2008 CPEO Military List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2008 11:59:43 -0700 (PDT)
Reply: cpeo-military
Subject: [CPEO-MEF] BIOTA, CLOSURE: Ft. Monmouth (NJ) ecological assessments
 
Remediation ongoing for fort environmental sites
BY LAYLI WHYTE Correspondent

TINTON FALLS — As part of the preparation for the federal government to turn over the Fort Monmouth property after it closes in 2011, the Fort Monmouth Restoration Advisory Board (RAB) heard presentations from two ecological remediation groups at a recent meeting.

Daniel Duh, an ecological risk assessor for Shaw Environmental, spoke to the RAB Oct. 1 meeting about conducting a baseline ecological evaluation (BEE).

A BEE is established in the requirements for site remediation under state law, said Duh. It is the first tier of a multi-tiered approach for conducting ecological evaluations and ecological risk assessments.

According to Duh, there are three basic elements in the BEE: seeking out any contaminants of potential ecological concern that may be present on the site; identifying and evaluating environmentally sensitive areas; and determining if there are chemical migration pathways from any possibly contaminated site to environmentally sensitive areas.

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For the entire article, see
http://hub.gmnews.com/news/2008/1016/front_page/015.html

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Lenny Siegel
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