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The Navy released recently a five-year review of an environmental restoration program at Joint Expeditionary Base Fort Story, finding that environmental contamination of industrial solvents and arsenic at two sites is under control. “The Navy, in partnership with the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality, concluded the measures are protective to human health and the environment for all ...

Long-term management requirements were put in place by the Navy and the Environmental Protection Agency in 2009 to monitor for further contamination after chemicals were detected in the groundwater and soil at Fort Story in Virginia Beach, Virginia.

The review, which ran from October 2022 to October 2023, looked for industrial solvents and arsenic in groundwater near an amphibious resupply cargo maintenance area and a site where the 80th Division Reserve trained.

By: Claudie Benjamin, Guest Writer The enormity of environmental issues caused by haphazard dumping, burning and unacceptable disposal of hazardous waste materials is staggering. Such practices resulted in pollution and contamination of air, land and water resources, and continued unabated until 1980, with the passage of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA). This […]

The Air Force Civil Engineer Center has initiated its sixth Five-Year Review at Joint Base Cape Cod to evaluate remediation at sites managed by the base’s Installation Restoration Program, which