[CPEO-IRF] Presidio of San Francisco (CA) cleanup plans

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Presidio environmental cleanup plan put forth


Bonnie Eslinger
San Francisco Examiner
May 9, 2007

SAN FRANCISCO - Eighteen of 28 sites at the Presidio contaminated by 
toxins from its previous use as a U.S. Army base have been recommended 
for environmental cleanup by state and local agencies.

Representatives from the Presidio and the state Department of Toxic 
Substances Control will present the proposed cleanup plan at a public 
meeting May 15, and the public will have until June 7 to comment on the 
alternatives chosen.

Although designated a national park in 1994, federal law requires the 
military to pay for the environmental remediation of decommissioned 
sites. The Army has allocated $99 million to clean up the 1,491-acre 
Presidio.

Five former landfills on the Presidio have already been cleaned up at a 
cost of more than $13 million, while another 28 contaminated sites 
within the Presidio have now been evaluated.

The Presidio Trust, the decision-making authority for the park, has 
released a draft Remedial Action Plan that recommends 18 of the sites 
for cleanup, while declaring 10 sites without need for further action.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.examiner.com/a-718145~Presidio_environmental_cleanup_plan_put_forth.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
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org


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