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-7E <br />Formerly <br />Used <br />Defense Sites <br />For#'Pierce <br />Naval <br />Amphibious <br />Training <br />Base <br />April <br />2017 <br />s <br />The LI.S. ,Army Corps of Engineers is conducting a Remedial In-,,estigation,,Feasibility Stud}: on portions 6� the <br />former Fort. Pierce Naval Amphibious Training Base, a Formerly Used ;(defense Site along rhe cRasG-i13 fndian <br />River and St. Lucie. Counties. You are invited to attend a meeting to hear more about the history of the site and <br />Our work. <br />What: Community ,Meeting <br />%Vben: *f•ue.sday. May 9, 2017 at 5:30 pm <br />Where: Indian l:_irer County Commission Chambers, 1801 27th Street.. hero Beach <br />The Fort Pierce Naval .Amphibious Training Base <br />COInprised 19.280.48 acres, stretching about 25 miles <br />along the Atlantic coast from near. Fero Beach almost <br />to jenven Reach, including North and South <br />Hutchinson Islands. World 1A'ar 11 training exercises <br />included rockets, bombs, anti-aircraft guns and small <br />arms. The military also used the hw e to dev=elop and <br />test procedures for breaching and removing beach <br />fortifications expected to be encountered in Europe <br />and the Pacific. B\ 1946, the military noIODgcr <br />needed the site, and the land was reri.irned to the <br />original owners. <br />The ptlrlxise. of a Remedial Investigation/Feasibil.it , <br />Study .is to determine if anything remains in the arca <br />from the .military's training, and if so, in what <br />amounts and locations. <br />For more information, attend the community <br />meeting, email FtlDS. Floridat:Iusace.army. mi1, or call <br />866.279.4880. <br />Renae F. Peckham (Contractor) <br />US Army Corps of Engineers <br />4009 Wire Rd. <br />Batesburo,, SC' P4QQ6 <br />`!!�fil1!l���1l1�1!'!!'!!1!!`�l�ttl'11l11,!l11���t#fil�tlil <br />1633 T2 P3 "AUTO' "5 -DIGIT 3296{ <br />INDIAN RIVER COUNTY <br />1801 27TH ST <br />VERO BEACH FL 32960-3388 <br />U.S•,Arm}= Corps of E.ngineek,.Jaeksonville District, <br />Eina`il: FI3DS:Florfda[OUSACE.Army.tn4il <br />1 Tel�phonf: 866279-41980 <br />J , <br />PRSRT STD <br />US POSTAGE <br />PAID <br />COLUMBIA SC <br />Pr aeeir A07 <br />