[CPEO-IRF] South Weymouth Naval Air Station (MA) cleanup

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Airbase cleanup on tap

By Ed Baker
Weymouth News (MA)
March 1, 2006

A considerable amount of hazardous contaminants at the former South 
Weymouth Naval Air Station must be removed or entombed before the site 
can be fully developed by LNR Property Corporation, according to state 
and federal environmental officials.

Refuse on the base consists largely of; lead, aluminum, copper, nickel, 
zinc, PCB's dioxins, pesticides and cleaning solvents. These elements 
were used by the U.S. Navy at the base until it closed in 1997 under a 
nationwide closure of military installations.

"We have 10 Super Fund sites," James Young, an environmental consultant 
to LNR said to town council on Feb. 20. "We do see potential impact to 
development if the remediation does not go along faster."

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For the entire article, see
http://www2.townonline.com/weymouth/localRegional/view.bg?articleid=438746

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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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