Remediating Sites
Lockheed Martin is committed to mitigating the Corp oration’s environmental liabilities that have resulted from legacy Lockheed Martin and heritage company operations. Many remediation projects date back to the 1940s and 1950s when a company followed the letter of the law, only to find out decades later that a common business or manufacturing process impacted the environment negatively. Our goal is to protect human health and the environment and to perform environmental remediation in the most effective, efficient, and affordable manner possible.
A few highlights of our remediation efforts include the following:
- In Akron, Ohio, we cleaned up soil and sediment in a public area called Haley’s Run after it was determined that polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) had been carried in rainwater from a heritage manufacturing facility for lighter-than-air aircraft. The area has been restored to include a natural stream, native vegetation and a public walking trail.
- In New Hartford, N.Y., we received regulatory closure for completing remediation and restoration work at a septic tank service company site where industrial waste from a Lockheed Martin heritage company was disposed in the late 1960s and early 1970s. We removed more than 115,000 tons (or 3,200 truckloads) of contaminated soil from a three-acre area. During cleanup, 300 trees were removed and 1,000 were planted increasing native vegetation and biodiversity at the site.
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| Before: Photo taken in 1986 shows drums dumped at the Former Septic Tank Service Site, which may have included liquid waste from the GE French Road plant in New Hartford, N.Y. Lockheed Martin acquired the GE aerospace business and has the environmental responsibility for past operations, which included cleanup of the disposal site. | After: All active remediation efforts were completed in 2009, followed by one year of groundwater monitoring to confirm all cleanup goals had been met. The site is currently in the process of being delisted from the New York State Registry of Inactive Hazardous Waste Disposal Sites. |
- At our Sand Lake Road Complex in Orlando, Fla., we installed a solar-powered remediation system that effectively treats groundwater and saves us $6,000 per year in energy costs.
