May 27, 2019

EPA's Long-Awaited Perchlorate Standard Will Make You Sick

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The Environmental Protection Agency issued a proposed standard to limit perchlorate in drinking water that will gravely threaten public hea...
Mar 21, 2019

Corps Will Update 4-Year-Old Data with New Groundwater Sampling

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Brian Barone (Agency Rep - DC Dept. of Energy & Environment ) provided an update on the Dispute Resolution between USACE, DOEE, and Env...
Feb 11, 2019

Army to Mail 'Munition Education' Brochures Across Spring Valley

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Ensuring the community remains informed about the past military use of the area encompassed by the Spring Valley Formerly Used Defense Site ...
Jan 4, 2019

Partners Begin 'Dispute Resolution' to Resolve Groundwater Impasse

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Todd Beckwith [USACE Baltimore] said potential unacceptable risk for future receptors would occur if groundwater is used as a drinking water...
Nov 11, 2018

"The Chemists' War" Came to an End One Hundred Years Ago Today

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Soldiers test gas masks at AUES “man-test” lab (NARA) Entering the [World War I] fray two years after Germany sparked the chemical ...
Sep 26, 2018

RAB Will Review Long-Delayed Groundwater Cleanup Plan

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The Army Corps of Engineers told the Restoration Advisory Board, which is composed largely of Spring Valley residents, it drafted a feasibil...
Aug 9, 2018

Realtor 'Shocked' by Depressed Prices for Spring Valley Homes

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The Army Corps of Engineers has begun efforts to find and clean up potential explosive and chemical hazards on 91 privately owned Spring Va...