News Release
| Release Number: | 06-040 |
| Dated: | 3/29/2006 |
| Contact: | Mike McAleer, 503-808-4510 |
PORTLAND, Ore. — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is evaluating Formerly Used Defense Sites (FUDS) that had historically been used for military training located within former Camp Adair and Adair Air Force Station, located in parts of Polk, Benton and Linn counties, near Corvallis, 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 Camp Adair. The inspection may also include soil and or water sampling.
The SI will be used to determine future work the Corps may do the clean-up of possible Hazardous, Toxic and Radioactive Waste. The Corps of Engineers cleans up sites contaminated with hazardous waste, radioactive waste, or ordnance to comply with federal, state, and local environmental laws and regulations.
In order to begin the SI the Corps will be contacting property owners of the former Camp Adair site and request the owner to provide a signed Department of the Army Right of Entry Environmental Assessment and Response (ROE).
Additionally, a public informational meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, April 5, from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Santiam Christian Schools’ gymnasium, located at 7220 N.E. Arnold Ave., Corvallis, Ore., to provide the public an overview of the FUDS, MMRP, SI process and ROE request information.
Camp Adair was constructed in 1942 and served as a training facility for several army divisions. The camp was vacated in 1947. During the short operation of the camp it was the second largest city in Oregon. The Air Force operated Adair Air Force Station in what now is Adair Village during the 1960s.
More information will be available on the former Camp Adair as it comes available on Portland District’s website at https://www.nwp.usace.army.mil/pa/fuds/adair.