Army to Remove Soil from Pesticide Shop Site
Cleanup of the half-acre site at Fort Meade will require the excavation of 700 tons of dirt. Officials will also treat the groundwater.
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 …
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 ›