[CPEO-BIF] Bailey Yard, North Platte, Nebraska

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Bailey Yard spillage runs over curb	
by George Lauby (North Platte Bulletin) - 7/10/2009



Bailey Yard runoff needs to be cleaned up, much moreso than the runoff 
from roofs at North Platte homes, according to a retired North Platte 
well digger. Environmentally minded officials are promoting 
backyard-size rain gardens, but they are not nearly big enough to 
satisfy Milo Freeman.

...

Since 2002, the EPA collected 439 groundwater samples in North Platte, 
dug 119 temporary wells, sampled seven municipal wells, 28 private wells 
and three irrigation wells; taken 60 soil samples, five surface water 
samples, 44 tree core samples, eight indoor air samples as well as 
samples from the city’s sewer system.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.northplattebulletin.com/index.asp?show=news&action=readStory&storyID=16902&pageID=3

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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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