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NASB Clean-Up Program Overview Restoration Advisory Board (RAB) Meetings Recent and Upcoming Field Activities NAS Brunswick Team Organizations Historical Radiological Assessment Links
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Commanding Officer’s Message Dear Midcoast Community Members, 
As the final commanding officer of Naval Air Station Brunswick (NASB), I am committed to maintaining an open and transparent relationship with the local community as we progress through the base closure process. As part of that effort, I want to ensure Brunswick and Topsham residents that the Navy will continue to be good stewards of the environment and that we are committed to remediating the property that will be transferred once the base closes, as required by law. The pace and scope of investigation and cleanup activities have increased over the past year including expanded field work at a number of sites and planning efforts for upcoming soil removal activities. In the past few months we have also released an updated Community Relations Plan and nearly completed an updated Administrative Record. For those familiar with NASB clean-up efforts to date, the Navy has completed “the big dig” at Site 9, removing over 36,000 cubic yards of soil disposed of at an approved landfill. We are currently conducting a sampling effort in preparation for shutting down the Naval Exchange (NEX) gas station and removing petroleum-contaminated soil at that site, beginning next summer. In addition to investigations being conducted at a number of other sites, we are currently performing additional sampling and analysis to determine 1,4-dioxane concentrations in the Eastern Plume groundwater. With base closure in May of 2011 quickly approaching, we are always looking for ways to “fast track” our clean-up program. The partnership and cooperation between all Restoration Advisory Board (RAB) members is exceptional. The teamwork demonstrated by the Navy, the regulators, the community, the Brunswick Area Citizens for a Safe Environment (BACSE) and the Midcoast Regional Redevelopment Authority (MRRA) is clearly evident in program execution and process improvements. Your input matters and I invite every member of the public to get involved by attending quarterly public RAB meetings at the Parkwood Inn located at Cooks Corner. In addition, you may obtain information from our website (http://nasbrunswick.navy-env.com) or by visiting the Curtis Memorial Library for information contained in the Administrative Record. It is only through an open, honest and trusting dialogue between all of us who care deeply about the environment, that we can work together to be good stewards of the beautiful Maine coast environment. -Captain Fitzgerald |
