Letterkenny soil cleanup

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

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Removal of lead-tainted soil at depot could begin soon School district
to receive land after it's been cleaned

By JIM HOOK
Public Opinion (Chambersburg, PA)
May 11, 2004

The Army plans this summer to clean up lead-contaminated land -- land
that could become an environmental center or school site for
Chambersburg Area School District. 

Five acres of a 71-acre parcel at Letterkenny Army Depot is to be
excavated this year and about 25,000 tons of soil hauled away, according
to a plan by Weston Solutions Inc., West Chester. 

The Weston project can be reviewed at the Coyle Free Library, 102 N.
Main St. People have until May 18 to comment on the proposal. 

The plan also will be discussed Wednesday at the regular meeting of the
Restoration Advisory Board. The board, which reviews cleanups at
Letterkenny, will meet at 7 p.m. in Building 14 on Michigan Avenue at
the Army depot north of Chambersburg. 

The Army chose a $2 million alternative that calls for chemically fixing
the lead in the soil before hauling the soil away to a recycling plant
in Maryland. The technology is reliable, readily available and easily
implemented, according to the analysis. 

Without chemical fixation, the cost of carting off and disposing of the
lead-tainted soil would more than double. About one-fourth of the soil
would have to be treated as a hazardous material. The Army decided
against this $3.2 million alternative. 

for the entire story, see 
http://www.publicopiniononline.com/news/stories/20040511/localnews/398327.html 

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 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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