[CPEO-MEF] Monterey County Herald Article on Monterey Peninsula Airport Pollutio

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The Monterey County Herald
Front Page
Sunday, July 30, 2000

Toxic Secrets at airport
By Judie Marks

A plume of toxic chemicals is seeping into ground water from the 
Monterey Peninsula Airport to the nearby Casanova Oak Knoll neighborhood 
-- and from there, possibly to the sea.

The Army Corps of Engineers discovered the plume of trichloroethene, or 
TCE, a powerful solvent used to degrease aircraft engine parts, in 1998. 
 But city and county officials, and residents of the affected 
neighborhood say they have been kept in the dark about the 
contamination.

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http://www.montereyairportnoise.com/herald7-2000.html

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