Maywood Chemical Works (MCW) of Maywood, New Jersey, generated process wastes and residues associated with the production and refining of thorium and thorium compounds from monazite ores from 1916 to 1956. MCW supplied rare earth metals and thorium compounds to the Atomic Energy Commission and various other government agencies from the late 1940s to the mid-1950s. Area residents used the sandlike waste from this thorium extraction process mixed with tea and cocoa leaves as mulch in their yards. Some of these contaminated wastes were also eroded from the site into Lodi Brook. At the request of the US Department of Energy (DOE), a group from Oak Ridge National Laboratory conducts investigative radiological surveys of properties in the vicinity of MCW to determine whether a property is contaminated with radioactive residues, principally {sup 232}Th, derived from the MCW site. The survey typically includes direct measurement of gamma radiation levels and soil sampling for radionuclide analyses. The survey of this site, 106 Columbia Lane, Lodi, New Jersey (LJ063), was conducted during 1987. Results of the survey demonstrated radionuclide concentrations in excess of the DOE Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program criteria. The radionuclide distributions are typical of the type of material originating …

Chemistry of Feed Materials. Studies were made of the first step in the reduction of UO/sub 3/ to UO/sub 2/. The rates of reduction of pelleted- hydrated and pelleted-dehydrated UO/sub 3/ to U/sub 3/O/sub 8/ in steam were determined. The rates of reduction of pelleted U/sub 3/O/sub 8/ to UO/sub 2/ in 1-to-1 ammonia-steam were determined. Some preliminary measurements were made on the thermal conductivities of hydrated and dehydrated UO/sub 3/ wafers. Purification of Th(NO/sub 3/)/sub 4/ for spectrographic standards is described. Uranium was extracted from MgF/sub 2/ slag with an aqueous solution of sodium carbonate --bicarbonate using 0/sub 2/ at 30 psi as an oxidant. The conversion of thorium benzoate to ThCl/sub 4/ was carried out with HCl in ether. Dimethyl ether was prepared by the catalytic dehydration of methanol. The processing of UO/sub 3/ containing As contamination is described. Metallurgical Investigations. A process for stripping Af and Ni coatings from flat plates is described. Analytical Chemistry. The spectrographic determination of dysprosium and gadolinium in lanthanum oxide matrix--rare earth concentrate is described. (W.L.H.)

Patent for a carbureter that vaporizes liquid fuel, specifically kerosene, for use as an explosive charge in an internal combustion engine.

Memorandum of meeting with community representatives regarding Fort Monmouth, NJ.

Base Visit Report - 103-06A - A8 - Base Visit Report (2nd Addendum) ARMY - Fort Monmouth, New Jersey. BRAC Commission FY, Lead Commissioner: Philip Coyle, Commission staff: Wesley E. Hood (Army Senior Analyst)

Community Correspondence – Article dtd 07/24/005 from the baltimoresun.com titled “Could Hartford deal with APG influx?” describing Hartford county’s ability to deal with the 2,200 jobs being relocated to Fort Monmouth.

Executive Correspondence – Letter dated 07/26/2005 to all Commissioners from Jean Monfort, Municipal Clerk of the Borough of Matawan, NJ enclosing Resolution No 05-07-16 opposing the closure of Fort Monmouth.

Department of Defense Clearinghouse Response: DoD Clearinghouse response to a letter from the BRAC Commission requesting comment on the closure of Fort Monmouth.

Memorandum of Meeting with a delegation representing the 108th Air Refueling Wing from McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey.

Community Input - Fort Monmouth - NJ - Disruption War Time Responsiveness Presentation

Community Correspondence - Letter from a concerned citizen in response to the recommendation regarding Navy Lakehurst, Fort Dix, McGuire AFB

Executive Correspondence – Letter dtd 07/25/2005 to Gary Dinsick from Gerald Tarantolo, Mayor of the Borough of Eatontown NJ, amplifying several concerns discussed during their meeting in early July concerning Fort Monmouth.

Community Correspondence - Letters concerned citizens in the surrounding community of Fort Monmmouth, New Jersey Army base

Executive Correspondence - Letter from Senators Dale M. Volker, Michael A.L. Balboni, and Assemblywoman RoAnn M. Destito regarding their concern of the decision to close the Niagara falls Air Force reserve Base

Executive Correspondence - Letter from Letter from New Jersey Acting Governor Richard J. Codey and his concern of the inability of Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD to absorb the C4ISR missions now located at Fort Monmouth, New Jersey

State Input - PowerPoint presentation presented at Regional Hearing in Baltimore regarding the "Future of Fort Dix, McGuire AFB, and NAES Lakehurst.

State Input - PowerPoint Presentation contained on a CD regarding Naval Station Newport and the facilities it offers as well as its value to the community and state of Rhode Island.

Community Correspondence - 60 Letters from concerned citizens in the surrounding community of Fort Monmouth New Jersey to the Commission regarding the closure of the installation

State Input - 103-06A - RH12 - State Input (New Jersey)Regional Hearing - July 8, 2005 - Baltimore, MD BRAC COMMISSION - FY 2005 Community Rebuttal to the 2005 BRAC Recommendation Annex 7 - Cost

Evaluation of The Impact of Fort Monmouth On the Host Communities of Eatontown, Little Silver, Oceanport, Shrewsbury and Tinton Falls.

State Input - Testimony from the Baltimore, MD BRAC Commission Regional Hearing regarding Fort Monmouth, Earle NWS, Picatinny Arsenal, NJ DMAVA, Mega Base: Fort Dix/McGuire/Lakehurst, and 177th Fighter Wing. Separated into tabs for each of the aforementioned bases/installations. Also contains a CD with electronic versions of all paper items in the book.

Executive Correspondence – Letter dtd 07/20/2005 to Chairman Principi from Christine Riebe, Clerk of the New Jersey General Assembly, enclosing Resolution No. 278 which condems the inclusion o fFort Monmouth on the base closure list.

State Input - Letter from the Mayor of Egg Harbor Township and Chairman, Friends of the 177th Fighter Wing to the commission supporting the commission's decisions to convert the 177th Fighter Wing of the New Jersey Air National Guard.

State Input - New Jersey regional hearing Military Value and Future Missions July 8, 2005, Baltimore MD, BRAC Commission - FY 2005.