[CPEO-IRF] Moffett Field (CA) cleanup plans

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

[The Navy's plan for the Moffett Field wetlands climaxes a six-year 
campaign by members of my community for a cleanup strategy to permit 
tidal restoration. Download my 2003 article, "How a RAB Works," from the 
Headlines section of CPEO's home page (http://www.cpeo.org) for 
background. - LS]

Moffett wetlands slated for full cleanup

By Jon Wiener
Mountain View Voice (CA)
June 17, 2005

A Navy report released Monday announced that after years of pressure, 
the public and various regulatory agencies have achieved their goal: The 
Navy will conduct a full cleanup at the contaminated Moffett Field 
drainage pond known as Site 25.

According to the report, the Navy plans to remove enough of the 
contaminants from the soil around the pond -- which include DDT and PCBs 
-- so that the land can be restored to tidal marsh. The cleanup's goal 
will be to reduce the pollution to a level that will not affect the 
fish-eating birds that frequent tidal marshes, such as the endangered 
California clapper rail.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.mv-voice.com/morgue/2005/2005_06_17.aasite.shtml

See also
Sunny side up for Hangar One
As Navy explores clean-up options, some hope to replace toxic siding 
with solar panels

By Jon Wiener
Mountain View Voice (CA)
June 17, 2005

Unlike the U.S.S. Macon, Hangar One's future is still up in the air.

The Moffett Field landmark has had a storied history since it was built 
in 1933 to house the world's largest zeppelin, the Macon, which promptly 
sank. Its uncertain future was on display Monday, following a 
months-long search for solutions to the toxic contaminants that remain 
in the building's construction materials.

Two hundred feet tall and eight acres wide, Hangar One was found to be 
the source of toxic contamination in the late 1990s. NASA discovered 
that a rare PCB that turned up in the soil around a drainage pond (see 
story at right) originated at the hangar, forcing the doors to close and 
the Navy to apply an emergency coat of paint to keep more chemicals from 
flaking off.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.mv-voice.com/morgue/2005/2005_06_17.aahang.shtml

--
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
http://www.cpeo.org


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