JBCC Cleanup Team Meeting

The next meeting of the JBCC Cleanup Team is scheduled for Wednesday, September 16, 2026. The meeting will be held at the Pocasset Community Building, 314 Barlows Landing Road, Pocasset, MA and is open to the public. The meeting will start with a poster session held from 5:30-6 p.m. offering an opportunity to receive information and ask questions prior to the official meeting from 6-8:00 p.m. Representatives from the United States Environmental Protection Agency and the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection will attend. Presentations will be posted here prior to the meeting. Agenda topics will include:

• Team Check-in and Membership (New Members)


• IAGWSP Program Overview


• AFCEC Fire Training Area-1 Construction Schedule Update


• AFCEC Updates on Ashumet Pond Alum Treatment


• United States Geological Survey groundwater work at Ashumet Pond

Presentations from the previous meetings were:

• Impact Area Groundwater Study Program 12-month Look-Ahead


• Environmental Protection Agency Update on AFCEC and IAGWSP Cleanups


• Presentation and Public Hearing for the Explanation of Significant Differences for Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances at Fire Training Area-1 (FTA-1)


• Update on the results for the FTA-1 Smoldering Test


• PFAS Investigations including Interim Remedial Action (IRA) near Ashumet Pond


• Military Munitions Response Program Update


• Installation Restoration Program 12-month Look Ahead


• Impact Area Groundwater Study Program 12-month Look-Ahead


• IAGWSP Program Update


• AFCEC Soils Smoldering Project at Fire Training Area 1


• AFCEC Fire Training Area 1 Interim Remedial Action


• AFCEC Federal Facilities Agreement/Milestones


• AFCEC Optimized Remediation Contract and Future Plans for Legacy Plumes


• AFCEC PFAS Update on Investigations


• Fire Training Area 1 Interim Remedial Action (Additional Groundwater Extraction Wells)


• No Further Response Action Planned (NFRAP) Decision Document for the Rifle Range and No Further Action Area Munitions Response Site (MRS) presentation and public hearing


• IAGWSP Look Ahead Update


• EPA Maximum Contaminant Level for PFAS and effects on the IRP


• Emerging Contaminants Update on Fire Training Area-1, Tanker Truck Rollover Sites, Landfill-1, and the Flight Line Operable Unit


• AFCEC Community Involvement Plan Update

For questions about the meeting or team membership contact: Doug Karson, AFCEC, 508-968-4678, ext. 2, douglas.karson@us.af.mil; or Lori Boghdan, IAGWSP, 508-509-2869, lori.p.boghdan2.nfg@army.mil..