[CPEO-MEF] Fort Worth Federal Center

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Park is safe for use, city says

By Scott Streater
Fort Worth Star-Telegram (TX)
February 4, 2005

FORT WORTH - An environmental study has found portions of Greenbriar
Park are polluted with arsenic and other poisons, but the city says the
park is safe and has no plans to remove the contaminants.

Instead, the city will excavate chunks of decades-old asphalt it found
in a creek feeding a small lake on the 49-acre park site, according to
the three-volume assessment.

The study, conducted by Enercon Services of Dallas, included testing of
57 soil samples and the digging of 14 exploratory trenches as deep as 12
feet to search for suspected chemical waste and debris.

The consultant's report does not identify the source of the pollution,
which is suspected to be largely from the adjacent Fort Worth Federal
Center, which was used by the military for decades to store raw materials.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.dfw.com/mld/startelegram/news/local/10815869.htm

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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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