[CPEO-MEF] Mass. proposes perchlorate standard

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Base cleanup standard proposed
The state releases draft on required removal of perchlorate from water, soil.

By AMANDA LEHMERT
Cape Cod Times
September 27, 2004

After much debate about just how harmful the substance may be, the
Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection has released a
draft cleanup standard for perchlorate.

If the proposed standard of 1 part per billion as a cleanup level is
adopted, it will become the first of its kind in the country. 

States such as Nevada and California have discovered the chemical in
groundwater, but have not yet set standards that force removal of
perchlorate from groundwater or soil.

The cleanup level will affect the Army's Groundwater Study Program at
the Massachusetts Military Reservation. The Army has said it cannot
clean up several plumes of perchlorate that begin on the base until
there is a standard set. 

Last year, in order to ease negotiations over extending the military's
lease at the base, the Army agreed to clean up perchlorate at whatever
standard is set, whether it be state or federal.

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for the entire article, see
http://www.capecodonline.com/cctimes/basecleanup27.htm



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