Rohnert Park FUDS - No Contamination Found

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

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State officials want more soil sampling from land near proposed casino 

By CLARK MASON  
PRESS DEMOCRAT (CA)
June 21, 2004

A highly anticipated $78,000 study -- produced only after the
intervention of a congresswoman -- found no evidence of toxic problems
from a World War II-era airfield in Rohnert Park.

The study, which was prompted by the ongoing battle over a casino
planned next to the old Navy landing field, continues to be debated.

At stake is the credibility of casino opponents, who warn the casino and
hotel site planned by the Graton Rancheria tribe is probably
contaminated and will require tens of millions of dollars to clean up.

On the other side are military and Rohnert Park officials who say casino
opponents are raising hypothetical scenarios of toxic contamination with
little basis in reality.

But state toxic control officials are taking a slightly differing view,
saying there needs to be more investigation and possibly soil sampling
near an old gun range to test for possible lead contamination.

The $78,000 study commissioned by the Army Corps of Engineers at the
urging of Rep. Lynn Woolsey, D-Petaluma, bolstered the opinion of the
corps that there are no lingering problems associated with the airfield.

"The original assumption has been pretty much correct -- that it doesn't
pose a risk to the environment, or the community," said Gerald Vincent,
the corps official in charge of overseeing any cleanup of the old airfield.

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for the entire article, see
http://www.pressdemocrat.com/local/news/21airfield_a1a01_a1_mainstreeta.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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