aquifer Present:
Yes
No

Nearest Designated Wellhead
Protection
Area:
Underlies Site
> 0 – 4 Miles
None Within 4 Miles

8. Surface Water Pathway
Type of Surface Water Draining Site and 15 Miles Downstream
(check all
That apply):
Stream
River
Pond
Lake
Bay
Ocean
Other __________

Shortest Overland Distance From Any Source to Surface
Water:
____1000_ Feet
____0.19__ Miles

Is There a Suspected Release to Surface Water:
Yes

No

Drinking Water Intakes Located Along the Surface Water
Migration Path:
Yes
No
Have Primary Target Drinking Water Intakes Been Identified:
Yes
No
If Yes, Enter Population Served by Primary Target Intakes:
____________ People

Site is Located in:
Annual – 10 yr Floodplain
> 10 yr – 100 yr Floodplain
> 100 yr – 500 yr Floodplain
> 500 yr Floodplain
List All Secondary Target Drinking Water Intakes:
Name Water Body
Flow (cfs)
Population Served
_______ _________
___________
_____________
_______ _________

____________

_____________

_______ _________
____________
_____________
Total within 15 Miles _____________

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Fisheries Located Along the Surface Water Migration Path:
Yes
No
Have Primary Target Fisheries Been Identified:
Yes
No

List All Secondary Target Fisheries:
Water Body/Fishery Name

Flow (cfs)

_______________________________

________

_______________________________

________

_______________________________

________

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CERCLIS Number:

: Not Applicable

7. Surface Water Pathway
(continued)
Wetlands Located Along the Surface Water Migration
Path:
Yes
No

Other Sensitive Environments Located Along the Surface Water
Migration Path:
Yes
No

Have Primary Target Wetlands Been Identified:
Yes
No

Have Primary Target Sensitive Environments Been Identified:
Yes
No

List Secondary Target Wetlands:
Water Body
Flow (cfs)

List Secondary Target Sensitive Environments:
Water Body
Flow (cfs) Sensitive Environment Type

Frontage Miles

Banana River

1-2 miles

______________

________

_______________________

Freshwater pond _

<0.5 miles

______________

________

_______________________

Atlantic Ocean___ <0.5 miles ____

______________

________

_______________________

______________

______________

________

_______________________

________

____________

8. Soil Exposure Pathway
Are People Occupying Residences or
Attending School or Daycare on or
Within
200 Feet of Areas of Known or
Suspected
Contamination:
Yes
No

Number of Workers Onsite:
None
1 – 100
101 – 1,000
> 1,000

Have Terrestrial Sensitive Environments Been Identified on
Or Within 200 Feet of Areas of Known or Suspected
Contamination:
Yes

No
If Yes, List Each Terrestrial Sensitive Environment
_____________________________

If Yes, Enter Total Resident
Population:

_____________________________

__24,602___ People

10. Air Pathway
Is There a Suspected Release to Air:
Yes
No

Wetlands Located Within 4 Miles of the Site:
Yes
No

Enter Total Population on or Within:
Onsite
0 – ¼ Mile__779_

_____

Other Sensitive Environments Located Within 4 Miles of the Site:
Yes
No

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> ¼ - ½ Mile_1,835___

List All Sensitive Environments Within ½ Mile of the Site:

> ½ - 1 Mile_3,546___

Distance

Sensitive Environment Type/Wetlands Area (acres)

> 1 – 2 Miles_4,515___

Onsite

________________________________________

> 2 – 3 Miles_6,285___

0 – ¼ Mile

____________________________________

> 3 – 4 Miles__7,642__

> ¼ - ½ Mile

____________________________________

Total Within 4 Miles__24,602__

i

US Census Bureau FIPS Codes for Counties and County Equivalent Entities
Website: http://www.census.gov/geo/reference/codes/cou.html
Excel: http://www.census.gov/2010census/xls/fips_codes_website.xls

ii

U.S. Census Bureau
Website: http://www.census.gov/fastfacts/

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APPENDIX F
ORDNANCE TECHNICAL DATA SHEETS

Appendix F - Ordnance Technical Data Sheets

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ORDNANCE TECHNICAL DATA SHEETS
The following Ordnance Technical Data Sheets represent typical examples of munition
items associated with Naval Air Station Banana River Off-Base Disposal Area. These
are general descriptions and may not include all the specific variations of a particular
ammunition item. This list is compiled from information found regarding Naval Air
Station Banana River Off-Base Disposal Area and may not be comprehensive. Many of
the data sheets were prepared under previous projects and may not contain the most
complete available data or references. Additionally, Ordnance Technical Data Sheets
have not been developed for all munitions.
No.
F-2
F-5
F-7
F-10

Ordnance Technical Data Sheets1
Miniature Practice Bombs, AN-Mk 5 Mod 1, AN-Mk 23, AN-Mk 43
Practice Bomb, 100 pound, M85
Spotting charges, M1A1, M3 M5 for M38A2 Practice Bomb
Marker, Location, Marine, Mk 25

1

All Ordnance Technical Data Sheets are prepared by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Louis
District, Environmental and Munitions Branch, Engineering Division.
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APPENDIX F-1
Bombs, Miniature Practice
AN-Mk 5 Mod 1, AN-Mk 23, AN-Mk 43

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Bombs, Miniature Practice
AN-Mk 5 Mod 1, AN-Mk 23, AN-Mk 43

Historical Notes: These miniature practice bombs (sometimes the designation “AN-Mk”
is used) were in use for a long period time, from circa the late 1930’s to the 1960’s
(although it is still listed in current publications). Some were designed for armored-deck
boat targets and others were not suitable. Some bomb racks could carry up to eight of
these small bombs.
Description: These bombs are used for low-altitude horizontal, or dive-bombing
practice. The three bombs are similar in physical appearance, but differ basically in the
metal used to cast the body, and thus, their weight. The AN-Mark 43 is made of leadantimony alloy and the AN-Mark 5 is made of a zinc alloy. These bombs are used with
the AN-Mark 4 practice bomb signal that is a blank 10-gauge shotgun shell (extended
length). Signals contain a black powder expelling charge and a red phosphorous
pyrotechnic mixture. These bombs also are used with the Mark 5 signal that contains a
fluorescent dye and is actuated by impact on water. When the Mk5 signal is installed,
the firing pin assembly is not used.

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Over-all length ................................................ 8.25 inches
Body Diameter ................................................ 2.18 inches
Fin Dimension ................................................ 2.5 inches
Weight (nominal) ............................................ AN-Mk 5 Mod 1: 2 lb. 11 oz.
(zinc
alloy)
......................................................................... AN-Mk 23: 3 lb. (cast iron)
......................................................................... AN-Mk 43: 4 lb. 7 oz. (lead-antimony
alloy)
Signal .............................................................. AN-Mark 4 or Mark 5
References:
TM 9-1984, Disposal of Allied Bombs and Fuzes, 12 November 1942
TM 9-1904, Ammunition Inspection Guide, 2 March 1944
OP 1280, Aircraft Bombs, 17 February 1945
OP 1664, U.S. Explosive Ordnance, 28 May 1947
TM 9-1325-200/NAVWEPS OP 3530/TO 1-1-28, Bombs and Bomb Components, 29
April 1966

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APPENDIX F-2
BOMB, PRACTICE, 100 POUND, M85

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BOMB, PRACTICE, 100 POUND, M85

Description. The M85 is a round-nosed cylindrical type bomb constructed completely (except
for fin assembly and spotting charge) of reinforced concrete. It simulates the M38A2 in
general shape and employs the same spotting charges as the M38A2.
Over-all length .............................................................................. 38.25 inches
Diameter ....................................................................................... 8.13 inches
Weight sand loaded & spotting charge ...................................... 103.5 pounds
References: NAVSEA OP 1664 Volume 2, U.S. Explosive Ordnance, February 1954; TM 91980, Bombs for Aircraft, December 1950

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APPENDIX F-3
Spotting Charges, M1A1, M3, M5

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Spotting Charges, M1A1, M3, M5
(for M38A2 Practice Bomb)

