Naval Air Station Banana River Off-Base Disposal Area

In the 1940s, the Navy utilized land south of the base known as the Naval Air Station Banana River Off-Base Disposal Area Formerly Used Defense Site.  It is approximately 50 miles southeast of Orlando in Brevard County, south of Patrick Air Force Base and north of the City of Satellite Beach.  For more information, please see Site Summary fact sheet.

RECOGNIZE - The object you found could be dangerous.
RETREAT - Leave the area without touching or moving the object.
REPORT - Call 911 immediately.

Project Documents

Administrative Record Files

Administrative Record Table of Contents / Index - October 2025

Community Relations Plan

Community Relations Plan - September 2019
Community Relations Plan - March 2020
Community Relations Plan - July 2021
Community Relations Plan - September 2021

Correspondence

Project Update Postcard - January 2020
Project Update Postcard - March 2020
Preliminary Assessment Letter - May 4 2020
Project Approval and Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study Letter - July 31 2020
Project Update Postcard - July 2020
Project Update Postcard - October 2020
Project Update Postcard - January 2021
Project Update Postcard - March 2021
RI/FS Award Notification Letter and Right-of-Entry Request - May 7 2021
Virtual Meeting Postcard Notice - November 2021
Project Update Postcard - July 2022
Community Meeting Postcard - November 9 2022
Community Meeting Postcard - February 16 2023
Fieldwork Start-up Notice Postcard - February 2023
Project Update Postcard - September 2023
Project Update Postcard - May 2024
Test Pits Fieldwork Postcard - March 2025
Community Meeting Postcard - October 9 2025

Fact Sheets

RI/FS Questions and Answers Fact Sheet - September 2019
RI/FS Site Summary Fact Sheet - September 2019
RI/FS More Questions and Answers - October 2019
Preliminary Assessment Questions and Answers - April 2020
RI/FS Site Summary Fact Sheet - July 2020
Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study - July 2020
More Questions and Answers - revised - August 2020
Virtual Meeting Handouts - August 12 2020
RI/FS Right-of-Entry Questions and Answers Fact Sheet - May 2021
RI/FS Questions and Answers Fact Sheet - October 2021
Right-of-Entry Questions and Answers - October 2022
Questions and Answers - October 2022
Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study Fact Sheet - November 2022
Site Summary Fact Sheet - November 2022
Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study Process Fact Sheet - October 2022
Soil and Groundwater Sampling Questions and Answers Fact Sheet - September 2025

Maps

Naval Air Station Banana River Off-Base Disposal Area Map
Aerial Photographs - 1938-1949
Aerial Photographs from 1950s
Historical Aerial Photographs - 1943-1951
Aerial Photographs with Legends - 1943-1984
Site Layout Map - February 16 2023
Site Vicinity Map - February 16 2023

Presentations

Public Availability Presentation - October 24 2019
Project Approval and Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study Slides - August 12 2020
Virtual Meeting Video - August 12 2020
Virtual Meeting Handouts - November 5 2021
Virtual Meeting Presentation Slides - November 5 2021
Virtual Meeting Video - November 5 2021
Systematic Planning Process Meeting #2 - November 8 2022
Investigation Fieldwork Poster - February 16 2023
What-We-Need-From-You Slide - February 16 2023
Site Vicinity Map - February 16 2023
Site Layout Map - February 16 2023
Historic Maps - Community Meeting - February 16 2023
Community Meeting Presentation - February 16 2023

Public Notices

Preliminary Assessment Community Meeting Newspaper Notice - October 2019
Virtual Public Meeting - Hometown News Beaches - August 7 2020
Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study Public Notice - June 11 2021
Virtual Meeting Notice Postcard - November 5 2021
Community Meeting Public Notice - Hometown News - November 2022
Community Meeting Posters - February 16 2023
Community Meeting Public Notice - Hometown News - February 10 2023

Reports

Inventory Project Report - 1991
Findings and Determination of Eligibility Reference Documents
Findings and Determination of Eligibility - August 2019
Preliminary Assessment - April 2020
Inventory Project Report - July 25 2020
Final Geophysical Investigation Report and Proposed Exploratory Test Pit Excavations - Tech Memo #1 - January 2024
Uniform Federal Policy - Quality Assurance Project Plan - Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study - January 2024
Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study Technical Memorandum No. 2, Exploratory Test Pit Excavations Report - September 2025

Restoration Advisory Board

Restoration Advisory Board Solicitation Public Notice - Hometown News - May 2021
Restoration Advisory Board Memorandum for Record Lack of Interest - March 2022
Restoration Advisory Board Community Interest Form
Restoration Advisory Board Fact Sheet - January 2023
Restoration Advisory Board Reassessment Public Notice - Hometown News - January 2024
Restoration Advisory Board Reassessment Tear Sheet - Hometown News - January 12 2024
Restoration Advisory Board Reassessment Postcard - January 2024
Restoration Advisory Board Memorandum for Record - Lack of Interest - February 28 2024

Status Update

In response to the continued lapse in appropriations, the community meeting previously scheduled for the Naval Air Station Banana River Off Base Disposal Area Formerly Used Defense Site will be further postponed.  Once the lapse in appropriations ends, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) will publish the new meeting date, time, and location as soon as they become available.

USACE started the next phase of the Remedial Investigation fieldwork at the Off-Base Disposal Area in mid-September, and the work will continue throughout the lapse in appropriations.

Once normal operations resume, we will address voicemail and email messages that have been submitted regarding this project.  Thank you for your patience and understanding.

Contact Information

Toll-Free 1-800-710-5184
FUDS.FLORIDA@usace.army.mil