[CPEO-MEF] FUEL, FORMER SITES, COMMUNITIES: "Takeaways from the first Buxton [NC] Restoration Advisory Board meeting"

[Lenny Siegel <Lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Takeaways from the first Buxton Restoration Advisory Board meeting

By Joy Crist
Island Free Press (NC)
April 11, 2025

The newly formed Restoration Advisory Board (RAB) for the Buxton Formerly Used Defense Site (FUDS) held its first meeting on Thursday, April 10, and the 11-member group laid a foundation for the board’s next steps.

The RAB consists of representatives from Dare County, the National Park Service, the N.C. Department of Environmental Quality, the N.C. Coastal Federation, and Buxton residents. Personnel from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) were also present at Thursday’s meeting to answer questions and provide updates on the ongoing work at the Buxton FUDS property.

Background on Buxton Beach and the new Restoration Advisory Board

The group’s formation began in early November, when the USACE launched an online survey designed to gauge the Outer Banks community’s interest in establishing a RAB for the Buxton Naval Facility FUDS property at the end of Old Lighthouse Road.

A stretch of shoreline in this area has been closed to the public since September 2023, when hurricane-driven erosion revealed leftover infrastructure from the 1956-2010 military base, as well as sporadic but strong petroleum smells.

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For the entire article, see
https://islandfreepress.org/outer-banks-news/takeaways-from-the-first-buxton-restoration-advisory-board-meeting/



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Lenny Siegel
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