NEWS RELEASE
2005-27 MASSACHUSETTS MILITARY RESERVATION, Cape Cod, Mass. -
The Air Force Center
for Environmental Excellence (AFCEE) will hold a public information meeting to kick-off
the 30-day public comment period on the Proposed Plan for the Fuel Spill 12 (FS-12)
groundwater plume. The FS-12 plume is located along the eastern boundary of the
Massachusetts Military Reservation, northeast of Snake Pond in Sandwich, Massachusetts.
AFCEE’s preferred alternative consists of continuing to operate the existing
groundwater extraction, treatment, and reinjection (ETR) system and monitoring and
optimizing it under the system performance and ecological impact monitoring program until
cleanup levels are met for the FS-12 plume. It is AFCEE’s current judgment that
this preferred remedial alternative is protective of human health and the environment.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has concurred with this approach,
and the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) will officially state a
preferred alternative after the public comment period. A posterboard session will
precede the informational meeting. FS-12 Proposed Plan Meeting Thursday, October 27, 2005 Posterboard Session: 6:00-6:30 p.m. Informational meeting: 6:30 p.m. Oak Crest Cove Lodge at Peters Pond 34 Quaker Meeting House Road (near Route 130) The 30-day comment period begins October 28, 2005 and ends November 28, 2005.
Copies of the FS-12 Proposed Plan will be available for review during the public
comment period at the main libraries in Sandwich, Bourne, Mashpee and Falmouth, and on the
AFCEE web site at www.mmr.org. Ways to provide comments on the FS-12
Proposed Plan are as follows: By mail to:
HQ AFCEE/MMR
Attn: FS-12
322 East Inner Road
Otis ANG Base, MA 02542-5028 By fax to:
(508) 968-4673 By
electronic mail to:
doug.karson@brooks.af.mil By internet
to:
http://www.mmr.org For additional information about the
meeting, call Doug Karson, AFCEE Community Involvement Specialist, at 508-968-4678 x2.
NOTE: Comments submitted before and/or after the
30-day formal comment period do not become part of the official record and will not be
considered or responded to. A public hearing regarding the Proposed Plan for
these plumes is scheduled for November 17, 2005, at the same time and location as the
public meeting.
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