CONCORD, Mass. – A Proposed Plan to provide information to the public on the recommended
remedial action to address groundwater contamination at the Bucks Harbor Former
Air Force Radar Tracking Station Site and the Former Ground Air Transmitter Receiver
(GATR) Site in Machiasport, Maine, has been prepared by the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers, New England District, and will be discussed at a public meeting on
May 5 in Machiasport.
The Proposed Plan and
associated public meeting are intended to inform the community of the rationale
for the selection of the preferred alternative and to encourage and facilitate
community participation. The Proposed Plan includes the following components:
monitored natural attenuation; long term monitoring of groundwater; alternate
water supply or point of entry water treatment for impacted water supply wells;
monitoring of indoor air; and land use controls.
The Corps and the
Maine Department of Environmental Protection (MEDEP) will hold a public meeting
on Thursday, May 5, 2016 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the Fort O’Brien Elementary
School at 492 Port Road in Machiasport, Maine, to present the Proposed Plan to
address environmental issues at the Bucks Harbor Former Air Force Radar
Tracking Station Site and the Former Ground Air Transmitter Receiver Site.
The public meeting
will include a presentation describing the project and the recommended remedy.
This also will be an opportunity for public comments to be submitted – either
verbally or in writing. Public comments on the Proposed Plan will be accepted through
May 27, 2016. Copies of the Proposed Plan can be obtained by contacting Marie
Wojtas, Project Manager, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, phone: 978-318-8788;
email: marie.a.wojtas@usace.army.mil.
Supporting documents
relating to the Proposed Plan can be found at the project information repositories
at:
Machiasport Town
Hall, 8 Unity Square, Machiasport, Maine 04655, phone (207) 255-4516; and at
the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District, 696 Virginia Road,
Concord, MA 01742-2751, phone (978) 318-8788.
Written public comments
on the Proposed Plan can be submitted to the Corps of Engineers through May 27,
2016. Comment letters must be postmarked no later than May 27, 2016, and can be
sent to Ms. Marie Wojtas, Project Manager, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New
England District, 696 Virginia Road, Concord, MA 01742-2751. Comments also can
be emailed to: marie.a.wojtas@usace.army.mil.