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    KINGMAN, Ariz. – Fran Firouzi, a project manager for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District, talks with a member of the public at an informational public meeting held Aug. 20 at the Fraternal Order of the Eagles meeting facility in Kingman, Ariz. about the upcoming time-critical removal action work at site of the former Kingman Ground-to-Ground Gunnery Range. The work at the site will "abate, prevent, minimize, stabilize, mitigate, or eliminate the release or threat of release” of contaminants according to 40 Code of Federal Regulations 300.415(b) (1) at up to 42 properties in the area in addition to the ten properties already completed.

    LA District prepares for next round of FUDS cleanup in Kingman

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District held a public meeting Aug. 20 in Kingman, Ariz. to discuss upcoming time-critical removal action work at the site of the former Kingman Ground-to-Ground Gunnery Range. Contractors will work to clean up 42 properties of soil which was contaminated with chemicals known as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. The contaminants were leftover from the clay pigeon debris strewn across the ground when the area was used as a skeet range during WW II.

  • Officials eye 2014 opening of U.S. schools in Belgium

    MONS, Belgium – Department of Defense Dependents Schools-Europe is inching closer to unveiling brand new elementary, middle and high schools here. Progress continues on the three American facilities at this NATO base, which is home to Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe.
  • The Dry Creek Rancheria Band of Pomo Indians hosted 10 Northern California tribes for a “Big Event” at their new redwood brush arbor July 27 at Lake Sonoma.

    Tribe hosts "Big Event" at Lake Sonoma

    The Dry Creek Rancheria Band of Pomo Indians returned to their ancestral homelands under the shadow

  • Officials eye 2014 opening of U.S. schools in Belgium

    Department of Defense Dependents Schools-Europe is inching closer to unveiling brand new elementary, middle and high schools here.
  • Tatton Suter, plan formulator in the Alaska District Civil Works Branch, records high water marks that occurred May 29 using a GPS rover system. This phase of the project was coordinated through the Alaska District Floodplain Management Program at the request of the state. High water marks were used by the Corps for a baseline structure elevation study.

    Corps takes on recovery role after Yukon River flood disaster

    While the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is assisting with the short-term needs of communities