[CPEO-MEF] Praise for March AFB cleanup

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Air Force cleanup receives praise

INLAND: Seven sites that were contaminated have been eliminated, a state 
EPA official says.

By DOUGLAS QUAN
Riverside Press-Enterprise (CA)
September 16, 2004


RIVERSIDE - A state environment official Wednesday night praised the 
U.S. Air Force for the way it cleaned up the final seven contaminated 
sites related to the former March Air Force Base.

"The Air Force really did a great job in taking proactive actions in 
taking care of these sites," said Stephen Niou, remedial project manager 
at the California Environmental Protection Agency's Department of Toxic 
Substances Control.

Niou spoke during a meeting at the Ben Clark Public Safety Training 
Center intended to solicit public input into the Air Force's remediation 
efforts. Only a handful of people attended the meeting.

The 20-year cleanup effort at multiple sites has uncovered contaminants 
such as fuels, oils, solvents and household waste - all remnants of 
aircraft operations and maintenance.


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for the entire article, see
http://www.pe.com/localnews/inland/stories/PE_News_Local_cleanup16.58313.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
http://www.cpeo.org


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