2007 CPEO Brownfields List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: 23 Mar 2007 23:45:11 -0000
Reply: cpeo-brownfields
Subject: [CPEO-BIF] Air monitoring at Keith Middle School, New Bedford, MA
 
Ongoing air monitoring at Keith discussed tonight

By AUTUMN SPANNE
New Bedford Standard-Times (MA)
March 21, 2007

NEW BEDFORD - A public meeting will be held at Keith Middle School tonight to discuss ongoing air monitoring at the school, as well as cleanup efforts at New Bedford High School.

The new Keith Middle School, which opened in December, was built on a former city burn dump site contaminated with heavy metals, semi-volatile organic compounds and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). Although 70,000 tons of contaminated soil were removed, some still remains under a cap.

Community activists and concerned citizens have questioned the school's safety, despite the fact the project received approval from the federal Environmental Protection Agency and the city's own environmental consultants.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.southcoasttoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070321/NEWS/703210340/1011/TOWN10

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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
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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