Fort Ritchie Environmental Baseline Survey
Abstract
This document presents the results of the Environmental Baseline Survey -(EBS) of Fort Ritchie Army-Garrison located in Washington County: Maryland. Fort Ritchie is a 631-acre active military communications center selected for closure under the Base Realignment and Closure (BRAG) Act of 1995. As a BRAC site, the implementation of the BRAC environmental restoration program is required prior to the release and reuse of the Fort Ritchie property. The BRAC environmental restoration program begins by conducting the EBS. This EBS report presents the results Of a detailed search and review of available information (Army, federal, state and local, the analysis of aerial photographs, interviews with current and/or former employees, and visual inspections. This report focuses on the Fort Ritchie property and adjacent properties which may impact the condition of the Fort Ritchie property. This report includes the identification of potential sources of contamination, identification of ongoing response actions, and identification of the areas requiring sampling and analysis in order to determine the environmental condition of the property. Based on the information gathered during the EBS, parcels at Fort Ritchie which have no history of contamination were classified into one of seven parcel categories. The parcel categorization of the Fort Ritchie property is presented in a letter report in Appendix J.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 01, 1996
- Accession Number
- ADA424167
Entities
People
- C. Brand
- Manuel J. García
- N. Okusu
- R. Chuang
- T. Longe