BURLINGTON — U.S. Army Environmental Command officials will hold a public open house on June 27 about the ongoing environmental work at the former Tarheel Army Missile Plant in Burlington.
The 22-acre plant at 204 Graham-Hopedale Road, also known as the former Western Electric site, has been unused for years, but contamination includes solvents, benzene and two types of PFAS chemicals. Since the mid-1990s, the military has spent upward of $2 million remediating the contamination, but a full cleanup never happened.
The open house will be 2-4 p.m. and 6-8 p.m. June 27 at the Fairchild Community Center, 827 S. Graham-Hopedale Road.
The open house will provide an opportunity to gain additional information about the current remedial investigations at the site, according to an Army press release. This includes the current and planned activities for the chlorinated solvent investigations at the site.
There will also be information provided on the site investigation that was conducted for PFAS in 2023.
An area of the open house will be set up to engage community interest for participating in a remediation advisory board that is intended to help communicate with the local community and partner to inform future restoration decisions at the site, the press release said.
