Thank you for your interest in supporting your Massachusetts National Guard. The EPA's Open comment period has concluded.
Project Highlights
The ammunition and weapons are already approved and used on Camp Edwards
The proposed range will provide Mass Guardsmen the ability to qualify on a range in-state without losing valuable training time on travel to distant training facilities
The MPMG will allow soldiers to meet new standards, not create new activity. Training activity provides disturbance that enhances habitat within the reserve. We have several scientific studies and testing that show 100 years of small arms activity has not been a threat to the aquifer
This is the only Massachusetts National Guard controlled facility capable of supporting this proposed range
The training is paramount to meeting vital readiness requirements for State and Federal Missions
The National Guard must meet all the same training requirements of our active-duty counterparts to support our primary mission of fighting and wining our nation's wars
The Army National Guard is the operational combat reserve for the Army
More than 20,000 MANG soldiers and airmen have deployed in support of contingency operations since Sept 11, 2001
The training available at the MPMG range is critical to readying our service members for overseas duty to fulfill their primary mission and return home safely to the Commonwealth
Meeting federal training requirements allows the Massachusetts National Guard to equip and man the more than 8000 soldiers and airmen available to support State Active Duty responses within the Commonwealth
Machine gun qualification has occurred on the site since 2015 with full support of the EMC under the purview of the EPA
The range is environmentally compliant with Chapter 47
For over 20 years the MAARNG has worked under the guidance of the EMC, and in collaboration with the EPA to protect the resources of the reserve while conducting compatible military training
The Enhanced Performance Round, already approved by the EMC, is made of copper and does not leech into the soil
EPA region one modified the 2002 Administrative order leaving the management of small arms ranges under the supervision of the EMC. The EPAs justification was that 20 years of science has shown that, “the overall results of groundwater sampling…indicate that Small Arms Ranges are not a source of contamination above action levels…or any significant groundwater contamination.”
We are repurposing an existing range to meet our range requirements
The transformation of existing lands will open up new habitats for dozens of state and federally listed species whose survival depends on the careful cultivation of disturbance dependent land
National Guard programs bring funding to help identify and protect priority habitats and the species that live in them
Thank you for your interest in supporting your Massachusetts National Guard. The EPA's Open comment period has concluded.
Project Highlights
The ammunition and weapons are already approved and used on Camp Edwards
The proposed range will provide Mass Guardsmen the ability to qualify on a range in-state without losing valuable training time on travel to distant training facilities
The MPMG will allow soldiers to meet new standards, not create new activity. Training activity provides disturbance that enhances habitat within the reserve. We have several scientific studies and testing that show 100 years of small arms activity has not been a threat to the aquifer
This is the only Massachusetts National Guard controlled facility capable of supporting this proposed range
The training is paramount to meeting vital readiness requirements for State and Federal Missions
The National Guard must meet all the same training requirements of our active-duty counterparts to support our primary mission of fighting and wining our nation's wars
The Army National Guard is the operational combat reserve for the Army
More than 20,000 MANG soldiers and airmen have deployed in support of contingency operations since Sept 11, 2001
The training available at the MPMG range is critical to readying our service members for overseas duty to fulfill their primary mission and return home safely to the Commonwealth
Meeting federal training requirements allows the Massachusetts National Guard to equip and man the more than 8000 soldiers and airmen available to support State Active Duty responses within the Commonwealth
Machine gun qualification has occurred on the site since 2015 with full support of the EMC under the purview of the EPA
The range is environmentally compliant with Chapter 47
For over 20 years the MAARNG has worked under the guidance of the EMC, and in collaboration with the EPA to protect the resources of the reserve while conducting compatible military training
The Enhanced Performance Round, already approved by the EMC, is made of copper and does not leech into the soil
EPA region one modified the 2002 Administrative order leaving the management of small arms ranges under the supervision of the EMC. The EPAs justification was that 20 years of science has shown that, “the overall results of groundwater sampling…indicate that Small Arms Ranges are not a source of contamination above action levels…or any significant groundwater contamination.”
We are repurposing an existing range to meet our range requirements
The transformation of existing lands will open up new habitats for dozens of state and federally listed species whose survival depends on the careful cultivation of disturbance dependent land
National Guard programs bring funding to help identify and protect priority habitats and the species that live in them