[CPEO-MEF] MUNITIONS, FORMER SITES: Army probes Tidewater Community College property at former Nansemond Ordnance Depot (VA)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Army probes TCC property

By Matthew Ward
Suffolk News-Herald (VA)
April 3, 2012

The U.S. Corps of Engineers has identified new areas of possible  
munitions contamination at the former North Suffolk military depot  
now earmarked for a multi-million dollar makeover.

Jeff Zoeckler, former Nansemond Ordnance Depot project manager for  
the corps' Norfolk division, said the areas were revealed after  
geophysical mapping of the site’s shoreline last year.

"The shoreline along the property is heavily eroding, especially  
during events like hurricanes and nor'easters, so we had couple of  
areas where some items had been exposed during recent storm events,"  
Zoeckler said.

"So that caused us to go back and say, 'Well, we really want to look  
at the shoreline as a whole.'"

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.suffolknewsherald.com/2012/04/03/army-probes-tcc-property/

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Lenny Siegel
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