NEWS RELEASE 2005-01
January 5, 2005

Public Invited to the January PCT Meeting

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, January 12, 2005 at the Bourne Best Western, 100 Trowbridge Road in Bourne.

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 Fuel Spill 28 (FS-28) Annual Report. The FS-28 plume is located in Falmouth and has been undergoing remediation with a groundwater extraction, treatment, and surface water discharge system since October 1997. The presentation will include an update on the treatment system, major findings for both groundwater and surface water portions, and recommendations.

Other meeting topics are PCT comments on the proposed plan for interim action of groundwater monitoring for the Chemical Spill 19 (CS-19) plume located on the MMR and results from the CS-23 plume investigation in Falmouth.

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.