History
In 1928, Glenn L. Martin, an early pioneer in aircraft manufacturing and the founder of the the Glenn L. Martin Company., a Lockheed Martin heritage company, purchased land in Middle River to build and test aircraft. Other parcels of the land were sold over the years to industrial companies and to the state for operation of the Glenn L. Martin State Airport, known locally as Martin State Airport. Lockheed Martin assembles military launch electronic systems at one facility on site, and it leases another facility to a company that assembles aircraft parts there.
Contamination
In the late 1990s, two developments prompted Lockheed Martin to begin environmental studies on the land.
- A possible link was uncovered between contamination on the airport property and the former Martin site when china, papers and other items connected to the former Glenn L. Martin Company were found in trenches on the airport site.
- At the same time, Baltimore County expressed interest in revitalizing vacant waterfront property in the industrial complex.
Cleanup
Over the past several years, Lockheed Martin has collected thousands of samples from about 300 soil, 150 groundwater and 80 creek locations.
Chemicals were detected that had been used during former industrial operations including:
- Solvents, petroleum, metals and polychlorinated biphenyls
- Chemicals present in the environment at the site do not pose health risks to employees, visitors or residents in the community.
Today
Committed to being a good corporate citizen, Lockheed Martin has entered into the Maryland Department of the Environment’s Voluntary Cleanup Program (VCP), which will ensure the health and safety of future site users as well as protect the environment. The Corporation also is conducting environmental investigations on the Martin State Airport property under Maryland’s Superfund program.
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Lockheed Martin Middle River Partners with Community to Develop Collaborative Relationships at Remediation Projects
Recent Documents
2022 Technical Memorandum Second Year Assessment of Trees Potentially Impacted by Trenching Report
2022 Critical Area Block D Annual Mitigation Planting Report
2022 Final CPC Wetland Restoration 2022 Monitoring Report
2022 Year 4 CPC and DHC SAV Restoration and Monitoring Report
2022 Block E UST Closure Report
2021 In Situ Treatment Year Three Monitoring Report
2021 CPC Bank Stabilization and Floodplain Reconstruction Monitoring
2021 Comprehensive Surface Water Report for Dark Head Cove and Cow Pen Creek
Construction Completion Report for the Groundwater Remedy Blocks E and F 04 05 2022
2021 Groundwater Monitoring Report
Block I, Drop Hammer Building Investigation Report August 2021
April 2021 Surface Water Technical Memorandum for Dark Head Cove and Cow Pen Creek
Groundwater Response Action Plan Addendum 5, Blocks E & F Revision 1 - 03 2021
View the Middle River Document Archive
Historical Rendering of Middle River, Maryland,
View a list of terms commonly used in relation to general environmental remediation efforts that can be found throughout this Web site
Community Information
If you have questions, please contact Lockheed Martin Communications.
lm.communications@lmco.com
800.449.4486
Middle River & Martin State Airport Fact Sheet
Block E Soil Photo Tour February 2022
Indoor Air and Sub-Slab Vapor Quality at the Drop Hammer Building January 2022
Indoor Air Quality Update November 2021
Block E Soil Project Bulletin, April 2021
Middle River Complex & Martin State Airport Newsletter Spring 2020