Fort Ord (former)
Monterey County, California, USA · California
Closed Army installation on the Superfund National Priorities List for solvent-contaminated groundwater and munitions areas.
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Documented hazards
TCE in groundwater from the Operable Unit 2 landfill area
- Documented period
- Landfill operations approximately 1956–1987; base closed 1994
- Potential exposure pathways
- Groundwater, Soil
What is documented
Base landfills and maintenance operations released solvents into groundwater. EPA listed Fort Ord on the National Priorities List in 1990.
Documented hazard — not a VA presumptive exposure location
VA has not established a location-based presumption of exposure for this installation and period. Service here does not by itself establish exposure or service connection.
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