The former Grosse Ile Naval Air Station (NIKE D-51) - Formerly Used Defense Site (FUDS) is located in Grosse Ile Township, in Wayne County, Michigan, on the southern end of Grosse Ile. The island is 8 miles long and 2 miles wide and located on the Detroit River approximately 14 miles downriver from the central business district of Detroit, at the mouth of the Detroit River as it flows into Lake Erie. The former Naval Air Station Grosse Ile is also referred to as FUDS E05MI0123. The site is currently occupied by the Grosse Ile Commerce Park and Municipal Airport. Land use at the site is nonresidential.
Congress established FUDS Program in the mid-1980s. Under Army oversight, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers executes the program pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liabilities Act, as amended (CERCLA). The FUDS Program addresses properties that were under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Defense; owned, leased, or possessed by the United States at the time of actions leading to contamination of hazardous substances, pollutants or contaminants; and transferred from Department of Defense (DoD) [KA1] control prior to October 17, 1986. DoD has been working with the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) to assess potential environmental issues associated with past DoD activities on the site.
Project documents available for public review such as CERCLA reports and Public Meeting transcripts can be accessed in the administrative record housed at the following location:
Administrative Record
Trenton Veterans Memorial Library
2790 Westfield Road
Trenton, Michigan 48183
Contact Information
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Louisville District
Public Affairs
600 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Place
Louisville, KY 40202
RE: Former NAS Grosse Ile
Phone: (502) 315-6769
Email: lrl-pao@usace.army.mil