Site 39 Proposed Plan Comment Period Extended
Posted 4/11/2008
The community is encouraged to provide comments on the Army's proposed plan for Remedial Action at Site 39 Inland Ranges. Spoken and written comments were accepted at a public meeting that was held on April 10, 2008 at 6:00pm at the Embassy Suites Hotel in Seaside, CA. The comment period has been extended. Written comments can be postmarked and mailed no later than May 30, 2008 to:

Department of the Army
Fort Ord Base Realignment and Closure Field Office
Attn: Gail Youngblood (Site 39 Comments)
PO Box 5008
Monterey, CA 93944-5008

Call the Fort Ord Community Relations Office at (831)393-1284 for information.

View the Proposed Plan or go to Public Meetings to view presentation slides and additional information.

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MR Site Prioritization Protocol
Posted 3/25/2008
The Fort Ord Base Realignment and Closure Office intends to apply the Munitions Response Site Prioritization Protocol (or Prioritization Protocol) as part of the Military Munitions Response Program sites on the former Fort Ord. Beginning with its founding in 1917, Fort Ord served primarily as a training and staging facility for infantry troops. After the closure of Fort Ord in 1994, preliminary assessment of the base identified 109 Munitions Response Sites. While the Army has made considerable progress in addressing the potential hazards associated with these sites there remains work to be done. Through Congressional direction, the Department of Defense has developed the Prioritization Protocol which assign priorities to defense sites containing unexploded ordnance, discarded military munitions or munitions constituents.

The Prioritization Protocol evaluation criteria includes assessing types of munitions that may be potentially present, assessing land uses, determining ease of access to sites, and quantifying the number of people with access to sites. The Army is in the process of evaluating and scoring identified munitions response sites on the former Fort Ord for application this Prioritization Protocol. The public is invited to participate. Information collected will be made available for public review in the administrative record (www.fortordcleanup.com) and in local information repositories in accordance with 32 Code Federal Regulations Part 179 requirements.

You may participate in this process for the former Fort Ord by:
- Attending a presentation at the April 9, 2008 Community Involvement Workshop from 6:30-9:30 pm at the Embassy Suites, 1441 Canyon Del Rey, Seaside, CA
- Reviewing background materials at available at www.fortordcleanup.com/oeprogram.asp
- Or contacting Lyle Shurtleff at P.O. Box 5008, Monterey, 93944, phone: 1-800-852-9699, or email at: victor.l.shurtleff@us.army.mil.

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Cleanup Construction Activities for Operable Unit 1
Posted 3/18/2008
In early 2005 the Army identified offsite groundwater contamination from a Fort Ord cleanup area called Operable Unit 1. Since that time, the Army has been investigating this offsite area on the Armstrong Ranch in Marina to identify the extent and shape of the groundwater contamination. This investigation includes installing and sampling groundwater monitoring wells. These wells are sampled every three months.

Beginning in late March 2008 and continuing through May 2008, you may see the Army installing additional wells, a treatment system and a pipeline to expand the groundwater cleanup in an area in Marina just off the former boundary of the former Fritzsche Army Airfield. Construction activities, which include drilling and trench digging, will take place Monday through Thursday from 8:00am until 4:30pm.

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