[CPEO-MEF] Moffett Field update

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Navy balks at clean-up 
Criticism mounts over toxic legacy at Moffett 

By Jon Wiener 
Mountain View Voice
December 24, 2004 


First of two parts 

Moffett Field's Hangar One looms over the southern tip of San Francisco
Bay, an imposing reminder of the Navy's history in Mountain View and the
clouded future of its former base. 

Spanning eight full acres and rising 200 feet in the air, the hangar was
constructed in 1933 to house the world's largest zeppelin. The 200-ton
U.S.S. Macon was lost at sea a year and a half later. 

After the Navy transferred Moffett to NASA in 1994, Hangar One became a
venue for community events like birthday parties and fairs. But for the
last year, it has been nothing but a giant symbol of the toxic pollution
at Moffett Field and a lightning rod for controversy. 

Decades of Navy use have left Hangar One and other parts of the base so
toxic that it may not be safe for the community to use them. Moffett
clean-up plans often have led to clashes between the Navy and NASA, the
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the city of Mountain
View. And now many in the public are accusing the Navy of dodging its
responsibility to clean them up. 

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For the entire article, see
http://www.mv-voice.com/morgue/2004/2004_12_24.navy1.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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