New London (CT) SUBASE

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

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Submarine Base New London embraces role as nature's steward

By: Melissa Griffin, , SUBASE Environmental Dept.
04/01/2004

In the years before extensive environmental regulations were born, it
was common for all types of industrial activities to dispose of
hazardous chemicals just like normal trash and for hazardous materials
to be used with little regard for protecting the environment.

 The Navy was no exception to the rule. The Department of Defense
developed the Installation Restoration (IR) Program in 1986 to
investigate and clean up potentially contaminated areas created by past
events at federal facilities. In 1991, the United States Environmental
Protection Agency (USEPA) in accordance with the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) and the
Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization ACT (SARA) placed Naval
Submarine Base New London (SUBASE) on the National Priorities List
(NPL).

 One of the first environmental clean up challenges faced by SUBASE was
researching the history of the base to determine what activities had
previously been conducted and where potential contamination might exist.
The culmination of this research effort was the identification of 26
suspected IR sites on the base. As each site has been investigated in
detail, several of the sites have been combined and are being or have
been cleaned up simultaneously. SUBASE has partnered with USEPA and the
Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection (CTDEP) to
investigate, identify, prioritize and remediate the IR sites on the
base.

 SUBASE is located in close proximity to several residential
neighborhoods. An early priority of the SUBASE IR program was to involve
community stakeholders and keep them informed as site investigations and
clean-up efforts progressed. Currently, quarterly Restoration Advisory
Board (RAB) meetings provide an open forum to discuss remedial
investigations and actions with the stakeholders and answer any
questions that may arise regarding the ultimate goals of the IR program.
RAB members are taken on tours of remedial sites prior to initiation of
clean-up, again during the actual remedial action as site access
permits, and finally after the clean up action is completed. These
guided tours provide the community stakeholders with tangible,
first-hand involvement in the program and have been well received by the
RAB members.

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for the entire story, see
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=11211869&BRD=1659&PAG=461&dept_id=8110&rfi=6


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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org

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