[CPEO-MEF] FORMER SITES, MUNITIONS: Camp Wellfleet, MA

[Lenny Siegel]

Contamination search at former Wellfleet military site nears end

By Mary Ann Bragg
Cape Cod Times (MA)
February 18, 2019 
 
 
SOUTH WELLFLEET — An investigation into potential contaminants in the ground at the former Camp Wellfleet, from munitions used at the former military base from 1942 to 1961, is nearly complete, according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

“Preliminary sampling indicates no issues with regard to contamination,” Army Corps Project Manager Gina Kaso wrote in a statement emailed to the Times. There is no indication that a second round of sampling is needed, according to Kaso.

The investigation of the site occurred last year and a draft version of the investigation report is currently under review by stakeholders such as the state Department of Environmental Protection, according to Army Corps spokesman Timothy Dugan. The Wellfleet Select Board recently gave the Army Corps authorization to access the property for another year.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.capecodtimes.com/news/20190217/contamination-search-at-former-wellfleet-military-site-nears-end

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