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Site overview
View a map of the property  (713 KB in Adobe Acrobat Format)Camp Pike was established in 1917. Shortly before World War 11, the name was changed to Camp Joseph T. Robinson and the camp’s boundaries were expanded to include land in Pulaski and Faulkner counties. The camp was used for the basic training of troops. A variety of weapons training occurred including rifles, pistols, machine guns, live grenades, mortars and various field artillery.

After the war, Camp Robinson was declared surplus and broken up. Most of it was transferred to the Arkansas National Guard. Some went to the city of North Little Rock and Central Baptist College. A small portion was retained by the federal government for use as an Army Reserve Center, now designated as Camp Pike. The remainder was sold to private owners.

View a chart that shows how each site was used and the type of investigation recommended for each site. (12.45 KB in Adobe Acrobat)

The portions that are no longer owned by the military or the National Guard are eligible for environmental investigation and cleanup assistance under the Formerly Used Defense Sites program. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is the agency responsible for conducting environmental restoration work under the FUDS program.

Current actions
The Army Corps of Engineers will continue clearance of munitions and explosives of concern from three areas in January 2006.  Live ordnance was discovered in the three areas during the Engineering Evaluation/Cost Analysis.  The ordnance will be removed from approximately 70 acres in Sectors 6, 10, and 11 of Section 2.  Section 2 is north of Highway 89.
 
More information also can be obtained by calling the Corps’ Little Rock District Real Estate Office at 1-800-531-4270. No one can be in the area while the removal action is underway except qualified ordnance technicians. They will be working during daylight hours Monday through Friday and will complete each day’s work by 4:30 p.m., so people who are away from their homes in the daytime should not be affected. Those who are home in an area where a removal action is scheduled will be asked to leave for the day. The Corps will arrange a place for them to go and reimburse them for relocation expenses.

In this phase, experts are removing munitions and explosives of concern from approximately 70 acres of the overall 13,000-acre site.  If additional ordnance is discovered near the areas of concern, the remediation will be expanded to include the additional area.

Remedial Action Contract Awarded (30 June 2004)
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Engineering and Support Center at Huntsville, Alabama, issued a Contract to Shaw Environmental, Inc. of Knoxville, Tn., for approximately three-quarters million dollars for the remediation of munitions and explosives of concern at Camp Robinson.

Downloadable Fact Sheets

October 2003 Fact Sheet Engineering Evaluation/Cost Analysis has been completed

January 2002 Fact Sheet on start of investigations

October 2001 Fact Sheet on delay of investigations

September 2001 Fact Sheet on ordnance safety and recognition

August 2001 Fact Sheet on recent investigations

February 2001 Fact Sheet on Right of Entry permits

July 2000 Fact Sheet on Camp Robinson RAB established

April 2000 Fact Sheet on Engineering Evaluation Cost Analysis study

Restoration Advisory Board
A Restoration Advisory Board (RAB) is an advisory body designed to act as a focal point for the exchange of information between Little Rock District and the ocal community regarding restoration activities. All RAB meetings are open to the public.

The RAB is intended to bring together community members with diverse interests, enabling the early and continued two-way flow of information, concerns, values, and needs between the affected community and the District.  The RAB consists of members from the community, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality.
 

What do RAB members do?
Community members of the RAB are expected to serve without compensation and attend meetings regularly. Brief training will be provided initially.

Later, RAB members will be asked to review, evaluate, and comment on documents and materials and provide advice on restoration issues to decision makers. RAB members provide individual advice, but the RAB itself is not a decision making body.

If needed, technical assistance is available to the RAB. Community members of the RAB are expected to communicate community interests and concerns to the RAB and also to meet with community members and groups regarding the restoration program.

It is estimated that a RAB community member might spend about 60 hours per year supporting the RAB.

RAB meeting minutes
May 2003 meeting

January 2002 meeting

September 2001 meeting

June 2001 meeting

January 2001 meeting

August 2000 meeting

What to do if you find unexploded ordnance

Helpful web sites
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DoD Relative Risk Site Evaluation Primer

Relative Risk Fact Sheet

Public Coordination Guidance

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Huntsville Center