News Release
| Release Number: | 07-045 |
| Dated: | 4/12/2007 |
| Contact: | Mike McAleer, 503-808-4510 |
Informational meeting scheduled April 16, 2007
PORTLAND, Ore. — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is evaluating Formerly Used Defense Sites (FUDS) that had historically been used for military training. One of these sites, Kingsley Firing Range Annex, is located in Klamath County, near Klamath Falls, Ore.
The Corps will do this evaluation by conducting a Military Munitions Response Program (MMRP), Site Investigation (SI). The SI will be conducted in the next few months by a Corps contractor, Shaw Environmental. The work to be performed will include access to and a visual inspection of property that was part of the former Kingsley Firing Range Annex. The inspection may also include soil and/or water sampling.
Corps project manager Bill Graney said, “The SI will be used to determine what future work the Corps may do to clean-up possible munitions related components and chemical constituents used during training.” The Corps of Engineers inspects and evaluates sites contaminated with hazardous waste, radioactive waste, and/or ordnance according to federal, state, and local environmental laws and regulations.
In order to begin the SI the Corps will be contacting property owners of the former Kingsley Firing Range Annex site and request owners to provide a signed Department of the Army Rightof Entry (ROE) for Investigation and Sampling.
Additionally, a public informational meeting is scheduled for Monday, April 16, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Klamath County Fair Grounds, Exhibit Hall 1 Room A, 3135 S. 6th, Klamath Falls, Ore., to provide the public an overview of the MMRP, SI process and ROE request information.
The former Kingsley Firing Range Annex was part of a larger 734 acre site known as the
U.S. Marine Corps Barracks which was activated in 1944. The 734 acre site was built as a Marine Barracks and medical facility to be used for military personnel who had contracted tropical diseases. The Annex is comprised of 206.34 acres of land that was developed and used by the Air Force as a small arms firing range. The Range Complex consists of 87 acres.
More information about former Kingsley Firing Range Annex is available on Portland District’s website at https://www.nwp.usace.army.mil/pa/fuds.