M1A1

M5

M3

M1A1 Spotting Charge. This type of spotting charge fits in the after end of the 100-pound
Practice Bomb M38A2. It produces a flash of flame and white smoke for observation of
bombing accuracy. It is made from a large tin can, 11.18-inches long, 3.43-inches diameter,
weighing 4.25-pounds. At the top of the can is a cover, which has a hole in it for the
insertion of a 28-gage blank shotgun shell and firing mechanism. Upon impact, the inertia
weight drives the firing pin into the shotgun-type primer, igniting the 3-pounds of black
powder. Black powder is a mixture of potassium nitrate (or sodium nitrate), charcoal and
sulfur.
The blank 28-gage shotgun shell uses a percussion primer and a smokeless powder or
black powder filler. Smokeless powder can be a single-base type made of nitrocellulose
(guncotton) or a double-base, which consists of nitrocellulose and nitroglycerine, plus other
additives. The 28-gage shotgun shell used a commercial percussion primer. Identifying the
exact components of a primer is made difficult by the fact that the military used both
mercuric and corrosive primers at the same time it used non-mercuric and non-corrosive
types. Commercial primers of the day, manufactured by companies such as Remington and
Winchester, typically contained potassium chlorate, antimony sulfide, lead thiocyanate and
TNT.
M3 Spotting Charge. The spotting charge has a 2 1/3-pound dark smoke filling and a
black-powder igniter. It is 5/8 of an inch longer than the Spotting Charge M1A1, but
otherwise similar. The M3, with its dark smoke filler, is well adapted for bombing

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practice over snow-covered terrain. The black-powder igniter charge contains
approximately 425 grains.
M5 Spotting Charge. The spotting charge consists of a glass bottle filled with FS smoke
mixture. An ordinary bottle cap seals the mixture. The bottle is held to the Practice
Bomb M38A2 by a wire twisted around the neck of the bottle and attached to the tail
vanes. The charge assembly weighs 2.54 pounds.

Summary of Propellant, Explosives & Pyrotechnics
(PEP)
SPOTTING CHARGE, M1A1 (1938 – circa 1950)
COMPONENT
Percussion primer in 28gage blank shotgun shell

Propellant in 28-gage
blank shotgun shell
Spotting charge

PEP
Primer mix (approximate
proportions)
 Potassium chlorate (53%)
 Lead thiocyanate (25%)
 Antimony sulfide (17%)
 TNT, Grade III (5%)
Smokeless powder -- Pyrocellulose
(Nitrocellulose with 12.6% nitrogen):
Black powder:
 Potassium nitrate (74%)
 Charcoal (15.6%)
 Sulfur (10.4%)

QUANTITY
[less than 1 grain *]

Approximately 12-17
grains
3 pounds

* 15.4 grains = 1 gram; 7,000 grains = 1 pound
References:
TM 9-1980, Bombs for Aircraft, 3 June 1942
TM 9-1904, Ammunition Inspection Guide, 2 March 1944
TM 9-1980, Bombs for Aircraft, 15 November 1944
NAVSEA OP 1664 Volume 2, U.S. Explosive Ordnance, 28 May 1947
TM 9-1980, Bombs for Aircraft, 7 December 1950

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APPENDIX F-4
MARKER, LOCATION, MARINE, MK 25

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 «SiteName»
«City», «StateAbbv»
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MARKER, LOCATION, MARINE, MK 25

Use. The Mark 25 is a pyrotechnic smoke-producing device that is dropped into the ocean from
aircraft to mark a location or object in the water.
Description. The Mark 25 is an aluminum tube containing red phosphorus (RP). It is dropped
from US Navy aircraft, such as the P3 Orion to mark locations or objects at sea. Upon hitting
the water, the Mark 25 emits smoke from red phosphorus. The flare has an ejection hazard in
addition to the burning RP. It is believed to have been in service from the 1960’s until the
present
Weight of Expended Round ........................................................ approximately 3 pounds
Length of Expended Round ........................................................ 17.5 inches
Diameter ....................................................................................... 3 inches
Reference: USMC EOD sources.

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APPENDIX G
TEXTUAL REFERENCES
ELECTRONIC COPY ONLY
Due to the volume of textual references of source documents gathered and cited for this
PA effort, it was determined not to include a printout of them as an appendix.
The endnotes included as Appendix B are digital scans of the cited textual references and
are included within FRMD records/or/provided as part of the digital version of this report.
The gathered textual document scans are in Adobe *.PDF format.

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APPENDIX H
STILL PHOTOGRAPH REFERENCES
ELECTRONIC COPY ONLY
Selected historic still photographs are included as figures in the main text of this report.
Additional historic imagery is included within FRMD records/or/the digital version of this
report.

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APPENDIX I
MAPS/DRAWINGS REFERENCES
ELECTRONIC COPY ONLY
Due to the volume of maps and drawings references gathered and cited for this PA effort,
it was determined not to include a printout of them as an appendix.
Digital scans of the maps and drawings references are included within FRMD
records/or/provided as part of the digital version of this report.

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APPENDIX J
INTERVIEWS
The Corps of Engineers Jacksonville District conducted more than 70 interviews with
current, former, and nearby residents and other interested parties during the completion
of this PA. This included numerous interviews during a public out-reach event at the
Pelican Beach Club House in Satellite Beach, Thursday, 24 October 2019, from 8:00
a.m. to 8:00 p.m. where USACE employees sought information from the community
about NASBROBDA and responded to their questions. Most all the interviewees
included personal information regarding their health and other concerns that for privacy
reasons are not specifically included in this public document. When relevant
information provided during interviews was substantiated by other documented sources,
those other sources are cited instead of the interviewees. Where an interviewee was
the only source of relevant information, it was noted in this document but unattributed to
a specific person. USACE will utilize the interview information when evaluating
fieldwork activities, should a project be approved.

.

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APPENDIX K
ABBREVIATED SITE SAFETY AND HEALTH
PLAN (ASSHP)
NOT USED

Appendix K – Abbreviated Site Safety and Health Plan (ASSHP)

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APPENDIX L
PROPERTY VISIT REPORT

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CESAJ-PM-M

30 September 2019

MEMORANDUM FOR RECORD
SUBJECT: PA Visual Property Inspection: Naval Air Station Banana River Off-Base
Disposal Area - Florida
1. Representatives from the Jacksonville District Corps of Engineers traveled to South
Patrick Shores to perform a site visit of the former Naval Air Station Banana River OffBase Disposal Area (NASBROBDA). The Preliminary Assessment (PA) program
requires a visual property inspection. The PA program supports the Defense
Environmental Restoration Program (DERP) at Formerly Used Defense Sites (FUDS).
2. The PA site visit reviewed the potential for munitions and explosives of concern
(MEC) and Hazardous Toxic Radioactive Waste (HTRW) based on a visual examination
at the former NASBROBDA. This potential is based on an analysis of the collected
information. The site visit inspection included only visual and non-intrusive methods of
inspection. The PA investigation team consisted of the following personnel: John
Keiser and Donna West who visited the South Patrick Shores community on 30
September 2019 and met with selected residents of the community.
3. The site visit team arrived at 165 Dorset Lane at 15:00 and met with a resident who
over the course of the last year has found numerous items buried in their yard that they
think are associated with former military operations. They had someone conduct a
magnetometer search of the yard and marked areas where the resident subsequently
dug up various objects of unknown origin. Several other residents of the NASBROBDA
FUDS were present as well, one of whom brought a bucket of items found in their yard.
Another resident reported that they had not found anything in their yard, including when
they excavated for an in-ground pool. The site visit team spent approximately four
hours at this location discussing the material found with those present and the process
the FUDS program follows for evaluating sites.
4. Subsequently, the site visit team traversed the area within and near NASBOBDA by
vehicle (i.e., “windshield inspection”) but did not conduct additional traverse of private
residential property.

