[CPEO-BIF] "State points finger at Northrop Grumman for groundwater contamination in Newton, " Massachusetts

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

State points finger at Northrop Grumman for groundwater contamination in Newton

By Allison Pohle 
Boston Globe (MA)
October 5, 2016

After months investigating causes of groundwater contamination in Newton’s Nonantum neighborhood, state officials have identified likely sources of elevated Trichloroethylene levels affecting a section of the city near Pellegrini Park, Jackson Road, and Watertown Street.

On Sept. 13, the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection sent notices of responsibility to Virginia-based global defense contractor Northrop Grumman Corporation and to One Nevada Realty LLC to inform them of their potential liability in the contamination of groundwater in the area. In Newton, groundwater is not drinking water.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/regionals/west/2016/10/05/state-likely-sources-groundwater-contamination-newton/RuafWkefc773A53qEY0kyM/story.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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