[CPEO-IRF] Watertown Arsenal (MA) GSA parcel

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Land more tainted than first thought
Report on Arsenal site complicates shift to state

By Christina Pazzanese
Boston Globe (MA)
October 28, 2007

Contamination at an 11.91-acre parcel on Watertown's Arsenal Street is 
far worse than previously thought, according to a new study that 
examined a site once used by the US Army to burn depleted uranium.

Contaminants, including lead, heavy metals, and PCBs, were found in the 
soil at higher concentrations and in different locations than had been 
documented, complicating the planned transfer of the property known as 
the General Services Administration land from the federal government to 
the state Department of Conservation and Recreation.

"We're discussing the appropriate course of action and the possibility 
it'll ever become a DCR property," said the state agency's commissioner, 
Rick Sullivan.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2007/10/28/land_more_tainted_than_first_thought/

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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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