GADSDEN, Ala. (AP) — Cleanup crews are back at the old World War II Camp Sibert area southwest of Gadsden, getting rid of hazardous material.
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers spokesman Pat Robbins said crews from contractor Parsons Corp. were removing dirt contaminated by material used to clean or neutralize munitions.
He said the cleanup crew is wearing contamination-protection suits because of the possibility of vapors from disturbed dirt.
A report issued in 2007 by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services says an area was used for chemical agent decontamination training and contained buried material in three separate pits. The pits were dug up in 1948 and treated in various ways, including using chloride of lime.
The Army said in 1993 there might be other burial sites at the camp.
