[CPEO-IRF] Moffett's huge hangar

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

[Sometimes at base closure sites it's more difficult to resolve
responsibility for dealing with contamination built into structures than
for hazardous substances released into the environment. Moffett Fields
huge blimp hangar is an extreme and unusual example. - LS]

Navy to study four ways to clean landmark hangar

By Jessica Portner
San Jose Mercury News (CA)
June 14, 2005

Nearly two years after the dome that once housed the West Coast's first
dirigible was sealed, the U.S. Navy on Monday presented several options
-- ranging from a thorough scrub-down to demolition -- for removing
toxic substances from Hangar One.

The 200-foot-high Mountain View landmark was given a coat of sealant in
2003 to prevent toxic chemicals -- including polychlorinated biphenyls,
or PCBs -- discovered in the structure from washing into the
groundwater. At an open house at Moffett Field, Navy officials, who are
responsible for cleaning up the cavernous white and black shell,
presented four possible alternatives to the public.

"We know there's a strong desire to keep us as a usable public
building," said Rick Weissenborn, who heads the Navy's remediation
effort at Moffett Field. "We have to evaluate all the alternatives."

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/states/california/peninsula/11889980.htm



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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>
http://www.cpeo.org
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