Historical Site Assessment: BOMARC Missile Site, McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey

Summary

This document is a radiological historical site assessment (HSA) for the Boeing Michigan Aeronautical Research Center (BOMARC) Missile Site on the Fort Dix Military Reservation, Plumsted Township, New Jersey (see Figure 1). In 1958, the 46th Air Defense Missile Squadron (ADMS) from McGuire Air Force Base (AFB) was authorized use of approximately 220 acres of Fort Dix property for the construction of a missile facility. The Site is approximately 11 miles east of McGuire AFB. This facility ultimately housed two models of BOMARC missiles; the liquid fueled Model A and solid fueled Model B.

In general, the objective of an HSA is “ ...to collect existing information describing a site’s complete history from the start of site activities to the present time...” (Department of Defense [DoD], U.S. Department of Energy [DOE], U.S. Environmental Protection Agency [EPA], and U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission [NRC] [MARSSIM] 2000, 3-1). Information collected during the HSA is used to determine if additional survey activities are necessary, and, if so, to design and implement them.

The purpose of the BOMARC HSA is to: (1) identify potential, likely, or known sources of radioactive contamination; (2) identify areas that need further action; (3) assess the likelihood of contaminant migration; (4) identify areas as impacted or non-impacted; (5) identify data gaps in impacted areas; and (6) provide information useful for designing subsequent radiological site surveys.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• McGuire Air Force Base Archaeology and Cultural Resources Archive

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Contact(s): Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst Air Force Base

Prepared By(s): Cabrera Services, Inc

Submitted To(s): U.S. Air Force Center for Environmental Excellence

Record Identifiers

Task Order(s): 0001

Contract No(s): FA8903-04-D-8693

Cabrera Project No(s): 04-5200.01

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