Camp Parks Cleanup To Begin In Spring

DUBLIN, CA — Waste from the former naval hospital at Camp Parks will be deposited in a landfill during a cleanup effort planned for three to four months this spring, the U.S. Army announced. Waste will be collected weekdays from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Camp Parks is teaming up with U.S. Army Environmental Command, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Alameda County, the Army said in a press release. It will also work with Ahtna Environmental Inc., which will ensure truck drivers securely contain the waste, implement dust control measures and have a cleanup crew remove waste from the truck, the Army said.

The removal is part of land restoration efforts and the burn pits remediation project.

There were two burn sites at Camp Parks in the 1940s and 1950s, which were reportedly used for burning waste from the naval hospital, according to the Army. Waste was burned directly on the ground and incineration likely included materials "that pose unacceptable risks to future use," the Army said in a proposed environmental remediation plan from 2016.

The remediation project seeks to "reduce risk to acceptable levels to protect the health and safety of installation personnel and the public" and "restore the quality of the environment," the Army said.