[CPEO-IRF] Ft. Monmouth (NJ) cleanup

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Cleanup, transfer of property take time

DEP's case manager says environmental work well under way

Asbury Park Press (NJ)
BY TODD B. BATES
August 25, 2005

Assuming the Army's Fort Monmouth is closed as recommended by a federal
panel Wednesday, it would take years to finish cleanup work there and
transfer ownership of the property.

Still, "the environmental conditions at the site won't hinder in any way
site reuse" at the main post or Charles Wood areas of the base, said
Gregory Zalaskus, case manager in the state Department of Environmental Protection.

Forty-three "areas of concern" were identified at the fort, which also
had nine landfills for household waste that cover a total of 33 acres,
according to Fred Mumford, a DEP spokesman. The landfills need to be
capped, Zalaskus said.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050825/NEWS/508250437/1004/NEWS01

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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>
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