[CPEO-MEF] MUNITIONS: Former Aerial Bombing Range, Webster Field Annex, Naval Air Station Patuxent River (MD)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

The Department of the Navy Seeks Public Comment on Proposed Action Plan for Munitions Response Site

News Release
Naval Air Station Patuxent River Public Affairs
September 8, 2019

In accordance with the requirements of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA), Webster Field Annex invites public comment on the Proposed Remedial Action Plan (PRAP) for Munitions Response Site UXO-0001.

During World War II, an aerial bombing target (referred to as the Former Aerial Bombing Range) was located adjacent to and just south of the runways on the southern half of the Webster Field Annex facility. The Former Aerial Bombing Range, which is now referred to as Site UXO-0001, contained three observation towers and was used for 5 to 8 years in the 1940s and early 1950s. Aerial photographs from 1954 show that the access roads to the observation towers were overgrown, implying that the range was no longer in use by 1954. The size and configuration of the former range is unknown, but the original 21-acre boundary for UXO-0001 was estimated based on the locations of the three observation towers.

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For the entire release, see
https://smnewsnet.com/archives/461537/the-department-of-the-navy-seeks-public-comment-on-porposed-action-plan-for-munitions-response-site/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
A project of the Pacific Studies Center
LSiegel@cpeo.org
P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042
Voice/Fax: 650-961-8918
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