Two meeting are scheduled for Thursday March 29, 2012 in the Bettcher Room located on the second floor in the Cedar Point Center on the campus of BGSU Firelands. BGSU Firelands is located at One University Drive, Huron, Ohio.
Starting at 6:30 p.m, a public meeting will kick off the 30 day Public Comment Period on the proposed plan to address groundwater contamination. A PBOW RAB Meeting will follow at 7:30 p.m.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Huntington District will be conducting a public meeting to present the Proposed Plan for Sitewide Groundwater (Covering TNT A, B, C, and Red Water Ponds Areas) – Former Plum Brook Ordnance Works, Sandusky, Ohio.
The public meeting is scheduled for Thursday March 29, 2012 at 6:30 p.m. in the Bettcher Room located on the second floor in the Cedar Point Center on the campus of BGSU Firelands. BGSU Firelands is located at One University Drive, Huron, Ohio.
The former Plum Brook Ordnance Works (PBOW) manufactured explosives during World War II. The USACE has completed a study of groundwater associated with the TNT manufacturing areas and the Red Water Ponds areas to evaluate levels of groundwater contamination and has developed a plan to address the groundwater contamination.
The proposed alternative to address the groundwater is No Further Action (NFA) and is presented in the Proposed Plan. Copies of the Proposed Plan will be available at the meeting, BGSU Firelands Library, and can be downloaded from here.
The USACE Huntington District encourages you to comment on the proposed plan during the 30-day Public Comment Period from March 29, 2012 through April 30, 2012. Written comments may be submitted by mail, postmarked no later than April 30, 2012 to the following address:
USACE Huntington District 502 Eighth Street Huntington, West Virginia 25701 (304) 399-5388 Email – pbow@usace.army.mil
Public comments received during this period will be considered in the final decision-making process for the Sitewide Groundwater (Covering Areas TNT A, B, C and the Red Water Ponds areas) at the former Plum Brook Ordnance Works, Sandusky, Ohio.
A print friendly pdf version of the above notice can be downloaded from here.
The PBOW RAB meeting is scheduled for Thursday March 29, 2012 at 7:30 p.m. in the Bettcher Room located on the second floor in the Cedar Point Center on the campus of BGSU Firelands. BGSU Firelands is located at One University Drive, Huron, Ohio.
The agenda for the PBOW RAB meeting can be found here.
For additional meeting information please contact US Army Corps of Engineers at 800-822-8413.
The agenda included updates on TNT C Remediation, TNT A Excavation (Phase I), TNT C Continuation,Reservoir No. 2, Burn Grounds, Groundwater FS / PP and Current Field Work/Reports within next 3 months.
The agenda included project updates on TNT Area A, TNT Area C RA-C, Ecological Recon, Acid Areas 2 and 3, Reservoir No. 2 Burn Grounds, Groundwater Feasibility Study and update on Current Fieldwork