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Photo 1 – Miscellaneous material dug up by the resident at 165 Dorset Lane, 30
September 2019

Photo 2 – Heavily corroded material dug up by the resident at 165 Dorset Lane, 30
September 2019
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Photo 3 – Representative Debris next
to Bucket Full of Glass and Metal Debris found at 113 SE First Street, Photo taken at
165 Dorset Lane 30 September 2019

JOHN KEISER, P.E.
Program Manager, Formerly Used
Defense Site Program, Jacksonville
District

DONNA WEST
Program Support Team

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APPENDIX M
PROPERTY VISIT PHOTOGRAPHS
NOT APPLICABLE
Selected property visit photographs are included within the text of
Appendix L – Property Visit Report.

Appendix M – Property Visit Photographs

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APPENDIX N
RISK ASSESSMENT CODE (RAC) WORKSHEET
NOT USED

Appendix N – Munitions Response Site Prioritization Protocol (MRSPP)

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APPENDIX O
NASBROBDA
HISTORICAL PHOTOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS

Appendix O – Historical Photographic Analysis

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Historical Photographic Analysis – Special Report

N
Source: National Archives at College Park. 1947Mar18.

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Army Geospatial Center
Warfighter Support Directorate
Hydrologic & Environmental Analysis Branch
Environmental Analysis Group
7701 January
Telegraph 2020
Road Final Report - NAS
Alexandria, Virginia 22315-3864

Final Report
January 2020
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Prepared for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District

 TABLE OF CONTENTS

PAGE 1

COVER

PAGE 2

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PAGE 3

NOTICE AND INTRODUCTION

PAGE 4

METHODOLOGY AND PROJECT AREA LOCATION

PAGE 5

HISTORICAL PHOTOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS (HPA) STUDY AREA

PAGE 6-9

MAP OVERVIEW – HISTORY

PAGE 10-58

PHOTOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS AND OVERVIEW (1941-2017)

PAGE 59

OFF-BASE DISPOSAL AREA EXTENT SUMMARY

PAGE 60

SPATIAL DATA SOURCES

PAGE 61-63

GLOSSARY

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 NOTICE AND INTRODUCTION

NOTICE

Naval Air Station Banana River
Off-Base Disposal Area, Brevard County, Florida
Historical Photographic Analysis – Special Report
By
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Army Geospatial Center
Warfighter Support Directorate
Hydrologic and Environmental Analysis Branch
Environmental Analysis Group
7701 Telegraph Road
Alexandria, Virginia 22315-3864

January 2020 Final Report
Prepared for
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District

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The views, opinions, and conclusions in this report are those of the author and
should not be construed as official Department of Army positions or policy
unless so designated by other documentation.
Images contained in this report may be restricted for use other than research.
It is the responsibility of the party using the images from this study to contact
the Army Geospatial Center, Warfighter Support Directorate in order to
ascertain clearance for use.

INTRODUCTION
This report presents the results of a historical photographic analysis (HPA) of
the Naval Air Station Banana River Off-Base Disposal Area (NASBROBDA)
located approximately one kilometer south of the current Patrick Air Force
Base, Florida. The Hydrologic and Environmental Analysis Branch of the
Warfighter Support Directorate analyzed historical photographic and
cartographic records relative to the project area from the 1940s to present.
The primary objective of this study was to detail the character and extent of
the disposal area located off the military base between 1940 and 1960. The
secondary objective was to provide topographic details for the area prior to
operational use. Research was completed in collaboration with the St. Louis
District Research and Technical Services Section (CEMVS-EC-ER) in
support of the Preliminary Assessment (PA), completed concurrently.

3

 METHODOLOGY
The analysis presented in this report is
primarily based on historical photography from
1941 through present day. Photography
captures a single moment in time. Historical
Photographic Analysis (HPA) uses those
moments in time to provide a narrative of
activity. Significant features, derived through
photo analysis, are displayed on select photos
in this study. Visible signatures such as size,
shape, shadow, tone, texture, and pattern allow
features to be recognized on the aerial data.
Limitations inherent in some of these data
include substandard photo reproduction (i.e.
granularity, washout, or vagueness of the
image, scale, variations in time of day and tidal
levels, and atmospheric haze).

Study Area

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 HPA STUDY AREA

State Road A1A

The study area boundary shown in red was
chosen to insure a complete overview of potential
impacted area. The area boundary shown in green
was selected to provide an overview of the
surrounding area for select years. These
boundaries do not indicate areas of activity, but
areas of study used only for this historical
photographic analysis.

Atlantic Ocean

Study Area
Overview Area

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 MAP OVERVIEW - HISTORY
1942 June 30

N

The maps shown relay the conditions of Naval Air Station Banana River
in 1942 and 1945. The map inset below shows the nearest activity to the
off-base disposal area.
N
Note: Additional versions of this site plan from 1943,
1944, 1946, and 1947 were available and reviewed
for references relating to the off-base disposal area.

1945 June 30

N

N

Location Diagram
Source: Google Earth; 2017 March 20.

Source: National Archives at College Park.

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 MAP OVERVIEW - HISTORY
These historical maps show the topography and surface material of the off-base disposal area prior to the build-up of the region north of what is shown that
made up the Naval Air Station Banana River. There was no key to identify what the surface markings represented, but since most remained the same in later
years we know the parallel and linear (north-south) features are naturally formed via wind and water processes. The general area was covered with grasses
and evergreen shrubs. The first documented roads appear by 1932. Their use, within the off-base disposal area, diminished by 1941.
1911 March

1883

1932 October

Road

Approximate
location of
Off-Base
Disposal Area
Map Source: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

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 MAP OVERVIEW - HISTORY

Savanna

State Road 140

This 1940 topographic map shows the pre-development
features in the southeastern area of the former NAS
Banana River, just north of the off-base disposal area.
Florida savanna is defined as an open canopy (primarily
treeless) plain made up of grasses. The majority of
undeveloped surface was classified as scrub which is
defined as a dense cover of evergreen shrubs scattered
with patchy openings that consist of bare sand.
The areas between the linear sand dunes were used for
trails or roads, likely due to the wind protection provided
by the depression between ridges as well as some of the
additional vegetation found within these areas. The
timeframe and specific use of these trails and roads is not
known at this time.

Trail Road
Savanna

South Boundary of Naval Reservation

Note: State Road 140 was designated State Road 1 in
1945 and redesignated State Road A1A in 1947.

The Naval Air Station Banana River
Off-Base Disposal Area is located
1/3 mile south of this boundary line

Map Source: National Archives at College Park.

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 MAP OVERVIEW - HISTORY
South Boundary of Naval Reservation

Savanna

State Road 1
(formerly 140)

This subset of a 1949 topographic map shows pre-development surface
features in and around the off-base disposal area (illustrated by white
outline). The savanna, separate road/trail, and linear sand dunes
identified in the 1940 survey are still present and extend west of the area
of interest.

Off-Base
Disposal Area

Road

Map Source: U.S. Geological Survey.

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 PHOTOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS – 24 September 1941
Clouds

South Boundary
(NAS Banana River)

Road/Trail

Savanna
Corridor

Radio Transmission
Operational Area

This September 1941 oblique
photo shows the off-base disposal
area prior to operational use. The
spatial resolution is not ideal for
confirmation, but roads or trails
indicated on maps are not
observed west of the area of
interest (map location annotated
on this image). The approximated
boundary of the 1943 disposal
area is annotated on this image for
reference. The Naval Air Station
Banana River was activated on 01
October 1941.

Location of
Off-Base
Disposal Area
State Road 140

N
Back of scanned photo
Photo Source: National Archives at College Park.

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 PHOTOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS – 14 February 1943
South Boundary (NAS Banana River)

N
State Road 140

This 14 February 1943 overview shows the extent of disposal activity (yellow polygon).
A wider irregular area of surface disturbance is observed (blue polygon). This disturbance
is indicative of removal of vegetative undergrowth or ground cover. The origin of these
changes is not directly related to disposal activities since there are no visible vehicle
tracks or ground scarring present. The cause appears related to natural functions such as
erosion, drainage, or wind, but the reason is not clear.

Historical documents reveal there were early issues with sand blowing across the airfield
and base. Stabilization, landscaping, and wind break activities were completed by 12
February 1943. It is difficult to interpret since there was a lot of activity occurring
simultaneously in the area.
Text Source: Naval History and Heritage Command.

