[CPEO-MEF] VOCs, BIOLABS: Ft. Detrick (MD) Area B

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

Army 'cautiously optimistic' it will move to new phase of Area B cleanup in 3-4 years

By Angela Roberts
Frederick News-Post (MD)
July 8, 2022

The U.S. Army says it is making progress in addressing groundwater contamination caused by Fort Detrick’s Area B, a 399-acre plot of land used in the mid-20th century as a test site for the Army’s biological warfare program.

For more than a decade, the Army has been studying the groundwater contamination problems on and around the property between Kemp Lane and Shookstown Road and — more recently — testing technology to treat it.

Joseph Gortva, chief of Fort Detrick’s Environmental Management Division, said in an interview Thursday he is “cautiously optimistic” the Army will complete field work at the site within the next two years.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/environment/army-cautiously-optimistic-it-will-move-to-new-phase-of-area-b-cleanup-in-3/article_8a748fdb-ce39-535f-8c87-87f2e91142d1.html

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Lenny Siegel
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