[CPEO-MEF] RESERVES: Caven Point U.S. Army Reserv, Jersey City, NJ

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Environmental Cleanup at Caven Point Army Reserve Complex Invests in  
Future of Soldiers, Community



by Staff Sgt. Shawn Morris
U.S. Army Reserve 99th Regional Support Command
August 9, 2012

JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, N.J. - Nearly 83,000 tons of  
contaminated earth were safely removed from the Caven Point U.S. Army  
Reserve complex in Jersey City as part of the largest soil-removal  
project in Army Reserve history.

This record-setting, $7 million remediation effort began in the  
summer of 2009 and is now in its final phase of quarterly groundwater  
monitoring.

"Since the source (of contamination) has been removed, we expect  
ground water to return to a healthy condition in a few years,"  
explained Laura Dell’Olio, a contractor with Innovar Environmental  
Inc. who serves as Installation Restoration Program coordinator for  
the Army Reserve’s 99th Regional Support Command.


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For the entire release, see
http://www.dvidshub.net/news/92943/environmental-cleanup-caven-point- 
army-reserve-complex-invests-future-soldiers-community

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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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