EODT Receives Two Project Awards from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Dec 29, 2006

December 29, 2006, Lenoir City, TN - EOD Technology, Inc. was awarded two projects by the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville under the worldwide Munitions Response Services and Other Munitions-Related Services contract, a contract held by EODT since 2004.

The projects call on EODT to perform a Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study (RI/FS) at two Formerly Used Defense Sites, the former Five Points Outlying Field in Arlington, Texas, and the former Camp Claiborne, near Alexandria, Louisiana, under separate task orders. Both sites were used by the Army to train Soldiers and Airmen during the 1940s and early 1950s.

Because of the military activities once conducted at these locations, the Former Five Points Outlying Field and the Former Camp Claiborne sites present a potential munitions-related risk. Through the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) process, the Corps of Engineers, Environmental Protection Agency, and EODT, as the munitions response contractor, work to address the potential hazards associated with munitions contamination at such sites. The Five Points Outlying Field and the former Camp Claiborne sites have reached the RI/FS phase within the CERCLA process, the stage at which the site’s contamination is located, identified, and quantified and a method is devised for cleaning up the site. The Corps of Engineers’ Fort Worth District is the regional district responsible for managing both projects.

Since 1992, the Corps of Engineers and EODT have worked closely to respond effectively to the challenges associated with addressing munitions contaminated sites. Involving and educating the community and stakeholders and understanding and mitigating munitions-related risk are just some of the capabilities required to execute these projects successfully and at which EODT is skilled at delivering to its customers.

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