Re: [CPEO-MEF] School appears free of toxins

[uxogypfy@bellsouth.net]

Appearances can be deceiving as we all know.  What is the Army doing
practically in order to say 'there is NO contamination and we'd stake
our lives on this' (since community members DO stake their lives on it)
and having the documentation to back up such a claim.

Stella
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Subject: [CPEO-MEF] School appears free of toxins


> Maryland
> SUN SPOT
> School appears free of toxins
> Facility near trash dump found at Fort Meade; Discovery affects
housing
> plan
> By Rona Kobell
> May 15, 2003
>
> After extensive testing on a 60-year-old trash dump discovered next
to
> an elementary school at Fort Meade, Army officials said yesterday
the
> land does not appear to be contaminated by hazardous waste.
>
> Environmental officials had concerns about the half-acre dump,
which
> construction workers from Picerne Real Estate Group discovered in
> February, because petroleum covered some of the household trash
that was
> dumped there.
>
> Picerne, a Rhode Island-based company that is building about 3,000
homes
> at Fort Meade under a 50-year, $3 billion contract, was planning to
put
> a few houses on the dump site. But Army officials said the company
has
> since shifted its plan and will not build on the dump site.
>
> "Right now, there's no risk," said Fort Meade environmental
engineer Jim
> Gebhardt. "But there's going to be no digging, no new houses."
>
> To view this article, copy and paste the following URL into your
> browser:
http://www.sunspot.net/news/education/bal-ar.dump15may15,0,634760.story?coll

=bal-local-headlines

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