[CPEO-MEF] VOCs, REUSE: TCE cleanup at Hill Air Force Base, UT

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

Air Force holding public meeting amid planned soil contamination cleanup at Hill AFB

By Ryan Aston 
Ogden Standard-Examiner
February 28, 2024

The U.S. Air Force is providing the opportunity for the public to comment on a planned time-critical removal action, or TCRA, aiming to address soil contamination on the west side of Hill Air Force Base.

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Per the TCRA memo, a land transfer between the Air Force and the state of Utah to accommodate the planned construction of a new Interstate 15 interchange and Hill AFB access gate at 1800 North required the demolition of multiple Defense Generator and Rail Equipment Center buildings in the area. Their removal created an opportunity to test the soil.

As a result of the supplemental site investigation, a higher-than-acceptable presence of trichloroethylene, or TCE, was identified in the subsurface soil and groundwater. 

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The highest concentrations were measured at a depth of 16-18 feet below ground surface, according to the memo. Meanwhile, the soil is saturated at 30 feet below the ground surface. Consequently, the high TCE concentrations at approximately 17 ft below the surface would be a continuing source of groundwater contamination if left unchecked.


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For the entire article, see
https://www.standard.net/news/military/2024/feb/28/air-force-holding-public-meeting-amid-planned-soil-contamination-cleanup-at-hill-afb/

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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
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http://www.cpeo.org
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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