Remediation of Ordnance Contamination at the Tierrasanta Community, San Diego, California
Abstract
The decontamination of formerly used military-related training sites which still contain unexploded ordnance is becoming a matter of increasing concern to the public, such as the site of Tierrasanta-Community, San Diego, California. As previously presented, the Huntsville Division, Corps of Engineers (CEHND), has been given responsibility for remediation of Formerly Used Defense Sites contaminated with explosive ordnance. This presentation describes the development of our first remediation project under this program. The Tierrasanta site is typicaI of a former military training site which has developed into an ordnance remediation project. During the first World War some of the Tierrasanta site was used by the U.S. Army as artillery and machinegun ranges. No structures remained after demobilization and real estate records do not document land use. In the 1930's the Marine Corps leased over 19,000 acres for training. After World War II broke out in Europe, it was expanded into a Marine Corps Training Center and designated Camp Elliott. Weapons training by the Marines ranged from .22 caliber rifles to 155mm field artillery. Figure 2 is a list of items found during the Feasibility Study. Figure 3 shows the range of U.S. Ordnance and why such a large area is contaminated.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Aug 01, 1990
- Accession Number
- ADA529562
Entities
People
- William A. Chaffin
Organizations
- United States Army Corps of Engineers