1943 February 09
Road/Trail

Location Diagram

N

1943 February 14

Overview Area
Study Area
Road/Trail
Disposal Extent
Disturbed Ground

Photo Source: National Archives.

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Disposal Area

N
Source: Google Earth; 2017 March 20.

Photo Source: National Archives at College Park.

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 PHOTOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS – 14 February 1943
1943 February 14

Road/Trail
(just outside of view)
Possible Burn Pit

Disturbed surface
(cleared or covered vegetation)

This 14 February 1943 subset from the
larger overview on the previous page
shows detailed activity of the main offbase disposal area. Multiple entry points
on the northeast side of the disposal
suggest most of the activity came from
NAS Banana River. Material mounds
and scattered debris are visible
throughout the area.

Small clearing
(possible vehicles)
Probable
vehicle

Location Diagram

N

Photo scan line
Road/Trail
Debris/Mounds
Berm

N
Photo Source: National Archives at College Park.

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Source: Google Earth; 2017 March 20.

12

 PHOTOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS – 1943 Oblique Photos
Disposal Area
Disposal Area

1943 June 19

N
Open Burning

N
1943 April 07

Disposal
Area

Source: National Archives at College Park.

Active burning, with visible smoke plume, is observed in the disposal area in the 19 June
1943 oblique image.
N
1943 April 07
Source: National Archives at College Park.

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 PHOTOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS – 06 June 1943
South Boundary (NAS Banana River)

State Road 140

This 06 June 1943 overview shows the extent of
disposal activity. The surface disturbance area is
still visible, but is less distinct as observed in
February of the same year as vegetation returns
to its previous state or regrowth occurs.

Location Diagram

N

Seam line
from mosaic
of two photos

These insets are from the
14 February 1943 aerial
photo of the boundary
areas shown in the 06 June
1943 overview photograph.

N
1943 June 06

Overview Area
Study Area
Road/Trail
Former Road/Trail
Disposal Extent

1943 February 14

Source: Google Earth; 2017 March 20.

1943 February 14

Photo Source: National Archives at College Park.

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 PHOTOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS – 06 June 1943
This 06 June 1943 subset from the larger
overview on the previous page shows
detailed activity of the main off-base
disposal area. An improved access road
has been created leading into the center
of the disposal area. Increased use is
observed with additional roads/tracks
within the disposal area and additional
mounded material and debris in the
southernmost section of the disposal
area. The upper section of the disposal
area does not appear used during the
February to June interim period.

1943 June 06

Possible Burning Ground

New Access Road

Probable
vehicles

Location Diagram

N

Road/Trail
New Debris/Mounds
Ground Stain

N
Photo Source: National Archives at College Park.

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Source: Google Earth; 2017 March 20.

15

 PHOTOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS – 26 February 1944
South Boundary (NAS Banana River)

Location Diagram

N
State Road 140

This 26 February 1944 overview shows the
extent of disposal activity. The surface
disturbance area is no longer visible.

Source: Google Earth; 2017 March 20.

N
1944 February 26
Photo Source: National Archives at College Park.

Overview Area
Study Area
Road/Trail
Former Road/Trail
Disposal Extent

NOTE: This photograph has multiple scan lines, or
banding, that run from north to south and are not
natural features. The lines are errors created
during the scan of the aerial film.

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 PHOTOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS – 26 February 1944
1944 February 26

Burning
Ground
Smoke from Burning Ground

This 26 February 1944 subset from the larger
overview on the previous page shows detailed activity
of the main off-base disposal area. The disposal
access point is located in the northeast corner curving
northward toward NAS Banana River. Hundreds of
small material mounds measuring 2-5 meters in
diameter are visible in both the southern and northern
areas of the disposal area, but increased use is
observed in the center and southern sections of the
disposal area. A smoke trail from an area with shallow
pits is visible flowing in a northeast direction. There
is a larger mound in the area of a previously identified
burning ground where several smaller mounds were
located.
Location Diagram
N

Photo scan line
Photo scan line

N
Photo Source: National Archives at College Park.

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Road/Trail
Former Road/Trail
Burning Ground
New Debris/Mounds
Source: Google Earth; 2017 March 20.

17

 PHOTOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS – 10 April 1945
South Boundary (NAS Banana River)

State Road 1
(former State Road 140)

This 10 April 1945 overview shows the extent of disposal activity. The road/trail
west of the off-base disposal area appears to have limited use or is relegated to a
walking path.
NAS Banana River was a designated salvage point for scrap material. The amount
sent to this station increased just after the war ended due to other stations closing.
Disposal and burn areas are mentioned numerous times within historical
documents, but locations are not specified.
State Road 140 was designated State Road 1 in 1945.
Text Source: Naval History and Heritage Command.

Location Diagram

N

N
1945 April 10

Overview Area
Study Area
Road/Trail
Former Road/Trail
Disposal Extent

NOTE: This photograph has multiple subtle
scratches that run southwest to northeast. The
lines were likely on the film prior to scanning.

Photo Source: National Archives at College Park.

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Source: Google Earth; 2017 March 20.

18

 PHOTOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS – 10 April 1945
1945 April 10

This 10 April 1945 subset from the larger overview
on the previous page shows detailed activity of the
main off-base disposal area. There is increased
activity observed in the center and southern sections
of the disposal area with additional roads and
mounds of material and debris. There is a well
defined berm surrounding the center of the disposal
area. The spatial resolution of this image is poor and
deters from confirmation of activity, but it appears
material was being pushed to the outer edges to keep
the center area clear.

Scratches on film

Location Diagram

N

Road/Trail
Former Road/Trail
New Debris/Mounds
Berm

N
Photo Source: National Archives at College Park.

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NEGATIVE (color inversion)

Source: Google Earth; 2017 March 20.

19

 PHOTOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS – 10 October 1945
South Boundary (NAS Banana River)

State Road 1
(former State Road 140)

This 10 October 1945 overview shows the extent of disposal activity.
The former road/trail immediately west of the off-base disposal area
appears subject to erosion.

Location Diagram

N

N

Overview Area
Study Area
Road/Trail
Former Road/Trail
Disposal Extent

1945 October 10
Photo Source: National Archives.

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Source: Google Earth; 2017 March 20.

20

 PHOTOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS – 10 October 1945
1945 October 10

Photo defect
New Access Roads

Warp from
georectification
method

This 10 October 1945 subset from the larger overview on the
previous page shows detailed activity of the main off-base
disposal area. There is an increase in activity in both the
uppermost and lowermost section of the disposal area with
new roads and mounded material and debris. There are also
additional roads observed in areas that may have been there in
the April 1945 image, but poor resolution deterred
identification. The previously identified berm is still in place
with a break in the center to the southwest.

Location Diagram

Road/Trail
Former Road/Trail
New Debris/Mounds
Berm

Road/Trail
Former Road/Trail
New Debris/Mounds
Berm

N

N

N
Photo Source: National Archives.

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NEGATIVE (color inversion)
Source: Google Earth; 2017 March 20.

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 PHOTOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS – 06 November 1945
Disposal Area

1945 November 06

N

Smoke venting from an open burn pit is
observed in this November 1945 oblique
photograph. The below is an subset of the
disposal area.

Smoke plume

Photo Source: National Archives at College Park.

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 PHOTOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS – 22 November 1945
South Boundary (NAS Banana River)

State Road 1
(former State Road 140)

This 22 November 1945 overview shows the extent of disposal activity. Little
change is observed between 10 October and 22 November 1945.

Location Diagram

N

N
1945 November 22

Overview Area
Study Area
Road/Trail
Former Road/Trail
Disposal Extent

Photo Source: National Archives at College Park.

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Source: Google Earth; 2017 March 20.

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 PHOTOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS – 22 November 1945
1945 November 22

This 22 November 1945 subset from the larger overview on the
previous page shows detailed activity of the main off-base disposal
area. Roads leading north and south of the site are still active,
along with an increase in the number of mounds of material around
those access roads.

Location Diagram

Road/Trail
Former Road/Trail
New Debris/Mounds
Berm

Road/Trail
Former Road/Trail
Berm

N

N

N
Photo Source: National Archives at College Park.

