[CPEO-MEF] MUNITIONS, GUARD: "Utah Army National Guard reduces risk and restores Wood Hollow for future use"

[Lenny Siegel]

Utah Army National Guard reduces risk and restores Wood Hollow for future use

By Ruth Ann Replogle, USAEC Contractor
United States Army
March 6, 2018


Wood Hollow Training Area lies adjacent to the Utah Army National Guard's (UTARNG) Camp Williams. Used for artillery training since World War I, the site is now privately owned by the Staker-Parson Company for mining and quarry operations. Portions of Wood Hollow have been annexed by the city of Herriman, Utah, for future residential and commercial development.

Following a wildfire in the area nearly 10 years ago, UTARNG discovered artillery shells and other munitions and explosives of concern (MEC). This prompted enrollment of Wood Hollow into the Military Munitions Response Program as a legacy MEC-impacted site. 

Starting in 2010, the UTARNG partnered with Parsons, a company specializing in munitions and ordnance remediation, to continuously assess Wood Hollow's footprint and accordingly restore the site. UTARNG also worked alongside Utah's Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) and stakeholders in the Restoration Advisory Board (RAB), such as property developers, municipal representative, landowners, and mining company to ensure cleanup success.

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For the entire release, see
https://www.army.mil/article/201554/utah_army_national_guard_reduces_risk_and_restores_wood_hollow_for_future_use

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042
Voice/Fax: 650/961-8918 
<lsiegel at cpeo.org>
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