[CPEO-IRF] Watertown Arsenal (MA)

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Transfer of tainted site awaits study

By Christina Pazzanese
Boston Globe
October 14, 2007

Several large properties in the East End of Watertown, including a 
nearly 12-acre swath of land at Greenough Boulevard and Arsenal Street 
that was once used to burn depleted uranium from a Watertown Arsenal 
nuclear reactor, are undergoing close scrutiny to determine how badly 
contaminated they are and who is responsible for cleaning them up.

The status of the former uranium disposal site is in limbo, as state and 
federal agencies haggle over who should make the land safe for public use.

A July 25 deadline to begin transfer of the property from the Army Corps 
of Engineers to the state Department of Conservation and Recreation was 
pushed back after conservation department officials said they wanted 
further data to determine the extent of contaminants in the soil.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2007/10/14/transfer_of_tainted_site_awaits_study/
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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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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