[CPEO-MEF] Westford perchlorate update

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

DEP: Westford 'responsible' for water clean-up

By Carrie Simmons
Westford Eagle (MA)
September 30, 2004


Officials from the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection
informed Town Manager Steve Ledoux Friday that they would be issuing the
town a Notice of Responsibility (NOR) regarding the perchlorate
contamination related to blasting for the new highway garage. 

The notice would hold the town at least partially responsible.
Responsibility by Tresca Brothers Sand & Gravel, which conducted
blasting at a quarry near the site of the new Highway garage for many
years, has not been ruled out, as the DEP has not gained access to the
Tresca property to do testing for perchlorate. 

The DEP's NOR will likely direct the town to take immediate measures to
remediate the contamination at a number of locations in town. 

...

for the entire article, see
http://www2.townonline.com/westford/localRegional/view.bg?articleid=95023

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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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