This letter report presents the results of the Community Environmental Response Facilitation Act (CERFA) investigation conducted by the Army Environmental Center for Building No. 500 at the U.S. Army Garrison, Fitzsimons (Fitzsimons), a U.S. government property selected for closure in 1995 by the Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) Commission under Public Laws 100-526 and 101-510. Under CERFA (Public Laws 102-426), Federal agencies are required to expeditiously identify real property that can be immediately reused and redeveloped. Satisfying this objective requires the identification of real property where no hazardous substances, regulated by the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), and no petroleum products or their derivatives were stored for 1 year or more, known to have been released, or disposed.

This Site-Specific Environmental Baseline Survey (SSEBS) documents a preliminary assessment of the environmental condition of the property occupied by the Main Hospital Building, Building No. 500 at United States Army Garrison, Fitzsimons (Fitzsimons) in Aurora, Colorado. Fitzsimons was formerly known as Fitzsimons Army Medical Center (FAMC), which was selected for closure by the Secretary of Defense in 1995 under Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC). The University of Colorado Health Science Center (UCHSC), in coordination with the Fitzsimons Redevelopment Authority (FRA), is pursuing the lease of Building No. 500 for use as administrative offices and a medical clinic. The U.S. Army has an obligation by law to identify and remediate environmental problems before lease or transfer to the public. Consequently, the interest to lease the building by UCHSC has provided the impetus for the Army to undertake this SSEBS. The SSEBS is the second step in the process to identify the condition of the property, the need for environmental restoration, and suitability for lease or transfer. The first step in this process was the development of a site-wide Environmental Baseline Survey (EBS) for Fitzsimons. The Final EBS for Fitzsimons was issued on 31 May 1996, and identified Building No. 500 as an area for further investigation.

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