[CPEO-BIF] Crownhill Elementary School (on former landfill), Bremerton, Washington

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Study of pollution at Bremerton elementary school nearly complete

By Christopher Dunagan
Kitsap Sun
December 23, 2011

BREMERTON - Drilling work is winding down at Crownhill Elementary  
School on Rocky Point Road, a site once used as a landfill for  
municipal and industrial wastes.

Nothing alarming has been found so far, said Russ Olsen, site manager  
for the Washington Department of Ecology. He expects a report on the  
findings to be available in February.

A contractor took soil samples this week with a drilling rig. It was  
the third time this year that workers have been on the site. Each  
operation has been conducted when students were not around.

The first use of the property was for gravel extraction in the 1930s,  
according to reports from Ecology. Later, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard  
dumped various wastes there, including sandblast grit, scrap metal,  
asbestos insulation and metal shavings.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2011/dec/23/study-of-pollution-at- 
bremerton-elementary/

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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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