NEWS RELEASE
2005-28 MASSACHUSETTS MILITARY RESERVATION, Cape Cod, Mass. -
The Air Force Center for Environmental Excellence (AFCEE) will hold a public hearing 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 ends. A posterboard session will precede the public hearing. FS-12 Proposed Plan Public Hearing Thursday, November 17, 2005 Posterboard Session: 6:00-6:30 p.m. Public hearing: 6:30 p.m. Oak Crest Cove Lodge at Peters Pond 34 Quaker Meeting House Road (near Route 130), Sandwich The 30-day comment period began on October 28, 2005 and will end on 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. Comments on the FS-12 Proposed Plan can
be submitted in person at the November 17, 2005 Public Hearing or 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 after the 30-day formal
comment period, which ends on November 28, 2005, do not become part of the official record
and will not be considered or responded to.
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