Scioto Ordnance Plant USTs

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

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Ten underground storage tanks confirmed, removals to begin by fall

By JOHN JARVIS
The Marion Star 
July 10, 2004


Investigators for the Army Corps of Engineers have found 10 underground
storage tanks at the site of the former Scioto Ordnance Plant just
northeast of Marion. 

Last week, MWH Americas Inc., a Colorado firm contracting with the
Corps, through field work verified the existence of five of the tanks,
bringing the total of confirmed tanks to 10, said Kimberlee Turner,
spokeswoman for the Corps' Louisville District. 

Following up on historical documentation and/or interviews of employees
of the former plant, investigators dug down to verify the presence of
the tanks and sampled the contents, said Kevin Jasper, the Corps'
project manager. The tanks were covered back over and marked. 

The Corps is waiting for analytical results of what the samples contain,
Jasper said, adding that the Corps suspects the tanks contain gasoline,
heating fuel and/or water. He expects to receive the sample results in
the next couple of weeks. 

"It's not like we're expecting solvents or anything like that," he said. 

Tanks were found at the former sites of three artillery fuse load lines,
a minor caliber fuse load line, two fire stations and two fuel stations
where they found two tanks each. 

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for the entire article, see
http://www.marionstar.com/news/stories/20040710/localnews/819204.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>
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