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NEGATIVE (color inversion)
Source: Google Earth; 2017 March 20.

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 PHOTOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS – 19 February 1947
1947 February 19

South Boundary (NAS Banana River)

State Road A1A
(former State Road 1 and 140)

This 19 February 1947 overview shows the extent of disposal activity. There
was only partial aerial coverage for this month, but a good portion of the offbase disposal area is visible.
Below is an aerial oblique acquired on 18 March 1947. The disposal area is
visible from a low angle which reveals the fluctuation in height between the
mounds and the natural surface.
1947 March 18

Disposal Area

N
Location Diagram

N

Overview Area
Study Area
Road/Trail
Former Road/Trail
Disposal Extent
Photo Source: National Archives at College Park.

N
Photo Source: National Archives at College Park.

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 PHOTOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS – 19 February 1947
1947 February 19

This 19 February 1947 subset from the larger overview on the previous page shows
detailed activity of the main off-base disposal area. The central area has been
expanded and a large cleared area is observed on the eastern side (between State
Road A1A and the off-base disposal area) where material mounds were located in
November 1945. The previous berm has been broken down with large openings
where the berm used to sit. There is also a new larger linear-shaped mound in the
center of the site.

Location Diagram

Road/Trail
Former Road/Trail
New Debris/Mounds
Berm

N

N
Road/Trail
Former Road/Trail
New Debris/Mounds
Berm or large mound
Cleared/Bare Ground

N

NEGATIVE (color inversion)

Photo Source: National Archives at College Park.

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Source: Google Earth; 2017 March 20.

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 PHOTOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS – 17 June 1947
South Boundary (NAS Banana River)

State Road A1A
(former State Road 1 and 140)

This 17 June 1947 overview shows the extent of disposal activity. There are new
trail additions leading away from the existing road/trail west of the disposal area
and roads extending north and south from the off-base disposal area.

Location Diagram

N

N
1947 June 17

Overview Area
Study Area
Road/Trail
Former Road/Trail
Disposal Extent

Note: State Road 140 was designated
State Road 1 in 1945 and redesignated
State Road A1A in 1947.

Photo Source: National Archives.

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Source: Google Earth; 2017 March 20.

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 PHOTOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS – 17 June 1947
1947 June 17

This 17 June 1947 subset from the larger overview on the previous page
shows detailed activity of the main off-base disposal area. There are no
significant changes between the area visible in February and June 1947.

Location Diagram

Road/Trail
Former Road/Trail
New Debris/Mounds
Berm

N

Road/Trail
Former Road/Trail
New Debris/Mounds
Berm or large mound

Photo Source: National Archives.

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N

NEGATIVE (color inversion)
Source: Google Earth; 2017 March 20.

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 PHOTOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS – 08 December 1947
South Boundary (NAS Banana River)

State Road A1A
(former State Road 1 and 140)

This 08 December 1947 overview shows the extent of disposal activity.
Significant activity is observed between June and December of 1947. The details
are displayed on the following page.

Location Diagram

N

N
1947 June 17

Overview Area
Study Area
Road/Trail
Former Road/Trail
Disposal Extent

Photo Source: National Archives.

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Source: Google Earth; 2017 March 20.

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 PHOTOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS – 08 December 1947
1947 December 08

This 08 December 1947 subset from the larger overview on the previous
page shows detailed activity of the main off-base disposal area.

The majority of the off-base disposal area has been filled and/or graded.
There are still a few areas on the perimeter containing scattered mound and
debris. There are three distinct linear containment area/structures. The
shadow of the longest feature, in the southern section of the site, falls to the
west which could be caused by an overhang and the feature appears slanted
(note: the time of photo acquisition would have cast shadows to the north if
the feature was evenly distributed).

Location Diagram

Road/Trail
Former Road/Trail
New Debris/Mounds
Berm

N

Photo defects
36 feet

315 feet

Road/Trail
Former Road/Trail
New Debris/Mounds
Former berm or large mound
Trench
Graded/Filled land

~12 feet

N

Photo Source: National Archives.

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 PHOTOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS – 13 March 1948
1948 March 13

N
This oblique photograph taken on 13 March 1948 shows the former
off-base disposal area mostly leveled by fill and/or grading.

Photo Source: National Archives at College Park.

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 PHOTOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS – 13 March 1948
1948 March 13

N
This oblique photograph taken on 13 March 1948 shows another
view of the former off-base disposal area after restoration efforts.

Photo Source: National Archives at College Park.

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 PHOTOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS – 13 March 1948
1948 March 13

Glare from overhead
lamp during data
collection.

N

This ground photograph,
taken 13 March 1948,
shows a view from within
the
former
off-base
disposal area on the main
access road looking east
toward the coastline.

Location Diagram

Road/Trail
Former Road/Trail
New Debris/Mounds
Berm

Photo Source: National Archives at College Park.

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N

Source: Google Earth; 2017 March 20.

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 PHOTOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS – 13 March 1948
Location Diagram

1948 March 13

N

N

These ground photographs, taken 13 March
1948, show the former off-base disposal area
after restoration efforts.

Note: Glare spots are visible on all of these
photos (annotated in white). The glare came
from an overhead lamp during data collection.

Source: Google Earth; 2017 March 20.

1948 March 13

N

1948 March 13

N

Paper remnants on
photographic print.

Photo Source: National Archives at College Park.

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 PHOTOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS – 08 April 1950
South Boundary (Patrick AFB)

State Road A1A
(former State Road 1 and 140)

This 08 April 1950 overview shows the extent of activity within the
former off-base disposal area. Regrowth of vegetation is observed
over the majority of the site.
The Naval Air Station Banana River was transferred to the U.S. Air
Force effective 01 September 1948 and later designated Patrick Air
Force Base.
Text Source: Naval History and Heritage Command.

Location Diagram

N

N
1950 April 08

Overview Area
Study Area
Road/Trail
Former Road/Trail
Disposal Extent

Photo Source: U.S. Geological Survey.

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 PHOTOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS – 08 April 1950
1950 April 08

This 08 April 1950 subset from the larger overview on the previous page
shows detailed activity within the former off-base disposal area. Between
December 1947 and April 1950, the area to the southwest was filled and/or
graded. The three prominent linear features identified in December 1947 are
no longer visible. The poor spatial resolution of this photograph limits
specific identification of features.

N

Location Diagram

Road/Trail
Former Road/Trail
New Debris/Mounds
Berm

Road/Trail
Former Road/Trail
Former berm or large mound
Graded/Filled land

N

NEGATIVE (color inversion)

Photo Source: U.S. Geological Survey.

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 PHOTOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS – 02 April 1951
South Boundary (Patrick AFB)

State Road A1A
(former State Road 1 and 140)

This 02 April 1951 overview shows the extent of activity within the
former off-base disposal area, which did not change from 08 April
1950. Continued return of vegetation is observed over the majority
of the site.

Location Diagram

N

N
1951 April 02

Overview Area
Study Area
Road/Trail
Former Road/Trail
Disposal Extent

Photo Source: National Archives.

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Source: Google Earth; 2017 March 20.

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 PHOTOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS – 02 April 1951
1951 April 02

This 02 April 1951 subset from the larger overview on the previous page
shows detailed activity within the former off-base disposal area. The area
shows continued, but limited use; the main road from the northeast entry
point is well used and hooks south at the center of the disposal area. The road
from the south entry point shows less usage. The main central area shows
disturbed ground, berms, and freshly graded scars on the surface.

N

Location Diagram

Road/Trail
Former Road/Trail
New Debris/Mounds
Berm

Road/Trail
Former Road/Trail
Former berm or large mound
Berm or large mound
Graded/Filled land

N

NEGATIVE (color inversion)

Photo Source: National Archives.

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 PHOTOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS – 17 December 1953
South Boundary (Patrick AFB)

State Road A1A
(former State Road 1 and 140)

This 17 December 1953 overview shows the extent of activity within the
former off-base disposal area since 02 April 1951. Continued return of
vegetation is observed over much of the site, but the access road has been
extended and remains active. The entry point to the south is also active. The
former road/trail immediately west of the former disposal area, what was a
linear depression between sand dunes, and several smaller areas within the
former disposal area appear flooded, likely due to rain as the other linear
depressions (or riles between sand dunes) are also filled with water.

