[CPEO-IRF] Fort Ord (CA) landfill

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Dump-side Development
County looks to build industrial park near Fort Ord landfill.

By Zachary Stahl
Coast Weekly (CA)
November 2, 2006

Monterey County has identified a prime parcel to develop for contractor 
and light manufacturing tenants. It's located near the ocean and 
accessible to future housing developments on Fort Ord.

One minor blemish: the land is next a 120-acre landfill.

The five-area landfill is located northeast of CSU-Monterey Bay in 
between Imjin Parkway and Intergarrison Road.

The US Army used the landfill as a dumping ground for household and 
commercial waste from 1960 until the late '80s. The Army will be 
treating the contaminated groundwater below the landfill and extracting 
methane gas from it for years to come.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.montereycountyweekly.com/issues/Issue.11-02-2006/news/Article.news_3

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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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