NEWS RELEASE 2000-29 Air Force to Host Initial Meeting of Ashumet Pond Nutrients Advisory Group MASSACHUSETTS MILITARY RESERVATION (MMR), Cape Cod, Mass. — Air Force Center for Environmental Excellence (AFCEE) officials will host the initial meeting of the Ashumet Pond Nutrients Advisory Group (APNAG) on May 18, 2000. A scoping meeting was held on May 4, 2000 to establish a mission statement for the group and discuss its membership. Meeting participants agreed that the purpose of APNAG is to provide comments and advice on proposed AFCEE actions for reducing phosphorus inputs to Ashumet Pond from the former MMR wastewater treatment plant. Nutrients, including nitrogen and phosphorus, are used by living things to promote biological growth. However, if ponds are over-enriched with nutrients, excessive growth of algae may occur. Group members include local, state, and federal regulators; neighborhood residents, and anyone else interested in phosphorus and its effect on Ashumet Pond. Currently, AFCEE is recommending short-term actions this Fall to reduce available phosphorus within the pond, testing of a technology to provide additional reductions in phosphorus located in soils near the pond, and on-going monitoring. Details of these proposed actions will be presented at the meeting. Ashumet Pond Nutrients Advisory Group
Meeting Anyone not able to attend the meeting may obtain further information by contacting Mr. Douglas Karson, AFCEE/MMR Community Involvement Specialist, at (508) 968-4678, extension 2 or by E-mail at doug.karson@mmr.brooks.af.mil. For more information, please contact Mr. Douglas
Karson, AFCEE/MMR Community Involvement Specialist, at (508) 968-4678, extension 2; Fax
(508) 968-4673; or E-mail doug.karson@mmr.brooks.af.mil
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