[CPEO-MEF] CLOSURE, MUNITIONS: Ft. Ritchie (MD) cleanup decisions

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Public meeting to review Fort Ritchie cleanup is Monday, Nov. 7

By Stephanie Harbaugh
Waynesboro Record Herald (MD)
November 2, 2011

Cascade, Md. - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will hold a public  
meeting at 7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 7, to provide an update on the current  
status of two former Fort Ritchie Army Garrison sites that have been  
monitored since a years-long cleanup process of groundwater and  
munitions.


The meeting will be in Fort Ritchie Community Center, 14421 Lake  
Royer Drive, and will review the Record of Decision (ROD) and Action  
Memorandum documents. The former Fort Ritchie property is currently  
under the ownership of Corporate Office Properties Trust.

A ROD is a formal document that the U.S. Army develops to establish  
guidelines of what needs to be done to clean up an area.

The two former Fort Ritchie cleanup sites that will be reviewed  
include groundwater contamination at the motor pool site and the  
Munitions and Explosives of Concern (MEC). The MEC addresses the  
cleanup of any munitions that may have remained on the property after  
the former Army base was closed in 1998 by the Base Realignment and  
Closure Commission.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.therecordherald.com/features/x2086384127/Public-meeting-to- 
review-Fort-Ritchie-cleanup-is-Monday-Nov-7

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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