The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Savannah District team identified the former heating oil plant as a secondary source of petroleum contamination at the Buxton Naval Facility Formerly Used Defense Site.

Hatteras Plawkers clean up trash from the roadside on Hatteras Island once a week from April through November.

The Buxton FUDS Restoration Advisory Board, during the first of what will be quarterly meetings, expressed appreciation for the work done so far at the site and hopes that remaining contamination will be addressed.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on Oct. 2 began removing petroleum-contaminated soils from the former Buxton Naval Facility site.