NEWS RELEASE
2004-25 MASSACHUSETTS MILITARY RESERVATION, Cape Cod, Mass. —
Officials of the Air Force Center for Environmental Excellence (AFCEE) announced today
that the Plume Cleanup Team (PCT) will meet at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday, December 8, 2004 at
the Holiday Inn, 291 Jones Road in Falmouth. The PCT is a
citizen advisory team that provides advice to the regulatory agencies and the AFCEE
Installation Restoration Program (IRP). The IRP is responsible for groundwater and soil
investigation and cleanup on the southern portion of the Massachusetts Military
Reservation (MMR). One of the
main meeting presentations will be the Chemical Spill 19 (CS-19) source and groundwater
update. The CS-19 site is located within the Impact Area of MMR. The presentation will
include the status of on-base soil excavation containing the contaminant Royal Demolition
Explosive (RDX). A Proposed Plan (PP) for an interim action of groundwater monitoring will
be summarized. The IRP plans to issue the CS-19 PP for public comments in mid-December
2004. Additional
meeting presentations are performance data from an iron geochemical barrier that was
installed beneath the shoreline of Ashumet Pond this past summer, and the Landfill 1
(LF-1) Feasibility Study, which contains the alternatives being considered for final
cleanup decisions for LF-1. The public is encouraged to attend this meeting and to interact with members of the citizen advisory team, as well as representatives of AFCEE, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (DEP). To obtain an agenda in advance or for more information, please contact Mr. Doug Karson, AFCEE Community Involvement Specialist at (508) 968-4678 ext. 2; fax (508) 968-4673; or e-mail doug.karson@brooks.af.mil.
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