Restoration project team to update public on Former Nansemond Ordnance Depot cleanup

Posted August 29, 2011
By Norfolk District Public Affairs

08/29/2011 - SUFFOLK, Va. — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers invites the public to its quarterly meeting of the Former Nansemond Ordnance Depot Restoration Advisory Board on Sept. 1, from 6:15 to 8:15 p.m., at the Comfort Suites, 5409 Plummer Boulevard, off Highway 17 in Suffolk, Va.

This RAB public meeting serves as the main forum for public discussion of Corps remediation progress at the 975-acre former ordnance depot. FNOD was placed on the EPA’s National Priorities List in 1999.

Meeting topics will include status reports on the following:

• Site update
• James River beach sediment sampling
• Geophysics data update
• Completed area of concern site inspection reports

The FNOD RAB was established in 1997, as the main forum for community citizens to directly provide input on the cleanup effort at the formerly used defense site. Project team members available at each RAB meeting include: the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality and the EPA.

The restoration advisory board is also comprised of community members, local business representatives, local and state officials, and the Tidewater Community College Real Estate Foundation, Inc.

Additional project information: http://www.nao.usace.army.mil/Library/Factsheets/FNOD/