[CPEO-MEF] FORMER SITES: Lewes Army Reserve Center, DE

[Lenny Siegel <Lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

No surprises in Lewes Army Reserve Center environmental study
City to proceed toward second phase of contamination testing

Bill Shull
Cape Gazette (DE)
May 2, 2025 

An environmental study of the former Army Reserve Center in Lewes found no major surprises, according to a consultant hired by the city.

Roger Truitt, an environmental engineer and attorney, said a second round of testing needs to be done before the city will know if there is any underground contamination.

The phase one study was completed April 16 by a company called Environmental Alliance. Truitt announced the draft findings at the April 28 joint meeting with mayor and city council and the Lewes Board of Public Works.

The building on Savannah Road had been used by the Army since 1959, which Truitt called the pre-environmental era, referring to federal and state environmental laws that did not come into being until the 1970s and 1980s.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.capegazette.com/article/no-surprises-lewes-army-reserve-center-environmental-study/290266#google_vignette

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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LSiegel@cpeo.org
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Author: DISTURBING THE WAR: The Inside Story of the Movement to Get Stanford University out of Southeast Asia - 1965–1975 (See http://a3mreunion.org)




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