Location Diagram

N

N
1953 December 17

Overview Area
Study Area
Road/Trail
Former Road/Trail
Disposal Extent

Photo Source: National Archives at College Park.

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Source: Google Earth; 2017 March 20.

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 PHOTOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS – 17 December 1953
1953 December 17

This 17 December 1953 subset from the larger overview on the previous
page shows detailed activity within the former off-base disposal area.
Limited activity is observed within the former disposal area that includes an
extension of the main access road leading to the old trail/road immediately
west of the former disposal area.

Location Diagram

Road/Trail
Former Road/Trail
New Debris/Mounds
Berm

N

Road/Trail
Former Road/Trail
Former berm or large mound
Berm or large mound

NEGATIVE (color inversion)

Photo Source: National Archives at College Park.

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N

Source: Google Earth; 2017 March 20.

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 PHOTOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS – 07 January 1954
South Boundary (Patrick AFB)

State Road A1A
(former State Road 1 and 140)

This 07 January 1954 overview shows the extent of activity within the former
off-base disposal area since 17 December 1953 (three weeks prior). Little
change is observed during this timeframe.

Location Diagram

N

N
1954 January 07

Overview Area
Study Area
Road/Trail
Former Road/Trail
Disposal Extent

Photo Source: National Archives at College Park.

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Source: Google Earth; 2017 March 20.

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 PHOTOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS – 07 January 1954
1954 January 07

This 07 January 1954 subset from the larger overview on the previous page
shows detailed activity within the former off-base disposal area. No new
activity is observed.

Location Diagram

Road/Trail
Former Road/Trail
New Debris/Mounds
Berm

N

Road/Trail
Former Road/Trail
Former berm or large mound
Berm or large mound

NEGATIVE (color inversion)

N

Source: Google Earth; 2017 March 20.

Photo Source: National Archives at College Park.

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 PHOTOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS – 12 February 1954

South Boundary
(Patrick AFB)

State Road A1A
(former State Road 1 and 140)

N

This 12 February 1954 overview shows the extent of activity within the
former off-base disposal area since 07 January 1954 (five weeks prior).
Little change is observed during this timeframe. The spatial resolution
was poor, so the disposal extent shown may not include the entire former
or current activity. This image was included for consistency.

Road/Trail
Former Road/Trail
Disposal Extent

1954 February 12

N

Location Diagram

N

Note: This photo was not
rectified for this report, so
orientation is approximate.

Photo Source: National Archives at College Park.

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 PHOTOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS – 07 November 1954
State Road A1A
(former State Road 1 and 140)
1954 November 07

A site analysis was performed by the Environmental Protection Agency in 1991 and revealed
‘possible’ drums based on the 07 November 1954 photograph shown here. This 1954
photograph was unavailable in its original form at the time of this report, and the resulting
spatial resolution was not conducive to confirming particular features, therefore drum
disposal could not be confirmed. This area is shown here in January 1954 and December
1953, to include the scale of a traditional 55 gallon metal drum (23 inches wide by 34.5
inches tall).

1954 November 07

N

N

Location Diagram

1954 January 07

N

Road/Trail
Former Road/Trail
Disposal Extent

N
1953 December 17
Source: Environmental Protection Agency.

Source: National Archives at College Park.

Note: This photo was not rectified for this
report, so orientation is approximate.

Sample 55 gallon drum (drawn to scale).
Not an actual drum in photograph.

N
Source: National Archives at College Park.

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 PHOTOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS – 11 February 1956
South Boundary (Patrick AFB)

State Road A1A
(former State Road 1 and 140)

This 11 February 1956 photograph shows the extent of activity within the former offbase disposal area. The construction of the South Patrick Shores development has
begun and has been graded with the potential addition of fill material. New roads
connecting to the development as well as tracks going through the southern half of the
former disposal area are visible. The subset from the larger image shows the former
tracks, roads (one that is still visible in this image), and larger mounds from previous
years.

Location Diagram

Road/Trail
Former Road/Trail
New Debris/Mounds
Berm

N
1956 February 11

N

Overview Area
Study Area
Road/Trail
Former Road/Trail
Former berm/mound
Disposal Extent

Photo Source: National Archives at College Park.

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N

Source: Google Earth; 2017 March 20.

45

 PHOTOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS – 30 July 1956
South Boundary (Patrick AFB)

State Road A1A
(former State Road 1 and 140)

This is a shadow from a cloud

This 30 July 1956 photograph shows the extent of activity within the former off-base
disposal area. The construction of the South Patrick Shores development continues along
with associated utilities (sewage treatment plant) and already covers the majority of the
former disposal area. The area was low-lying and partially marshy where fill material was
likely needed prior to construction. The developed area appears filled in, further graded,
and roads and houses are being constructed. There are active roads/tracks traversing the
southern half of the former disposal area,
but new activity appears to stay within the
new development area.

Future sewage
treatment plant

N
1956 July 30

Overview Area
Study Area
Road/Trail
Former Road/Trail
Disposal Extent

Photo Source: National Archives at College Park.

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 PHOTOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS – 11 December 1957
South Boundary (Patrick AFB)

State Road A1A
(former State Road 1 and 140)

Future sewage
treatment plant

N
1957 December 11

This 11 December 1957 photograph shows the extent of activity within the former off-base
disposal area. The construction of the South Patrick Shores development continues along
with associated utilities (sewage treatment plant). Additional development is observed
north, west and further south of the former disposal area (and beyond the extent of earlier
disposal operations). The southern part of the former disposal area is still visible, but
appears inactive. The spatial resolution of this photograph is considered poor.

Striping on film or
due to scanning

Overview Area
Study Area
Road/Trail
Former Road/Trail
Disposal Extent

Photo Source: National Archives at College Park.

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 PHOTOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS – 23 April 1958
South Boundary (Patrick AFB)

State Road A1A

State Road 513
(South Patrick Drive)

This 23 April 1958 photograph shows the extent of activity within the former off-base
disposal area. Continued development of the South Patrick Shores area, sewage treatment
plant and development extending outside of the study area is observed. An access road
was constructed from an area southeast of SE 1st Street and extends to an area toward the
middle of the future Churchill Avenue. Newly added debris and waste is observed (see
yellow inset box below) along this access road that is most likely associated with the
construction efforts surrounding the former off-base disposal area. The southern half of
the former off-base disposal area is still visible, but appears inactive.

Future sewage
treatment plant

N
1958 April 23

Overview Area
Study Area
Road/Trail
Former Road/Trail
Debris/Waste
Disposal Extent

Photo Source: National Archives.

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 PHOTOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS – 03 November 1958
South Boundary (Patrick AFB)

State Road A1A

State Road 513
(South Patrick Drive)

This 03 November 1958 photograph shows the extent of activity within the former offbase disposal area since 23 April 1958. Continued development of the South Patrick
Shores area, sewage treatment plant and development extending outside of the study area
is observed. The southern half of the former off-base disposal area is still visible and
appears inactive. No new activity is visible in the area of recent debris disposal (see
yellow inset box). Development is starting southeast of the southern half of the former
disposal area.

Future sewage
treatment plant

N
1958 November 03

Overview Area
Study Area
Road/Trail
Former Road/Trail
Debris/Waste
Disposal Extent

Photo Source: Patrick AFB.

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 PHOTOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS – Overview 1961
1961 October 08

N

This 08 October 1961 photograph shows an overview of the former offbase disposal area. The disposal area is no longer visible. Residential
and commercial properties make up the land use for the entire former
off-base disposal area.

Location Diagram

N
Photo Source: National Archives at College Park.

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 PHOTOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS – Overview 1967 and 1969
1967 February 26

1969 February 26

N

N

Location Diagram

Photo Source: Patrick AFB.

Note: This photo was not rectified for this report, so
orientation is approximate.

Photo Source: U.S. Geological Survey.

