[CPEO-IRF] Contentious South Weymouth (MA) meeting

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Tempers fly during air base hearing

By Ed Baker
Rockland Mariner (MA)
August 11, 2006

A public hearing to review how the former South Weymouth Naval Air 
Station will be redeveloped and designed under a series of proposed 
regulations turned into a spirited discussion about contaminants and 
water usage.

Weymouth resident Peter Scannell said South Shore Tri-Town Development 
Corporation needs to detail plans to protect families against 
contaminants left in the site’s soil by the Navy in its proposed 
regulatory frameworks.

"We have not heard a single word that will protect families coming to 
the site," Scannell said during the Tuesday night hearing. "That site 
has four deadly toxins known to man. That should be included in the 
regulatory frameworks."

The contaminants on the base consist largely of lead, aluminum, copper, 
nickel, zinc, PCB’s dioxins, pesticides and cleaning solvents. These 
elements are found in varying amounts in approximately 41 locations.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www2.townonline.com/rockland/localRegional/view.bg?articleid=555430

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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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