Abstract |
The former Fort Ord is located near Monterey Bay in northwestern Monterey County, California. Since 1917, portions of the former Fort Ord were used by cavalry, field artillery, and infantry units for maneuvers, target ranges, and other purposes. Military munitions were fired into, fired upon, or used on the facility in the form of artillery and mortar projectiles, rockets and guided missiles, rifle and hand grenades, land mines, pyrotechnics, bombs, and demolition materials. These military munition items may be present in parts of the former Fort Ord. This No Further Action Record of Decision (ROD) addresses sites at the former Fort Ord that were suspected to have been used for military training with military munitions, but based on the Track 1 Ordnance and Explosives Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study (Track 1 OE RI/FS) (MACTEC, 2004), each Track 1 site falls into one of the following three categories: Category 1: There is no evidence to indicate military munitions were used at the site, i.e., suspected training did not occur; or Category 2: The site was used for training, but the military munitions items used do not pose an explosive hazard, i.e., training did not involve explosive items; or Category 3: The site was used for training with military munitions, but military munitions items that potentially remain as a result of that training do not pose an unacceptable risk based on site-specific evaluations conducted in the Track 1 OE RI/FS. |