History on the Rocky Mountain Arsenal. This facility was established after the attack on Pearl Harbor to manufacture chemical weapons in support of World War II. After the war ended there was not a need to continue to use this plant to develop chemical weapons and the property was leased out to civilian companies for different uses. Later the area was turned over to the U.S. Army, Shell Oil Company, and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to start cleanup of the base. Rocky Mountain Arsenal was later transformed into a National Wildlife Refuge.
The reading assignment all basically support the clean-up of the Rocky Mountain Arsenal. This project was a superfund project by the Federal government. The Rocky Mountain Arsenal was concerned a top five …show more content…
Monitoring of the underground water treatment will continue to be monitor until they are sure that all water leaving the site meets all standards by the EPA. Landfills and cover area where contaminated material was disposed of and the area is deemed safe by the federal, state and local standards
According to the webpage A Vision Fulfilled they explained how they were conducting the cleanup. They like the other websites spoke about the RMA On-Post and Off-Post cleanup. The cleanup of the Rocky Mountain Arsenal was removing more than 300 structures and placed in the arsenal landfills. In addition this websites talks about the construction of treatment plants that were built to help with removing contamination from the groundwater, which like the other website they spoke about groundwater leaving the site must meet all federal, state and local EPA rules. The contaminated soil had to be removed from the area, then fresh top soil was hauled in the areas, then it was seeded, trees planted, and grass returns to its natural state. Working around contaminated areas my question is do they ever remove it all from the soil or does it penetrate deeply into the earth surface. We had …show more content…
This refuge is beneficial to the area and the environment which it lays. The one article stated many positive things that has come out of this since it has open. Educational programs, hiking trails, wildlife viewing areas and is a major sanctuary for more than 330 species of animals. This provides less harm to the environment and the health of humans in the general area. One explosion of a chemical plants could be dangerous for both humans and animals with hundreds of miles of this site. Do will need arsenals today, yes for national security of the country, however, safety of human, animals and the environment is also vital. The EPA has removed five parcels from the NPL which has allowed for the expansions of roads, soccer complex and wildlife refuge along with a music entertainment
The reading assignment all basically support the clean-up of the Rocky Mountain Arsenal. This project was a superfund project by the Federal government. The Rocky Mountain Arsenal was concerned a top five …show more content…
Monitoring of the underground water treatment will continue to be monitor until they are sure that all water leaving the site meets all standards by the EPA. Landfills and cover area where contaminated material was disposed of and the area is deemed safe by the federal, state and local standards
According to the webpage A Vision Fulfilled they explained how they were conducting the cleanup. They like the other websites spoke about the RMA On-Post and Off-Post cleanup. The cleanup of the Rocky Mountain Arsenal was removing more than 300 structures and placed in the arsenal landfills. In addition this websites talks about the construction of treatment plants that were built to help with removing contamination from the groundwater, which like the other website they spoke about groundwater leaving the site must meet all federal, state and local EPA rules. The contaminated soil had to be removed from the area, then fresh top soil was hauled in the areas, then it was seeded, trees planted, and grass returns to its natural state. Working around contaminated areas my question is do they ever remove it all from the soil or does it penetrate deeply into the earth surface. We had …show more content…
This refuge is beneficial to the area and the environment which it lays. The one article stated many positive things that has come out of this since it has open. Educational programs, hiking trails, wildlife viewing areas and is a major sanctuary for more than 330 species of animals. This provides less harm to the environment and the health of humans in the general area. One explosion of a chemical plants could be dangerous for both humans and animals with hundreds of miles of this site. Do will need arsenals today, yes for national security of the country, however, safety of human, animals and the environment is also vital. The EPA has removed five parcels from the NPL which has allowed for the expansions of roads, soccer complex and wildlife refuge along with a music entertainment