2002 CPEO Military List Archive

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Date: 5 Dec 2002 17:22:08 -0000
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Subject: [CPEO-MEF] EPA to review possible pollution at Wingfoot
 
Ohio
Posted on Thu, Dec. 05, 2002	
EPA to review possible pollution at Wingfoot
Environmentalist seeks expanded assessment
By Bob Downing
Beacon Journal staff writer

The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency is kicking off a review of possible military pollution problems more than 80 years ago at Goodyear's Wingfoot Lake, but one local environmentalist wants to see the assessment expanded into a full-scale cleanup.

The U.S. Department of Defense has asked the agency to review previously issued federal reports to determine whether pollution problems exist from when the U.S. Navy owned the blimp hangar property in Suffield Township, said EPA spokesman Rod Beals.

Goodyear acquired the lake in 1916 from the Fritch family. But the U.S. Navy owned the property from August 1918 to April 1920, when it was sold back to Goodyear, said Drew Kocher of the EPA.

The new study was triggered by a federal desire to take a closer look at old military sites and to determine which ones might need cleanups.

Goodyear pledged to cooperate with and assist the review.

This article can be viewed at:
http://www.ohio.com/mld/ohio/news/local/4670561.htm

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