Ft. Detrick Cleanup Moves Forward

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

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Pit Cleanup Done, Detrick Project to Tackle New Sites 

By Elizabeth Williamson
Washington Post 
June 13, 2004;


The Army's Fort Detrick is entering a new phase in an effort to clean up
environmental hazards it created in Frederick County during years of
biological weapons research. The estimated $50 million cleanup and
restoration, now three years old and scheduled to finish in 2008, is the
biggest and most expensive such project in Fort Detrick's history.

This month, Fort Detrick finished a three-year cleanup of several waste
pits. Soon, officials will choose a contractor to assess and contain
contamination at 10 other sites, including a former ammunition-storage
area and an old painting shed, in a section of Detrick known as Area B.

The cleanup of the 10 sites will prevent potential contaminants from
migrating and ensure that groundwater contamination, first detected in
1992, does not exceed federal limits, Detrick officials said. The
project follows a cleanup that began in 2001, when Detrick began
excavating a series of waste pits whose contents, including vials of
nonvirulent anthrax, surprised the Army and unnerved the community. 

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for the entire article, see
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A37514-2004Jun12.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
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