Middle River, MD

In 1928, Glenn L. Martin, an early pioneer in aircraft manufacturing and the founder of the Glenn L. Martin Company, a Lockheed Martin heritage company, purchased land in Middle River, Maryland, to build and test aircraft.

Today, Lockheed Martin assembles military launch electronic systems at one facility on site, and it leases another facility to a company that assembles aircraft parts there. Other parcels of the land were sold over the years to industrial companies and to the state for operation of the Glenn L. Martin State Airport, known locally as Martin State Airport.

In the late 1990s, two developments prompted Lockheed Martin to begin environmental studies on the land:

First, a possible link was uncovered between contamination on the airport property and the former Martin site when china, papers and other items connected to the former Glenn L. Martin Company were found in trenches on the airport site. Then, around the same time, Baltimore County expressed interest in revitalizing vacant waterfront property in the industrial complex.

Over the past several years, Lockheed Martin has collected thousands of samples from about 300 soil, 150 groundwater and 80 creek locations. Chemicals known to have been used during former industrial operations (including solvents, petroleum, metals and polychlorinated biphenyls) were detected, but the chemicals present in the environment at the site do not pose health risks to employees, visitors or residents in the community.

Committed to being a good corporate citizen, Lockheed Martin has entered into the Maryland Department of the Environment’s Voluntary Cleanup Program (VCP), which will ensure the health and safety of future site users as well as protect the environment. The Corporation also is conducting environmental investigations on the Martin State Airport property under Maryland’s Superfund program.

