Military Base Contamination in Minnesota
8 installations in Minnesota are profiled on this site for documented environmental contamination. Each page covers what was found, the cleanup status, and the health concerns for those who served there.
Camp Ripley (Minnesota National Guard Training Center)
Camp Ripley is a Minnesota Army National Guard training site near Little Falls where historic firefighting foam use is under PFAS investigation.
Duluth Air National Guard Base
A profile of PFAS contamination concerns at Duluth Air National Guard Base in Minnesota for veterans.
Gopher Ordnance Works (Rosemount)
A former WWII Army smokeless gunpowder plant in Rosemount, Minnesota now being investigated and cleaned up as UMore Park.
Holman Field Army Aviation Support Facility
Holman Field in St. Paul, a Minnesota Army National Guard aviation site, is among six Minnesota locations the DoD is investigating for PFAS.
Minneapolis-Saint Paul Joint Air Reserve Station
An overview of PFAS contamination concerns and the federal investigation at Minneapolis-Saint Paul Joint Air Reserve Station in Minnesota.
Minneapolis-St. Paul Joint Air Reserve Station (Twin Cities Air Force Reserve Base, Small Arms Range Landfill)
A 2-acre former base landfill in Minnesota where groundwater contamination led to an EPA Superfund (NPL) listing in 1987.
Naval Industrial Reserve Ordnance Plant (Fridley)
A Navy-owned weapons plant in Fridley, Minnesota where solvent dumping led to a Superfund groundwater cleanup.
Twin Cities Army Ammunition Plant
A former Army small-arms ammunition plant in Minnesota with documented soil and groundwater contamination concerns.