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INITIAL RELEASE DDJC Tracy COMMUNITY/PUBLIC HEALTH CONCERNS DDJC Tracy has a community relations plan (CRP) that provides guidance for involving the community and other interested parties in the remediation decision making process and for distributing information to these parties (DDJC Tracy, 1995). As part of its community relations activities, DDJC Tracy meets periodically with community members to monitor community concern. No specific health concerns have been brought to ATSDR's attention, although general concerns about potential health hazards associated with the site and off-site migration of contaminants have been identified in the DDJC Tracy CRP. ATSDR has addressed these concerns in the Evaluation of Environmental Contamination and Potential Exposure Pathways section of this PHA. CONCLUSIONS Based on an evaluation of environmental information collected during the site characterization and remedial process, ATSDR reached the following conclusions and assigned a public health hazard conclusion category. ATSDR determined that DDJC Tracy poses no apparent public health hazard. 1. Groundwater beneath the northern area of DDJC Tracy is contaminated with VOCs—primarily TCE and PCE—related to past activities. VOCs have migrated with the groundwater to off-site areas beyond the north-northeast boundary of the depot property, but no exposures to contaminated groundwater have occurred, are occurring, or are expected to occur at levels likely to pose health hazards. DDJC Tracy water supply poses no apparent public health hazards. To date contaminants have not been detected in the water supply wells at levels associated with adverse health effects. WSWs 4 and 7 provided water for the DDJC Tracy water supply. WSW 4 was located in the plume's path, but no contaminants were detected in groundwater immediately near WSW 4; nor in WSW 7 water. WSW 4 has been properly abandoned and is no longer used. Wells upgradient and away from contamination wells (WSWs 8 and 9) currently serve the depot's water supply. WSW 7 is currently on standby status as DDJC investigates the consequence of nearby low-level TCE contamination. Private wells (domestic use)pose no apparent public health hazards. Two private wells located north-northeast of the depot boundary contained VOCs at levels above the ATSDR CREG and above EPA and CA MCLS. Bottled water and/or a carbon filtration systems were offered to residents of the affected wells. Continued monitoring of these and other 18