• Sediment Characterization Report for Cow Pen Creek and Dark Head Cove, November 2009
• Groundwater Monitoring Report, July - August 2008, dated May 2009
• Soil Response Action Plan - Groundwater (PDF, 23 MB), April 2008
• Soil Response Action Plan - Block B (PDF, 15 MB), November 2009
• Soil Response Action Plan - Block D (PDF, 23 MB), April 2008
• Soil Response Action Plan - Block E & E Lot 3  (PDF, 63 MB), April 2008
• Soil Response Action Plan - Block F (PDF, 29 MB), April 2008
• Soil Response Action Plan - Block G Lot 1 (PDF, 51 MB), April 2008
• Soil Response Action Plan - Block H (PDF, 46 MB), April 2008
• Final Offsite Groundwater Characterization Report (PDF, 47.8 MB); Lockheed Martin Middle River Complex; Middle River; Maryland, September 2007
  • Appendix A (PDF, 3.1 MB)
  • Appendix B (PDF, 26.7 MB)
  • Appendix C (PDF, 381 KB)
  • Appendix D (PDF, 227 KB)
• Final Indoor Air Quality Investigation (PDF, 8.6 MB); Buildings A, B, C, and VLS; Lockheed Martin Middle River Complex/ Middle River, Maryland; September 2007 
• Middle River Fact Sheet (PDF, 3.36 MB)
• Historical Review Summary Report (PDF, 755.8 KB)
• Final Radiological Survey Report for Former Building D Lockheed Martin Middle River Complex April 2004 (PDF, 2.56 MB)
• Groundwater Use Investigation Report Lockheed Martin Middle River Complex (PDF, 48.12 MB)
• Phase I Environmental Assessment Report Draft (H2M May 1998) (PDF, 23.64 MB)
• Phase I Environmental Site Assessment Report Final (Earth Tech May 2003) (PDF, 37.49 MB)
• Surface Water Sediment Report Lockheed Martin Middle River Complex (Tetra Tech April 2006) (PDF, 121.67 MB)
• Vol. I and II Phase II Site Investigation Of Exterior Areas Lockheed Martin Middle River Complex (PDF, 34.9 MB)
• Middle River Phase II Report
  • Middle River Phase II Report (Full report, text only) (PDF, 84.6 MB)
  • Sections 1 - 4 (PDF, 306.6 KB) - Intro, Overview, Investigation Methodology, Evaluation Criteria
  • Sections 5 - 6 (PDF, 11.71 MB) - REC #1 - Former Building D; REC #2 - Product Pipeline
  • Sections 7 - 8 (PDF, 8.09 MB) - REC # 3 - Former 500,000-gallon AST and Associated Tanks; REC #4 and #5 - Boat Launch Area and Former Aviation Fuel USTs
  • Sections 9 - 10 (PDF, 21.98 MB) - REC #6 - Waterfront Lot/Parking Lot 6; REC #7 - Existing Monitoring Wells
  • Sections 11 - 12  (PDF, 5.45 MB) - REC #8 - Abandoned 25,000-Gallon Fuel Oil UST; REC #9 - Former 2,000-Gallon Waste Oil UST
  • Sections 13 - 14 (PDF, 12 MB) - REC # 11 - Former Sewage Treatment Plant/Wind Tunnel Test Building/Vibration Test Building; REC #12 - Southern Portion of Lot 3
  • Sections 15 - 16 (PDF, 4.8 MB) - REC #13 - Former Boat Dock Area; REC #14 - Building "A" Former Northwest Corner Pump Island
  • Sections 17 - 18 (PDF, 4.17 MB) - REC #15 - Recently Abandoned Hydraulic Pits; REC #16 - Building "A" - Plating Shop
  • Sections 19 - 20 (PDF, 3.05 MB) - REC #17 - Abandoned AST Product Lines; REC #18 - Basement "A" Wastewater Underground Lines
  • Sections 21 - 22 (PDF, 2.75 MB) - REC #19 - Buildings "A" and "B" - Groundwater; REC #20 - Building "A" - Former Finishing Shop
  • Sections 23 - 24 (PDF, 967.8 KB) - REC # 22 - Basement "B" - Plating Shop; REC #23 - Basement "B" - ALS Web Lab
  • Sections 25 - 26 (PDF, 3.87 MB) - REC #25 - Incinerator/Conservation Building; REC #26
  • Sections 27 - 28 (PDF, 3.97 MB) - REC #27 - Bone Yard; REC #28 - Former Hazardous Materials Storage Pad
  • Sections 29 - 30 (PDF, 2.5 MB) - REC #29 - Firecoat Building; REC #30 - Mar Forms
  • Section 31 and References (PDF, 119.2 KB) - RECs 10, 21, 24 and 31, References
  • Appendix A (PDF, 10.63 MB) - Figures
  • Appendix B (PDF, 4.61 MB) - Facility Specific Background Information
  • Appendix C (PDF, 28.58 MB) - Supporting Documentation
  • Appendix D - Laboratory Data Reports
    • Appendix D part 1 (PDF, 42.71 MB)
    • Appendix D part 2 (PDF, 38.6 MB)
    • Appendix D part 3 (PDF, 16.88 MB)
    • Appendix D part 4 (PDF, 34.82 MB)
    • Appendix D part 5  (PDF, 40.03 MB)
    • Appendix D part 6 (PDF, 22.42 MB)
• Middle River Site Characterization Report
  • Middle River Site Characterization Report (text only) (PDF, 57.34 MB)
  • Appendix A (PDF, 15.09 MB) - Geophysical Reports
  • Appendix B (PDF, 15.05 MB) - Utility Clearance Reports
  • Appendix C (PDF, 44.87 MB) - Soil Boring Logs
  • Appendix D (PDF, 15.29 MB) - Well Boring Logs and Well Construction Diagrams
  • Appendix E (PDF, 9.39 MB) - Well Development Records
  • Appendix F (PDF, 35.52 MB) - Soil Sample Log Sheets
  • Appendix G (PDF, 49.75 MB) - Groundwater Sample Log Sheets
  • Appendix H - Data Validation Reports
    • Appendix H Part 1 (PDF, 37.29 MB)
    • Appendix H Part 2 (PDF, 25.49 MB)
    • Appendix H Part 3 (PDF, 29.44 MB)
    • Appendix H Part 4 (PDF, 21.88 MB)
    • Appendix H Part 5 (PDF, 31.43 MB)
    • Appendix H Part 6 (PDF, 19.32 MB)
    • Appendix H Part 7 (PDF, 20.01 MB)
    • Appendix H Part 8 (PDF, 20.93 MB)
    • Appendix H Part 9 (PDF, 2.07 MB)
    • Appendix H Part 10 (PDF, 44.11 MB)
    • Appendix H Part 11 (PDF, 31.76 MB)
    • Appendix H part 12 (PDF, 29.52 MB)
    • Appendix H part 13 (PDF, 40.74 MB)
    • Appendix H part 14 (PDF, 32.85 MB)
    • Appendix H part 15 (PDF, 29.97 MB)
    • Appendix H part 16 (PDF, 27.76 MB)
    • Appendix H part 17 (PDF, 30.25 MB)
    • Appendix H Part 18 (PDF, 21.74 MB)
    • Appendix H Part 19 (PDF, 35.04 MB)
    • Appendix H Part 20 (PDF, 30.94 MB)
    • Appendix H Part 21 (PDF, 38.8 MB)
  • Appendix I (PDF, 534.6 KB) - Background Concentrations for Arsenic and Vanadium
  • Appendix J (PDF, 659 KB) - Site Utility Map
  • Appendix K - Sitewide Positive Analytical Data for Groundwater and Soil by Tax Block
    • Appendix K Part 1 (PDF, 21.15 MB)
    • Appendix K Part 2 (PDF, 19.36 MB)
    • Appendix K Part 3 (PDF, 53 MB)
  • Appendix L (PDF, 17.74 MB) - Tax Block I Supporting Information

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