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Notice of Engineering Evaluation/Cost Analysis and Public Comment Period Former Naval Weapons Station Concord Bermed Area (UXO 0012)

15 November 2022

From BEC

The U.S. Department of the Navy (DON), in coordination with the state and federal environmental regulatory agencies, encourages the public to comment on its Engineering Evaluation/Cost Analysis (EE/CA) for a non-time-critical removal action (NTCRA) to identify and remove all metallic items from the soil, ensuring any items labelled as “potentially presenting an explosive hazard” (MPPEH) or “munitions and explosives of concern” (MEC) that potentially remain in soil at the Bermed Area are removed from the site.
The U.S. Department of the Navy (DON), in coordination with the state and federal environmental regulatory agencies, encourages the public to comment on its Engineering Evaluation/Cost Analysis (EE/CA) for a non-time-critical removal action (NTCRA) to identify and remove all metallic items from the soil, ensuring any items labelled as “potentially presenting an explosive hazard” (MPPEH) or “munitions and explosives of concern” (MEC) that potentially remain in soil at the Bermed Area are removed from the site. Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) Site 0012, at the Former Naval Weapons Station (NAVWPNSTA) Seal Beach Detachment (Det) Concord in Concord, California. The proposed NTCRA will involve removal of an earthen berm, identification and removal of all metallic anomalies within the berm and surrounding soil, a postdigital geophysical mapping (DGM) survey, perforation of any recovered MPPEH/MEC items, and transportation and disposal of certified material documented as safe (MDAS) and nonmunitions-related metal at an offsite recycling facility. The EE/CA evaluates multiple removal action alternatives and presents the removal action that the DON is recommending for the site. A copy of the EE/CA is available for review on the BRAC website, and in the reference section of the Concord Public Library, 2900 Salvio Street, Concord, CA 94519. Electronic copies also can be emailed directly, if requested, by contacting the Environmental Coordinator. The public is invited to comment on the EE/CA during a 30 day public comment period, November 14 through December 14, 2022. Written comments may be submitted by mail or email to:

Christopher Yantos
Base Realignment and Closure Environmental Coordinator
BRAC PMO West
33000 Nixie Way, Bldg. 50
San Diego, CA 92147
619-524-6023
E-mail: Christopher.yantos2.civ@us.navy.mil

For access to the Administrative Record (i.e. other documents specific to UXO Site 12):
Ms. Diane Silva
NAVFAC Southwest
750 Pacific Highway, Code EV33
NBSD Bldg. 3519
San Diego, CA 92132-5190
(619) 556-1280

A complete copy of the notice is available here.

Engineering Evaluation/Cost Analysis--Bermed Area

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