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"Almost 800 barrels of soil have been sampled and removed. We did not find what we anticipated: stacked rounds of a couple hundred buried munitions like those recovered in 2002 from the section of Pit 3 on the adjacent property ..."
Spring Valley Project Update(February 2008)
Ed Hughes, program manager of the Army Corps' Baltimore district, said his team received an indication from geophysical and chemical testing that it needed to extend its search further alongside the road, as well as in the direction of campus. Hughes said geophysical testing, which includes combing the premises with a metal detector, revealed numerous other "anomalies" within the university-owned property that had yet to be unearthed and examined. This led the Corps to believe they have a lot of work ahead of them, he said.Christopher Cottrell
The Eagle ~ February 14, 2008
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"Almost 800 barrels of soil have been sampled and removed. We did not find what we anticipated: stacked rounds of a couple hundred buried munitions like those recovered in 2002 from the section of Pit 3 on the adjacent property ..."
Ed Hughes, program manager of the Army Corps' Baltimore district, said his team received an indication from geophysical and chemical testing that it needed to extend its search further alongside the road, as well as in the direction of campus. Hughes said geophysical testing, which includes combing the premises with a metal detector, revealed numerous other "anomalies" within the university-owned property that had yet to be unearthed and examined. This led the Corps to believe they have a lot of work ahead of them, he said.
