Remediation of Hazardous-Waste Sites by New England Division of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Abstract

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) New England Division (NED) remediates hazardous-waste sites for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Superfund Program and the Department of Defense. In fiscal year 1996 (October 1995–September 1996), over $115,000,000 was expended on work associated with 19 Superfund sites, Army facilities at Fort Devens and the Materials Technology Laboratory (MTL) in Watertown, Mass., as well as numerous formally used defense sites throughout New England. Noteworthy projects include the Baird and McGuire Superfund site in Holbrook, Mass., where contaminated soil is being excavated and incinerated on-site, and the Raymark Superfund site in Stratford, Conn., where 13 acres of industrial buildings were demolished with the site now being capped. NED expects that over $100,000,000 will be expended in fiscal year 1997 as work continues at Baird and McGuire, Raymark, Fort Devens, and the Army's MTL. NED also expects to begin work on the Estuary, Lower Habor/Bay portion of the New Bedford Harbor site this year. EPA announced their proposed plan for this portion of the site in November 1996. The project will involve the dredging of approximately 344,000 m