[CPEO-MEF] MUNITIONS: "Proposed Plan for the Open Detonation (OD) Grounds Munitions Response Site at the Former Seneca Army Depot Romulus, " NY

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

PUBLIC NOTICE: Public Comments and in-person meeting for Proposed Plan at Seneca Army Depot


Fingerlakes1.com
October 2, 2024 

U.S. Army, USEPA, and NYSDEC Invite Public Comments on the Proposed Plan for the Open Detonation (OD) Grounds Munitions Response Site at the Former Seneca Army Depot Romulus.

The public is invited to attend an in-person meeting on October 9, 2024 about the planned remedial action alternatives at the Former Seneca Army Depot OD Grounds Munitions Response Site (MRS), located in the Towns of Romulus and Varick, Seneca County, New York. The OD Grounds MRS consists of approximately 403 acres in the northwest corner of the Former Seneca Army Depot boundary and contains two areas, the “OD Hill”, an area of elevated topography at the center of the OD Grounds MRS where open detonation operations occurred and the “Kickout Area” which is the portion of the MRS surrounding the OD Hill in which blast fragments emanating from open detonation operations might be found. The Kickout Area extends out approximately 2,500 feet (ft) from the center of the OD Grounds MRS.

Geophysical surveys and intrusive investigations, and munitions constituent (MC) sampling events have taken place at the OD Grounds MRS during previous investigations. Based on these previous investigations, the Army believes that unacceptable risks from potential exposure to munitions and explosives of concern (MEC) and MC are present at the OD Grounds MRS. MEC risk assessments have identified that unacceptable risk under current and reasonably anticipated future land use conditions. A risk assessment conducted on the MC sampling results found unacceptable carcinogenic and non-carcinogenic risks from consumption of groundwater.



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For the entire announcement, see
https://www.fingerlakes1.com/2024/10/02/public-notice-public-comments-and-in-person-meeting-for-proposed-plan-at-seneca-army-depot/

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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
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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