[CPEO-MEF] Moffett wetlands

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Navy eyes Moffett cleanup 
Officials still opposed to restoration of tidal marsh habitat 

By Jon Wiener 
Mountain View Voice (CA)
October 22, 2004

Officials from the Navy and NASA are still fighting pressure to clean up
toxic contamination at a Moffett Field drainage pond. But at an open
house in Mountain View City Hall Oct. 14, the Navy unveiled plans to
study the possibility of restoring it to tidal marsh habitat. 

Members of Save the Bay, an environmental group that has been
spearheading the effort to get the Navy to leave the site clean enough
to support a marshland habitat, presented the Navy with a
2,000-signature petition demanding a full cleanup. 

The pond, known as Site 25, drains storm water from the northern part of
Moffett Field. Diked off from the bay and contaminated with chemicals
like DDT and PCBs, the site is dry most of the year. In the rainy
season, it is a stopping ground for migratory birds. 

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for the entire article, see
http://www.mv-voice.com/morgue/2004/2004_10_22.navy.shtml

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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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