Note: This is a Color-infrared (CIR) aerial photograph
(false color photography). The red tone is usually
associated with healthy vegetation.

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N
51

 PHOTOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS – Overview 1972 and 1975
1972 March 24

1975 March 01

N

N

Location Diagram

Photo Source: Patrick AFB.

Note: This photo was not rectified for this report, so
orientation is approximate. This frame also does not
provide full coverage of the overview area.
Photo Source: Florida Department of Transportation.

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N
52

 PHOTOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS – Overview 1980 and 1983
1980 February 28

1983 November 16

N

N

Location Diagram

Photo Source: Florida Department of Transportation.

Photo Source: Florida Department of Transportation.

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N
53

 PHOTOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS – Overview 1986 and 1993
1986 April 18

1993 March 10

N

N

Location Diagram

Photo Source: Patrick AFB.

Photo Source: Florida Department of Transportation.

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N
54

 PHOTOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS – Overview 1996 and 2001

2001 May 29

1996 February 14

N

N

Location Diagram

Photo Source: Patrick AFB.

Photo Source: Patrick AFB.

Note: These photos were not rectified for this report,
so orientation is approximate. Both frames do not
provide full coverage of the overview area.

N
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 PHOTOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS – Overview 2006 and 2017
2006 (only year available)

2017 March 20

N
N

Location Diagram

Photo Source: Patrick AFB.

Photo Source: U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Image Source: Google Earth.

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N
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 PHOTOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS – 1943 to 1947 Overview
1945 October 10
1943 February 14

1943 June 06

1947 February 19

1944 February 26

1947 June 17

1945 April 10

1947 December 08

1945 November 22

Varying extents
within the one
shown here (black).
Photography Source: National Archives at College Park.

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 PHOTOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS – 1950 to 1958 Overview
1950 April 08

1951 April 02

1953 December 17

1954 January 07

Photography Sources:
1950 April 08 – U.S. Geological Survey
1951 April 02 - National Archives at College Park
1953 December 17 - National Archives at College Park
1954 January 07 – National Archives at College Park
1956 July 30 – National Archives at College Park
1957 December 11 – National Archives at College Park
1958 April 23 - National Archives at College Park
1958 November – Patrick Air Force Base

1947 February 19

1956 July 30

1957 December 11

1958 April 23

1958 November 03

Varying extents
within the one
shown here (black).

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 OFF-BASE DISPOSAL AREA EXTENT SUMMARY
This present day image shows the various
extents of activity making up the former offbase disposal area from 1943 through 1958.
These boundaries were created by visual
assessment of aerial photography and are not
indicators of operational or non-operational
use of the area.
The acreage figures provided represent an
approximate delineation of visible disposal
extent based on the date of aerial
photography indicated. This extent may
include access roads, ground scars and
features that are no longer active, but remain
visible on photography. The spatial
resolution of photography affects visibility
and the acreage indicated does not negate or
affirm actual activity on the ground during
the year of delineation.

1943-1947 Max Extent

*Partial aerial photography coverage.
**Development covers portions of the former off-base disposal area.
Maximum Extent Observed between 1943-1947 (approximate)

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 SPATIAL DATA SOURCES
DATE

SOURCE

TYPE

DATE

SOURCE

TYPE

1941 September 24

NARA

Aerial Oblique PAN

1956 July 30

NARA

Aerial Vertical PAN

1943 February 14

NARA

Aerial Vertical PAN

1957 December 11

NARA

Aerial Vertical PAN (poor resolution)

1943 February 09

NARA

Aerial Oblique PAN

1958 April 23

NARA

Aerial Vertical PAN

1943 April 07

NARA

Aerial Oblique PAN

1958 November 03

PAFB

Aerial Vertical PAN

1943 June 19

NARA

Aerial Oblique PAN

1961 October 08

NARA

Aerial Vertical PAN

1943 June 06

NARA

Aerial Vertical PAN

1967 February 26

PAFB

Aerial Vertical PAN

1944 February 26

NARA

Aerial Vertical PAN

1969 February 26

USGS

Aerial Vertical CIR

1945 April 10

NARA

Aerial Vertical PAN

1972 March 24

FDOT

Aerial Vertical PAN

1945 October 10

NARA

Aerial Vertical PAN

1975 March 01

PAFB

Aerial Vertical PAN (partial coverage)

1945 November 06

NARA

Aerial Oblique PAN

1980 February 28

FDOT

Aerial Vertical PAN

1945 November 22

NARA

Aerial Vertical PAN (mostly full coverage)

1983 November 16

FDOT

Aerial Vertical PAN

1947 February 19

NARA

Aerial Vertical PAN (partial coverage)

1986 April 18

PAFB

Aerial Vertical PAN

1947 March 18

NARA

Aerial Oblique PAN

1993 March 10

FDOT

Aerial Vertical PAN

1947 June 17

NARA

Aerial Vertical PAN

1996 February 14

PAFB

Aerial Vertical PAN (partial coverage)

1947 December 08

NARA

Aerial Vertical PAN

2001 May 29

PAFB

Aerial Vertical MS (partial coverage)

1948 March 13

NARA

Aerial Oblique and Ground Photos PAN

2006 (no month/day)

USDA

Aerial Vertical MS

1950 April 08

USGS

Aerial Vertical PAN

2017 March 20

GE

Satellite Image MS

1951 April 02

NARA

Aerial Vertical PAN

1953 December 17

NARA

Aerial Vertical PAN

1954 January 07

NARA

Aerial Vertical PAN

1954 February 12

NARA

Aerial Vertical PAN (poor resolution)

1954 November 07
1956 February 11

EPA
NARA

Aerial Vertical PAN (screenshot from report)

EPA – U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
FDOT − Florida Department of Transportation.
GE – Google Earth
NARA – National Archives at College Park or Atlanta
NOAA –National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
PAFB – Patrick Air Force Base
USDA –U.S. Department of Agriculture
USGS – U.S. Geological Survey

PAN = Panchromatic (Black & White)
MS = Multispectral (Color)
CIR = Color-infrared (False Color)

Aerial Vertical PAN (poor resolution)

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 GLOSSARY
Access Road A paved or unpaved route of vehicular access.
Activity Area An area depicting various ground disturbances (to include any
disturbed ground, cleared area, ground scars, etc.) related to military usage
including possible waste disposal operations.
Bare Area/Ground An unvegetated ground surface; may be areas which have not
revegetated at a normal rate.
Berm/Dike A man-made ridge or embankment, constructed of natural or manmade materials, often used to prevent movement of materials, usually liquids.
Building Relatively permanent, usually box-like and roofed, man-made structure.
Cleared Area An area from which man has removed the trees, shrubs or other
natural vegetative cover.
Container Something such as a can, box, bucket or barrel used to hold, store
and/or transport materials. Drums and tanks are subclasses of container.

Drums Cylindrical, plastic, metal, or fiber container for storing and/or transporting
materials; typically of a 55 gallon capacity, but ranging widely to suit industrial
applications. Drums smaller than 55 gallons can be difficult to identify on aerial
photography and may be placed in the more general category of container.
Dump A site used to dispose of solid wastes without environmental controls; i.e.,
not directly associated with a waste generating facility where disposal of waste is
regulated.
Edge of Slope A topographic contour which simulates a relatively sharp and
distinct downward inclination of the ground surface.
Effluent Substance which flows out of a containing space. Outflow or discharge.
Generally refers to water and/or wastes, treated or untreated, flowing out of a
treatment plant, impoundment, sewer, storm drain or industrial outfall onto the
ground or into surface waters.
Excavation A cavity in the earth formed by digging or scooping out materials.

Containment Area/Structure An area designed to restrain the movement of, or
impound liquid, semi-liquid or dry unconsolidated material. Impoundments are a
subclass of containment areas.

Extraction An area where earthen materials, such as minerals, sand and gravel or
metals, have been removed for use elsewhere. Examples are quarries, borrow pits,
pit and strip mines.

Debris The scattered remains of anything broken or destroyed.

Fence A structure serving as an enclosure, barrier or boundary, usually made of
posts, boards, wire and/or rails.

