[CPEO-IRF] Stratford wastes (CT)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Plan to clean toxic sites revisited

RICHARD WEIZEL
Connecticut Post
April 20, 2007

STRATFORD - At first glance, a proposal by state Rep. John Harkins, 
R-Stratford, to solve two long-time, toxic waste threats by combining 
the cleanups sounds simple.

But Harkins' proposal to transfer the remaining toxic materials from 
several Raymark waste sites around town to the contaminated former 
79-acre Army engine plant on Main Street is far from simple.

Among the obstacles facing the plan would be whether Raymark waste, part 
of a Superfund cleanup project, can even legally be moved to the engine 
plant, and whether the Army would agree to accept that toxic material, 
which it hasn't in the past.

Also, while some of the contaminants, such as asbestos and PCBs, have 
been identified in both cleanups, some of the solvents are vastly 
different, say local officials and officials for the federal 
Environmental Protection Agency.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.connpost.com/localnews/ci_5716073

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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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