[CPEO-MEF] BIOTA, CLOSURE: Ft. Monmouth (NJ) ecological assessments

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

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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Lenny Siegel
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