MARINE CORPS RECRUIT DEPOT
The Depot is located on a barrier island off the South Carolina coast, about 30 miles northeast of Savannah, Georgia. Hilton Head Island, the closest point to the Depot on the mainland, is located across Port Royal Sound, about three miles southwest of the Depot. View facility location maps. The Depot includes islands and marshes – about 2,900 acres of dry land and 3,800 acres of salt marshes, tidal ponds and streams. People fish in waters near the Depot. The surrounding area also serves as wildlife habitat for several threatened and endangered birds and fish, including the southern bald eagle, the wood stork, the Eskimo curlew and the short-nosed sturgeon. The U.S. Marine Corps has used the Depot as a training facility since 1915. The Depot includes office buildings, family and recruit housing facilities, building and vehicle maintenance shops, and community facilities. The Navy identified 55 sites at the Depot for possible investigation and cleanup from 1984 to 1986. These sites included former spill areas and active landfills containing contaminated ground water and sediment. In 1994, EPA listed the Depot on the NPL. The Navy, EPA, SCDHEC and the Depot have worked together on Depot cleanup activities since the 1990s.
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