[CPEO-MEF] REUSE, MUNITIONS: "Former Nansemond Ordnance Depot, " VA

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

Cleanup transforms Virginia Superfund site into a job hub

By Whitney Pipkin 
Chesapeake Bay Journal
November 2, 2023

A portion of a site in Suffolk, VA, that was once home to thousands of pounds of discarded munitions debris is now home to a bustling warehouse employing 300 people.

Officials from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency gathered with partners at the former Nansemond Ordnance Depot on Sept. 19 to acknowledge the progress that’s been made since it was first listed on the agency’s Superfund National Priority List in 1999.

Superfund sites have significant contamination by hazardous materials, and placement on the list gives the EPA authority to require or lead the cleanup efforts. 

The EPA worked with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Virginia Department of Environmental Quality to assist local companies in redeveloping a 45-acre portion of the Suffolk site into a warehouse and distribution hub run by RoadOne IntermodaLogistics, Inc.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.bayjournal.com/news/pollution/cleanup-transforms-virginia-superfund-site-into-a-job-hub/article_1a0cdd52-78be-11ee-b3f7-03422bb9d6eb.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
A project of the Pacific Studies Center
LSiegel@cpeo.org
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Author: DISTURBING THE WAR: The Inside Story of the Movement to Get Stanford University out of Southeast Asia - 1965–1975 (See http://a3mreunion.org)

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