[CPEO-IRF] Concord Naval Weapons Station (CA) arsenic

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Arsenic levels may limit housing at Concord base

by Mavis Scanlon
East Bay Business Times (CA)
April 7, 2006


Plans for homes, parks, schools and offices on the closed portion of the 
Concord Naval Weapons Station may be limited by an old problem - the 
Navy's use of an arsenic-laced herbicide.

The city of Concord has for years been pushing for the redevelopment of 
the 5,170 acre inland portion of the 12,800-acre station, a major 
ammunition transshipment port, which the Navy had used since 1942 to 
support its Pacific fleet. Last year, as part of its Base Realignment 
and Closure process, the Department of Defense recommended the site be 
closed, granting the city's wishes.

About half of the inland area slated for development was unused by the 
Navy and remains uncontaminated. But the problem areas cover a larger 
swath than was initially estimated. Site 22, a 530-acre portion of the 
inland site known as the Main Magazine Area, is heavily contaminated 
with arsenic from an herbicide the Navy used to eliminate fire hazards.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.bizjournals.com/eastbay/stories/2006/04/10/story3.html

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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
http://www.cpeo.org
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