Re: [CPEO-BIF] Tallevast (FL) plume threatens development

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

[Sorry, I hit the send button prematurely. - LS]


HERALD EXCLUSIVE: Testing reveals Tallevast plume expanding east

DONNA WRIGHT
Bradenton Herald (FL)
January 20, 2007	

TALLEVAST - The Tallevast contamination plume map is about to change.

The toxic underground waste has spread farther east than current maps 
show and could affect plans for a retail-office complex called The 
Forum, according to an attorney representing developer Trey Desenberg.

New tests have confirmed that Desenberg's property at the northwest 
corner of U.S. 301 and Tallevast Road is contaminated, said Ralph A. 
DeMeo, of the Tallahassee firm Hopping Green & Sams.

State-approved plume maps drawn by Lockheed Martin Corp., which is 
responsible for cleaning up the pollution traced back to a beryllium 
plant the company purchased, put Desenberg's property beyond the eastern 
edge of the known 200-acre plume.

But Desenberg's own surveys indicate the toxic waste has spread much 
farther east, according to a memo DeMeo sent to the Department of 
Environmental Protection on Sept. 12.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.bradenton.com/mld/bradenton/news/local/16504436.htm

See also the editorial
http://www.bradenton.com/mld/bradenton/news/opinion/16546471.htm

And the story in the competing newspaper

--
Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
http://www.cpeo.org

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