[CPEO-BIF] National Fireworks site, Hanover, Massachusetts

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Mercury and lead contaminate old National Fireworks munitions site
Hanover seeks toxic cleanup without Superfund stigma


By Chris Burrell
Qunicy Patriot Ledger (MA)
July 14, 2012

HANOVER - More than six decades of munitions manufacturing and  
testing at a factory that armed the U.S. military during four wars  
has polluted a 280-acre site in Hanover with enough mercury, lead and  
other chemicals to make it a sure-fire candidate for a high-ranking,  
federal Superfund site.

But nearly 20 years after the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency  
first discovered and documented high levels of contamination at the  
old National Fireworks Co. site, Hanover selectmen are pressing the  
Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection to steer clear  
of the Superfund route.

They want the state to map out a plan to pay for clean-up without the  
federal brand and all the stigma that comes with it.

"The town's interest is in revitalizing the area," said town  
administrator Troy Clarkson. "And that designation is not conducive  
to revitalization."

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.enterprisenews.com/news/x1975585172/Hanover-presses-state- 
on-cleanup-of-toxic-fireworks-site-without-Superfund-tag


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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
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