By JIM BUTLER

The Army Corps of Engineers is inviting interested persons to consider joining the Camp Livingston Restoration Advisory Board.

Four sites at the World War II training site in Rapides-Grant were determined about a year ago to be potentially hazardous.

The advisory board gives those interested an opportunity to influence decisions on the sites’ cleanup, which comes after the great majority of the half million men and women who trained there have gone on.

The Corps began cleanups at former camps across the country at the start of this century.

At Livingston the sites known or suspected to contain unexploded ordnance, discarded military munitions, or munitions constituents (MC) are Little Creek Trail, Grenade Court No. 2, Grenade Court  and the Small Arms Range.

Aside from the obvious danger of unexploded munitions there are soil and water concerns.

The Advisory Board is a non-compensated entity. Its meetings are expected to run 2-4 hours when convened, the Corps notes.

If there is not sufficient public interest in participation the Corps will provide interested stakeholders with opportunities to receive timely and accurate information regarding the project.

Interested parties should contact Project Manager Steve Martin in Fort Worth at 214-497-9564.

His email: Steven.g.martin@uasce.army.mil

Photo: Courtesy of Camp Livingston, Louisiana