Over the past two weeks, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District team, has been onsite at the former Buxton Naval Facility, which is a Formerly Used Defense Sites property, to monitor changing conditions and react to any new petroleum releases. As part of the response action, the District team dug test pits along the beach and in the dunes to identify areas of petroleum-impacted soil in the subsurface. The team identified several areas that a contractor will soon excavate to remove the contaminated soil and dispose of it at an offsite waste management facility. The contractor arrived at the site today to perform a site survey and continue the response action the District initiated Sept. 11, 2024. The FUDS property is located within the Cape Hatteras Seashore in Dare County, North Carolina.