UXO Site selected: Mile Beach Reid State Park, ME

General Area: Georgetown, ME

Site Type/Program: FUDS

Location: Reid State Park located in Georgetown.

Brief History: During the winter and early spring of 1997 the unusually severe erosion of Mile Beach at Reid State Park uncovered relics of World War II. During the war Mile Beach was used as a bombing range to train American and Canadian pilots. Consequently between February and late November 1997, approximately 150 pieces of ordnance consisting of 5" warheads, and 3.25" and 2.25" rocket motors were found by the park personnel. Naval Explosive & Ordnance Disposal (EOD) specialists traveled from Rhode Island to dispose of the warheads on the beach while the rocket motors were stockpiled and disposed of at the Brunswick Naval Air Station.

Range / Site Description:

Associated Munitions: Rockets (82) were uncovered on 4 acres of beach property ranging between the high water mark and the low water line during a TCRA conducted in 1997 on the beach area. Bombs are expected to be located in the water as well.

Activities Completed: TCRA (1997)

Issues: Mile Beach is a unique ecological niche where a sand dune system and a coastal wetland provide significant wildlife habitat to least terns and piping plover, which are on Maine's endangered species list. Mile Beach is also a heavily used recreational area in one of the State's most popular parks.

Other Information: FUDS response.

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