[CPEO-MEF] Air Force to pay state for cleaning up dump site

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Air Force to pay state for cleaning up dump site
Associated Press
11/12/2002 MORRISONVILLE - The U.S. Air Force has agreed to pay the
state $1.2 million for cleaning up the former Philmar Electronics site,
a newspaper reported Monday.

The area was part of a massive cleanup project during the late 1980s and
early 1990s. More than 300 drums of jet fuel and other contaminants from
Plattsburgh Air Force Base were buried on Philmar property between 1960
and the early 1970s.

The 55-gallon drums were eventually removed. However, many had punctured
and drained into the ground, causing extensive soil and water
contamination.

This article can be viewed at:
http://www.buffalonews.com/editorial/20021112/1035355.asp

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