Press Release : The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will hold a public meeting from 5-7 p.m., Tuesday, March 10, at the Hyatt House Sorrento Mesa, 10044 Pacific Mesa Blvd., San Diego, California. The meeting is to discuss the findings of the environmental investigation that was conducted and the preferred response action based on those findings at Range Complex No. 1, Camp Matthews, a Formerly Used Defense Site located at the University of California, San Diego, and the La Jolla and University City communities of San Diego.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers began investigating the former Camp Matthews training area in 1988 through the FUDS program. Based on the findings of the recent remedial investigation, the Corps is proposing No Further Action for four areas consisting of 4,862.3 acres within Range Complex No. 1.
Comments on the Proposed Plan and the Corps’ recommendation are being accepted through March 27.
Please join us and learn about the investigation conducted on the site and speak to representatives from the Corps. Formal comments will also be accepted on the Proposed Plan.
The Formerly Used Defense Sites program was created by Congress under the Defense Environmental Restoration Program to clean up environmental hazards at formerly owned, leased, possessed or used Department of Defense properties. The Corps manages the FUDS program and the Corps’ Los Angeles District manages the former Camp Matthews training area FUDS projects.
For additional information or to view the Proposed Plan about this project, please contact the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles District, Public Affairs Office, at 213-452-3921 or visit the project website at http://www.spl.usace.army.mil/Missions/Formerly-Used-Defense-Sites/UCSD-Camp-Matthews-Range-Complex-No-1/
[Editor’s note : Proposed plan available as PDF at : https://www.spl.usace.army.mil/Portals/17/docs/FUDS/UCSD_ProposedPlan_CSEM2-5_Feb2020.pdf?ver=2020-02-20-134712-100 ]
Thanks, V/R,
Brooks O. Hubbard IV
Senior Public Affairs Specialist
Public Affairs Office
Los Angeles District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
915 Wilshire Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90017
brooks.o.hubbard@usace.army.mil
Office: (213) 452-3717
Government Cell: (213) 309-3070
- UCSD Library : Photographs of Camp Matthews buildings after Camp Matthews closed operations in 1964, plus building modifications through 1967. Camp Matthews was a U.S. Army base; the land for the camp became part of the UC San Diego campus site. Images were digitized from originals held by the UC San Diego Library. See https://library.ucsd.edu/
dc/collection/bb54963083 - Army Corps of Engineers : UCSD (Camp Matthews), Range Complex No. 1; In 1962, Congress directed the Navy to convey the Camp Matthews property to UCSD. The last shots were fired at Camp Matthews in August 1964. See https://www.spl.usace.army.
mil/Missions/Formerly-Used- Defense-Sites/UCSD-Camp- Matthews-Range-Complex-No-1/ - Proposed Plan : Found on the Army Corps of Engineers page (reference above). Interesting reading if you have the time; includes additional maps (page 4 of PDF). It looks like our immediate neighborhood (east of Genesee and south of Rose Canyon) is outside the area of concern. The map looks like the areas in question are west of Genesee and north of Rose Canyon. See PDF at : https://www.spl.usace.army.
mil/Portals/17/docs/FUDS/UCSD_ ProposedPlan_CSEM2-5_Feb2020. pdf?ver=2020-02-20-134712-100
For related references, see also:
- University City History : https://www.universitycitynews.org/category/university-city-history/
- UC San Diego (UCSD) : https://www.universitycitynews.org/category/ucsd/
- Pictures and History of University City : https://www.universitycitynews.org/history-of-uc/
- William Krisel’s University City Development : https://www.universitycitynews.org/william-krisels-university-city-development/
