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General Area: Alexandria, LA Site Type/Program: RCWM sites (Non-stockpile) Location: Brief History: England Air Force Base was used during World War II as an Army Air Field and was closed in December 1992. In 1969, workers excavating the site, which was characterized by the Army as a solid waste management unit (SWMU #53) and known as the HAZ Chemical Burial Mountain and the Old Rifle Range Backstop, were overcome by an unknown gas. Glass vials uncovered at the site probably contained Phosgene. The glass vials were believed to have been bu ried in 1945 to 1946. The vials are probably from a chemical agent identification set (CAIS) (K95 11952 or K953/954). |
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Range / Site Description: The site is in the Installation Restoration Program as Landfill No. 11, and may contain chemical agent identification sets (CAIS). The Army is developing an onsite neutralization capability for CAIS that will be used for remediation at this site. Neutralization onsite at England AFB by the Army is an action that needs to be completed, and action that needs to be completed before proposing base property as suitable for transfer in the base disposal process (base closure in 1992). In the meantime, the site is closed off and not accessible to the public. Associated Munitions: CAIS - K95 11952 or K953/954 Activities Completed: Issues: Other Information: No threat to public health due to chemical agents is currently known or suspected to exist. Public access to Landfill No. i 1 is restricted. The only threat posed would be due to unsupervised excavation at the site. |
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