Cherokee, Oklahoma The USACE Oklahoma District is seeking public comment on the Proposed Plan for the Crystal Digging Area site located within the Great Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge. The FUDS was a popular tourist attraction for decades that saw an average of 30,000 annual visitors before it was closed back in April 2007. The site was closed when a CAIS (chemical agent identification set) vial was discovered by a young boy digging for selenite crystals in the area (original UXOInfo.com article link).

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Bellows Air Force Station, O'hau Hawaii An area formally known as "pier dump", now "Landfill 24" being cleanup up under a $2M congressional earmark has run into public perception issues related to munitions. The landfill cleanup project, which involves the removal of an estimated 8,500 tons of cultural debris, is half complete. Prior to the congressional earmark, the military was seeking DERP funds under the IRP to address the site. However, the conditions of the site were found not to pose an unacceptable risk to human health or the environment and as such, the site was found not eligible for DERP funding under the IRP. The site was not eligible for MMRP funding under DERP as munitions were not known or suspected at the site. Despite these findings, with the help of U.S. Representative Mazie Hirono (D-Hawai'i), the $2M earmark was granted by Congress to cleanup the site anyway.

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Fort Ord, California the Army is planning to conduct a control burn of approximately 140 acres in order to search the area for UXO. The burn will be conducted in two phases to better control the fire. The Army is watching the weather reports closely in order to schedule the controlled burn when sea breezes are minimal to minimize the potential for smoke to drift into nearby residential and commercial areas.

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Philadelphia, PA The USACE issued a public announcement concerning an EE/CA report for the Discarded Military Munitions (DMM) site located in Surf City, New Jersey. The purpose of the announcement is to "solicit comments and recommendations on the subject report [EE/CA] from the State, County and Local governments, other stakeholders, and the public concerning the identification and analysis of the proposed future course-of-action alternatives and a recommendation for the selected alternative. The 30 Day public comment period will commence on April 14th 2008 and end on May 14th 2008."

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