Depression A sunken surface area.
Disturbed Area A rough ground surface which has been cleared, overturned, dug
up, filled and/or changed from the immediate environs in some manner for an
unknown purpose.
Drainage, Surface The routes by which liquid flows. Surface drainage includes
perennial, intermittent, channelized and suspected pathways.

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Fill Area Area where material, either earthen and/or non-earthen, has been
deposited either for disposal, to level the ground surface, or to eliminate a wet area.
Fill Material Material, earthen and/or non-earthen, that has been deposited in a fill
area.

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Graded Area Area where the ground surface has been shaped; usually leveled to a Pit A relatively deep, steep sided hold in the ground surface.
smooth horizontal or sloping surface.
Scrap Discarded materials that may be suitable for reprocessing
Ground Scar A ground surface, vegetated or unvegetated, where marks from a
Sediment Material that settles to the bottom of a liquid. Material suspended in
previous activity or feature or from a subterranean feature are visible. Ground scars
water or in the air.
can result from many things and therefore vary greatly in appearance (e.g. septic
drain fields, archaeological features, buried waste disposal pits, trench scars, etc.)
Site Boundary A line on a map or an overlay which delineates the area where any
facility or activity is located or conducted. This area is determined from the aerial
Historical Boundary A line on a map or an overlay which delineates the area
photography supplemented with information provided by the client, and does not
where a facility or activity was previously located or conducted.
necessarily denote legal property lines.
Impoundment/Lagoon/Pit A containment area, man-made or naturally occurring,
Sludge A semi-solid residue from any number of air or water treatment processes.
that appears to be used for waste and/or water storage, disposal, or treatment.
Stain An area that is soiled or discolored and distinct from the surrounding area.
Landfill A land disposal site, usually for solid waste which intermittently employs
a cover material. At a regulated sanitary landfill, waste is spread in layers,
Standing Liquid A temporary collection of liquid on a surface.
compacted to the smallest practical volume, with cover material applied at the end
Structure A man-made feature which cannot be classified as a building or a shed.
of each operating day.
Something made up of a number of parts that are held or put together in a
Material A substance (usually a non-liquid, if that distinction can be made) placed, particular way.
bulldozed, graded, mixed, spread, etc., over an area. Generally refers to raw or
Tones, Light/Medium/Dark A general, and somewhat subjective, classification of
waste materials on or in the vicinity of the site.
the wide range of tones/shades visible on panchromatic photography/imagery.
Mounded Material Material which has been placed in piles or mounds.
Trailer A transport vehicle designed to hauled; a van drawn by a truck or
Frequently extraction materials, construction materials, or industrial raw materials
automobile and used as a house or an office. Both semi and house trailers are often
are stored in large mounds in the open. At fill areas and landfills uniformly dump
used for storage or office space on a site. Specific trailer types are annotated if the
truck size mounds of material are often present.
spatial resolution permits and if the feature is deemed significant.
Open Storage An open-air, outdoor area for storage of materials, supplies,
Treatment/Storage/Disposal Facility Site where a hazardous substance is treated,
vehicles and/or equipment; may or may not be enclosed by a fence.
stored and/or disposed of.
Outfall The place where effluent is discharged.
Trench A long, narrow excavation.

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Vegetation Stress A condition wherein vegetation has been weakened and exhibits
physiologic stress due to any number of changes in the environment; such as,
exposure to toxic substances or weather extremes, lack of nourishment, inundation,
parasites, or disease.
Vehicle A device for carrying passengers, goods or equipment, such as a car or a
truck. Specific types of motor vehicles are annotated as such if the imagery permits
their positive identification and if they are deemed significant.
Waste Disposal Area An area directly associated with a waste generating facility
(as opposed to a dump site), where waste materials are discarded.
Well Head That portion of a well that is visible above the ground surface of which
opens at ground level.
Wet Area Saturated ground which may or may not be an established wetland.
Wetland Areas that are inundated or saturated by surface or ground water at a
frequency and duration sufficient to support, and under normal circumstances do
support, a prevalence of vegetation typically adapted for life in saturated soil
conditions.

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APPENDIX P
RESPONSE TO COMMENTS
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APPENDIX Q
REPORT DISTRIBUTION

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No. Copies

Commander, U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville
Directorate of Environmental & Munitions Center of Expertise (CX)
4820 University Square
P. O. Box 1600
Huntsville, AL 35807-4301

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APPENDIX R
REPORT PLATES

Appendix R – Report Plates

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REPORT PLATES
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Naval Air Station Banana River Off-Base Disposal Area – Vicinity Map
Naval Air Station Banana River Off-Base Disposal Area – Property
Map

Thematic Computer-Aided Design and Drafting (CADD) map files completed in
association with this Preliminary Assessment are based on historic cartographic, aerial
and site visit data collected during this investigation. The thematic maps were created
using Intergraph’s Microstation.
The thematic maps were created by scanning and warping selected historic data to
reference points collected from non-stable selected base maps such as U.S. Geological
Survey (USGS) 7.5 minute, quadrangle sheets or National Imaging and Mapping
Agency (NIMA) maps. The horizontal scale and horizontal datum of the base maps is
generally known. In this case the datum used was 1983 North American Datum.
Attempts have been made to rectify the data to the referenced base maps; however,
distortions in scale and contortions of the features are present. These distortions are a
result of inaccuracies in the source data, as well as the processes of scanning and
rectifying the data. Much of the data on the maps lack sufficient information to support
a determination of accuracy.
Many of the historic maps used were hand-drawn or built on locations that were
inaccurate by modern standards. In general, historic map inaccuracies are unknown
and not quantifiable. The unknown inaccuracies may then be magnified by the
georeferencing process; therefore, thematic maps generated from historic maps and
drawings will have accuracy no greater than the least accurate source.
The historical aerial photography has been semi-rectified (georeferenced) to the base
map; however, the photos have not been corrected for photogrammetric displacements
such as those due to topography or the altitude of the aircraft at the time of imaging.
They are not orthorectified images. Locations of features noted on aerial photography
are not exact due to the rectifying of both the image and the base map.
The historical aerial photography is rectified (georeferenced) to the earth using 2D
transformation methods. Individual images are scanned using a high-resolution
scanner at a pixel resolution of between 600 and 1200 dpi. The ground control used for
rectifying the imagery is acquired by selecting photo identifiable features from USGS
1:24,000 Quadrangle maps, and measuring the corresponding location on the photo. In
some cases, the historical photography is far too outdated to identify corresponding
features within the 1:24,000 quadrangle map, therefore, a more recent set of photos, or
USGS Digital Orthophoto Quarter Quadrangles (DOQQ) may be used as an alternate
control source. Great care is taken during the selection and measurement of control
data to ensure the resultant rectified imagery will tie as closely as possible to
overlapping imagery. In areas of high relief, all attempts are made to reduce
rectification error within the target site. The accuracy of feature locations measured
from rectified photos may vary, and are dependent upon the location and accuracy of
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the USGS ground control used and the terrain type within the image area.
The horizontal and vertical locations of selected features noted in the Preliminary
Assessment and located on the thematic maps have been established utilizing Global
Positioning System (GPS) technology. These coordinates were acquired using the
Federal Version PLGR96+ GPS receiver. Features located utilizing GPS techniques
are so noted in the Preliminary Assessment. The PLGR+96 uses the Precise
Positioning Service (16 m SEP) and Wide Area GPS Enhancement (WAGE) 4 m CEP.
The lineage and source of the historic data used to generate the thematic maps is
unknown. The majority of Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) Metadata fields
are therefore unknown. A metadata file that gives all available pertinent information has
been provided with this product. The statements above are inclusive of all available
information regarding the historic data sources and the thematic maps generated. The
thematic maps are not original digital mapping data; are scanned and warped data with
selected unique feature annotation. The intended purpose of the mapping data is for
photo-interpretation and not design. The vector data and associated symbology is
unique to the intended purpose. The majority of the digitized features are not part of the
current Tri-Service CADD Standards list of features and associated line types and
symbology (i.e., range fans, pits, disturbed land). The mapping data produced does
comply with applicable Tri-Service Standards.

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