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Bay West performs munitions investigation and removal actions at Eglin AFB, which has historically conducted munitions development, testing and training.
In accordance with past disposal practices, range residue, including target material and expended munitions, was placed into trenches and burial pits. These historical munitions burial areas are currently classified as Munitions Response Sites (MRSs) under the Military Munitions Response Program (MMRP). Up to 19 potential historical MRSs have been identified; these 1- to 10-acre MRSs are geographically dispersed over the total Base’s 464,000 acres.
Bay West prepared a complex Explosives Safety Submission which included multiple MRSs with multiple munitions and included siting of an explosives storage magazine. Bay West’s work plan included procedures for digital geophysical mapping (DGM), Munitions and Explosives of Concern (MEC) destruction, and Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) construction support and avoidance, as well as an Explosives Management Plan, Geophysical Investigation Plan, Quality Control Plan, and Geospatial Information/GIS Plan. Bay West interfaced with the US Army Corps of Engineers, Florida Dept of Environmental Protection, Federal Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and AFCEC.Field activities include: Surface sweep of MRSs; DGM of MRSs containing potential burial pits; Intrusive investigation of selected target anomalies identified by DGM; Assessment of MRSs to ascertain the need for future munitions response actions; Removal of munitions related material from burial pits; Recycling of MDAS and cultural debris; and Certified MDAS as “explosive free” by use of an Expray® Kit or visual observation and subsequently coordinated MDAS disposal. The project has explosively treated thousands of items and transferred millions of pounds of MDAS to a recycler.
Bay West was hired by the MPCA to provide additional technical support and third-party oversight. We have performed a wide variety of environmental activities for the MPCA at this site.
Bay West supported cleanup following the Hurricanes Katrina/Rita disasters in Texas/Louisiana by providing more than a dozen task force leaders/supervisors to serve as EPA representatives on cleanup crews during removal of hazardous waste/debris.
Bay West was a subcontractor to Weston Solutions as an EPA Region 5 START contractor assisting with EPA activities in Minnesota.
The City of Duluth retained Bay West to complete Limited Area-Wide Brownfield Inventories (AWBIs) in three select areas of the St. Louis River Corridor. These consisted of the following (collectively, the Study Areas): Gary-New Duluth, the Western Port Area Neighborhood (WPAN), and Lincoln Park/Rice’s Point.
We frequently team with engineering firms, both locally and on a national scale, that provide services we do not self-perform and/or that provide additional resources to develop cost-competitive, value-based solutions for our customers
The property known as the Jay Street Gas Holder is currently owned by the City of Duluth, which plans to redevelop the property for residential uses.
Bay West provided on-call UXO Construction Support services to Army construction projects at Fort Lewis as part of the Army’s program to deconstruct, construct, and upgrade its facilities at Fort Lewis.
Bay West and our key staff have played an integral role at TCAAP over that past 20 years as the investigation and remediation contractor on several of the most high-profile waste disposal sites on the property, the redevelopment consultant for a development firm, and the third-party consultant for Ramsey County, providing technical expertise and oversight of cleanup activities.
In support of the US Air Force’s Performance-Based Remediation initiative, Bay West developed and executed closure/exit strategies for 16 Environmental Restoration Program (ERP) sites under this fixed-price, performance-based contract.
Bay West performs munitions investigation and removal actions at Eglin AFB, which has historically conducted munitions development, testing and training.
Bay West performed Supplemental CSE Phase I and Phase II Investigations at eight PACAF facilities in Alaska (total of 1,813 acres within 47 Munitions Response Areas [MRAs]).
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