[CPEO-IRF] South Weymouth (MA) concerns

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Cleanup lags; base project to start
Hazardous sites may affect reuse

By Carolyn Y. Johnson
Boston Globe
November 5, 2006

Nearly a decade after the South Weymouth Naval Air Station closed, five 
Superfund sites on the former base do not yet have a finalized cleanup 
plan, and 31 other potentially contaminated tracts are being managed 
under other environmental programs, according to the Navy.

Those unresolved contamination issues hang over plans to turn the site 
into one of the biggest so-called smart growth developments in the 
state, even as negotiations move forward on transferring the rest of the 
land from the Navy to the developer, LNR Property Corp.

Negotiations -- the most recent session was 10 days ago -- focus both on 
the sale price and on the Navy's cleanup intentions for what is to 
become a massive but walkable village, with 2,855 homes, 2 million 
square feet of commercial industrial space, and access to public transit.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2006/11/05/cleanup_lags_base_project_to_start/

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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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