[CPEO-MEF] MUNITIONS, PERCHLORATE: Camp Edwards (MA) Central Impact Area remedy selected

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

News Release
U.S. EPA
March 13, 2012

EPA Reaches Decision for Central Impact Area Cleanup at Camp Edwards


(Boston, Mass. – March 13, 2012) - EPA, in consultation with the  
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, has decided upon a cleanup strategy  
for the Central Impact Area (CIA). The CIA was the largest single  
remaining area of unaddressed contamination on the Massachusetts  
Military Reservation (MMR) in the northern portion of Camp Edwards.  
The final Remedy Selection Plan outlines actions for both the  
groundwater contamination and the affiliated source areas in the soil.

A public comment period ran from July to August of 2011 after an  
initial public presentation was given on the proposed cleanup  
alternatives during an MMR Cleanup Team meeting on July 27, 2011.  
Comments received on the proposed cleanup were considered by EPA and  
are included in the CIA Decision Document.

The 330-acre Central Impact Area contained the majority of the  
targets used for munitions training within the larger 2200-acre  
Impact Area. The CIA is believed to be the primary source area for  
the RDX and perchlorate groundwater contamination in this area of  
MMR. Both chemicals are associated with the use and disposal of  
military munitions.


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For the entire release, see
http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/ 
a74d99df71e1b8d2852579c0005fe502?OpenDocument

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
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