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Distinguished Civilian Gallery Member receives prestigious award from Alma Mater

USACE, New England District
Published Oct. 31, 2016
Richard Reardon, retired Chief of Engineering/Planning was inducted into the New England District's Distinguished Civilian Gallery during the Founder's Day awards ceremony, June 11, 2000.

Richard Reardon, retired Chief of Engineering/Planning was inducted into the New England District's Distinguished Civilian Gallery during the Founder's Day awards ceremony, June 11, 2000.

Richard Reardon, retired Chief of Engineering/Planning and Distinguished Civilian Gallery Member, received the Academy of Distinguished Alumni Award from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst’s Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.  The induction recognizes the outstanding contribution he made to the engineering profession as judged by the Civil and Environmental Engineering Advisory Council and reviewed by current civil and engineering faculty, according to the event program.

An inaugural banquet took place at the Amherst campus on Sept. 23.  Reardon graduated in 1958 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering.  UMASS Amherst faculty member Don DeGroot announced Reardon’s name at the banquet.  “Mr. Reardon spent his professional career working for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, with projects on disaster relief, flood control, navigation and hydroelectric power services,” he said.

This is not the first honor the college has presented Reardon.  According to DeGroot, the College of Engineering honored Reardon as Alumnus of the Year in 1993.   Reardon was inducted into the New England District Distinguished Civilian Gallery on June 11, 2000.  He retired in April 1998 with more than 30 years of service.  He joined the District in 1958 as a trainee following graduation from UMASS, Amherst.  Over the years his responsibilities included serving as Chief, Program Development Office, Special Assistant to the Division Chief and the Manager for the Dickey-Lincoln School Lake Project.  He became Assistant Chief, Engineering Division in 1980 and was Chief from 1984 until his retirement in 1998.  Mr. Reardon embodies those qualities that are the hallmark of the Corps of Engineers:  integrity, professionalism and caring.


The Pawcatuck River Coastal Storm Risk Management Feasibility Study

   This proposed plan is presented  to facilitate public involvement in the review and commenting on the remedy selection process for the Nantucket Memorial Airport (NMA) Formerly Used Defense Site (FUDS.) 
    The Army Corps of Engineers is proposing a No Action under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act for the Munitions Response Site-1, Project Number D01MA049901 at NMA located on Nantucket Island, MA.  The proposal was prepared using the Guide to Preparing Superfund Proposed Plans, Records of Decision, and Other Remedy Selection Decision Documents (USEPA, 1999).
    The final decision for NMA Site-1 site will be made after reviewing and considering all information submitted during the public comment period. The proposed decision may be modified based on new information or public comments. The public is encouraged to review and comment on the proposed plan.
    The FUDS program addresses the potential explosives safety, health, and environmental issues resulting from past munitions use at former defense sites under the Department of Defense (DoD) Military Munitions Response Program, established by the U.S. Congress under the Defense Environmental Restoration Program.  
    FUDS only applies to properties that transferred from DoD before October 17, 1986 and the first priority of USACE is the protection of human health, safety, and the environment. 
    The Army is the executive agent for the FUDS Program, and USACE is the lead agency for investigation/reporting and remedial decision-making at this munitions site with regulatory support provided by the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP).


Updated: 05 December 2016