Friday, September 21, 2012
Cleanup of the half-acre site at Fort Meade will require the excavation of 700 tons of dirt. Officials will also treat the groundwater.
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- Tim Lemke
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Friday, September 21, 2012
The Army will excavate more than 700 tons of dirt from the site of a former pesticide shop at Fort Meade, after it found contamination in the soil and groundwater in the area. Tim Llewellyn, a geologist with Arcadis, an environmental services firm working with the Army, said the pollution does not pose any direct risk to anyone on base, but that it could threaten the health of any workers who might construct buildings at the location. “We do have environmental impact there,” Llewellyn told members of the Fort Meade Restoration Advisory Board. “But it’s in a relatively small area.” Work could begin as soon as the spring. The former pesticide shop is located roughly in the middle of the installation. The Army initially used the building as …
Thursday, September 20, 2012
On Thursday night, the Fort Meade Restoration Advisory Board will get updates on several environmental problems at the installation.
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- Tim Lemke
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Thursday, September 20, 2012
The Fort Meade Restoration Advisory Board will get an update Thursday on efforts to clean up an old pesticide shop on the installation. The board will hold its September meeting at 7 p.m. and will have a chance to weigh in on how to best remediate pollution from the site, which was used to house landscaping equipment and pesticides between 1958 and 1978. The shop was demolished in 1996. According to slides to be presented Thursday, there remains arsenic and pesticides in the soil and groundwater in the area. Fort Meade officials plan to present three possible courses of action, but have recommended excavating as much as 700 tons of soil and treating groundwater. The board will meet Thursday (Sept. 20) at 7 p.m. at the Captain Smathers …
Tuesday, August 21, 2012
New legislation seeks to use less toxic pesticides to battle bugs at county parks.
An Anne Arundel County councilman wants parks employees to take a closer look at how they manage pests at public parks. The new legislation, championed by Councilman Chris Trumbauer (D-6th District), enacts an integrated pest management plan for the county's Recreation and Parks Department. “I originally set out to ban herbicides and pesticides altogether,” Trumbauer said. “This approach is more iterative.” The new approach will prioritize types of pesticides used at county parks based on their toxicity to ensure that the least toxic alternative is used whenever possible, he said. Another requirement of the legislation is additional signage for the public when these pesticides are used. Trumbauer said the idea struck him while he was …
Ella Vader
8:57 am on Friday, September 21, 2012
Hi Tim, Thanks for this article. Very interesting. Do you know if the Tolson-Cunningham landfill is or will be EPA approved? I know in this article it mentions 700 tons of dirt, and the Tolson landfill takes construction debris, I was just wondering. Thanks. more ›